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What happened in history on this day: March 3?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On March 3 in ...
- 1989 - The AmiExpo trade show is held in New York, over three days. 11,863 visitors attend. Commodore announces the A590 hard drive for the Amiga 500, and reports that the A2286 AT Bridgeboard had begun shipping in the previous week.
- 1997 - Intel begins shipping Pentium OverDrive processors with MMX technology. Prices are US$399 for 125 MHz and 150 MHz processors, and US$499 for 166 MHz processors.
- 2000 - Advanced Micro Devices announces it is phasing out its K6-III processor line.
- 2000 - Northern Cyprus issues a 275,000-lira postage stamp depicting a computer.
- 2002 - Palm introduces the Palm m515 handheld computer, replacing the m505. It features 2.2 x 2.2 inch active-matrix TFT 65,536-color display, USB docking cradle/recharger, Secure Digital slot, Palm OS, 16 MB RAM. The lithium ion battery powers the unit for about one week. Price is US$399; weight is 5.2 ounces.
- 2002 - Palm introduces the Palm m130 handheld computer. It features 1.8 x 1.8 inch 160x160 pixel transreflective STN 65,536-color display, USB docking cradle/recharger, Secure Digital slot, Palm OS, 8 MB RAM. The lithium ion battery powers the unit for about one week. Price is US$279.
- 2002 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. In the year 3000, a robot tells a scary story about an unplugged computer, "...an image stayed on the screen. It was... the Windows logo!".
- 1928 - Charles Mintz offers Walt Disney $1800 per film, 50 percent of profits, and would take over the Disney studio, paying Walt and Roy $200 per week as his employees. Walt refuses.
- 1934 - The Mickey Mouse film Playful Pluto is released to theaters. Pluto also appears.
- 1950 - The special animated short film The Brave Engineer is released.
- 1963 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Square Peg in a Round Hole with Ludwig von Drake, Donald Duck, and Goofy.
- 1967 - Buena Vista releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin to theaters. The film is based on the novel By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman.
- 1968 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Young Loner, part two.
- 1974 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon.
- 1983 - The Buena Vista Palace hotel opens at Lake Buena Vista at Walt Disney World.
- 1984 - The Disney Channel begins airing episodes of the TV series The Edison Twins.
- 1989 - Disney releases the film D.O.A. to theaters in the United Kingdom.
- 1993 - Disney releases the laserdisc 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Exclusive Archive Collection for US$70.
- 1994 - In France, an agreement in principle is reached between Disney general counsel Sandy Litvack and Euro Disney creditors for restructuring the park's debt.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Man of the House to theaters in the USA.
- 1995 - The Indiana Jones Adventure - Temple of the Forbidden Eye ride opens in Adventureland at Disneyland. Estimated cost to build: US$100 million. This is the largest attraction at Disneyland.
- 2004 - At the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Walt Disney Company holds its annual shareholders meeting. After various speeches, the inspector of elections reads the vote tallies. 45 percent of shareholders withheld their votes to re-elect Michael Eisner to the board of directors, and 24 percent withheld votes from George Mitchell.
- 2004 - (evening) The Disney board of directors meets, deciding to replace Michael Eisner with George Mitchell as chairman. A press releases is issued making the announcement.
- 2010 - (to May 16) The Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival is held at Epcot Center.
- 2001 - At the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida, the Nextel 250 race is held, Round 2 of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series. Finishing 1st in AGT class and 16th overall is the Team X1-R #9 Corvette, driven by Craig Conway and Doug Goad. Two other Corvettes are entered but do not finish.
- 2005 - In Geneva, Switzerland, the Geneva International Motor Show is held, over eleven days. GM Europe shows and gives a press briefing of the 2006 Corvette Z06.
- 2007 - At the Autodroromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico, the Mexico City race is held, round two of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.
- Finishing 9th in GT class and 25th overall is the Stevenson Automotive #57 Corvette driven by Dominic Cicero and Marc Bunting.
