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264 — Zhong Hui's Rebellion

Zhong Hui's Rebellion was a rebellion in March 264 led by Zhong Hui, a general of the state of Cao Wei, against the Wei regent, Sima Zhao. Zhong Hui had support from Jiang Wei, a general from the former state of Shu Han, which was conquered by Wei forces just before the rebellion started.

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724 — Empress Genshō abdicates in favour of her nephew Shōmu

On March 3, 724, Empress Genshō abdicated the Japanese throne in favour of her nephew, Prince Obito, who became Emperor Shōmu. Genshō had ruled since 715, after succeeding her mother, Empress Genmei. Obito was the son of Genshō's younger brother, Emperor Monmu, and had remained crown prince during her reign.

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880 — Basil I signs the acts of the Council of Constantinople

On March 3, 880, Emperor Basil I signed the decrees of the Council of Constantinople of 879–880 at the imperial palace. The council confirmed Photios as patriarch of Constantinople, in present-day Istanbul, Turkey.

This records the emperor’s signing during the sixth session, rather than the start of the council.

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1067 — Battle on the Nemiga River

The Battle on the Nemiga River (Belarusian: Бітва на Нямізе; Russian: Битва на реке Немиге) was a battle of the Kievan Rus' feudal period that occurred on March 3, 1067 on the Niamiha River. The description of the battle is the first reference to Minsk in the chronicles of Belarusian history.

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1575 — Battle of Tukaroi

The Battle of Tukaroi, also known as the Battle of Bajhaura or the Battle of Mughulmari, was fought on March 3, 1575 near the village of Tukaroi now in Balasore District of Odisha situated between Midnapore and Jalesar, Odisha. This battle was between The Mughal Empire and the Sultanate of Bangala and Bihar.

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1585 — Teatro Olimpico opens with a performance of Oedipus Tyrannus

On March 3, 1585, Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, in present-day Italy, was inaugurated with a performance of Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus.

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1627 — Battle in the Bay of São Salvador

The Battle in the Bay of São Salvador took place on 3 March 1627 when Piet Pieterszoon Hein and his crew spotted about 34 enemy vessels at São Salvador. 16 of the ships were armed but Hein with his three vessels sailed right into the middle after a long battle the Dutch captured 22-25 of the ships with 2,700 chests of sugar, tobacco, and cotton.

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1630 — The siege of Recife ends in Dutch victory

The siege of Recife ran from 14 February to 3 March 1630 in Pernambuco, in present-day Brazil. Dutch forces gained control of Olinda by 16 February and of Recife and the nearby island of Antonio Vaz by 3 March.

This is the end date of the siege, not the end of the later Dutch-Portuguese war in Brazil.

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1638 — Battle of Rheinfelden

The Battle of Rheinfelden (28 February and 3 March 1638) was a military event in the course of the Thirty Years' War, consisting in fact of two battles to the north and south of the present-day town of Rheinfelden. On one side was a French-allied mercenary army led by Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar while the other side consisted of a joint Bavarian and Holy Roman Empire army and led by Johann von Werth and Federico Savelli. Bernhard was beaten in the first battle but managed to defeat and capture Werth and Savelli in the second.

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1662 — Battle of Kaliabor

The Battle of Kaliabor, also known as Battle of Kaliabar, was a riverine naval battle fought between the Mughal Empire, under the command of its general Mir Jumla II, and the Ahom Kingdom, under the command of Bargohain. The battle was fought on March 3, 1662 near Kaliabor, on the Brahmaputra River situated in modern-day Assam state.

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1677 — The first Battle of Tobago is fought in Rockley Bay

On March 3, 1677, a French squadron commanded by Jean d’Estrées attacked the Dutch fleet under Jacob Binckes at Tobago. The first Battle of Tobago caused heavy losses on both sides; a second battle followed in December.

This entry records the first battle of Tobago; a second battle took place in December 1677.

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1712 — Bombardment of Arras

The bombardment of Arras was an engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession which took place on 2–3 March 1712. A Grand Alliance army under the command of Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle closed in on Arras with the aim of destroying the supplies held there. The Allies intended for this to prevent the French from fending off sieges of Arras and Cambrai.

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1776 — Raid of Nassau

The raid of Nassau on March 3–4, 1776, was a naval operation and amphibious assault by American forces against the British port of Nassau, Bahamas, during the American Revolutionary War. The raid, designed to resolve the issue of gunpowder shortages, resulted in the seizure of two forts and large quantities of military supplies before the raiders drew back to New England.

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1779 — Battle of Brier Creek

The Battle of Brier Creek was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on March 3, 1779, near the confluence of Brier Creek with the Savannah River in eastern Georgia. An American Patriot force consisting principally of militia from North Carolina and Georgia along with some Continental Army troops were defeated by British forces, suffering significant casualties. The rout damaged Patriot morale.

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1801 — Battle of West Kay

The Battle of West Kay (Danish: Slaget ved Fugleklippen), also known as the Battle of Fugleklippen, was a naval battle between Denmark–Norway and the United Kingdom. It took place at the Skerry of West Kay (Danish: Fugleklippen), near Saint Thomas and ended in a Danish victory.

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1814 — Battle of Laubressel

The Battle of Laubressel (3 March 1814) saw the main Allied army of Field Marshal Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg mount a three-pronged converging attack on the weaker army of Marshal Jacques MacDonald. The French forces under Marshal Nicolas Oudinot bore the brunt of the fighting, in which the Allies tried to turn their left flank. The French abandoned Troyes and retreated west as a result of the action. The village of Laubressel is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Troyes. After the French victory at the Battle of Montereau on 18 February, Schwarzenberg's army withdrew behind the Aube River.

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1814 — Capture of Talca

The Capture of Talca, occurred on 3 March 1814, during the War of Chilean Independence.

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1838 — Battle of Pelee Island

The Battle of Pelee Island took place during the Patriot War along what is now the Ohio-Ontario nautical border in 1838 involving small groups of men on each side of the border seeking to overthrow British rule in Upper Canada.

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1840 — 1840 Chicago mayoral election

The 1840 Chicago mayoral election saw Democratic nominee Alexander Loyd defeat incumbent Whig Benjamin Wright Raymond by a landslide 15.8 point margin. With a narrative that local elections such as Chicago's would be a bellwether of the coming 1840 United States presidential election, both parties locally viewed the election as being of great importance. Chicago's mayoral result, ultimately, was no bellwether of the presidential election's party outcome.

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1845 — Florida becomes the 27th U.S. state

President John Tyler signed the act that admitted Florida into the United States. Florida had been a U.S. territory since 1822.

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1846 — Kraków Uprising

The Kraków Uprising (Polish: powstanie krakowskie, rewolucja krakowska; German: Krakauer Aufstand; Russian: краковское восстание, romanized: krakovskoye vosstaniye) of 1846 was an attempt, led by Polish insurgents such as Jan Tyssowski and Edward Dembowski, to incite a fight for national independence. The uprising was centered on the city of Kraków, the capital of the small Free City of Cracow.

