March 3
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March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (63rd in leap years). There are 303 days remaining.
[change] Events
- 1788 – European settlement begins on Norfolk Island
- 1933
- Earthquake in Japan kills 3,000 people.
- Ching Yun University was established.
- 1978 – The body of movie actor Charles Chaplin is stolen from his grave in Switzerland.
- 1991 – Rodney King is hit and kicked by the Los Angeles police, which leads to big riots.
- 2002 – Switzerland votes to join the United Nations, breaking its long history of being neutral.
[change] Births
- 1847 – Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor (d. 1922)
