Editing March 3 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1913]] &ndash; Thousands of women march in the [[Woman Suffrage Procession]] in Washington, D.C.
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russia]] signs the [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (Russia–Central Powers)|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]], agreeing to withdraw from [[World War I]], and conceding German control of the [[Baltic States]], [[Belarus]] and [[Ukraine]]. It also conceded Turkish control of [[Ardahan]], [[Kars]] and [[Batumi]].
*[[1923]] &ndash; US magazine ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' publishes its first issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://time.com/3721195/first-ever-issue-vault/|title=Read the First-Ever Issue of TIME|date=3 March 2015|access-date=2 March 2024|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Caliphate]] is abolished, when the [[List of caliphs#Ottoman Caliphate (1517–1924)|Caliph]] [[Abdülmecid II]] of the [[Ottoman dynasty]] is deposed. The last remnant of the old monarchy gives way to the reformed [[Turkey]] of [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk|Kemal Atatürk]].
*  1924 &ndash; The [[Free State of Fiume]] is annexed by the [[Kingdom of Italy]].<ref>Massagrande, Danilo L., ''Italia e Fiume 1921–1924: dal 'Natale di sangue' all'annessione'', Milano, Cisalpino&nbsp;– Goliardica Istituto Editoriale, 1982.</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Petroleum|Oil]] is [[History of the oil industry in Saudi Arabia|discovered]] in [[Saudi Arabia]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Caryl |first1=Sue |date=20 February 2014 |title=1938: Oil Discovered in Saudi Arabia |url=http://nationalgeographic.org/thisday/mar3/oil-discovered-saudi-arabia/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212182621/http://nationalgeographic.org/thisday/mar3/oil-discovered-saudi-arabia/ |archive-date=12 December 2016 |access-date=27 November 2016 |website=National Geographic |publisher=National Geographic Society}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; In [[Bombay]], [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mohandas Gandhi]] begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in [[British Raj|British India]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the [[Left Party (Sweden)|communist]] newspaper ''[[Flamman]]'' in [[Luleå]], Sweden.
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Ten [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] warplanes [[Attack on Broome|raid Broome, Western Australia]], killing more than 100 people.
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at [[Bethnal Green tube station]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42384399 |title=Bethnal Green WW2 Tube disaster memorial unveiled |date=20 December 2017 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=20 December 2017 }}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; The [[Order of Nakhimov]] and [[Order of Ushakov]] are instituted in [[USSR]] as the highest naval awards.
*  1944 &ndash; A freight train carrying [[Freighthopping|stowaway passengers]] [[Balvano train disaster|stalls in a tunnel]] shortly after departing from [[Balvano]], [[Basilicata]], Italy just after midnight, with 517 dying from [[carbon monoxide poisoning]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Railroad Disaster on the Balvano |url=http://www.trivia-library.com/a/railroad-disaster-on-the-balvano-limited-part-1.htm |website=Trivia Library |access-date=2022-03-02 |archive-date=2020-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726141047/http://www.trivia-library.com/a/railroad-disaster-on-the-balvano-limited-part-1.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: In poor visibility, the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] [[Bombing of the Bezuidenhout|mistakenly bombs]] the [[Bezuidenhout]] area of [[The Hague|The Hague, Netherlands]], killing 511 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.v2platform.nl/book/bombing.html |title=Bombardment on Bezuidenhout |first=J. R. |last=Verbeek |year=2005 |accessdate=13 March 2012}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; A [[De Havilland Comet]] ([[Canadian Pacific Air Lines]]) crashes in [[Karachi]], Pakistan, killing 11 people.
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Nuri al-Said]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Iraq]] for the eighth time.
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Apollo program]]: NASA launches [[Apollo 9]] to test the [[Apollo Lunar Module|lunar module]].
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Mohawk Airlines Flight 405]] crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Turkish Airlines Flight 981]] crashes at [[Ermenonville]] near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
*[[1980]] &ndash; The {{USS|Nautilus|SSN-571|6}} is [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] and stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]].
*[[1985]] &ndash; A [[1985 Algarrobo earthquake|magnitude 8.3 earthquake]] strikes the [[Valparaíso Region]] of [[Chile]], killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
*[[1986]] &ndash; The [[Australia Act 1986]] commences, causing [[Australia]] to become fully independent from the [[United Kingdom]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; An [[amateur video]] captures the beating of [[Rodney King]] by [[Los Angeles Police Department|Los Angeles police officers]].
*  1991 &ndash; [[United Airlines Flight 585]] crashes on its final approach to [[Colorado Springs Airport|Colorado Springs]] killing everyone on board.<ref name="AAR01-01 Final Report">{{cite book |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR0101.pdf |title=Aircraft Accident Report: Uncontrolled Descent and Collision With Terrain, United Airlines Flight 585, Boeing 737-200, N999UA, 4 Miles South of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 3, 1991 |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |id=NTSB/AAR-01/01 |date=March 27, 2001 |access-date=April 23, 2021 |archive-date=October 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002041524/http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR0101.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Mayerthorpe tragedy|James Roszko]] murders four [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] constables during a drug bust at his property in [[Rochfort Bridge, Alberta]], then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the [[North-West Rebellion]].
*  2005 &ndash; [[Steve Fossett]] becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=10897|title=FAI Record ID #10897 - Speed around the world, non-stop and non-refuelled|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2015-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623233739/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=10897|url-status=dead}}" ''[[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] (FAI).'' Retrieved: 18 September 2014.</ref>
*  2005 &ndash; [[Margaret Wilson]] is elected as [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives]], beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006, where all the highest political offices (including [[Elizabeth II]] as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur.
*[[2013]] &ndash; A [[March 2013 Karachi bombing|bomb blast]] in [[Karachi]], Pakistan, kills at least 48 people and injured 200 others in a predominantly [[Shia Muslim]] area.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boone |first=Jon |date=2013-03-04 |title=Karachi bomb is unlikely to prompt decisive action against militants |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/04/karachi-bomb-action-stop-militants |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>