- Finishing 17th in GT class and 33rd overall is the Team Sahlen #43 Corvette driven by Joe Nonnamaker and Wayne Nonnamaker.
- Finishing 19th in GT class and 36th overall is the Team Sahlen #42 Corvette driven by Joe Sahlen and Will Nonnamaker.
- 1940 - The Italian government directly protests to the British government about the Allied blockade.
- 1942 - (about 0400 hours) In Broome, Australia, another Japanese flying boat is sighted making low passes over the town.
- 1942 - (0705 hours) In Koepang, Japan, nine Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter planes and a C5M2 Babs reconnaissance plane take off for an attack on Broome, Australia.
- 1942 - (0930 hours) Japanese Zero fighters arrive over Broome, Australia. With no Allied fighter opposition, all but one of the Allied planes are attacked. 22 aircraft are destroyed. Only one Japanese plane is downed.
- 1942 - (evening) 235 British aircraft are sent to attack the Renault works at Billancourt, France. 224 planes drop their bombs right on target, with only one plane lost. The factory area is out of commission for four months.
- 1942 - (evening) British Bomber Command begins first operational use of the Lancaster bomber, for laying mines at sea.
- 1943 - British Mosquitoes attack molybdenum mines at Knaben.
- 1943 - (evening) 417 British bombers attack Hamburg, Germany. Most bombs fall on Wedel, 13 miles away.
- 1944 - Adolf Hitler orders the Channel Islands converted into fortresses.
- 1945 - In Burma, British forces capture Meiktila from Japanese occupiers.
- 1945 - Japanese forces end resistance defence of Manila, Philippines.
- 1945 - Breslau's district leader, Karl Hanke, makes a speech that is transmitted throughout Germany. He vows that the city would never surrender to the Russians under any conditions.
- 1945 - 57 British Mitchell and Boston bomber planes of the Second Tactical Air Force make a heavy attack on the Haagsche Bosch area near The Hague, Netherlands, attempting to destroy German V-2 rocket storage sites. The attack is a disaster, with 69 tons of bombs falling on nearby Bezuidenhout, creating major fires which the Germans refuse to put out. 800 Dutch civilians are killed, with up to 100,000 homes destroyed.
- 1993 - Marshall Islands issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Bismarck Sea.
- 1971 - Magnavox signs an exclusive licensing agreement with Sanders Associates for the television video game technology.
- 2005 - In Arkansas, Senator Shawn Womack introduces a bill that would require shops that rent or sell M-rated games to display them at a height of at least five feet from the floor.
- 2008 - 2K Sports releases the Major League Baseball 2K8 video game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii in the US.
- 2009 - Microsoft Game Studios releases the Halo Wars video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2009 - Sony CE releases the MLB 09: The Show video game for the PlayStation 3 in the US.
- 2017 - Nintendo releases the Switch video game system in the USA. Price is US$299. The system uses the Nvidia Tegra processor, incorporates 6.2-inch 1280x720 resolution multi-touch screen, includes 32GB memory (expandable to 2TB via SD slot), operates 2.5-6 hours on battery power, and uses 16GB cards for games. An extra JoyCon controller will cost US$80.
- 2017 - Nintendo releases the The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild video game for the Switch and Wii U in the USA.
- 2017 - Konami releases the Super Bomberman R video game for the Switch in the USA.
- 1813 - Prince Karl Johan concludes an alliance with England. England cedes Guadeloupe island in West Indies to Sweden, and agrees to Sweden's demands on Norway.
- 1920 - The First Chamber of the riksdag votes 86 to 47 in favor of joining the League of Nations.
- 1791 - Congress authorizes the president to engage artisans and procure machinery for the Mint.
- 1802 - The US Senate passes a bill to continue the Mint, and allow it to remain in Philadelphia.
- 1803 - The President signs into law the bill extending the existence of the US Mint.
- 1823 - An act of Congress fixes the value of gold coins of Great Britain, Portugal, France, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, and Columbia.
- 1835 - Congress establishes Branch Mints at Charlotte, North Carolina; Dahlonega, Georgia; and New Orleans, Louisiana; and establishes use of Mint marks on US coinage.