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1849 — The Minnesota Territory is created

A federal act organized the Minnesota Territory, which included present-day Minnesota and parts of what became North Dakota and South Dakota.

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1857 — 1857 Chicago mayoral election

In the 1857 Chicago mayoral election, Republican nominee John Wentworth defeated Democratic nominee Benjamin Carver by a ten-point margin. The election was held on March 3.

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1860 — 1860 Chicago mayoral election

In the Chicago mayoral election of 1860, Democratic nominee John Wentworth defeated Republican nominee Walter S. Gurnee. Both candidates had served as mayor before. Incidentally, each had previously been mayor under the opposite party affiliation. Gurnee had served two terms as a Democrat, having been elected in 1851 and 1852, Wentworth had previously served one term as a Republican, having been elected in 1857.

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1861 — Alexander II issues the Emancipation Manifesto

On March 3, 1861 (February 19 in the Julian calendar), Alexander II issued the Emancipation Manifesto in Russia. It granted freedom to serfs on privately owned estates and to household serfs, while setting conditions for peasants to buy land.

The date is March 3 in the Gregorian calendar and February 19 in the Julian calendar then used in Russia.

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1863 — First Battle of Fort McAllister

The First Battle of Fort McAllister was a series of naval attacks that took place from January 27 to March 3, 1863, at Fort McAllister in Bryan County, Georgia, during the American Civil War. The commander of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron Rear Adm. Samuel F. Du Pont decided to test operation of new monitors against Fort McAllister before conducting a major naval operation against Charleston, South Carolina.

The First Battle of Fort McAllister was a series of naval attacks that took place from January 27 to March 3, 1863, at Fort McAllister in Bryan County, Georgia, during the American Civil War.

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1865 — Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation opens for business

On March 3, 1865, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation opened for business in Hong Kong.

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1871 — German federal election, 1871

The first Federal elections were held in Germany on 3 March 1871. The National Liberal Party emerged as the largest party in the Reichstag, with 125 of the 382 seats. Voter turnout was just 52.0%.

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1878 — Liberation of Bulgaria

The Liberation of Bulgaria is the historical process as a result of the Bulgarian Revival. In Bulgarian historiography, the liberation of Bulgaria refers to those events of the Tenth Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) that led to the re-establishment of the Bulgarian state under the Treaty of San Stefano of 3 March 1878. Today Bulgaria observes its National Liberation Day on 3 March.

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1878 — Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of San Stefano

On 3 March 1878 (19 February Old Style), Russia and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of San Stefano at San Stefano, now Yeşilköy in Istanbul, Türkiye, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.

The signing date is 3 March 1878 in the Gregorian calendar; the treaty gives the date as 19 February Old Style (3 March).

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1885 — Siege of Tuyên Quang

The siege of Tuyên Quang was an important confrontation between the French and the Chinese armies in Tonkin (northern Vietnam) during the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885). A French garrison of 619 men, including two companies of the French Foreign Legion, successfully defended the French post of Tuyên Quang against vastly outnumbering Chinese forces in a four-month siege from 24 November 1884 to 3 March 1885.

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1888 — Maltese general election, 1888

General elections were held in Malta between 1 and 3 March 1888.

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1898 — 1898 London County Council election

An election to the County Council of London took place on 3 March 1898. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the two-member seats. The Progressive Party won a substantial majority on the council.

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1912 — Battle of Derna (1912)

The Battle of Derna, also known as the Battle of Sidi Abdullah (Arabic: معركة سيدي عبد الله), occurred near Derna in 3 March 1912, within the scope of Italo-Turkish War. The battle took place between the Italians led by Luigi Capello and Ottoman-Senussi Forces led by Enver Pasha and Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi.

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1913 — Battle of Hiraan

The Battle of Hiraan was fought on March 3, 1913 in Beledweyne between the Italian Somaliland and the Dervish movement. The Italians never attacked again leaving the Dervish to rule over the south freely.

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1915 — The United States establishes the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

The United States created the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to coordinate research into flight. It was the predecessor of NASA, which absorbed the committee in 1958.

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1918 — Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a separate peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria), by which Russia withdrew from World War I. The treaty, which followed months of negotiations after the armistice on the Eastern Front in December 1917, was signed at Brest-Litovsk (now Brest, Belarus).

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1918 — Operation Faustschlag

The Operation Faustschlag or Unternehmen Faustschlag (lit. 'Operation Fist Punch'), also known as the Eleven Days' War, was a Central Powers offensive in World War I. It was the last major offensive on the Eastern Front. Russian forces were unable to put up any serious resistance due to the turmoil of the Russian Revolution and subsequent Russian Civil War.

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1919 — Finnish parliamentary election, 1919

Parliamentary elections were held in Finland between 1 and 3 March 1919. The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest in Parliament with 80 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 67.1%.

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1921 — Dudley by-election, 1921

The Dudley by-election of 1921 was held on 3 March 1921. The by-election was held due to the appointment of the incumbent Coalition Conservative MP, Arthur Griffith-Boscawen, as Minister of Agriculture. It was won by the Labour candidate James Wilson. It was one of only eight ministerial by-elections in the UK to not be retained by the incumbent.

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1922 — Romanian general election, 1922

General elections were held in Romania between 1 and 3 March 1922. In the first stage between 1 and 3 March, seats in the Senate were elected. In the second stage between 5 and 7 March the Chamber of Deputies was elected, and in the third and final stage from 9 to 11 March, additional Senate seats were elected. The result was a victory for the National Liberal Party, which won 222 of the 372 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 111 of the 148 seats in the Senate. Both houses were combined to form a Constitutional Assembly, which passed the 1923 constitution.

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1923 — Mitcham by-election, 1923

The Mitcham by-election of 1923 was held on 3 March 1923. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Richard James Meller. It was won by the Labour candidate James Chuter Ede.

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1923 — Willesden East by-election, 1923

The Willesden East by-election, 1923 was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Willesden East held on 3 March 1923. The constituency was a large one extending from Kilburn in the south to the Welsh Harp and on to Neasden.

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1923 — US magazine Time publishes its first issue

Time is an American news magazine based in New York City. It was published weekly for nearly a century. Starting in March 2020, it was published every other week. It was first published in New York City on March 3, 1923, and for many years it was run by its co-founder, Henry Luce. A European edition, Time Europe, is published in London and also covers the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

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1924 — Turkey’s parliament abolishes the caliphate

On March 3, 1924, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey abolished the Ottoman caliphate. Abdülmecid II was deposed as the last Ottoman caliph.

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1938 — Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia

Petroleum, also known as crude oil or simply oil, is a natural resource that appears as a yellowish-black liquid chemical mixture found in geological formations, consisting primarily of hydrocarbons. The term petroleum refers to both naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil, as well as to petroleum products that consist of refined crude oil. Petroleum is a fossil fuel formed over millions of years from anaerobic decay of organic materials from buried prehistoric organisms, particularly plankton and algae.

