Historical Events
03 Mar 1284
Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England
03 Mar 1431
Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV
03 Mar 1585
The Olympic Theatre designed by Andrea Palladio is inaugurated in Vicenza.
03 Mar 1627
Dutch privateer Piet Heyn attacks and conquers 22 Portuguese ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil
03 Mar 1634
1st tavern in Boston (Mass) opens (Samuel Cole)
03 Mar 1638
Duke Bernard of Saxe-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden
03 Mar 1776
American commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas
03 Mar 1791
1st US internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages)
03 Mar 1794
1st performance of Joseph Haydns 101st Symphony in D
03 Mar 1794
Richard Allen founded African Methodist Episcopal Church
03 Mar 1801
1st US Jewish governor David Emanuel takes office in Georgia
03 Mar 1803
1st impeachment trial of a US federal judge John Pickering begins
03 Mar 1803
Colgio Militar is founded in Portugal by Colonel Teixeira Rebello.
03 Mar 1812
US passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims)
03 Mar 1813
Office of Surgeon General of the US Army forms
03 Mar 1815
US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners & demanding tribute
03 Mar 1817
Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory & Mississippi
03 Mar 1820
Missouri Compromise passes allowing Missouri to join the United States despite slavery still being legal there.
03 Mar 1835
Congress authorizes a US mint at New Orleans Louisiana
03 Mar 1837
Congress increases US Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9
03 Mar 1841
3rd Grand National Mr A. Powell aboard Charity wins
03 Mar 1842
1st US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass)
03 Mar 1843
Congress appropriates 30000 to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs by the US
03 Mar 1845
For the first time the US Senate overrides presidential (Tyler) veto
03 Mar 1845
US Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery
03 Mar 1847
US Post Office Department is authorized to issue postage stamps
03 Mar 1847
9th Grand National Denny Wynne aboard Mathew IRE wins
03 Mar 1849
Gold Coinage Act authorizes 20 Double Eagle gold coin
03 Mar 1849
US Home Department (later renamed the Department of the Interior) established by Congress
03 Mar 1851
Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3 cent piece)
03 Mar 1852
14th Grand National Mr Alec Goodman aboard Miss Mowbray wins
03 Mar 1853
Transcontinental railroad survey is authorized by US Congress
03 Mar 1855
US Congress approves 30000 to test camels for military use
03 Mar 1857
Second Opium War France and the United Kingdom declare war on China
03 Mar 1862
Union forces under General Pope lay siege to New Madrid Missouri (US Civil War)
03 Mar 1863
US Congress authorizes track width of 48 for Union Pacific Railroad
03 Mar 1863
1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted
03 Mar 1863
Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City Nevada
03 Mar 1863
Federal ironclad ships bombard Fort McAllister Georgia
03 Mar 1863
Free city delivery replaces zone postage 449 letter carriers hired
03 Mar 1863
Gold certificates (currency) authorized by US Congress
03 Mar 1865
US Bureau of Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands established by Abraham Lincoln to help destitute free blacks
03 Mar 1865
Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation the founding member of the HSBC Group.
03 Mar 1869
University of South Carolina opens to all races
03 Mar 1869
31st Grand National George Stevens aboard The Colonel wins
03 Mar 1871
US Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent
03 Mar 1871
US Congress establishes the civil service system
03 Mar 1873
US Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps
03 Mar 1873
US Congress & government retroactively raise own salaries
03 Mar 1873
US Congress enacts the Comstock Law making it illegal to send any obscene lewd or lascivious books through the mail
03 Mar 1875
US Congress authorizes 20 cent coin lasts only 3 years
03 Mar 1878
Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)
03 Mar 1879
1st female lawyer heard by US Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)
03 Mar 1879
US Geological Survey director authorized in Department of the Interior
03 Mar 1882
NY Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings
03 Mar 1883
Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in US navy
03 Mar 1885
1st US state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission
03 Mar 1885
American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates
03 Mar 1885
US Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of federal government)
03 Mar 1885
US Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail
03 Mar 1887
American Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton Iowa
03 Mar 1889
US President Harrison announced the government would open the 1.9 million-acre tract of Indian Territory for settlement precisely at noon on April 22
03 Mar 1891
US Congress creates Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept)
03 Mar 1891
The Penalty Spot Kick rule in Association Football is conceived but does not come into effect until the next season.