- 1849 - US President James Polk signs the Gold Coinage Act into law, authorizes $1 and $20 double eagle gold coins.
- 1851 - US Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3-cent piece, 0.8 grams, 0.75 fine silver).
- 1863 - Congress authorizes the establishment of a branch mint in Carson City, Nevada.
- 1865 - Mint Act includes provision that all coins large enough to include motto "In God We Trust" should do so.
- 1865 - US Representative John Kasson introduces bill for copper-nickel 3-cent coin.
- 1871 - Act authorizes Mint to redeem and melt 2-cent coins.
- 1873 - Carson City Mint coiner Chauncey Noteware delivers 12,400 dimes to Superintendent Henry Rice, who sets aisde five for assay.
- 1875 - President Ulysses Grant signs into law a bill to create a circulating 20-cent coin, and transferring the Dalles City mint building to the State of Oregon.
- 1887 - Legislation is passed providing for six-month redemption period of Trade dollars at face value, provided they have not been defaced, mutilated, or stamped.
- 1893 - Congress authorizes Isabella commemorative quarter dollar.
- 1899 - US Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar.
- 1916 - Mint Director Robert Woolley announces the dime and half-dollar designs would be replaced by designs of Adolph A. Weinman, and the quarter-dollar design would be replaced by that of A. MacNeil.
- 1875 - First recorded hockey game (Montréal, Quebec, Canada).
- 1909 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Montréal Wanderers, 8-3.
- 1920 - Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Québec Bulldogs.
- 1936 - Clarrie Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wickets in 5th Test versus South Africa.
- 1937 - Australia snatches cricket series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down.
- 1938 - American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors).
- 1946 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill.
- 1946 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button.
- 1951 - Bill Mikvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 points.
- 1953 - Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block Saint Louis Browns' attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee.
- 1956 - Cockie Gastelaars swims world record 100 metre freestyle (1:04.2).
- 1956 - Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice New York Giants to stay in New York.
- 1957 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open.
- 1957 - World Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham and Courtney Jones (Great Britain).
- 1957 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul (Canada).
- 1957 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Carol Heiss (USA).
- 1957 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins (USA).
- 1959 - San Francisco Giants rename their stadium Candlestick Park.
- 1967 - Chicago White Sox given permission to use semi-designated hitter in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game).
- 1968 - Jean Beliveau (Montreal Canadiens) becomes second NHL player to score 1,000 points.
- 1974 - Despite Billy Harris' hat trick New York Islanders lose 3-4.
- 1974 - George Foreman knocks out Ken Norton.
- 1974 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic.
- 1975 - At the Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, New York, nine harness races are held with no spectators, as track management closed the gates due to a strike of pari-mutiel ticket workers. Off-Track Betting received $995,314 on the races, and paid out $53,500.
- 1977 - New York Islanders allow Detroit Red Wings only 11 shots on goal.
- 1977 - World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov (USSR).
- 1977 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Rodnina/Alexandr Zaitsev (USSR).
- 1977 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Linda Fratianne (USA).
- 1977 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Vladimir Kovalev (USSR).
- 1978 - First day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (West Indies versus Australia).
- 1981 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy's 9th and final hat trick of season-4 goals.
- 1981 - New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers play to an 8-8 tie.
- 1984 - Peter Ueberroth is elected baseball commissioner (Effective October 1).
- 1984 - New York Islanders score their most goals (11) versus Toronto Maple Leafs (6).
- 1985 - Betsy King wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic.
- 1985 - Willie Shoemaker becomes first jockey to win US$100 million.
- 1987 - Ray Dandridge, third baseman in Negro Leagues, elected to Hall of Fame.
- 1989 - Portugal wins the FIFA U-20 World Cup defeating Nigeria on the final by 2-0 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- 1991 - Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109 versus West Indies at Kingston.
- 1991 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 metre indoor (22.24 seconds).
- 1992 - Mike Bossy's #22 is second number retired by New York Islanders.
- 1996 - Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final.