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1942 — Attack on Broome

The town of Broome, Western Australia was attacked by Japanese fighter planes on 3 March 1942, during World War II. At least 88 people were killed. Although Broome was a small pearling port at the time, it was also a refuelling point for aircraft, on the route between the Netherlands East Indies and major Australian cities. As a result, Broome was on a line of flight for Dutch and other refugees, following the Japanese invasion of Java, and had become a significant Allied military base.

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1942 — Battle of Kalijati

The Battle of Kalijati occurred between 1 and 3 March 1942 during the Dutch East Indies campaign between invading Japanese forces and the Dutch colonial forces. It was fought over control of the Kalijati Airfield in Subang. Following their unexpected landing, Japanese forces commanded by Toshinari Shōji moved rapidly and seized the airfield on the same day it landed before the Dutch command could deploy reinforcements.

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1943 — Operation Star

Operation Star or Operation Zvezda (Russian: Звезда, lit. 'Star') was a Red Army offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II begun on 2 February 1943. The attack was the responsibility of the Voronezh Front under the command of Filipp Golikov and a part of the larger Voronezh-Kharkov Strategic Offensive Operation. Its main objectives were the cities of Kharkov and Kursk.

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1943 — Voronezh–Kharkov offensive

The Voronezh–Kharkov strategic offensive operation was a successful strategic offensive operation of the Red Army's Voronezh, Bryansk and South-Western fronts, carried out from January 13 to March 3, 1943 with the aim of defeating the German Army Group B and liberating a large territory and the important industrial and administrative centers Voronezh, Kursk, Belgorod and Kharkov.

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1944 — Balvano train disaster

The Balvano train disaster occurred on the night between 2–3 March 1944 in Balvano, Basilicata, when 517 people in a steam-hauled, coal-burning freight train (mostly stowaways) died of carbon monoxide poisoning during a protracted stall in a tunnel. It was the deadliest railway accident in Italian history and one of the worst railway disasters ever.

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1945 — Bombing of the Bezuidenhout

The bombing of the Bezuidenhout took place on 3 March 1945, when the Royal Air Force accidentally bombed the Bezuidenhout neighbourhood in the Dutch city of The Hague. At the time, the neighbourhood was more densely populated than usual with evacuees from The Hague and Wassenaar; tens of thousands were left homeless and had to be quartered in the Eastern and Central Netherlands. The British bomber crews had intended to bomb the Haagse Bos ("Forest of the Hague") district where the Germans had installed V-2 launching facilities that had been used to attack English cities.

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1945 — Operation Blockbuster

Operation Blockbuster was the completion of the larger Operation Veritable by the First Canadian Army, reinforced by the XXX Corps from the British Second Army from late February to early March, 1945. Veritable had been slower and more costly than expected and the Canadian commander, General Harry Crerar, had decided on a fresh start for the operation.

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1945 — Defense of Schwedt Bridgehead

The defense of the Schwedt bridgehead was a German 3rd Panzer Army operation on the Eastern Front during the final months of World War II. German forces, commanded by Otto Skorzeny, were ordered to prepare to conduct a counter-offensive. However they were forced to hold a bridgehead against expected numerically superior forces of the Soviet 2nd Belorussian Front (Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky) for 31 days.

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1947 — 3 March affair

The 3 March affair (Indonesian: Peristiwa Tiga Maret) was an attempted coup against the Indonesian republican administration in West Sumatra during the Indonesian National Revolution by Islamic militias. The coup failed and its leaders were arrested.

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1953 — A Canadian Pacific Comet crashes while taking off in Karachi

A Canadian Pacific Air Lines de Havilland Comet failed to take off during a delivery flight and crashed at Karachi. All eleven people aboard died.

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1956 — 1956 South Australian state election

State elections were held in South Australia on 3 March 1956. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mick O'Halloran. A redistribution occurred in 1955 based upon the results of the census held in June 1954.

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1956 — 1956 New South Wales state election

The 1956 New South Wales state election was held on 3 March 1956. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1952 redistribution. The election was for all of the 94 seats in the Legislative Assembly.

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1958 — Nuri al-Said begins another term as Iraq’s prime minister

On March 3, 1958, Nuri al-Said began another term as prime minister of Iraq under King Faisal II, succeeding Abdul-Wahab Mirjan.

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1959 — Hong Kong municipal election, 1959

The 1959 Urban Council Election was held on 3 March 1959 for the 4 of the 8 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. The turnout rate dropped to 30.5% but there were still 7,236 voters cast their votes, 5,354 ballots from Hong Kong Island and 1,882 from Kowloon.

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1959 — 1959 Missouri's 4th congressional district special election

The 1959 Missouri's 4th congressional district special election was held on March 3, 1959, and was won by Jackson County Judge William J. Randall, the Democratic nominee. On January 23, 1959, Democratic Congressman George H. Christopher died, causing a vacancy. On February 2, Governor James Blair issued a proclamation for the special election, which he deliberately scheduled with the Kansas City municipal election primary.

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1960 — Oxford elects Harold Macmillan as university chancellor

Oxford graduates elected Harold Macmillan as university chancellor over Oliver Franks. Macmillan was serving as British prime minister at the time.

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1962 — 1962 South Australian state election

State elections were held in South Australia on 3 March 1962. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Frank Walsh. This was the first and only time that a South Australian Government won a tenth consecutive term in office.

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1962 — 1962 New South Wales state election

The 1962 New South Wales state election was held on 3 March 1962. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1961 redistribution. The election was for all of the 94 seats in the Legislative Assembly.

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1962 — 1962 New Orleans mayoral election

The New Orleans mayoral election of 1962 resulted in the election of interim mayor Victor Schiro to his first full term as mayor of New Orleans.

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1964 — 1964 Louisiana gubernatorial election

The 1964 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held in the U.S. state on March 3, 1964. Democrat John McKeithen won a highly-competitive primary and dispatched Republican Charlton Lyons in the general election, though Lyons made a historically good showing for a Louisiana Republican up to this point. The two Democratic Party primaries were held on December 7, 1963, and January 11.

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1964 — 1964 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 1964 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on March 3, 1964, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Louisiana. Democratic nominee and incumbent lieutenant governor Taddy Aycock won re-election as he ran unopposed.

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1965 — Hong Kong municipal election, 1965

The 1965 Urban Council Election was held on 3 March 1965 for the 6 of the 10 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong after the membership of the elected members increased from 8 to 10.

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1966 — Operation New York

Operation New York was a US Marine Corps operation that took place northwest and east of Phu Bai Combat Base, lasting from 26 February to 3 March 1966.

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1968 — Operation Coronado XI

Operation Coronado XI was the eleventh of the Operation Coronado series of riverine military operations conducted by the U.S. Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) and units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), designed to secure Cần Thơ in the aftermath of the Tet Offensive. It ran from 12 February to 3 March 1968.

