March 3, 2005 Steve Fossett flys the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer to a world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world
March 3, 2005 Garry Kasparov retires professionally from chess
March 3, 2002 Earthquake kills at least 150 100 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan
March 3, 1998 Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee
March 3, 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville North Carolina on WRCQ 103.5 FM
March 3, 1996 26th Easter Seal Telethon
March 3, 1996 Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final
March 3, 1995 Camilla Parker Bowles and her husband Andrew divorce
March 3, 1994 IRS investigates Darryl Strawberry
March 3, 1993 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Boston (WBCN 104.1 FM-evenings)
March 3, 1992 Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die
Boston, Vince Coleman and Dwight Gooden of rape (dropped in April)
March 3, 1991 Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18
March 3, 1991 United Airlines crashes near Colorado Springs, kills 25
March 3, 1990 Carole Gist, 20, (Michigan 1st black), crowned 39th Miss USA
March 3, 1989 Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines
March 3, 1987 Ray Dandridge, 3rd baseman in Negro Leagues, eleected to Hall of Fame
March 3, 1985 "My One and Only" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 767 performances
March 3, 1985 Betsy King wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
March 3, 1984 New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Tor Maple Leafs (6)
March 3, 1982 Senate begins debate on expulsion of Sen Harrison Williams (D-NJ)
March 3, 1981 Isle's Mike Bossy 9th and final hat trick of season-4 goals
March 3, 1980 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
March 3, 1978 1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI vs. Australia)
March 3, 1978 Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland
March 3, 1977 Ice Pairs Champs at Tokyo won by Irina Rodnina/Alexandr Zaitsev (URS)
March 3, 1977 Islanders allow Red Wings only 11 shots on goal
March 3, 1976 Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia
March 3, 1975 "Goodtime Charley" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 104 performances
March 3, 1975 Linda McCartney is charged in U.S. with possession of marijuana
March 3, 1974 "Sextet" opens at Bijou Theater New York City for 9 performances
March 3, 1973 "Shelter" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 31 performances
March 3, 1972 Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia
March 3, 1971 South African Broadcasting lifts its ban on the Beatles
March 3, 1971 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa
March 3, 1969 Apollo 9 launched for 151 Earth orbits (10 days)
March 3, 1968 "Here's Where I Belong" opens/closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City
March 3, 1967 Grenada gains partial independence from Britain
March 3, 1967 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
March 3, 1967 White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game)
March 3, 1966 WRFT (now WVFT) TV channel 27 in Roanoke, Virginia (IND) begins broadcasting
March 3, 1965 Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1
March 3, 1963 Senegal adopts constitution
March 3, 1962 British Antarctic Territory forms
March 3, 1961 King Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco
March 3, 1960 9th largest snowfall in New York City history, 14.5"
March 3, 1959 1st U.S. probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, launched
March 3, 1959 British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis
March 3, 1958 Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq
March 3, 1957 Corry Brokken wins Eurovision Song festival with "Just as then"
March 3, 1956 Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in NY
March 3, 1955 Elvis Presley made his 1st TV appearance
March 3, 1953 Canadian Comet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed
March 3, 1952 Puerto Rico approves their 1st self written constitution
March 3, 1951 Bill Mikvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 pts
March 3, 1950 3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name
March 3, 1946 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
March 3, 1945 Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarters
March 3, 1944 1st performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony
March 3, 1943 U.S. defeats Japan and wins Battle of Bismark Sea
March 3, 1942 1st combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane
March 3, 1941 Netherlands NSB-leader Mussert visits Goring in Berlin
March 3, 1940 Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label
March 3, 1938 American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors)
March 3, 1937 Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down
March 3, 1936 Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test vs. South Africa
March 3, 1935 Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms
March 3, 1934 John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol
March 3, 1933 Mount Rushmore dedicated
March 3, 1933 New York City premiere of "King Kong"
March 3, 1931 "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes U.S. national anthem
March 3, 1926 International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Florida)
March 3, 1924 German and Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed
March 3, 1923 U.S. Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague
March 3, 1922 Italian fascists occupy Fiume and Rijeka
March 3, 1922 WWJ-AM in Detroit Michigan begins radio transmissions
March 3, 1921 Toronto's Dr. Banting and Dr. Best announce discovery of insulin
March 3, 1920 Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs
March 3, 1919 Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike
March 3, 1918 Richard Goring's "Seeschlacht," premieres in Berlin
March 3, 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Germany, Austria and Russia sign
March 3, 1917 Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations
March 3, 1915 Natl Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created
March 3, 1913 Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington D.C.
March 3, 1911 1st U.S. federal cemetery with Union and Rebel graves opens, Missouri
March 3, 1909 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Wanderers, 8-3
March 3, 1906 Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France
March 3, 1905 U.S. Forest Service forms
March 3, 1903 North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses
March 3, 1901 Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce
March 3, 1900 U.S. Steel Corporation organizes