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March 3rd, 2005 | Event | Mayerthorpe 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, 2005 | Event | Steve 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, 2004 | Event | Belgian 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, 2002 | Event | Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations. |
March 3rd, 1997 | Event | The 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, 1992 | Event | The nation of Bosnia was established. |
March 3rd, 1991 | Event | An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. |
March 3rd, 1991 | Event | In two concurring referendums: 74 % of the population of Latvia vote for independence from the Soviet Union, in Estonia83 %. |
March 3rd, 1991 | Event | United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on approach into Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing 25. |
March 3rd, 1985 | Event | Arthur 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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