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Day in History: March 3
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March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). There are 303 days remaining. The United States officially adopted its famous "Star-Spangled Banner" anthem today.
| | 1791 - The United States Mint is created by the U.S. Congress. |
| | 1820 - The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise. |
| | 1845 - Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state. |
| | 1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes is privately inaugurated as the 19th President of the United States (his public inauguration coming on March 5). |
| | 1915 - NACA, the predecessor of NASA founded. |
| | 1920 - The Montreal Canadiens score an NHL record 16 goals against the Quebec Bulldogs, defeating them 16-3. |
| | 1923 - TIME magazine is published for the first time. |
| | 1931 - The United States officially adopts "The Star-Spangled Banner" as its national anthem. |
| | 1939 - In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India. |
| | 1969 - In a Los Angeles, California court, Sirhan Sirhan admits that he killed presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy. |
| | 1991 - An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. |
| | 1995 - In Somalia, the United Nations peacekeeping mission ends. |
| | 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 around the world solo without any stops without refueling - a journey of 40,234 km/25,000 mi completed in 67 hours and 2 minutes. |
| | 2007 - The first of two total lunar eclipse in 2007. |
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