March 3 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for March 3
In the headlines today:

1999	In an ABC-TV interview, former White House intern Monica Lewinsky tells reporter Barbara Walters of her relationship with US president Bill Clinton.
1999	The US Supreme Court rules that public schools must provide 1-on-1 nursing care for certain disabled students.
1991	Los Angeles Police officers stop motorist Rodney King, and savagely beat him. The event was captured on amateur video, resulting in a national outcry.
1991	A United Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach to the Colorado Springs airport, killing 25 passengers.
1974	350 perish when a Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashes after takeoff in Paris.
1969	The crew aboard Apollo 9 lifts off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, to test the lunar excursion module (LEM, which does not land on lunar soil until the Apollo 11 mission).
1967	The Beatles record instrumental tracks for the title song of their Sergeant Pepper album, at EMI Studios in London. (photo credit: Capitol Records)
1959	The Pioneer IV lunar probe is launched.
1934	Bank robbers John Dillinger and Herbert Youngblood escape from jail.
1925	Chicago is permitted to discharge raw sewage into Lake Michigan.
1875	Georges Bizet's opera, Carmen, premieres in Paris.
1861	Serfdom is abolished in Russia.
1849	The US Department of the Interior is established.
1849	The Minnesota Territory is established in the US.
1845	Florida becomes the 27th state admitted to the US.