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1969 — Apollo 9

Apollo 9 was the third manned mission in the United States Apollo space program and the first flight of the Command/Service Module (CSM) with the Lunar Module (LM). Its three-person crew, consisting of Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart, spent ten days in low Earth orbit testing several aspects critical to landing on the Moon, including the LM engines, backpack life support systems, navigation systems, and docking maneuvers. The mission was the second manned launch of a Saturn V rocket.

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1971 — Hong Kong municipal election, 1971

The 1971 Urban Council Election was held on 3 March 1971 for the 5 of the 10 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. 10,047 of the 37,797 eligible voters cast their votes, the turnout rate was 26.6%. Cecilia Yeung Lai Yin of the Club won the seat onto the Urban Council, becoming the first Chinese woman ever elected on this Council.

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1971 — Little Maracanazo

Little Maracanazo was a football match played between Fluminense FC of Brazil and Deportivo Italia of Venezuela in the group stage of the 1971 Copa Libertadores. Fluminense, managed by Mário Zagallo who had just won the 1970 World Cup, were defeated 1–0.

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1972 — Mohawk Airlines Flight 405

Mohawk Airlines Flight 405, a Fairchild Hiller FH-227 twin-engine turboprop airliner registered N7818M, was a domestic scheduled passenger flight operated by Mohawk Airlines that crashed into a house within the city limits of Albany, New York, on March 3, 1972, on final approach to Albany County Airport (now Albany International Airport), New York, killing 17 people.

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1973 — 1973 Football League Cup final

The 1973 Football League Cup final was held on 3 March 1973 and was won by Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs beat Norwich City 1–0 at the old Wembley. After 12 different teams had won the League Cup in its first 12 seasons, Spurs became the first team to win the competition for a second time.

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1974 — Guatemalan general election, 1974

General elections were held in Guatemala on 3 March 1974. No candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García being elected president by Congress on 12 March. The Congressional elections were won by an alliance of the Institutional Democratic Party and the National Liberation Movement. Voter turnout was 46.41% in the presidential election.

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1974 — Turkish Airlines Flight 981

Turkish Airlines Flight 981 was a scheduled flight from Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport to London Heathrow Airport, with an intermediate stop at Orly Airport in Paris. On 3 March 1974, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating the flight crashed into the Ermenonville Forest, about 40 kilometres (25 mi; 22 nmi) outside Paris, killing all 335 passengers and 11 crew. The crash was also known as the Ermenonville air disaster.

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1977 — Hong Kong municipal election, 1977

The 1977 Urban Council Election was held on 3 March 1977 for the 6 of the 12 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. 7,308 voters cast ballots, 19.7% of the 37,174 registered electorates. The Reform Club and the Civic Association put up five and four candidates and there was also one independent candidate.

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1979 — 29th Berlin International Film Festival

The 29th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February – 3 March 1979. The Golden Bear was awarded to David directed by Peter Lilienthal. The retrospective was dedicated to Italian actor Rudolph Valentino and to another one titled "We Danced Around the World. Revue Films".

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1980 — The U.S. Navy decommissions USS Nautilus

USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, was taken out of service at Mare Island. The Navy later preserved it as a museum ship.

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1981 — Micronesian parliamentary election, 1981

Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 3 March 1981. All candidates for seats in Congress ran as independents.

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1981 — 1981 Burlington, Vermont mayoral election

The 1981 Burlington mayoral election was held March 3, 1981. Bernie Sanders, who ran as an independent candidate, defeated incumbent Democratic Mayor Gordon Paquette, who was seeking a sixth term as Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, and Richard Bove. Paquette had easily won reelection to the mayoralty in the 1973, 1975, and 1979 elections and the Democratic Party controlled ten of the thirteen city council seats.

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1982 — 1982 Central African Republic coup attempt

On 3 March 1982, opposition politician and leader of the MLPC party, Ange-Félix Patassé, returned from exile to the Central African Republic and staged an unsuccessful coup against General André Kolingba (who himself took power in the 1981 coup d'état) with the help of a few military officers, such as General François Bozizé, who accused Kolingba of treason and proclaimed the change of power in a radio announcement.

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1985 — 1985 Algarrobo earthquake

A megathrust earthquake measuring 8.0 Mw struck just offshore the Greater Valparaíso area of Central Chile on 3 March 1985. The event followed a ten-day period of moderate and non-destructive foreshocks and left at least 177 people dead and about 2,500 injured. According to several reports, a small sector of damage in Llolleo corresponded to a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), though the vast majority of damage was considered to align with intensity VIII (Severe) effects or less.

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1986 — Australia Act takes effect

On March 3, 1986, the Australia Act came into force, ending the United Kingdom’s remaining legislative authority over Australia and ending Australian appeals to the Privy Council.

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1986 — Four scientists propose what becomes China’s 863 Program

Wang Daheng, Wang Ganchang, Chen Fangyun and Yang Jiachi sent a letter proposing that China develop advanced technologies. Their proposal helped lead to the 863 Program.

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1987 — Micronesian parliamentary election, 1987

Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 3 March 1987 alongside a referendum on having a four-year term of office for all members of Congress. All candidates for seats in Congress ran as independents, whilst the referendum proposal was rejected by voters.

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1987 — 1987 Tampa mayoral election

The 1987 Tampa mayoral election took place on March 3, 1987. Incumbent Mayor Sandra Freedman ran for election to a full term. Freedman became mayor on July 16, 1986, when Mayor Bob Martinez resigned from office to run for governor. Prior to Martinez's resignation, Freedman had already announced that she would run to succeed him, and raised a significant amount of money.

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1987 — 1987 Burlington, Vermont mayoral election

The 1987 Burlington, Vermont mayoral election was held on March 3, 1987. Incumbent Mayor Bernie Sanders won election to his fourth and final term as mayor with 55.23% of the popular vote against Democratic nominee Paul Lafayette, a member of the city council. Sanders ran his final independent campaign for mayor stating that he would not seek reelection to another term after 1987.

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1987 — 37th Berlin International Film Festival

The 37th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February to 3 March 1987. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Soviet film Tema, directed by Gleb Panfilov. The retrospective was in honour of Armenian-American film and theatre director Rouben Mamoulian. The homage was dedicated to French couple Jean-Louis Barrault, actor and director, and Madeleine Renaud, actress. It was titled Renaud-Barrault au cinéma.

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1988 — Bangladeshi general election, 1988

The Fourth National Parliamentary Elections 1988 (Bengali: চতুর্থ জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ১৯৮৮) were held in Bangladesh on 3 March 1988. The elections were boycotted by several major parties, including the Bangladesh Awami League, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Communist Party of Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League, the National Awami Party (Muzaffar) and the Workers Party of Bangladesh. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 251 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 52.5%.

