THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2022

1887-Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller

1917-Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates

1918-Russia withdraws from WWI, signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany & Austria

1922-Italian fascists occupy Fiume & Rijeka

1931-"Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem

1955-Elvis Presley makes his 1st TV appearance

1974-World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris, France (346 die)

1978-Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland

1991-Iraqi generals & General Schwarzkopf meet to discuss cease fire

1991-Latvia & Estonia vote to become independent of the USSR

1991-Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18

1992-Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die

1992-President Bush apologizes for raising taxes after pledging not to

1995-Camilla Parker Bowles & her husband Andrew divorce

1998-Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee