WillDekkard
03-03-2011, 06:40 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on
This Date in History - March 3rd
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* 1284 The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.
* 1575 Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
* 1585 The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
* 1776 American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
* 1779 American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
* 1820 The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
* 1845 Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
* 1857 Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
* 1861 Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
* 1865 Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
* 1873 Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
* 1875 Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its premiθre at the Opιra Comique in Paris.
* 1875 The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
* 1878 Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; shortly after Congress of Berlin stripped its status to an autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire.
* 1885 The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
* 1904 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder.
* 1905 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly, the Duma.
* 1910 Rockefeller Foundation: J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
* 1915 NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded.
* 1918 Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
* 1923 TIME magazine is published for the first time.
* 1924 The 1400-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatόrk.
* 1924 The Free State of Fiume is annexed by Kingdom of Italy.
* 1931 The United States officially adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
* 1938 Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
* 1939 In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India.
* 1940 Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman in Luleε, Sweden.
* 1942 World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
* 1943 World War II: In London, England, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
* 1944 The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
* 1945 World War II: American and Filipino troops recapture Manila in the Philippines.
* 1945 World War II: A former Armia Krajowa unit massacres at least 150 Ukrainian civilians in Pawłokoma, Poland.
* 1951 Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips' recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
* 1953 A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
* 1958 Nuri as-Said becomes the prime minister of Iraq for the 14th time.
* 1969 Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
* 1972 Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
* 1974 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
* 1980 The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
* 1985 Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
* 1985 A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck the Valparaνso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
* 1991 An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
* 1991 In concurrent referenda, 74% of the population of Latvia votes for independence from the Soviet Union, and 83% in Estonia.
* 1991 United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on approach into Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing 25.
* 1997 The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
* 2002 Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.
* 2004 Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agree to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that forms InBev, the world's largest brewer.
* 2005 Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
* 2005 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
* 2009 The Sri Lankan cricket team is attacked by gunmen while on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore for a Test match against Pakistan.
* 2009 The building of the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Kφln (Historical Archives) in Cologne, Germany, collapses.
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This Date in History - March 3rd
c/p from Wikipedia
* 1284 The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.
* 1575 Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
* 1585 The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
* 1776 American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
* 1779 American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
* 1820 The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
* 1845 Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
* 1857 Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
* 1861 Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
* 1865 Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
* 1873 Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
* 1875 Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its premiθre at the Opιra Comique in Paris.
* 1875 The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
* 1878 Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; shortly after Congress of Berlin stripped its status to an autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire.
* 1885 The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
* 1904 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder.
* 1905 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly, the Duma.
* 1910 Rockefeller Foundation: J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
* 1915 NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded.
* 1918 Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
* 1923 TIME magazine is published for the first time.
* 1924 The 1400-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatόrk.
* 1924 The Free State of Fiume is annexed by Kingdom of Italy.
* 1931 The United States officially adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
* 1938 Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
* 1939 In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India.
* 1940 Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman in Luleε, Sweden.
* 1942 World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
* 1943 World War II: In London, England, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
* 1944 The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
* 1945 World War II: American and Filipino troops recapture Manila in the Philippines.
* 1945 World War II: A former Armia Krajowa unit massacres at least 150 Ukrainian civilians in Pawłokoma, Poland.
* 1951 Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips' recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
* 1953 A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
* 1958 Nuri as-Said becomes the prime minister of Iraq for the 14th time.
* 1969 Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
* 1972 Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
* 1974 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
* 1980 The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
* 1985 Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
* 1985 A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck the Valparaνso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
* 1991 An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
* 1991 In concurrent referenda, 74% of the population of Latvia votes for independence from the Soviet Union, and 83% in Estonia.
* 1991 United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on approach into Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing 25.
* 1997 The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
* 2002 Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.
* 2004 Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agree to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that forms InBev, the world's largest brewer.
* 2005 Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
* 2005 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
* 2009 The Sri Lankan cricket team is attacked by gunmen while on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore for a Test match against Pakistan.
* 2009 The building of the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Kφln (Historical Archives) in Cologne, Germany, collapses.
end of c/p
Happy Birthday Jessica !
http://www.hdtvtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6384&d=1299134302
Jessica Biel
Jessica Claire Biel (born March 3, 1982)
American actress