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1988 — 1988 Turks and Caicos Islands general election

General elections were held in the Turks and Caicos Islands on 3 March 1988. They were the first after the suspension of the islands' constitution between 1986 and 1988, which followed Chief Minister Norman Saunders leaving office in March 1985 after being arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling (he was later found guilty and jailed) and the next Chief Minister Nathaniel Francis resigning in July 1986 after a British parliamentary inquiry accused him of corruption.

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1989 — 1989 Burlington, Vermont mayoral election

The 1989 Burlington, Vermont mayoral election was held on March 3, 1989. Incumbent Independent Mayor Bernie Sanders did not seek reelection to a fifth term. Peter Clavelle ran as an independent candidate, with the support of the Progressive Coalition, and defeated Democratic nominee Nancy Chioffi. Chioffi, a member of the city council, defeated city councilor Bill Aswad and Rick Sharp for the Democratic nomination.

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1991 — Wan Chai District Board election, 1991

The 1991 Wan Chai District Board election was held on 3 March 1991 to elect all 10 elected members to the 15-member Wan Chai District Board.

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1991 — São Toméan presidential election, 1991

Presidential elections were held for the first time in São Tomé and Príncipe on 3 March 1991, as previously the President had been elected by the National Assembly. Ultimately only one candidate, Miguel Trovoada, ran for office, and was elected unopposed. He was sworn in as the second president of São Tomé and Príncipe on 3 April.

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1991 — Central and Western District Board election, 1991

The 1991 Central and Western District Board election was held on 3 March 1991 to elect all 13 elected to the 19-member Central and Western District Board.

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1991 — United Airlines Flight 585

United Airlines Flight 585 was a scheduled passenger flight on March 3, 1991, from Denver to Colorado Springs, Colorado, carrying 20 passengers and 5 crew members. The Boeing 737-200 experienced a rudder hardover while on final approach to runway 35 at Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, causing the plane to roll over and enter an uncontrolled dive. All on board died on impact.

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1991 — 1991 Burlington, Vermont mayoral election

The 1991 Burlington, Vermont mayoral election was held on March 3, 1991 to elect the mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Incumbent independent Mayor Peter Clavelle ran as the candidate of the Progressive Coalition, and defeated Haik Bedrosian, Daniel Gregory, and Michael Hackett, who all ran as independent candidates. The Democratic and Republican parties did not run candidates in this election. Clavelle faced no opposition for the endorsement of the Progressive Coalition.

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1996 — 1995 Empress's Cup final

1995 Empress's Cup Final was the 17th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium in Tokyo on March 3, 1996. Fujita SC Mercury won the championship.

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1996 — 1996 Andalusian regional election

A regional election was held in Andalusia on 3 March 1996 to elect the 5th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with the 1996 Spanish general election. The 1994 election had resulted in a hung parliament.

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1996 — 1996 Beninese presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Benin in March 1996. The first round, held on 3 March (or 4 March), saw no candidate gain over 50% of the vote, resulting in a second round held on 18 March. Mathieu Kérékou, a former military dictator who had come second in the first round, was victorious in the second round, beating incumbent Nicéphore Soglo, after gaining the backing of the third- and fourth-placed candidates.

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1999 — 1999 Dutch municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in the Netherlands on 3 March 1999 in 29 (of the 538) municipalities.

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2001 — 2001 Japanese Super Cup

2001 Japanese Super Cup was the Japanese Super Cup competition. The match was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on March 3, 2001. Shimizu S-Pulse won the championship.

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2001 — Hong Kong holds its first written language assessment for teachers

Hong Kong’s new language assessment for teachers began its written papers with Putonghua listening and romanization tests. English written papers followed the next day, and oral assessment followed later.

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2005 — 2005 Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives election

The 2005 election of the Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives occurred on 3 March 2005, following the retirement of the previous Speaker Jonathan Hunt. The election resulted in the election of Labour Party MP Margaret Wilson.

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2005 — Four RCMP constables are killed near Mayerthorpe

On March 3, 2005, James Roszko shot and killed four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables who were assisting in a criminal investigation at his property near Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Canada. Roszko then took his own life.

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2005 — 2005 Adelaide Film Festival

The 2nd Adelaide Film Festival took place in Adelaide, Australia, from 18 February to 3 March 2005. Katrina Sedgwick was again Festival Director. Dennis O'Rourke received the 2005 Don Dunstan Award for his contribution to the Australian film industry. The poster this year depicts two children shining a light on the festival theme, Image is Everything.

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2005 — Steve Fossett completes a solo nonstop flight around the world

Steve Fossett landed the GlobalFlyer in Salina, Kansas, after circling the globe without stopping or refueling. He was the first person to complete that feat alone in an airplane.

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2006 — The first World Baseball Classic opens in Tokyo

The Tokyo Dome hosted the first games of the inaugural World Baseball Classic. South Korea beat Chinese Taipei 2–0, and Japan defeated China 18–2.

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2007 — UFC 68

UFC 68: The Uprising was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 3, 2007 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

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2008 — 2008 Alberta general election

The 2008 Alberta general election was held on March 3, 2008, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. It was expected to be called early because the governing Progressive Conservatives held a leadership election on December 2, 2006, in which Ed Stelmach was elected to replace Ralph Klein as party leader and Premier.

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2009 — Burlington mayoral election, 2009

The Burlington mayoral election of 2009 occurred on Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Burlington's mayoral race is partisan election that occurs every three years, and there are no term limits. The current mayor, Bob Kiss, has served since 2006. This marks the second mayoral election in Burlington using instant runoff voting (IRV). Unlike Burlington's first IRV mayoral election in 2006, the IRV winner in 2009 (Bob Kiss) was neither the same as the plurality winner (Kurt Wright) nor Condorcet winner (Andy Montroll). There was post-election controversy regarding the IRV method, mostly from supporters of Kurt Wright, the plurality winner of first-choice rankings.

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2009 — Micronesian parliamentary election, 2009

Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 3 March 2009. As there were no political parties, all 21 candidates ran as independents. Three were returned unopposed.

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2009 — Pakistan elects half of its Senate

Pakistan held Senate elections on 3 March 2009 for 50 of the chamber's 100 seats. The elected members were to serve six-year terms.

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2009 — 2009 Los Angeles elections

The 2009 elections for elected officials in Los Angeles took place on March 3, 2009, with run-off elections on May 19, 2009. The mayor, city attorney, city controller and eight out of the fifteen members of the city council were up for election.

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2009 — 2009 Los Angeles mayoral election

The 2009 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on March 3, 2009. Incumbent mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa was re-elected overwhelmingly and faced no serious opponent. Villaraigosa would have faced a run-off against second place-finisher Walter Moore had he failed to win a majority of the vote. Villaraigosa won the election despite having generally unfavorable approval ratings.

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2009 — Action of 3 March 2009

The action of 3 March 2009 took place when the German Bremen-class frigate Rheinland-Pfalz chased and captured a pirate skiff in the Gulf of Aden, after the persons on board the small vessel fired at and attempted to stop the German-owned tanker MV Courier. The operation marked the first time that the German Navy captured a hostile vessel at sea since World War II.

