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03/03/1822
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Franz Adam Veichtner, composer, dies at 81
Type: Death
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03/03/1823
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Guyla Andr ssy Sr, premier of Hungary (1867-71)
Type: Birth
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03/03/1824
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Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violist/composer, dies at 70
Type: Death
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03/03/1828
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Karl Collan, composer
Type: Birth
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03/03/1831
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George M Pullman, inventor (railway sleeping car)
Type: Birth
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03/03/1835
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Congress authorizes a US mint at New Orleans Louisiana
Type: Event
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03/03/1837
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Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9
Type: Event
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03/03/1837
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US president Andrew Jackson and Congress recognizes Republic of Texas
Type: Event
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03/03/1838
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Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada
Type: Event
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03/03/1838
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George W Hill, US astronomer (Moon orbit)
Type: Birth
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03/03/1841
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John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Depths of the Ocean)
Type: Birth
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03/03/1842
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1st US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass)
Type: Event
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03/03/1842
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1st performance of Felix Mendelssohn's 3rd "Scottish" Symphony
Type: Event
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03/03/1843
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Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US
Type: Event
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03/03/1845
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1st time, US Senate overrides presidential (Tyler) veto
Type: Event
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03/03/1845
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Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery
Type: Event
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03/03/1845
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Florida becomes 27th state
Type: Event
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03/03/1845
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Georg Cantor, German mathematician (discover transfinite numbers)
Type: Birth
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03/03/1846
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Desiderio FA Pietri, Italian baker/marathon runner Dorando's father
Type: Birth
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03/03/1847
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Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps
Type: Event
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03/03/1847
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Alexander Graham Bell, Scotland, inventor (telephone)
Type: Birth
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03/03/1848
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Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies
Type: Death
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03/03/1849
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Gold Coinage Act authorizes $20 Double Eagle gold coin
Type: Event
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03/03/1849
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Home Dept (Interior Dept), forms
Type: Event
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03/03/1849
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Minnesota Territory is organizes
Type: Event
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03/03/1849
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Territory of Minnesota organizes
Type: Event
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03/03/1849
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US Department of the Interior established by Congress
Type: Event
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03/03/1849
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Jacques Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer
Type: Birth
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03/03/1851
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Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3 piece)
Type: Event
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03/03/1853
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Transcontinental railroad survey is authorized by Congress
Type: Event
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03/03/1853
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US Assay Office in NYC authorized
Type: Event
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03/03/1853
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Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch painter
Type: Birth
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03/03/1855
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Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use
Type: Event
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03/03/1855
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Congress authorizes registered mail
Type: Event
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03/03/1857
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Alfred Bruneau, composer
Type: Birth
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03/03/1858
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Jązsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic, dies at 54
Type: Death
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03/03/1861
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Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [OS=Feb 19]
Type: Event
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03/03/1862
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Battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces
Type: Event
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03/03/1862
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General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid
Type: Event
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03/03/1863
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1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted
Type: Event
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03/03/1863
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Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences
Type: Event
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03/03/1863
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Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City, Nevada
Type: Event
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03/03/1863
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Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia
Type: Event
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03/03/1863
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Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired
Type: Event
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03/03/1863
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Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress
Type: Event
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03/03/1863
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Idaho Territory forms
Type: Event
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03/03/1863
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Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences
Type: Event
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03/03/1864
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Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21
Type: Death
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03/03/1865
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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands established
Type: Event
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03/03/1865
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Freedmen's Bureau is created to help destitute free blacks
Type: Event
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