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| About March 3rd is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 303 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, scientist, inventor 1918 - Arthur Kornberg, famed biochemist, Nobel Prize winner 1959 - Ira Glass, radio host (This American Life) 1962 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olympic gold medalist 1974 - David Faustino, actor (Married... with Children) 1982 - Jessica Biel, actress, model (7th Heaven) Deaths 1911 - Jean Harlow, actress, sex symbol (Red-Headed Woman, Red Dust) 1959 - Lou Costello, comedian, actor (Abbott and Costello) 1993 - Albert Sabin, medical researcher (developed polio vaccine) 2009 - Sydney Earle Chaplin, actor (son of Charlie Chaplin) Events 1820 - The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise, admitting Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. 1845 - Florida is admitted to the Union, becoming the 27th state. 1849 - The United States Department of the Interior is established. 1875 - The first game of indoor ice hockey takes place at Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal. 1885 - The American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) is incorporated in New York. 1887 - Anne Sullivan begins teaching six-year-old Helen Keller who had lost her sight and hearing at the age of 19 months. 1923 - The first issue of Time magazine is published. 1931 - The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem. 1938 - Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia. 1991 - An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by the Los Angeles Police Department. 2005 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly a fixed-wing aircraft solo non-stop around the world without refueling. |
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