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2009 — 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team

On 3 March 2009, a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers, part of a larger convoy, was fired upon by 12 gunmen near Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. The cricketers were on their way to play the third day of the second Test against the Pakistani cricket team. Six members of the Sri Lanka national cricket team were wounded and six Pakistani policemen and two civilians were killed.

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2009 — Chattanooga voters re-elect Mayor Ron Littlefield

Chattanooga re-elected Ron Littlefield as mayor. He took more than half of the vote and finished ahead of Rob Healy and Joe Lance.

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2010 — 2010 Dutch municipal elections

Municipal elections were held on Wednesday 3 March 2010 in most municipalities in the Netherlands. This election determined the composition of the municipal councils for the following four years. The elections were held a few weeks after the fall of the Fourth Balkenende cabinet. Nearly 24% of the vote went to local parties and independent candidates, more than any national political party.

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2011 — Barnsley Central by-election, 2011

The Barnsley Central by-election was a by-election for the Parliament of the United Kingdom's House of Commons constituency of Barnsley Central which took place on 3 March 2011. The by-election resulted in the Labour Party holding the seat with an increased majority.

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2011 — UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann

UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann (also known as UFC on Versus 3) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 3, 2011, at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The event was broadcast on Versus in the U.S. and Rogers Sportsnet One in Canada. This was the first UFC event to be broadcast in 3D.

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2012 — Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2012

The Goa legislative assembly election was held on 3 March 2012, to select the 40 members of the Vidhan Sabha. The result was announced on 6 March. The Bharatiya Janata Party-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak alliance defeated the incumbent Indian National Congress government in Goa led by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat with 24 seats in the 40-seat assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 21 seats, while the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party won 3 seats. The MLA with the biggest margin of victory was the Roman Catholic incumbent MLA Frances D'Souza of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Former chief minister Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the new chief minister.

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2012 — UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann

UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann (also known as UFC on FX 2) was a mixed martial arts event held live by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday March 3, 2012 at the Allphones Arena in Sydney, Australia.

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2012 — Jewels 18th Ring

Jewels 18th Ring was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by promotion Jewels on March 3, 2012 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Koto, Tokyo, Japan.

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2012 — Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey

Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey was a mixed martial arts event that was held by Strikeforce. It took place on March 3, 2012 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

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2012 — 2012 Washington Republican presidential caucuses

The 2012 Washington Republican presidential caucuses were held on March 3, 2012. Since 1992, the Washington Republicans have used a presidential preferential primary in addition to the caucuses. The 2012 primary was, however, canceled for budgetary reasons, as was the one in 2004.

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2012 — 2012 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election

The 2012 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 3 March 2012. Then PSD leader and Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho ran for a 2nd term as party leader and was the sole candidate in the race, thus winning with almost 95% of the votes.

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2012 — The first World Pasty Championships are held at the Eden Project

The first World Pasty Championships were held at the Eden Project in Cornwall on Saturday, 3 March 2012. The event celebrated Cornish pasties and included amateur, professional, junior, and company categories.

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2012 — 2012 Japanese Super Cup

The 2012 Japanese Super Cup was a football competition held on 3 March 2012 between the 2011 J. League champions Kashiwa Reysol and the 2011 Emperor's Cup winner F.C. Tokyo. Kashiwa Reysol won the match 2–1 in regulation time.

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2013 — Bangkok gubernatorial election, 2013

The tenth election for the governorship of Bangkok took place on 3 March 2013. The election was won by incumbent governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra of the Democrat Party. Twenty-five candidates contested the election. Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen, representing the Pheu Thai Party, was regarded as the other major contender. The election was scheduled to take place sixty days after Sukhumbhand resigned on 9 January 2013, his second-to-last day of office. (Resignation, as opposed to completion of the term, effectively extended the election deadline for another fifteen days.) The Election Commission accepted registrations on 21–25 January, although unofficial campaigning had begun earlier.

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2013 — March 2013 Karachi bombing

The March 2013 Karachi bombing was a terrorist attack that struck a predominantly Shia area inside Abbas Town, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi, Pakistan on 3 March 2013. At least 48 people were killed and more than 180 others injured after a car bomb was detonated outside a Shia mosque, just as locals were leaving after the evening's services. As rescuers gathered to the scene of the bombings, a second blast caused even more destruction. Authorities suspected the Sunni militant group Lashkar-e Jhangvi of being behind the attacks. This was the first major incident within the city since a wave of target killings left more than 300 dead in the summer of 2011.

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2013 — Lower Austrian state election, 2013

The Lower Austrian state election of 2013 was held in the Austrian state of Lower Austria on 3 March 2013. Since 2003 the Austrian People's Party has had a majority of the seats, the Team Stronach, which was standing for election in Lower Austria in the first time, won 5 seats, while the Social Democratic Party of Austria, like the Freedom Party of Austria, lost 2 seats and the Greens could defend their 4 seats.

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2013 — UFC on Fuel TV: Silva vs. Stann

UFC on Fuel TV: Silva vs. Stann (also known as UFC on Fuel TV 8) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 3, 2013, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

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2013 — 2013 Carinthian state election

The 2013 Carinthian state election was held on 3 March 2013 to elect the members of the Landtag of Carinthia. The election saw a massive shift in Carinthian politics, which had been dominated by the Freedom Party in Carinthia (FPK) and Governor Jörg Haider since the 1990s. After Haider's death in 2008, he was succeeded by Gerhard Dörfler.

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2013 — 2013 Chinese FA Super Cup

The 2013 Chinese FA Super Cup (Chinese: 2013中国足球协会超级杯) was the 11th Chinese FA Super Cup. The match was played at the Tianhe Stadium on 3 March 2013, contesting by Super League and FA Cup double winners Guangzhou Evergrande and Super League runners-up Jiangsu Sainty. Jiangsu Sainty defeated Guangzhou Evergrande 2–1, thus winning their first ever Chinese FA Super Cup title.

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2015 — Micronesian parliamentary election, 2015

Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 3 March 2015. A simultaneous independence referendum was also scheduled to be held in Chuuk State, but was postponed shortly before the elections.

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2015 — Tampa mayoral election, 2015

The 2015 Tampa Mayoral Election took place on March 3, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Tampa, Florida. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Bob Buckhorn was re-elected to a second term in office, winning 96% of the vote.

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2015 — 2015 Los Angeles elections

The 2015 Los Angeles elections were held on March 3, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary, with runoff elections scheduled for May 19, 2015. Seven of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election. Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.

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2015 — 2015 Burlington, Vermont mayoral election

The 2015 Burlington mayoral election was held March 3, 2015. Incumbent mayor Miro Weinberger, a Democrat, was re-elected for a second 3-year term with 68.27% of the vote. The Progressive nominee, Steven Goodkind, came in a second distant place with 22.35% of the vote. Weinberger was also challenged by independent Greg Guma and Libertarian Loyal Ploof.

