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March 3rd, 2005EventMayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
March 3rd, 2005EventSteve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane around the world solo without any stops without refuelinga journey of 40,234 km/25,000 mi completed in 67 hours and 2 minutes.
March 3rd, 2004EventBelgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agreed to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that formed InBev, the world s largest brewer.
March 3rd, 2002EventCitizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.
March 3rd, 1997EventThe tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
March 3rd, 1992EventThe nation of Bosnia was established.
March 3rd, 1991EventAn amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
March 3rd, 1991EventIn two concurring referendums: 74 % of the population of Latvia vote for independence from the Soviet Union, in Estonia83 %.
March 3rd, 1991EventUnited Airlines Flight 585 crashes on approach into Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing 25.
March 3rd, 1985EventArthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.

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