March 3rd
1845
Florida became the 27th state in the United States.
1845
The U.S. Senate passed legislation overriding a presidential veto for the first time.
1849
Congress created the Minnesota Territory.
1875
The first recorded hockey game was played in Montreal.
1877
Rutherford B. Hayes is privately inaugurated as the 19th President of the United States (his public inauguration coming on March 5).
1879
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood became the first woman lawyer to be admitted to appear before the Supreme Court of the United States.
1918
Germany, Austria, and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
1931
President Herbert Hoover signed into law a bill making "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem.
1959
Lou Costello of the comedy team Abbott & Costello died at age 52.
1985
The television show "Moonlighting" premiered.
1986
The pilot episode of "Matlock" aired on NBC.
1991
Rodney King's vicious beating by Los Angeles police officers was caught on videotape.
2003
New embassies opened in Kenya and Tanzania, to replace those lost in the 1998 terrorist bombings.
2005
Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly around the world alone without stopping or refueling, touching down in central Kansas after a 67-hour, 23,000-mile journey.
Birthdays
64 George Miller Director, producer ("Mad Max" films)
64 Hattie Winston Actress
61 Snowy White British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd)
47 Jackie Joyner-Kersee Olympic track and field gold medalist
43 Tone-Loc Rapper, actor
41 Brian Leetch Hockey player
40 John Bigham Rock musician
39 Julie Bowen Actress ("Ed," "Boston Legal")
38 Brett Warren Country singer (The Warren Brothers)
35 David Faustino Actor ("Married... With Children")
31
Ryan Cook (MedicCook) Cigar Asylum Inmate
27 Jessica Biel Actress ("7th Heaven")
25 Santonio Holmes Football player (Super Bowl XLIII MVP for the Steelers)
75 Alexander Graham Bell 3/3/1847 - 8/2/1922 Scottish-born American inventor of the telephone
58 Damaskinos 3/3/1891 - 5/20/1949 Greek archbishop of Athens
26 Jean Harlow 3/3/1911 - 6/7/1937 American movie actress
68 James Merrill 3/3/1926 - 2/6/1995 American poet