This day in History - March 3

501 Historic Events for March 3
1919 Event 1st international air mail service from US, Seattle-Victoria, BC
1919 Event Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike
1920 Birth Julius Boros, golfer (PGA Champ 1968, US Open 1952, 63)
1920 Birth James Doohan, Vancouver BC, actor (Montgomery Scott-Star Trek)
1920 Event Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs
1921 Event Toronto's Dr Banting and Dr Best announce discovery of insulin
1921 Birth Junior Parker, Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter (Mystery Train)
1921 Birth Allen Ginsberg, beat generation poet (1969 Arts and Letters Award)
1921 Birth Diana Barrymore, NYC, actress (Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife)
1921 Death Petrus Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at 93
1922 Event Italian fascists occupy Fiume and Rijeka
1922 Event WWJ-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions
1922 Birth Kazimierz Serocki, composer
1923 Event US Senate rejects membership in Intl Court of Justice, The Hague
1923 Event Time magazine publishes 1st issue [or March 23]
1924 Event Sean O'Casey's "Juno and the Paycock," premieres in Dublin
1924 Event German and Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed
1925 Birth Enzo Stuarti, Italy, singer (Yesterday)
1925 Birth Richard Vernon, England, actor (Servant, Gandhi, Hard Days Night)
1926 Birth James Ingram Merrill, US poet/author (Scripts for the Pageant)
1926 Death Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, composer, dies at 58
1926 Event International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Fla)
1927 Birth John McLaughlin, commentator (McLaughlin Report)
1927 Birth Frank Singleton, librarian
1927 Birth Charles O Whitley, (Rep-D-NC, 1977- )