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This is a list of selected March 3 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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1431 – Gabriel Condulmer became Pope Eugene IV, succeeding Martin V. refimprove section
1585 – The Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy, a theatre designed by the Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, was inaugurated. unreferenced section
1865The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation opened its doors, originally to help Hong Kong merchants finance the growing trade between China and Europe. refimprove
1878 – The signing of the Treaty of San Stefano, ending the Russo-Turkish War, established Bulgaria as an autonomous principality in the Ottoman Empire. Tagged with {{refimprove}}
1918Bolshevist Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Central Powers and exited from the First World War. Tagged with {{Citations missing}}
1923 – The first issue of Time, the weekly news magazine with the world's largest circulation, was published. refimprove section
1931 – "The Star-Spangled Banner", originally a poem written by American author Francis Scott Key after watching the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812, officially became the national anthem of the United States. bad examples
1958Nuri al-Said became the Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth and final time. Tagged with {{refimprove}}
1991 – Motorist Rodney King was beaten by Los Angeles policemen, causing public outrage that increased tensions between the African American community and the police department over the issues of police brutality and social inequalities in the area. refimprove section

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Notes

March 3: Clean Monday (Eastern Christianity, 2014); Shrove Monday (Western Christianity, 2014); Liberation Day in Bulgaria (1878); Casimir Pulaski Day in Illinois (2014); Hinamatsuri in Japan

First AT&T logo from 1889

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