Mar 3 1972 Pioneer 10 launched. Mar 3 1923 Time magazine publishes their first issue. Mar 3 1885 American Telephone and Telegraph incorporated. Mar 3 1863 Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of SciencesMar 3 1863 Idaho Territory forms Mar 3 1863 Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress Mar 3 1863 Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired Mar 3 1863 Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia Mar 3 1863 Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City, Nevada Mar 3 1863 Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences Mar 3 1863 1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted Mar 3 1853 Transcontinental railroad survey is authorized by CongressMar 3 1851 Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3› piece) Mar 3 1849 US Department of the Interior established by Congress Mar 3 1849 Territory of Minnesota organizes Mar 3 1849 Minnesota Territory is organizes Mar 3 1849 Home Dept (Interior Dept), forms Mar 3 1849 Gold Coinage Act authorizes allowing gold coins to be minted $20 Double Eagle Mar 3 1847 Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps Mar 3 1845 Florida becomes 27th state Mar 3 1845 1st time, US Senate overrides presidential (Tyler) vetoMar 3 1843 Congress appropriates $30,000 'to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs' by the US Mar 3 1842 1st performance of Felix Mendelssohn's 3rd 'Scottish' Symphony Mar 3 1842 1st US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass) Mar 3 1838 Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada Mar 3 1837 US president Andrew Jackson & Congress recognizes Republic of Texas Mar 3 1837 Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9 Mar 3 1835 Congress authorizes a US mint at New Orleans Louisiana Mar 3 1820 Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri Mar 3 1817 Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory & Mississippi Mar 3 1815 US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners & demanding tribute Mar 3 1813 Office of surgeon general of the US army forms Mar 3 1812 US passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims) Mar 3 1805 Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms Mar 3 1803 1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins Mar 3 1801 1st US Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in GeorgiaMar 3 1794 Richard Allen founded AME Church Mar 3 1794 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D Mar 3 1791 Congress passed a resolution ordering U.S. Mint be established. Mar 3 1791 1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages) Mar 3 1776 US commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas Mar 3 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness Mar 3 1638 Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden Mar 3 1634 1st tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole)
Birthdays
Mar 3 1847 Alexandar Graham Bell, inventor of the telephoneMar 3 1853 Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch painter
