03 March In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, on March 03, the day number in a year is 63 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 64. March 03 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1575	The Mughal emperor Akbar defeated the Bengal army in the battle of Tukaroi.
1707	The sixth Mughal emperor Aurangzeb died and Bahadur Shah I ascended the throne.
1776	American Revolutionary War: Samuel Nicholas and the Continental Marines successfully landed on New Providence and captured Nassau in the Bahamas.
1820	The U.S. Congress passed the Missouri Compromise, whichbalanced the addition of Missouri as a slave state with the admittanceof Maine as a free state.
1845	The United States Congress enacted a presidential veto law for the first time.
1847	Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, was born.
1849	The United States Congress passed the Gold Coinage Act to allow the structure of gold coins.
1861	The Emancipation Manifesto of Tsar Alexander II wasproclaimed, abolishing serfdom in Imperial Russia.
1863	The first American wartime military recruitment bill was enacted.
1871	The US Congress Civil Service System was established.
1875	French composer Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, based on thenovella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, premiered at the OpéraComique in Paris.
1875	The first indoor game of ice hockey was played at the VictoriaSkating Rink in Montreal by James Creighton and McGill Universitystudents.
1875	The first indoor ice hockey game was played at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1879	The first American female lawyer stepped into the US Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)
1885	American Telephone & Telegraph, at onepoint the world's largest telephone company, was incorporated in NewYork.
1900	A German scientist named Kotleb Diemler died at the age of 64. He succeeded in making motorcycles.
1911	The us The Army built the first dental corps, with sixty dentists involved.
1913	Thousands of women marched in Washington, D.C. 'in a spirit of protest' against the exclusion of women fromAmerican society.
1915	The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), thepredecessor of NASA, was founded.
1915	The United States established the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, NASA's predecessor.
1923	Time magazine was first published.
1924	The Free State of Fiume, a short-lived independent free state located in the modern city of Rijeka, Croatia, was annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
1926	Germany and Afghanistan signed a mutual friendship agreement.
1938	Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia.
1943	Second World War-During a German aerial attack on London, 173people were killed in a stampede while trying to enter Bethnal Greentube station, which was being used as an air raid shelter.
1943	Gandhi of Mohandas ended his fast after 21 days.
1945	A former Armia Krajowa unit massacred at least 150 Ukrainian civilians in Pawlokoma, Poland.
1951	Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, recorded 'Rocket 88', often cited as 'the first rock and roll record', at Sam Phillips' recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
1974	Turkish Airlines' DC 10 plane crashed near Paris, killing all 345 people on board.
1980	Pierre Tridieu was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada for the second time.
1980	Pierre Trudeau takes over as Prime Minister of Canada.
1982	Elizabeth II inaugurated the Barbican Center in London.
1991	Motorist Rodney King was beaten by Los Angeles policemen, causing public outrage that increased tensions between the African American community and the police department over the issues of police brutality and social inequalities in the area.
1992	263 killed in gas explosion in Turkish coal mine.
1996	Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets and won Shell Trophy Final.
1997	Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville. North Carolina is on WRCQ 103.5 FM.
1997	The Sky Tower in Auckland, the tallest free-standing structurein the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened.
2002	North of Kabul, Afghanistan is hit by Earthquake. It brought major devastation.
2005	Steve Fossett flies the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer to a world record. He has completed the first non-stop, non-refuelled, solo flight around the world.
2005	Garry Kasparov has declared his retirement professionally from chess.
2007	Pakistan test-fired the Hatf-2 Abdali ballistic missile.
2008	Duffy debuted his debut album "Rockeroy".
2009	The building housing the Historical Archive of the City ofCologne, one of the the largest communal archives in Europe, collapsed.
2009	Armed people opened fire on the bus of the Sri Lankan cricket team going to play matches in Lahore, Pakistan.
2010	Multiple suicide bombers in Baquoba, Iraq killed at least 33 people and more than 50 people were wounded.
2011	A report is released by the United Nations stating world food prices are at the highest in 20 years.
2012	Mitt Romney, the U.S. Presidential candidate wins the caucus in Washington State.
2012	Two passenger trains collided head-on near the town ofSzczekociny in Poland, resulting in 16 deaths and 58 injuries.
2012	In Poland, 16 people were killed and 50 were injured in two train collisions.
2013	Queen Elizabeth II is admitted to the hospital for observation after experiencing symptoms of gastroenteritis. It is a precautionary measure taken.
2013	The United Nations declared March 3 as World Wildlife Day.
2013	45 people died in a bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan.
2014	Forbes' annual ranking on the richest person in the world named Bill Gates is the world's richest person in the world. He is with a total net worth of $76 billion. He outranked last year's wealthiest person, Carlos Slim, by $4billion.

Day/Observance	Level
World Wildlife Day	International Day
World Wildlife Day	International Day
World Hearing Day	International Day
Bulgaria Liberation Day	National Day

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1839	Jamsetji Tata / Business Man / India
1910	A. Ghosh / Author / India
1939	M. L. Jaisimha / Cricketer / India
1955	Jaspal Bhatti / Actor / India
1976	Rifleman Sanjay Kumar / Soldier / India
1978	Tanisha Mukherjee / Actress / India
1987	Shraddha Kapoor / Actress / India

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