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03/03/1865
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Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer
Type: Birth
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03/03/1867
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Gustav Strube, composer
Type: Birth
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03/03/1868
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Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer
Type: Birth
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03/03/1869
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University of South Carolina opens to all races
Type: Event
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03/03/1869
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Henry J Wood, English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms)
Type: Birth
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03/03/1871
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Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent
Type: Event
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03/03/1871
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Congress establishes the civil service system
Type: Event
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03/03/1872
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Wee Willie Keeler, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897
Type: Birth
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03/03/1873
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Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps
Type: Event
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03/03/1873
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US Congress and government raise own salary, retroactively
Type: Event
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03/03/1873
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William Green, president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52)
Type: Birth
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03/03/1875
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1st recorded hockey game (Montreal)
Type: Event
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03/03/1875
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Congress authorizes 20› coin, lasts only 3 years
Type: Event
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03/03/1875
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Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris)
Type: Event
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03/03/1877
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Rutherford B Hayes is sworn in as the 19th president
Type: Event
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03/03/1877
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Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor
Type: Birth
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03/03/1878
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Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)
Type: Event
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03/03/1879
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1st female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)
Type: Event
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03/03/1879
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US Geological Survey director authorized in Dept of the Interior
Type: Event
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03/03/1880
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Anne C Veth, Dutch cartoonist/art critic
Type: Birth
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03/03/1882
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NY Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings
Type: Event
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03/03/1882
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Floris H L Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp
Type: Birth
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03/03/1883
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Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in US navy
Type: Event
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03/03/1885
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1st US state (Calif) establishes a permanent forest commission
Type: Event
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03/03/1885
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American Telephone and Telegraph (ATandT) incorporates
Type: Event
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03/03/1885
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Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt)
Type: Event
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03/03/1885
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US Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail
Type: Event
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03/03/1886
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James Friskin, composer
Type: Birth
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03/03/1886
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Reginald Owen Morris, composer
Type: Birth
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03/03/1887
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American Protective Assn forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton Iowa
Type: Event
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03/03/1887
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Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller
Type: Event
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03/03/1889
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Fritz Behrend, composer
Type: Birth
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03/03/1889
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Edward Sydney Smith, composer, dies at 49
Type: Death
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03/03/1890
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Norman Bethune, Canada, Doctor in Spain and China
Type: Birth
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03/03/1891
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Congress creates US Courts of Appeal
Type: Event
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03/03/1891
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Congress creates Office of Supt of Immigration (Treasury Dept)
Type: Event
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03/03/1891
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Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created
Type: Event
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03/03/1891
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Federico Moreno Torroba, composer
Type: Birth
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03/03/1891
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Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice/president High Council
Type: Birth
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03/03/1892
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1st cattle tuberculosis test in US made, Villa Nova, Penn
Type: Event
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03/03/1892
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Edmund Lowe, actor (Black Sheep, Good Sam, Dillinger, Hot Pepper)
Type: Birth
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03/03/1892
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Rui Coelho, composer
Type: Birth
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03/03/1893
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Columbian Isabella silver quarter authorized
Type: Event
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03/03/1893
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Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Dept of Agriculture
Type: Event
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03/03/1893
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Beatrice Wood, potter/artist/author
Type: Birth
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03/03/1893
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Bill Nestell, CA, actor (Dangerous Venture, Buckskin Frontier)
Type: Birth
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03/03/1893
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Karel Lotsy, Dutch insurance director/Olympic-chief d'‚quipe
Type: Birth
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03/03/1894
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1st Greek-language publication in US begins, "NY Atlantis"
Type: Event
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03/03/1894
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4th and last British government of Gladstone resigns
Type: Event
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03/03/1895
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Alex[ander] Nearmolen, composer
Type: Birth
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