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, inventor of the telephone, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1849 - Congress created the Minnesota Territory.
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 Supreme Court of the United States.
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 Woodrow Wilson signed a bill into law making "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem.
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 - In a case that sparked a national outcry, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on amateur video.
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 embassies opened in Kenya and Tanzania, to replace those lost in the 1998 terrorist bombings.
2016 - North Korea fired six short-range projectiles into the sea hours after the U.N. Security Council approved the toughest sanctions on Pyongyang in two decades.
2019 - A tornado roared into the small community of Beauregard, Alabama, killing 23 people; it was the nation’s deadliest tornado in nearly six years.
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.
2020 - A series of tornadoes struck middle Tennessee, including one that carved a 60-mile path in and around Nashville; the storms left 24 people dead.
Birthdays
22 - Isabelle Mathers (model)
24 - Camila Cabello (singer)
28 - Michael Thomas (football player)
39 - Jessica Biel (actress)
47 - David Faustino (actor)
51 - Julie Bowen (actress)
55 - Tone Loc (rapper/actor)
57 - Laura Harring (actress)
59 - Herschel Walker (football player)
59 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (track & field athlete)
60 - Mary Page Keller (actress)
63 - Miranda Richardson (actor)
67 - Robert Gossett (actor)
74 - Jennifer Warnes (singer)
76 - 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 basketball scoring record with 73 points in a game.
1968 - Jean Beliveau (Montreal Canadiens) became the second NHL player to score 1,000 regular-season career points.
1984 - Peter Ueberroth is elected the next commissioner of Major League Baseball.
1985 - Bill Shoemaker becomes the first jockey to earn $100 million in career winnings.
1992 - The New York Islanders retired Mike Bossy's #22.
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.
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 opened 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, inventor of the telephone, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1849 - Congress created the Minnesota Territory.
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 Supreme Court of the United States.
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 Woodrow Wilson signed a bill into law making "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem.
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 - In a case that sparked a national outcry, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on amateur video.
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 embassies opened in Kenya and Tanzania, to replace those lost in the 1998 terrorist bombings.
2016 - North Korea fired six short-range projectiles into the sea hours after the U.N. Security Council approved the toughest sanctions on Pyongyang in two decades.
2019 - A tornado roared into the small community of Beauregard, Alabama, killing 23 people; it was the nation’s deadliest tornado in nearly six years.
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.
2020 - A series of tornadoes struck middle Tennessee, including one that carved a 60-mile path in and around Nashville; the storms left 24 people dead.
Birthdays
22 - Isabelle Mathers (model)
24 - Camila Cabello (singer)
28 - Michael Thomas (football player)
39 - Jessica Biel (actress)
47 - David Faustino (actor)
51 - Julie Bowen (actress)
55 - Tone Loc (rapper/actor)
57 - Laura Harring (actress)
59 - Herschel Walker (football player)
59 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (track & field athlete)
60 - Mary Page Keller (actress)
63 - Miranda Richardson (actor)
67 - Robert Gossett (actor)
74 - Jennifer Warnes (singer)
76 - 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 basketball scoring record with 73 points in a game.
1968 - Jean Beliveau (Montreal Canadiens) became the second NHL player to score 1,000 regular-season career points.
1984 - Peter Ueberroth is elected the next commissioner of Major League Baseball.
1985 - Bill Shoemaker becomes the first jockey to earn $100 million in career winnings.
1992 - The New York Islanders retired Mike Bossy's #22.
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.
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 opened in Tokyo, Japan.
