Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi. Date: March 3, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in…
US magazine Time publishes its first issue. Date: March 3, 1923 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1923 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy. Date: March 3, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1924 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Ottoman Caliphate is abolished, when the Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman dynasty is deposed. The last remnant of the old monarchy gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk. Date: March 3, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1924 📅…
Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia. Date: March 3, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India. Date: March 3, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today)
Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden. Date: March 3, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people. Date: March 3, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station. Date: March 3, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
A freight train carrying stowaway passengers stalls in a tunnel shortly after departing from Balvano, Basilicata, Italy just after midnight, with 517 dying from carbon monoxide poisoning. Date: March 3, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)