All Events

Historical Events on March 3

  • Battle of Nassau

    1776

    American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.

  • Missouri Compromise

    1820

    The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.

  • Florida

    1845

    Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.

  • Thomas Edison

    1904

    Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder.

  • World War I

    1918

    Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.

  • Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

    1939

    In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.

  • Attack on Broome

    1942

    World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.

  • Apollo 9

    1969

    Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.

  • Nintendo Switch

    2017

    Nintendo releases the hybrid video game console Nintendo Switch worldwide to critical acclaim.

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Famous Deaths on March 3

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