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Arizona Daily Wildcat
Monday March 3, 2003

Monday
· 1931 ÷ "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the national anthem of the United States.

· 1974 ÷ A Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris, killing almost 350 people.
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Student primary elections begin today. Over 20 years ago, ASUA played up on Mr. T's popularity to get the voters out.

· 1991 ÷ Black motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on amateur video.


Tuesday
· 1791 ÷ Vermont became the 14th state.

· 1917 ÷ Republican Jeanette Rankin of Montana took her seat as the first woman elected to the House of Representatives.


Wednesday
· 1868 ÷ The Senate was organized into a court of impeachment to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson.

· 1946 ÷ Winston Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.

· 1982 ÷ Comedian John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose in Hollywood at age 33.


Thursday
· 1853 ÷ Verdi's opera Î'La Traviata'' premiered in Venice, Italy.

· 1997 ÷ Britain's Queen Elizabeth II launched the first official royal Web site.


Friday
· 1876 ÷ Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his telephone.

· 1996 ÷ Three U.S. servicemen were convicted in the rape of a 12-year-old Okinawan girl and sentenced by a Japanese court to up to seven years in prison.


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