This Day in History
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
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The Star-Spangled Banner becomes official
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Russia makes a separate peace
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Congress passes the Missouri Compromise
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Congress passes Civil War conscription act
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Helen Keller meets her miracle worker
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Finland declares war on Germany
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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U.S. 5th Special Forces Group withdraws
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First indoor game of ice hockey
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Rutherford B. Hayes is inaugurated in a private ceremony
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Congress overrides presidential veto for first time
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United States Geological Survey created
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James Merrill is born
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