3rd March The events happened on 3rd March are :
2005 : Steve Fossett's circumnavigation of Earth : On this day in 2005, American adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to complete a solo nonstop circumnavigation of the globe without refueling when he landed in Kansas after more than 67 hours in flight.
1962 : American Jackie Joyner-Kersee, considered by many to be the greatest female athlete ever, was born.
1934 : American bank robber John Dillinger made a daring escape from prison at Crown Point, Indiana.
1931 : "The Star-Spangled Banner," written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, was officially adopted as the national anthem of the United States by act of Congress.
1923 : The first issue of the American weekly newsmagazine Time was published.
1918 : The second of two treaties of Brest-Litovsk concluded hostilities between the Central Powers and Soviet Russia during World War I.
1861 : The Russian emperor Alexander II issued the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing the serfs from slavery.
1820 : Henry Clay helped win passage of the Missouri Compromise, which divided the United States over the issue of slavery for years afterward.
1671 : The Paris Opéra first opened, with a performance of Pomone by composer Robert Cambert.
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