March 3
1791 - Congress passed a measure taxing distilled spirits; it was the first internal revenue act in U.S. history.
1845 - Florida became the 27th state.
1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1849 - The Minnesota Territory was established.
1849 - The U.S. Department of the Interior was established.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creating the National Academy of Sciences.
1879 - Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood became the first female lawyer to be admitted to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court.
1887 - Anne Sullivan arrived at the Alabama home of Capt. and Mrs. Arthur H. Keller to become the teacher of their blind and deaf 6-year-old daughter, Helen.
1918 - Germany, Austria and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
1931 - President Herbert Hoover signed a bill into law making "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem.
1943 - In London’s East End, 173 people died in a crush of bodies at the Bethnal Green tube station, which was being used as a wartime air raid shelter.
1945 - The Allies fully secured the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese forces during World War II.
1960 - Lucille Ball filed for divorce from her husband, Desi Arnaz, a day after they had finished filming the last episode of “The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show.”
1969 - Apollo 9 was launched on a mission to test the lunar module that was used in the moon landings.
1974 - A Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris, killing all 346 people on board.
1991 - Rodney King's vicious beating by Los Angeles police officers was captured on videotape.
1991 - Twenty-five people were killed when a United Airlines Boeing 737-200 crashed while approaching the Colorado Springs airport.
2000 - Former dictator Augusto Pinochet returned to Chile after being detained in Britain on torture charges.
2002 - Voters in Switzerland approved joining the United Nations, abandoning almost 200 years of formal neutrality.
2003 - New U.S. embassies opened in Kenya and Tanzania to replace those lost in the 1998 terrorist bombings.
2017 - The Nintendo Switch, a hybrid game machine that works as both a console at home and a portable tablet on the go, made its debut.
2020 - In a surprise move, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a half-point, its largest cut in more than a decade, to support the economy in the face of the spreading coronavirus.
2021 - Officials testifying at a Senate hearing said Defense Department leaders had delayed sending help for hours on Jan. 6, despite an urgent plea for reinforcement from police protecting the U.S. Capitol building.
Birthdays
23 - Isabelle Mathers (model)
25 - Camila Cabello (singer)
35 - Shraddha Kapoor (actress)
40 - Jessica Biel (actress)
45 - Ronan Keating (singer)
45 - Jason Crabb (singer)
48 - David Faustino (actor)
51 - Brett Warren (singer)
52 - Julie Bowen (actress)
56 - Tone Loc (actor/rapper)
58 - Laura Harring (actress)
60 - Herschel Walker (football player)
60 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (track & field athlete)
61 - Mary Page Keller (actress)
64 - Miranda Richardson (actress)
68 - Robert Gossett (actor)
69 - Robyn Hitchcock (singer)
75 - Jennifer Warnes (singer)
77 - Hattie Winston (actress)
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Today in Sports History - March 3
1875 - The first recorded hockey game was played in Montreal.
1951 - Bill Mikvy of Temple sets an NCAA single-game men's basketball record with 73 points.
1953 - The Boston Braves, who own a minor league franchise in Milwaukee, block the St. Louis Browns from attempting to relocate to Milwaukee.
1968 - Jean Beliveau (Montreal Canadiens) became the second NHL player to score 1,000 regular-season career points.
1984 - Peter Ueberroth is elected commissioner of MLB.
1992 - The New York Islanders retired Mike Bossy's #2.
2001 - John Ruiz became the first Hispanic heavyweight champion. He beat Evander Holyfield for the WBA heavyweight title.
2002 - The Dallas Stars set an NHL record with their 48th straight win when leading after two periods. The streak started on November 11, 2000.
2006 - The inaugural World Baseball Classic began in Tokyo, Japan.
1791 - Congress passed a measure taxing distilled spirits; it was the first internal revenue act in U.S. history.
1845 - Florida became the 27th state.
1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1849 - The Minnesota Territory was established.
1849 - The U.S. Department of the Interior was established.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creating the National Academy of Sciences.
1879 - Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood became the first female lawyer to be admitted to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court.
1887 - Anne Sullivan arrived at the Alabama home of Capt. and Mrs. Arthur H. Keller to become the teacher of their blind and deaf 6-year-old daughter, Helen.
1918 - Germany, Austria and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
1931 - President Herbert Hoover signed a bill into law making "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem.
1943 - In London’s East End, 173 people died in a crush of bodies at the Bethnal Green tube station, which was being used as a wartime air raid shelter.
1945 - The Allies fully secured the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese forces during World War II.
1960 - Lucille Ball filed for divorce from her husband, Desi Arnaz, a day after they had finished filming the last episode of “The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show.”
1969 - Apollo 9 was launched on a mission to test the lunar module that was used in the moon landings.
1974 - A Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris, killing all 346 people on board.
1991 - Rodney King's vicious beating by Los Angeles police officers was captured on videotape.
1991 - Twenty-five people were killed when a United Airlines Boeing 737-200 crashed while approaching the Colorado Springs airport.
2000 - Former dictator Augusto Pinochet returned to Chile after being detained in Britain on torture charges.
2002 - Voters in Switzerland approved joining the United Nations, abandoning almost 200 years of formal neutrality.
2003 - New U.S. embassies opened in Kenya and Tanzania to replace those lost in the 1998 terrorist bombings.
2017 - The Nintendo Switch, a hybrid game machine that works as both a console at home and a portable tablet on the go, made its debut.
2020 - In a surprise move, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a half-point, its largest cut in more than a decade, to support the economy in the face of the spreading coronavirus.
2021 - Officials testifying at a Senate hearing said Defense Department leaders had delayed sending help for hours on Jan. 6, despite an urgent plea for reinforcement from police protecting the U.S. Capitol building.
Birthdays
23 - Isabelle Mathers (model)
25 - Camila Cabello (singer)
35 - Shraddha Kapoor (actress)
40 - Jessica Biel (actress)
45 - Ronan Keating (singer)
45 - Jason Crabb (singer)
48 - David Faustino (actor)
51 - Brett Warren (singer)
52 - Julie Bowen (actress)
56 - Tone Loc (actor/rapper)
58 - Laura Harring (actress)
60 - Herschel Walker (football player)
60 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (track & field athlete)
61 - Mary Page Keller (actress)
64 - Miranda Richardson (actress)
68 - Robert Gossett (actor)
69 - Robyn Hitchcock (singer)
75 - Jennifer Warnes (singer)
77 - Hattie Winston (actress)
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Today in Sports History - March 3
1875 - The first recorded hockey game was played in Montreal.
1951 - Bill Mikvy of Temple sets an NCAA single-game men's basketball record with 73 points.
1953 - The Boston Braves, who own a minor league franchise in Milwaukee, block the St. Louis Browns from attempting to relocate to Milwaukee.
1968 - Jean Beliveau (Montreal Canadiens) became the second NHL player to score 1,000 regular-season career points.
1984 - Peter Ueberroth is elected commissioner of MLB.
1992 - The New York Islanders retired Mike Bossy's #2.
2001 - John Ruiz became the first Hispanic heavyweight champion. He beat Evander Holyfield for the WBA heavyweight title.
2002 - The Dallas Stars set an NHL record with their 48th straight win when leading after two periods. The streak started on November 11, 2000.
2006 - The inaugural World Baseball Classic began in Tokyo, Japan.
