1653 – -Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beat Dutch
1832 – Charles Darwin, aboard HMS Beagle, arrives in the town of Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia
1914 – Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the San Francisco Exposition
1939 – The erroneous word “Dord” is discovered in the Webster’s New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
1951 – 8th Golden Globes: “Sunset Boulevard”, Jose Ferrer, and Gloria Swanson win
1969 – Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert of Great Britain
1972 – US President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
1982 – FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street
1994 – Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand gun in the USA, comes into effect
2005 – 19th Soul Train Music Awards: Ice Cube, Usher and Ciara win