1653 – -Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beat Dutch
1844 – 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes, killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Secretary of the Navy Thomas Gilmer, and other high-ranking U.S. federal officials
1864 – -Mar 4th) Raid at Kilpatrick’s Richmond
1871 – 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections in US
1947 – Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan
1959 – Ice Dance Championship at Colo Springs USA won by Denny and Jones of Great Britain
1988 – XV Winter Olympic Games close in Calgary, Canada
2008 – Former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra is arrested on corruption charges upon returning to Thailand after months of exile.
2012 – 54th Daytona 500: Rain affected race stopped for 2 hours because of fuel on track; Matt Kenseth leads for final 34 laps to win
2014 – Russia moves troops into the Crimea to protect its interests against Ukraine