03 Mar 1892
1st cattle tuberculosis test in US made Villa Nova Penn
03 Mar 1893
US Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency in Department of Agriculture
03 Mar 1894
NY Atlantis 1st Greek-language publication in US begins
03 Mar 1894
4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns
03 Mar 1899
US Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar
03 Mar 1901
US Congress creates National Bureau of Standards in Department of Commerce
03 Mar 1903
North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses
03 Mar 1904
England cricket all-rounder Bernard Bosanquet takes 6 for 51 as tourists dismiss Australia for 171 in the 4th Test in Sydney to regain the Ashes take an unassailable 3-1 series lead
03 Mar 1906
Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traian Vuia tested in France
03 Mar 1909
Stanley Cup Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Wanderers 8-3
03 Mar 1911
1st US federal cemetery with Union & Confederate graves opens Missouri
03 Mar 1913
Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington D.C.
03 Mar 1915
US National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) created the predecessor of NASA
03 Mar 1917
US Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations
03 Mar 1917
1st major strike of the Russian February Revolution starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd [OSFeb 18]
03 Mar 1917
German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann publicly admits the Zimmermann Telegram is genuine. Generates support for the US declaration of war on Germany in April.
03 Mar 1918
Richard Goerings Seeschlacht premieres in Berlin
03 Mar 1918
Facing internal counterrevolutionary pressures and external German offensive Bolsheviks forced to sign harsh Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany and Austria
03 Mar 1919
1st international air mail service from US Seattle-Victoria BC
03 Mar 1919
Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike
03 Mar 1920
Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs
03 Mar 1921
Torontos Dr Banting & Dr Best announce discovery of insulin
03 Mar 1921
The Asiatic Inquiry Commission established by the South African Government proposes a system of voluntary repatriation and segregation of Indians and prohibits Indians from buying agricultural land in a specified area along the coast
03 Mar 1922
WWJ-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions
03 Mar 1923
Time magazine publishes 1st issue featuring Joseph G. Cannon (Speaker of US House of Representatives)
03 Mar 1923
US Senate rejects membership of the International Court of Justice The Hague
03 Mar 1924
German & Turkish friendshiptrade treaty signed
03 Mar 1924
Sean OCaseys Juno & the Paycock premieres in Dublin
03 Mar 1926
International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami Fla)
03 Mar 1931
Star Spangled Banner officially becomes US national anthem by congressional resolution
03 Mar 1931
Cab Calloway records Minnie Moocher (Jazzs 1st million seller)
03 Mar 1933
German presidential candidate Earnest Thalmann (KPD) arrested
03 Mar 1935
Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Workers party (RSAP) forms
03 Mar 1936
Clarence Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test v South Africa
03 Mar 1937
Australia snatches series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down
03 Mar 1938
American Bowling Congress largest tournament (24765 competitors)
03 Mar 1940
American bandleader Artie Shaw records Frenesi on RCA Victor label
03 Mar 1942
1st combat flight for Canadian British-built Avro Lancaster bomber
03 Mar 1943
Bomb fleeing crowd falls into London shelter 173 die
03 Mar 1943
F Ryerson & Cohn Claues Harriet premieres in NYC
03 Mar 1943
Battle of the Bismarck Sea Australian and American air forces devastate Japanese navy convoy
03 Mar 1946
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
03 Mar 1946
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
03 Mar 1950
3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name
03 Mar 1951
Bill Mikvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 pts
03 Mar 1952
Puerto Rico approves its 1st self-written constitution
03 Mar 1953
Boston Braves who own Milwaukee minor league franchise block St Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee
03 Mar 1956
Elvis Presleys 1st hit in Billboards top 10 Heartbreak Hotel
03 Mar 1956
Dutch swimmer Cockie Gastelaars breaks 20-year old world record for 100m freestyle (104.2)
03 Mar 1956
Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne)
03 Mar 1956
Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in NY
03 Mar 1956
3rd ACC Mens Basketball Tournament NC State beats Wake Forest 76-64
03 Mar 1957
Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Markham & Jones of Great Britian
03 Mar 1957
Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner & Paul of Canada
03 Mar 1957
Mens Figure Skating Champ in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins of the USA
03 Mar 1957
Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Colorado Springs won by Carol Heiss (US)
03 Mar 1957
2nd Eurovision Song Contest Corry Brokken for Netherlands wins singing Net als toen in Frankfurt
03 Mar 1958
KTVU TV channel 2 in Oakland-San Francisco California (IND) 1st broadcast
03 Mar 1959
1st US probe to enter solar orbit Pioneer 4 launched
03 Mar 1959
British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland ends emergency crisis
03 Mar 1959
San Francisco Giants rename their stadium Candlestick Park
03 Mar 1962
9th ACC Mens Basketball Tournament Wake Forest beats Clemson 77-66
03 Mar 1966
James Goldmans Lion in Winter premieres in NYC
03 Mar 1966
Twister hits Jackson Mississippi 3 minutes after 1st sighting 57 die
03 Mar 1966
WRFT (now WVFT) TV channel 27 in Roanoke VA (IND) begins broadcasting
03 Mar 1967
Grenada gains partial independence from Britain
03 Mar 1967
White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game)
03 Mar 1968
Heres Where I Belong openscloses at Billy Rose Theater NYC
03 Mar 1968
Greek Portuguese & Spanish embassies bombed in the Hague
03 Mar 1969
Apollo 9 launched for 151 Earth orbits (10 days)
03 Mar 1971
South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles
03 Mar 1973
Shelter closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 31 performances
03 Mar 1974
Sextet opens at Bijou Theater NYC for 9 performances
03 Mar 1974
Despite Billy Harris hat trick Islanders lose 3-4
03 Mar 1974
Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes in the Ermenonville Forest outside Paris killing all 346 people onboard
03 Mar 1975
Goodtime Charley opens at Palace Theater NYC for 104 performances
03 Mar 1841
3rd Grand National Horatio Powell wins aboard 141 Charity first mare to win the race
03 Mar 1847
9th Grand National Denny Wynne wins aboard 101 Mathew regarded as the first Irish-trained horse to win the race
03 Mar 1849
Gold Coinage Act authorizes 20 Double Eagle gold coin and the 1 Gold Liberty coin in the USA
03 Mar 1852
14th Grand National Alec Goodman wins first of 2 GN victories (1866) aboard Miss Mowbray
03 Mar 1869
31st Grand National George Stevens wins his 4th GN aboard 1007 outsider The Colonel repeats with back-to-back victories the following year
03 Mar 1883
In the series decider England beats Scotland 2 tries to 1 at Raeburn Place Edinburgh to win the inaugural Home Nations Rugby Championship with an undefeated record
03 Mar 1943
Bethnal Green Tube disaster 173 die in a stampede sheltering in an air raid UKs greatest loss of civilian life in WWII (details censored till January 20 1945)
03 Mar 1950
National-American Football League reverts back to calling itself the NFL after 3 months
03 Mar 1957
Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Markham & Jones of Great Britain
03 Mar 1963
American blues musician Mississippi John Hurt re-discovered by musicologist Tom Hoskins in Avalon Mississippi [1]
03 Mar 1968
Pirate station Radio Caroline goes off the air when its ships Mi Amigo and Caroline are boarded and seized before the days broadcasting began
03 Mar 1789
First whale harpooned in the Pacific Ocean by English ship Emilia off the coast of South America [1]
03 Mar 1963
American country blues musician Mississippi John Hurt re-discovered by musicologist Tom Hoskins in Avalon Mississippi [1]
03 Mar 1794
1st performance of Joseph Haydns 101st Symphony in D 9The Clock) at the HAnover Rooms in London England
03 Mar 1821
American tailor and inventor Thomas L. Jennings (30) receives US patent for his dry-scouring process. the forerunner of todays modern dry-cleaning
03 Mar 1878
Treaty of San Stefano signed by Russian and Ottoman empires grants independence to Bulgaria after 500 years of Turkish rule
03 Mar 1891
US Congress establishes the Office of Immigration
03 Mar 1931
The Star-Spangled Banner officially becomes US national anthem by congressional resolution lyrics by Francis Scott Key in 1814 set to John Stafford Smiths 18th century tune The Anacreontic Song
03 Mar 1950