- 2001 - Rusty Greer signs a $21.8 million, three-year contract extension with the Texas Rangers. Greer could make as much $36 million with incentives and options.
- 2006 - In the opening game of the inaugural World Baseball Classic at the Tokyo Dome, South Korea blanks Taiwan, 2-0.
- 2007 - Mixed martial artist Randy Couture wins the UFC heavyweight championship at the age of 43 in the main event of UFC 68.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Vegas Golden Knights by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, USA, NHL regular season game: Arizona Coyotes beats Colorado Avalanche by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Saddledrome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Montreal Canadiens beats Calgary Flames by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At United Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA, NHL regular season game: Chicago Blackhawks beats Edmonton Oilers by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Vancouver Canucks beats New York Islanders by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., USA, NHL regular season game: Washington Capitals beats Carolina Hurricanes by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats Ottawa Senators by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Pittsburgh Penguins beats Tampa Bay Lightning by score 5-1.
- 1959 - Pioneer 4 is launched; becomes first US probe to enter solar orbit.
- 1969 - Apollo 9 is launched (151 Earth orbits in 10 days).
- 2007 - Total lunar eclipse.
- 2019 - An unmanned demonstration flight of the new crew-capable version of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, intended to carry American astronauts into space, achieves successful autonomous docking with the International Space Station.
- 1966 - Tornado hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die.
- 2010 - Two people are killed and 14 injured as giant 8m high waves slam into the Cypriot-owned Louis Majesty cruise ship off the coast of north-east Spain in the Mediterranean.
- 2010 - About 300 people are killed after heavy rain causes a series of landslides in the mountainous eastern region of Bududa in Uganda.
- 1776 - The Continental Marines land at New Providence in the Bahamas.
- 1791 - First US Internal Revenue Act (taxing distilled spirits and carriages).
- 1791 - Congressional joint resolution authorizes a US mint.
- 1805 - Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms.
- 1811 - The Bank of the United States ceases operations.
- 1813 - Office of Surgeon General of the US army is established.
- 1815 - US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners and demanding tribute.
- 1817 - Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory and Mississippi.
- 1820 - Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri.
- 1823 - An act of Congress fixes the dollar value of gold coins of Great Britain, Portugal, France, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, and Columbia.
- 1835 - US Congress establishes branch mints at Charlotte, North Carolina; Dahlonega, Georgia; and New Orleans, Louisiana, and establishes practice of using mint marks on US coinage.
- 1836 - Charter of the second Bank of the United States expires.
- 1837 - US Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9.
- 1837 - US President Andrew Jackson and Congress recognize Republic of Texas.
- 1842 - First US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Massachusetts).
- 1843 - US Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US.
- 1845 - First US law overriding a Presidential veto (John Tyler's).
- 1845 - An Act of Congress calls for uniform postal letter rates across the country, effective July 1: 5 cents for one half ounce under 300 miles, 10 cents for over 300 miles.
- 1845 - US Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery.
- 1845 - Florida becomes 27th state of the USA.
- 1847 - An Act of US Congress authorizes US Post Office Department to issue adhesive postage stamps for use in prepayment of fees on mail matter.
- 1849 - US Gold Coinage Act authorizes $20 Double Eagle and $1 gold coins.
- 1849 - Territory of Minnesota is organized.
- 1849 - US Department of the Interior established by Congress.
- 1851 - US Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3-cent piece, 0.8 grams), and reduces postage letter rates to 3 cents for 3000 miles and under, and 6 cents for over.
- 1853 - Transcontinental railroad survey is authorized by US Congress.
- 1853 - US Assay Office in New York City, New York authorized.
- 1855 - US Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use.
- 1862 - US General John Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid, Missouri, CSA.
- 1863 - US President Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences.
- 1863 - Congress authorizes the establishment of a branch mint at Carson City in Nevada.
- 1863 - US Congress sets domestic letter rate at 3 cents per 1/2 ounce, to any distance, effective June 30.
- 1863 - In the US, free city mail delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers are hired.
