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It happened on a… March 3
2020
Iran releases 54,000 people from prison to avoid spread of COVID-19.
The Alberto Giacometti sculpture L’Homme qui marche sold for $103.7 million. Los Angeles police officers severely beat motorist Rodney King, the beating is famously captured on amateur video and later leads to riots when the police officers are acquitted.
Pierre Trudeau sworn in, for the second time, as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada.
Canadien Jean Beliveau scores one goal in a 5-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings; second NHL player to score 1,000 career points. Time magazine publishes 1st issue featuring Joseph G. Cannon (Speaker of US House of Representatives).
University of Toronto doctors Frederick Banting and Charles Best officially announces their team’s discovery of insulin.
In Ottawa, Canada’s original parliament buildings burned down. American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates.
1st recorded hockey game (Montreal)
Georges Bizet premieres his opera Carmen at the Opéra Comique, Paris France.
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2017
Bob Dylan receives his Nobel Prize for Literature at a private ceremony in Stockholm.
Google Inc. announced that it would be introducing a free e-mail service called Gmail. The Canadian territory of Nunavut was created. It was carved from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories and covered about 772,000 square miles.
New York Islander Mike Bossy became the first NHL player to score 60 goals in 3 consecutive seasons.
New York Islanders right wing Mike Bossy becomes first NHL rookie to score 50 goals in a season. Apple Computer began operations.
Quebec legalizes civil marriages.
Nescafé introduces their flagship brand in Switzerland The Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, NY.
“The Blue Angel” starring Marlene Dietrich in her breakthrough role premieres in Germany.
The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed. “SOS” first adopted as a morse distress signal (· · · – – – · · ·) by German government
French painter Paul Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti.
British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die. Ruins of Pompeii rediscovered by Spaniard Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.
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