March 3

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1. 1857 - France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
2. 1875 - The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
3. 1904 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder.
4. 1918 - Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
5. 1942 - World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia killing more than 100 people.
6. 1992 - The nation of Bosnia was established.

[edit] Births

1. 1805 - Jonas Furrer, first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861)
2. 1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor (d. 1922)

[edit] Deaths

1. 1706 - Johann Pachelbel, German composer (b. 1653)
2. 2006 - William Herskovic, Jewish "Holocaust" survivor.