- 1863 - US Congress authorizes another US$200 million in United States Notes.
- 1863 - US ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister, Georgia.
- 1863 - First US wartime military conscription bill is enacted.
- 1864 - Ulric Dahlgren, USA Colonel, dies in battle at age 21.
- 1865 - Coinage Act creates 3-cent coin of 25 percent nickel and 75 percent copper, legal tender up to 60 cents; 1-cent coin now legal tender to only 4 cents. The act also allows the Mint director to apply the motto "In God We Trust" to be applied to all gold and silver coins.
- 1865 - Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks.
- 1869 - University of South Carolina opens to all races.
- 1871 - US Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent.
- 1871 - US Congress establishes the civil service system.
- 1873 - US Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps.
- 1873 - US Congress and government raise own salary, retroactively.
- 1873 - US President Ulysses Grant signs anti-obscenity bill into law, making it a crime to send through the mail obscene material, as well as literature on birth control and abortion.
- 1875 - US Congress authorizes 20-cent coin, lasts only three years.
- 1879 - In Washington, D.C., the United States Geological Survey is established, in the Department of the Interior, with responsibilities: "classification of the public lands, and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain".
- 1882 - New York Steam Corporation begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings.
- 1883 - US Congress authorizes the first steel vessels in US navy.
- 1885 - First US state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission.
- 1885 - American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates.
- 1885 - US Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians become wards of federal government).
- 1885 - US Post Office offers special delivery for first-class mail.
- 1887 - American Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton, Iowa.
- 1891 - US Congress creates Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Department).
- 1891 - US Congress creates US Courts of Appeal.
- 1892 - First cattle tuberculosis test in US made, in Villa Nova, Pennsylvania.
- 1893 - US Congress authorizes first federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture.
- 1894 - First Greek-language publication in US begins, New York Atlantis.
- 1899 - George Dewey becomes first in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy.
- 1901 - US Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce.
- 1903 - North Carolina becomes first US state requiring registration of nurses.
- 1905 - US Forest Service forms.
- 1911 - First US federal cemetery with Union and Rebel graves opens, Missouri.
- 1913 - Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC.
- 1915 - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created.
- 1917 - US Congress passes first excess profits tax on corporations.
- 1919 - First international air mail service from USA: Seattle, Washington to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
- 1923 - The first issue of Time magazine is published, in the USA.
- 1923 - US Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague.
- 1926 - International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Florida).
- 1931 - US President Herbert Hoover signs a resolution of Congress officially designating the "Star-Spangled Banner" as the National Anthem of the United States.
- 1933 - Mount Rushmore is dedicated.
- 1934 - John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol.
- 1942 - USS Perch submarine is abandoned and scuttled after damage from depth charges. Entire crew picked up by Japanese.
- 1945 - US and Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor.
- 1945 - US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall.
- 1945 - U.S. forces gain control of all three airfields on Iwo Jima.
- 1952 - Puerto Rico approves their first self-written constitution.
- 1959 - Pioneer 4 is launched; becomes first US probe to enter solar orbit.
- 1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1966 - Tornado hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die.
- 1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1969 - Apollo 9 is launched (151 Earth orbits in 10 days).
- 1972 - Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA.
- 1982 - US Senate begins debate on expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams (Democrat-New Jersey).
- 1989 - Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines.
- 1989 - Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, two years probation for Iran-Contra.
- 1990 - Carole Gist, age 20, (Michigan), crowned 39th Miss USA.
- 1991 - Iraqi generals and US General Schwarzkopf meet to discuss cease fire.
- 1991 - In California, Los Angeles Police severly beat Rodney King, captured on amateur video.
- 1991 - United Airlines plane crashes near Colorado Springs, kills 25.
- 1992 - President George H.W. Bush apologizes for raising taxes after pledging not to.
- 1995 - The Indiana Jones Adventure - Temple of the Forbidden Eye ride opens in Adventureland at Disneyland. This is the largest attraction at Disneyland.
Other history:
- 2005 - Millionaire Steve Fossett breaks a world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.
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