- 1887] Signing In: Anne Sullivan arrives at the Alabama home of Capt. and Mrs. Arthur H. Keller to become the teacher of Helen, their blind and deaf 6-year-old daughter...
- 1931] Star spangled: President Herbert Hoover signs into law our first national anthem, Francis Scott Key's "Defense of Fort McHenry" a.k.a. "The Star Spangled Banner"...
- 1959] 'Happy Trails': Lou Costello of the legendary Abbott and Costello comedy duo, suffers a fatal heart attack 3 days shy of his 53rd birthday...
- 1969] This is test: Apollo 9 is launched on a mission to test the lunar module that will be used in the moon landings...
- 1984] The new commish: Peter Ueberroth, president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee is elected as the 6th commissioner of baseball effective October 1. Well, he looked good, anyway...
- 1985] Premiered on this date: "Moonlighting" starring Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis on ABC-TV. This terrific series ran until May of 1989...
- 1991] Hell breaks loose in L.A.: Motorist Rodney King is severely beaten by LAPD officers in a scene captured on amateur video tape...
- 1992] Hang him high: Islanders' great Mike Bossy becomes the second Islander to have his uniform (#22) hoisted to the rafters at Nassau Coliseum. Dennis Potvin's #5 was the first one...
- 1995] Stalking slowly: A stalker is arrested while trying to break into Roberta Flack's Manhattan apartment but the singer starts playing "Killing Me Softly" on the piano and the stalker falls into a coma...
- 2005] Up, up and away: Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, touching down in central Kansas after a 67-hour, 23,000 mile journey. In September, 2007 Fossett vanished while flying. He was legally declared dead in 2008...For more on March 3rd:
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