March 3
1845 - Florida became the 27th state.
1849 - Congress established the U.S. Department of the Interior.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln signed the act creating the National Academy of Sciences.
1879 - Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood became the first female lawyer to be admitted to appear before the United States Supreme Court.
1918 - Germany, Austria and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
1931 - President Herbert Hoover signed a bill making "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem of the United States.
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 - Allied troops fully secured the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese forces during World War II after a monthlong battle that destroyed much of the city.
1969 - Apollo 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to test NASA's lunar module.
1991 - Motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers after a high-speed chase; amateur video that captured the scene aired on local news that evening, sparking public outrage.
2000 - Former dictator Augusto Pinochet returned to Chile after being detained in Britain on torture charges.
2003 - New embassies opened in Kenya and Tanzania to replace those lost in the 1998 terrorist bombings.
2022 - OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a nationwide settlement over its role in the opioid crisis, with the Sackler family members who own the company boosting their cash contribution to as much as $6 billion in a deal intended to staunch a flood of lawsuits.
Birthdays
26 - Isabelle Mathers (model)
27 - Jayson Tatum (basketball player)
28 - Camila Cabello (singer)
38 - Shraddha Kapoor (actress)
43 - Jessica Biel (actress)
51 - David Faustino (actor)
55 - Julie Bowen (actress)
57 - Brian Leetch (hockey player)
59 - Tone Loc (rapper)
63 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (track & field athlete)
67 - Miranda Richardson (actress)
73 - Randy Gradishar (football player)
78 - Jennifer Warnes (singer)
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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 University scores NCAA basketball record 73 points, including 54 straight, in 93-69 win on the road at Wilkes College.
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.
1985 - Bill Shoemaker becomes the first jockey to win $100 million.
1992 - Mike Bossy's #22 became the second number retired by the New York Islanders.
1998 - Larry Doby became the first black player in the American League to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2001 - John Ruiz became the first Hispanic heavyweight champion. He beat Evander Holyfield for the WBA heavyweight title.
2006 - In Tokyo, Japan, the opener of the World Baseball Classic took place.
2024 - Caitlin Clark of Iowa becomes the NCAA Division I basketball all-time scoring leader, surpassing Pete Maravich's career total of 3,667 points.
1845 - Florida became the 27th state.
1849 - Congress established the U.S. Department of the Interior.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln signed the act creating the National Academy of Sciences.
1879 - Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood became the first female lawyer to be admitted to appear before the United States Supreme Court.
1918 - Germany, Austria and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
1931 - President Herbert Hoover signed a bill making "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem of the United States.
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 - Allied troops fully secured the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese forces during World War II after a monthlong battle that destroyed much of the city.
1969 - Apollo 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to test NASA's lunar module.
1991 - Motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers after a high-speed chase; amateur video that captured the scene aired on local news that evening, sparking public outrage.
2000 - Former dictator Augusto Pinochet returned to Chile after being detained in Britain on torture charges.
2003 - New embassies opened in Kenya and Tanzania to replace those lost in the 1998 terrorist bombings.
2022 - OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a nationwide settlement over its role in the opioid crisis, with the Sackler family members who own the company boosting their cash contribution to as much as $6 billion in a deal intended to staunch a flood of lawsuits.
Birthdays
26 - Isabelle Mathers (model)
27 - Jayson Tatum (basketball player)
28 - Camila Cabello (singer)
38 - Shraddha Kapoor (actress)
43 - Jessica Biel (actress)
51 - David Faustino (actor)
55 - Julie Bowen (actress)
57 - Brian Leetch (hockey player)
59 - Tone Loc (rapper)
63 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (track & field athlete)
67 - Miranda Richardson (actress)
73 - Randy Gradishar (football player)
78 - Jennifer Warnes (singer)
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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 University scores NCAA basketball record 73 points, including 54 straight, in 93-69 win on the road at Wilkes College.
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.
1985 - Bill Shoemaker becomes the first jockey to win $100 million.
1992 - Mike Bossy's #22 became the second number retired by the New York Islanders.
1998 - Larry Doby became the first black player in the American League to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2001 - John Ruiz became the first Hispanic heavyweight champion. He beat Evander Holyfield for the WBA heavyweight title.
2006 - In Tokyo, Japan, the opener of the World Baseball Classic took place.
2024 - Caitlin Clark of Iowa becomes the NCAA Division I basketball all-time scoring leader, surpassing Pete Maravich's career total of 3,667 points.
