History of 3 March –
1900 – Striking miners in Germany returned to work.
1903 – In St. Louis, MO, Barney Gilmore was arrested for spitting.
1903 – The U.S. imposed a $2 head tax on immigrants.
1904 – Wilhelm II of Germany made the first recording of a political document with Thomas Edison’s cylinder.
1905 – The Russian Czar agreed to create an elected assembly.
1906 – A Frenchman tried the first flight in an airplane with tires.
1908 – The U.S. government declared open war on U.S. anarchists.
1909 – Aviators Herring, Curtiss, and Bishop announced that airplanes would be made commercially in the U.S.
1910 – J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announced his withdrawal from business to administer his father’s fortune for an “uplift in humanity”. He also appealed to the U.S. Congress for the creation of the Rockefeller Foundation.
1910 – In New York, Robert Forest founded the National Housing Association to fight deteriorating urban living conditions.
1910 – Nicaraguan rebels admitted defeat in open war and resorted to guerrilla tactics in the hope of U.S. intervention.
1915 – The motion picture “Birth of a Nation” debuted in New York City.
1918 – The Treaty of Brest Litovsky was signed by Germany, Austria, and Russia. The treaty ended Russia’s participation in World War I.
1923 – The first issue of Time magazine was published.
1930 – “Flying High” opened at the Apollo Theatre in New York City.
1931 – The “Star Spangled Banner,” written by Francis Scott Key, was adopted as the American national anthem. The song was originally a poem known as “Defense of Fort McHenry.”
1938 – A world record for the indoor mile run was set by Glenn Cunningham. He ran the distance in 4 minutes, 4.4 seconds.
1939 – In Bombay, Gandhi began a fast to protest the state’s autocratic rule.
1941 – Moscow denounced the Axis rule in Bulgaria.
1945 – Superman encountered Batman and Robin for the first time on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
1945 – During World War II, Finland declared war on the Axis.
1952 – “Whispering Streets” debuted on ABC Radio.
1952 – The U.S. Supreme Court upheld New York’s Feinberg Law that banned Communist teachers in the U.S.
1956 – Morocco gained its independence.
1959 – The San Francisco Giants had their new stadium officially named Candlestick Park.
1969 – Apollo 9 was launched by NASA to test a lunar module.
1969 – Sirhan Sirhan testified in a Los Angeles court that he killed Robert Kennedy.
1972 – NASA’s Pioneer 10 spacecraft was launched.
1973 – Japan disclosed its first defense plan since World War II.
1974 – About 350 people died when a Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed just after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris.
1978 – The remains of Charles Chaplin were stolen from his grave in Cosier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland. The body was recovered 11 weeks later near Lake Geneva.
1980 – The submarine Nautilus was decommissioned. The vessels final voyage had ended on May 26, 1979.
1985 – Women Against Pornography awarded its ‘Pig Award’ to Huggies Diapers. The activists claimed that the TV ads for diapers had “crossed the line between eye-catching and porn.”
1985 – The TV show “Moonlighting” premiered.
1987 – The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a package of $30 million in non-lethal aid for the Nicaraguan Contras.
1991 – 25 people were killed when a United Airlines Boeing 737-200 crashed while on approach to the Colorado Springs airport.
1991 – Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers. The scene was captured on amateur video. (California)
1994 – The Mexican government reached a peace agreement with the Chiapas rebels.
1995 – A U.N. peacekeeping mission in Somalia ended. Several gunmen were killed by U.S. Marines in Mogadishu while overseeing the pull out of peacekeepers.
1999 – In Egypt, 19 people were killed when a bus plunged into a Nile canal.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – David Bailey, American basketball player
- 1981 – Tobias Forge, Swedish musician
- 1981 – Julius Malema, South African politician
- 1981 – Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
- 1982 – Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer
- 1982 – Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 – Tolu Ogunlesi, Nigerian journalist, writer
- 1982 – Brent Tate, Australian rugby league player
- 1983 – Ashley Hansen, Australian footballer
- 1983 – Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer
- 1984 – Valerio Bernabò, Italian rugby player
- 1984 – Santonio Holmes, American football player
- 1984 – Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
- 1986 – Jed Collins, American football player
- 1986 – Stacie Orrico, American singer-songwriter
- 1986 – Mehmet Topal, Turkish footballer
- 1987 – Jesús Padilla, Mexican footballer
- 1987 – Shraddha Kapoor, Indian actress, singer, and designer
- 1988 – Teodora Mirčić, a Serbian tennis player
- 1988 – Michael Morrison, English footballer
- 1988 – Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer
- 1988 – Max Waller, English cricketer
- 1989 – Erwin Mulder, Dutch footballer
- 1990 – Vladimir Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player
- 1991 – Anri Sakaguchi, Japanese actress
- 1991 – Cho-rong, South Korean singer
- 1993 – Gabriela Cé, a Brazilian tennis player
- 1993 – Nicole Gibbs, an American tennis player
- 1993 – James Roberts, Australian rugby league player
- 1994 – Umika Kawashima, Japanese singer, and actress
- 1997 – Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer
- 1998 – Jayson Tatum, American basketball player