National-American Football League reverts to calling itself the NFL after 3 months
03 Mar 1959
The Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts opens in Yerevan Armenia with a collection of over 23000 manuscripts [1]
03 Mar 1443
Ferrante (later Ferdinand I) illegitimate son of Alfonso the Magnanimous King of Naples made Duke of Calabria and heir to the kingdom
03 Mar 1835
Congress authorizes a US mint at New Orleans Louisiana coins identified with mint mark O
03 Mar 1842
1st US child labor law regulating working hours passed in Massachusetts
03 Mar 1863
Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City Nevada coins identified with mint mark CC
03 Mar 1863
Idaho Territory incorporated from parts of area split from Dakota Nebraska and Washington territories now consists of states of Idaho. Montana and most of Wyoming
03 Mar 1875
1st recognised hockey game played at the Victoria Skating Rink Montreal (according to International Ice Hockey Federation) though likely much earlier [1]
03 Mar 1893
US Mint issues Queen Isabella commemorative silver quarter in conjunction with the Worlds Columbian Exposition [1]
03 Mar 1917
First major strike of the Russian February Revolution starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd [OSFeb 18]
03 Mar 1936
Clarrie Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test v South Africa
03 Mar 1956
Albert Hague and Arnold Horwitts musical Plain and Fancy about an Amish wedding closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 476 performances
03 Mar 1969
Apple Records releases Mary Hopkins debut album Post Card in the US produced by Paul McCartney US version substitutes her earlier hit singles for two tracks included on the UK version
03 Mar 1973
Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryers musical Shelter closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 31 performances
03 Mar 1476
Battle of Toro during the War of the Castilian Succession is inconclusive Isabella of Castile claims a win for her and Ferdinand of Aragon against the Portuguese ending the threat of invasion
03 Mar 1592
Trinity College Dublin and its library is founded by royal charter by Elizabeth I on the former site of the Priory of All Hallows [1]
03 Mar 1917
German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann publicly admits the Zimmermann Telegram is genuine revelation generates support for the US declaration of war on Germany in April.
03 Mar 1951
Bill Mikvy of Temple University scores NCAA basketball record 73 points including 54 straight in 93-69 win on the road at Wilkes College [1]
03 Mar 1966
WRFT (now WVFT) TV channel 27 in Roanoke Virginia (IND) begins broadcasting
03 Mar 1976
5 workers are killed by the police in a demonstration in Vitoria-Gasteiz Spain
03 Mar 1977
Ice Pairs Champs at Tokyo won by Irina RodninaAlexandr Zaitsev (URS)
03 Mar 1977
Islanders allow Red Wings only 11 shots on goal
03 Mar 1977
Libyan Socialist Arabs Peoples Republic forms
03 Mar 1977
Mens Figure Skating Champions in Tokyo won by Vladimir Kovalev (USSR)
03 Mar 1978
1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI v Australia)
03 Mar 1980
1st nuclear submarine USS Nautilus is decommissioned
03 Mar 1284
Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England
03 Mar 1677
First Battle of Tobago Dutch fleet under Jacob Binckes forces a French squadron led by Jean II dEstres to retreat off Tobago in the Caribbean Sea during the Franco-Dutch War
03 Mar 1821
American tailor and inventor Thomas L. Jennings (30) receives a US patent for his dry-scouring process the forerunner of todays modern dry-cleaning
03 Mar 1875
First recognized hockey game is played at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal according to the International Ice Hockey Federation though it likely occurred much earlier [1]
03 Mar 1917
First major strike of the Russian February Revolution starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd [OS Feb 18]
03 Mar 1923
Time magazine publishes its first issue featuring Joseph G. Cannon Speaker of the US House of Representatives
03 Mar 1931
The Star-Spangled Banner officially becomes the US national anthem by congressional resolution lyrics by Francis Scott Key in 1814 are set to John Stafford Smiths 18th-century tune The Anacreontic Song
03 Mar 1956
Dutch swimmer Cockie Gastelaars breaks a 20-year-old world record for the 100m freestyle (104.2)
03 Mar 1959
First US probe to enter solar orbit Pioneer 4 launches
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