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)
The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards. Date: March 3, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: In poor visibility, the RAF mistakenly bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people. Date: March 3, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11 people. Date: March 3, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time. Date: March 3, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)
Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module. Date: March 3, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)
Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures. Date: March 3, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard. Date: March 3, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)
The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Date: March 3, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today)
A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless. Date: March 3, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)