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2020

Iran releases 54,000 prisoners to control the COVID-19 pandemic.

2010

Alberto Giacometti’s sculpture “The Walking Man” sells for $103.7 million.

1991

Los Angeles police officers severely beat African American Rodney King. The incident was captured on amateur video and led to protests when the officers were acquitted.

1980

Pierre E. Trudeau is sworn in for a second term as Prime Minister of Canada.

1968

Jean Béliveau of the Montreal Canadiens scores his 1,000th career point. He becomes only the second NHL player to achieve this feat.

1923

The first issue of Time magazine is published, featuring Joseph G. Cannon (Speaker of the House of Representatives) on the cover.

1921

Two researchers at the University of Toronto, Frederick Banting and Charles Best, discover insulin.

1916

In Ottawa, the original Canadian Parliament building is destroyed by fire.

1885

The American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) Company is founded.

1875

The first official hockey game is played (Montreal).

Georges Bizet premieres his opera “Carmen” at the Opéra Comique in Paris.

It happened on… March 3

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