TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS FRIDAY, MARCH 3, the 62nd day of 2017. There are 303 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1931, “The Star-Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem of the United States as President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution.
In 1845, Florida became the 27th state. In Interior 1849, was the established.U.S. Department of the In 1887,
Tuscumbia, Anne Ala., Sullivan home arrivedof Capt. at and the Mrs. Arthur H. Keller to become the teacher for their deaf and blind 6-year-old daughter, Helen.
In 1913, more than 5,000 suffragists marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., a day before the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson.
In 1923, Time magazine, founded by Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce, made its debut.
In 1945, the Allies fully secured the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese forces during World War II.
In 1959, the United States launched the Pioneer 4 spacecraft, which flew by the moon. Comedian Lou Costello died in East Los Angeles three days before his 53rd birthday.
In 1960, Lucille Ball filed for divorce from her husband, Desi Arnaz, a day after they’d finished filming the last episode of “The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show” (“Lucy Meets the Mustache”) on Arnaz’s 43rd birthday.
In 1974, a Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris, killing all 346 people on board.
In 1987, entertainer Danny Kaye died in Los Angeles at age 76. In 1991, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on amateur video. Twenty-five people were killed when a United Airlines Boeing 737-200 crashed while approaching the Colorado Springs airport. In 2002, voters in Switzerland approved joining the United Nations, abandoning almost 200 years of formal neutrality.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Socialite Lee Radziwill is 84. Singer-musician Mike Pender (The Searchers) is 76. Movie producer-director George Miller and actress Hattie Winston are 72. Singer Jennifer Warnes is 70. Actor-director Tim Kazurinsky is 67. Singer-musician Robyn Hitchcock is 64. Actor Robert Gossett and rock musician John Lilley are 63. Actress Miranda Richardson is 59. Rock musician John Bigham and radio personality Ira Glass are 58. Actress Mary Page Keller is 56. Olympic track and field gold medalist Jackie JoynerKersee, and former NFL player and College Football Hall of Famer Herschel Walker are 55. Actress Laura Harring and contemporary Christian musician Duncan Phillips (Newsboys) are 53. Rapper-actor Tone Loc is 51. Actress Julie Bowen is 47. Country singer Brett Warren (The Warren Brothers) is 46. Actor David Faustino is 43. Gospel singer Jason Crabb and singer Ronan Keating (Boyzone) are 40. Rapper Lil’ Flip is 36. Actress Jessica Biel is 35. Rock musician Blower (aka Joe Garvey) (Hinder) is 33. Pop singer Camila Cabello is 20.