Today is Thursday, March 3, the 62nd day of 2011. There are 303 days left in the year.
78 ― Origin of Saka Era (India)
1861 ― Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom
1875 ― Georges Bizet's opera ``Carmen" premieres (Paris France)
1878 ― Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)
1887 ― Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6-year-old blind-deaf Helen Keller
1923 ― U.S. Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague
1955 ― Elvis Presley makes his first TV appearance
1974 ― World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris France (346 die)
1991 ― Los Angeles Police severely beat Rodney King, captured on amateur video
1992 ― President Bush apologizes for raising taxes after pledging not to