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[edit] Events

  • 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sinks the Carthaginian fleet; end of First Punic War.
  • 1496 - Christopher Columbus leaves Hispaniola for Spain, ending his second visit to the Western Hemisphere.
  • 1629 - Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, starting the Eleven Years Tyranny in which there was no parliament.
  • 1804 - Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
  • 1814 - Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
  • 1831 - The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
  • 1848 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.
  • 1861 - El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Segou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali.
  • 1864 - Montana vigilantes hang Jack Slade.
  • 1864 - American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
  • 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
  • 1880 - Members of the Salvation Army land in the United States and begin operations.
  • 1891 - Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka Kansas, patents the strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
  • 1893 - Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.
  • 1902 - Boer War: South African Boers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.
  • 1902 - A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera.
  • 1902 - Tochangri, Turkey, is completely destroyed by an earthquake.
  • 1912 - Yuan Shikai is sworn in as the second Provisional President of the Republic of China.
  • 1926 - The first Book-of-the-Month-Club selection is produced
  • 1933 - An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 120 people.
  • 1945 - The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
  • 1948 - The Indian Union Muslim League is founded, by remnants of the old Muslim League.
  • 1951 - Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France
  • 1952 - Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba
  • 1964 - The Ford Mustang is first produced by the Ford Motor Company.
  • 1966 - Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands marries Claus von Amsberg.
  • 1969 - In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. Ray would later retract his guilty plea.
  • 1970 - Vietnam War: Capt. Ernest Medina is charged with My Lai war crimes
  • 1975 - Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thout, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon.
  • 1977 - Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
  • 1982 - The United States places an embargo on Libyan petroleum imports because of their support of terrorist groups.
  • 1982 - Syzygy: all 9 planets align on the same side of the Sun.
  • 1987 - Reproductive rights: The Holy See condemns the practice of surrogate motherhood, along with test-tube babies and artificial insemination.
  • 1990 - In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
  • 1991 - Gulf War: Operation Phase Echo - 540,000 American troops begin to leave the Persian Gulf.
  • 1996 - The "Summit of Peacemakers" takes place in Egypt.
  • 1998 - American troops stationed in the Persian Gulf begin to receive the first vaccinations against anthrax.
  • 2000 - The NASDAQ stock market index peaks at 5048.62, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
  • 2004 - Six Flags sells 8 of its theme parks to private investors.
  • 2005 - In Edmonton, Alberta, the largest memorial (of its kind) in Canadian history was held for four RCMP constables who were gunned down March 3, 2005.

[edit] Births

  • 1776 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia (d. 1810)
  • 1971 - Ugonna Wachuku, creative writer and author

[edit] Deaths