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Today In History for Monday, March 3, 2008.

Historical Events

Welcome to Today In History for Monday, March 3, 2008.

  Historical Events on this Day in History …

0078 - Origin of Saka Era (India)
0468 - St Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius
0493 - Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker
1409 - Austrian civil war ends
1431 - Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV
1627 - Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil
1634 - 1st tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole)
1638 - Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden
1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness
1776 - US commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas
1791 - 1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits and carriages)
1791 - Congress establishes US Mint
1794 - 1st performance of Joseph Haydn’s 101st Symphony in D
1794 - Richard Allen founded AME Church
1801 - 1st US Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia
1803 - 1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins
1805 - Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms
1812 - US passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims)
1813 - Office of surgeon general of the US army forms
1815 - US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners and demanding tribute
1817 - Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory and Mississippi
1820 - Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri
1835 - Congress authorizes a US mint at New Orleans Louisiana
1837 - US president Andrew Jackson and Congress recognizes Republic of Texas
1837 - Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9
1838 - Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada
1842 - 1st US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass)
1842 - 1st performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s 3rd “Scottish” Symphony
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