What happend on 3rd March

02.03
04.03
1995

In Somalia, the United Nations peacekeeping mission ends.

1991

An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.

1985

Censorship: Women Against Pornography award their "Pig Award" to Huggies Diapers, claiming that the television ads had "crossed the line between eye-catching and porn."

1978

Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen from Cosier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland but are recovered 11 weeks later near Lake Geneva.

1976

Fleetwood Mac records Rumours, which will be a blockbuster album in 1977.

1974

Roman Catholic and Lutheran officials reach an agreement for eventual reconciliation into one communion, marking the first agreement between the two churches since the Reformation.

1974

A Turkish DC-10 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, killing all 346 aboard.

1973

Presidents Rule introduced in the Indian state of Orissa.

1972

The space probe Pioneer X is launched by NASA.

1971

Beginning of Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and India's official entry to the Bangladesh Liberation War in support of Mukti Bahini