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2015 — 2015 Wichita mayoral election

The 2015 Wichita mayoral election took place on April 7, 2015, to elect the mayor of Wichita, Kansas. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and is officially nonpartisan. Incumbent mayor Carl Brewer, a Democrat, was term-limited and could not seek a third term in office. A primary election was held on March 3, 2015, to decide the two candidates that moved on to the general election.

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2016 — 2016 Bahrain King's Cup final

The Bahraini King's Cup final was a match that took place on 3 March 2016 at the Bahrain National Stadium in Riffa to determine the winner of the 2016 Bahraini King's Cup. The winner of this match would guarantee a spot at the next year's AFC Cup edition. Muharraq defeated "Bahraini El-Classico" rivals Riffa in Riffa with 2 late goals by Ali Jamal and Jamal Rashid, to be crowned winners in front of a Muharraq-heavy audience.

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2017 — Sinjar clashes (2017)

The Sinjar clashes of 3 March 2017 occurred between pro-PKK forces, namely the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) and the Êzîdxan Women's Units (YJÊ), and the Rojava Peshmerga that serve as the Kurdish National Council's paramilitary wing. After KNC forces entered the town of Khanasor in the Iraqi Sinjar Mountains, fighting boke out among unclear circumstances, resulting in dozens of casualties.

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2017 — Gulf of Sidra Offensive (2017)

The Gulf of Sidra Offensive was an offensive of the Second Libyan Civil War. It was launched by the Benghazi Defense Brigades on 3 March 2017, and initially resulted in them taking control of a strip of coastal territory between the towns of Nofaliya and Ras Lanuf, which was then handed over to the Government of National Accord.

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2017 — The first ClexaCon opens in Las Vegas

The first ClexaCon opened at Bally's in Las Vegas. The fan convention brought together audiences, creators and actors to discuss the representation of queer women in television and other media.

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2018 — 2018 Pakistani Senate election

Triennial Senate elections were in Pakistan held on 3 March 2018 to replace 52 retiring senators - half of the Senate's strength - with the winning candidates serving six-year terms. Overall, Pakistan Muslim League (N) came out as the largest party, followed by the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

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2018 — UFC 222

UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on March 3, 2018, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area. UFC 222 features in the film Road House with filming taking place at the T-Mobile Arena during UFC 285.

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2018 — 2018 Saskatchewan New Democratic Party leadership election

An election for the leadership of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party was held on March 3, 2018, as a result of the resignation of Cam Broten after losing the seat he contested in the 2016 election. Ryan Meili was chosen leader.

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2018 — Battle of Batibo

The Battle of Batibo occurred on 3 March 2018, when Ambazonian separatists attacked Cameroonian troops on the Bamenda-Batibo Highway, Batibo Subdivision. At the time, it was reportedly the deadliest clash between Cameroonian and Ambazonian forces to date.

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2018 — 2018 Tasmanian state election

The 2018 Tasmanian state election was held on 3 March 2018 to elect all 25 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The four-year incumbent Liberal government, led by Premier Will Hodgman, won a second consecutive term. It defeated the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Rebecca White, and the Greens, led by Cassy O'Connor.

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2018 — KSW 42 takes place in Łódź

On March 3, 2018, Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held KSW 42: Khalidov vs. Narkun, a mixed martial arts event, at Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland.

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2019 — IWRG Máscara vs. Cabellera takes place in Naucalpan

On 3 March 2019, International Wrestling Revolution Group held its Máscara vs. Cabellera professional wrestling event at Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, Mexico.

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2019 — 2019 Estonian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia on 3 March 2019. The newly elected 101 members of the 14th Riigikogu assembled at Toompea Castle in Tallinn within ten days of the election. The Reform Party remained the largest party, gaining four seats for a total of 34 and the Conservative People's Party had the largest gain overall, increasing their seat count by 12 to a total of 19 seats.

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2019 — 2019 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election

The 2019 Democratic Party leadership election was an open primary election held on 3 March 2019. The election was triggered by the resignation of Matteo Renzi on 12 March 2018, following the party's defeat at the 2018 general election. Vice Secretary Maurizio Martina was appointed Secretary in July 2018 by the National Assembly, but he resigned after few months to officially start the party's congress.

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2019 — 2019 South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region election

The eighth general election of the 45-seat Regional Council of the South Caribbean Coast, one of the two autonomous regions of Nicaragua, took place on 3 March 2019.

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2019 — 2019 North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region election

The eighth general election of the 45-seat Regional Council of the North Caribbean Coast, one of the two autonomous regions of Nicaragua, took place on 3 March 2019.

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2020 — 2020 Maine Republican presidential primary

The 2020 Maine Republican presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 14 contests scheduled for Super Tuesday in the Republican Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The primary was a closed primary (only open to party members) although unenrolled voters were permitted to enroll in a party at the polls with same day registration.

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2020 — 2020 Virginia Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Virginia Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Virginia primary was an open primary, wherein any registered voter can vote, regardless of party registration.

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2020 — 2020 Orange County Board of Supervisors election

The 2020 Orange County Board of Supervisors elections were held on March 3, 2020 and November 3, 2020. Two of the five seats of the Orange County, California Board of Supervisors were up for election. County elections in California are officially nonpartisan. A two-round system was used for the election, starting with the first round in March; followed by a runoff in November between the top-two candidates in each district.

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2020 — 2020 California Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 California Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The California primary formed an unusual part of Super Tuesday as it had historically departed from its typical June date.

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2020 — 2020 California Republican presidential primary

The 2020 California Republican presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020.

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2020 — 2020 Texas Republican presidential primary

The 2020 Texas Republican presidential primary took place in Texas, United States, on March 3, 2020, as one of 13 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Republican Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Texas primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 155 delegates towards the 2020 Republican National Convention.

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2020 — 2020 Minnesota Republican presidential primary

The 2020 Minnesota Republican presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 14 contests scheduled for Super Tuesday in the Republican Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election.

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2020 — 2020 Vermont Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Vermont Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Vermont primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 24 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 16 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

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2020 — 2020 Maine Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Maine Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Maine primary, the first in the state since 2000, was a closed primary, meaning that only registered Democrats could vote in this primary, but unenrolled voters were permitted to enroll in a party at the polls with same day registration.

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2020 — 2020 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Tennessee primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 73 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 64 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

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2020 — 2020 Colorado Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Colorado Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Colorado primary, the first in the state since 2000, was a semi-closed primary and awarded 79 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 67 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

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2020 — 2020 Utah Republican presidential primary

The 2020 Utah Republican presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020.

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2020 — 2020 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary

The 2020 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of fourteen contests scheduled for Super Tuesday in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. Incumbent United States president Donald Trump was challenged by five candidates: businessman and perennial candidate Rocky De La Fuente of California, entrepreneur and investor Bob Ely of Massachusetts, entrepreneur and attorney Matthew Matern of Louisiana, transhumanist activist Zoltan Istvan of California, and former congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois.

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2020 — 2020 Arkansas Republican presidential primary

The 2020 Arkansas Republican presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020. It used the "Winner takes most" system of allocating delegates. This system states that a candidate must receive 15% of the vote to receive any delegates statewide or by congressional district, but only if the winner gets less than 50% of the aggregate vote. Should they do so, it becomes winner-take-all.

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2020 — 2020 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Minnesota primary, only the fifth in the state's history and the first since 1992, was an open primary, with the state awarding 91 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 75 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

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2020 — 2020 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The North Carolina primary was a semi-closed primary, with the state awarding 122 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 110 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

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2020 — Alabama holds its 2020 Republican presidential primary

On 3 March 2020, Alabama held its Republican presidential primary, one of thirteen Republican state primaries held on Super Tuesday. The contest allocated 50 pledged delegates to the Republican National Convention.

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2020 — 2020 Utah Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Utah Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Utah primary was an open primary, with any registered voter able to participate.

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2020 — 2020 Colorado Republican presidential primary

The 2020 Colorado Republican presidential primary took place in the US state of Colorado on March 3, 2020.

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2020 — 2020 Tennessee Republican presidential primary

The 2020 Tennessee Republican presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of fourteen contests scheduled for Super Tuesday in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election.

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2020 — 2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The open primary allocated 52 pledged delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, distributed in proportion to the results of the primary, statewide and within each congressional district.

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2020 — 2020 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Arkansas primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 36 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 31 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

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2020 — 2020 California's 25th congressional district special election

A special election to the United States House of Representatives for California's 25th congressional district was held March 3, 2020, the same day as the California presidential primaries. As no candidate received a majority, a runoff took place on May 12, 2020, between the top two finishers Christy Smith and Mike Garcia. Garcia's win was the first time Republicans flipped a Democratic-held House seat in California since 1998.

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2020 — 2020 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Oklahoma primary was a semi-closed primary, with the state awarding 43 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, 37 of whom were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

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2020 — 2020 Vermont Republican presidential primary

The 2020 Vermont Republican presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 14 contests scheduled for Super Tuesday in the Republican Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election.

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2020 — 2020 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary

The 2020 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of fourteen contests scheduled for Super Tuesday in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election.

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2020 — 2020 North Carolina Republican presidential primary

The 2020 North Carolina Republican presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of fourteen contests scheduled for Super Tuesday in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election.

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2020 — 2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Texas primary was an open primary, with the state awarding the second-largest amount of national convention delegates on Super Tuesday and third-largest amount overall: 260 delegates, of which 228 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary.

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2020 — 2020 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election

The 2020 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors elections took place on March 3, 2020, with runoff elections held on November 3, 2020, to elect members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Three of the five seats on the board were up for election. With the election of Holly Mitchell in the second district, the board of supervisors consisted entirely of women for the first time in history.

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2020 — 2020 Bakersfield, California, mayoral election

Bakersfield, California, held a general election for mayor on March 3, 2020. It saw the re-election of incumbent Karen Goh. Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan.

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2020 — 2020 Sacramento mayoral election

The 2020 Sacramento mayoral election was held on March 3, 2020 to elect the mayor of Sacramento, California. It saw the reelection of Darrell Steinberg. Since Steinberg won a majority in the first round, no runoff was required. Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan.

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2020 — 2020 Stockton, California, mayoral election

Stockton, California, held an election for mayor on March 3, 2020, with a runoff election held on November 3, 2020. Despite a strong performance in the primary, incumbent Democrat Michael Tubbs was defeated by Republican Kevin Lincoln in the general election. Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.

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2020 — 2020 Fresno mayoral election

The 2020 Fresno mayoral election was held on March 3, 2020, to elect the mayor of Fresno, California. Republican Jerry Dyer was elected after winning a majority in the primary. Incumbent mayor Lee Brand did not run for a second term. It was the first time in the city's history in which an incumbent eligible for re-election chose to retire the seat.

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2020 — 2020 Los Angeles elections

The 2020 Los Angeles elections were held on March 3, 2020. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary, with runoff elections scheduled for November 3, 2020. Seven of the 15 seats in the City Council were up for election. This was the first election held in the city that correlated with recent changes in election laws, which moved elections from being held on off-years to even-numbered years to correlate with federal and state elections.

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2020 — 2020 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Massachusetts primary was a semi-closed primary, with the state awarding 114 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 91 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.

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2020 — March 2020 Daraa clashes

The March 2020 Daraa clashes was an armed conflict between rebel fighters aligned with the Free Syrian Army and Syrian government forces in the Daraa Governorate. Clashes began after the start of a government security operation against FSA insurgent cells in Al-Sanamayn and other areas in the Daraa governorate that have been active since 2018 after the defeat of rebel forces in the province.

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2020 — Riverside holds the first round of its 2020 mayoral election

Andy Melendrez and Patricia Lock Dawson led the first round of voting for mayor of Riverside. Neither won an outright majority, so both advanced to the November runoff.

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2021 — 2021 Belizean municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in Belize on 3 March 2021. Voters elected a total 67 representatives. This includes a mayor in each of the nine communities, 42 town councils and 16 city councillors (ten in Belize City and six in Belmopan). This election saw another historic consecutive landslide victory for the People's United Party which won all 9 municipalities and 65 of the 67 municipal seats with the United Democratic Party (UDP) losing 38 municipal seats and only managing to hold on to two.

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2021 — 2021 Pakistani Senate election

The 2021 Pakistani Senate election was held on 3 March 2021. The Election commission of Pakistan announced the election schedule on 11 February 2021. 52 of the 104 Senators had retired on 7 February 2021. After the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, FATA seats were abolished and there was no election on 4 of the 8 seats.

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2022 — 2022 Armenian presidential election

Early presidential elections were held in Armenia on 3 March 2022, following President Armen Sarkissian's resignation on 23 January 2022.

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2022 — 2022 Birmingham Erdington by-election

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Erdington was held on 3 March 2022, following the death of incumbent Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Jack Dromey. It was won by Paulette Hamilton, who held the seat for Labour on an increased majority.

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2022 — Battle of Voznesensk

In early March 2022, a military engagement took place in the small city of Voznesensk, Ukraine, as part of the southern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. After surrounding the city of Kherson, Russian forces advanced west towards the city of Mykolaiv. While Russian forces attacked Mykolaiv, a Russian column detached and pushed north, engaging Ukrainian forces at Voznesensk.

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2023 — ONE Friday Fights 7

ONE Friday Fights 7: Rambolek vs. Theeradet (also known as ONE Lumpinee 7) was a combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on March 3, 2023, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

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2024 — 2024 Thai League 3 Cup final

The 2024 Thai League 3 Cup final was the culmination of the 2023–24 Thai League 3 Cup, the inaugural edition of Thailand's knockout football competition organized by the Football Association of Thailand (FA Thailand). The final occurred at BG Stadium in Pathum Thani, Thailand, on 3 March 2024, featuring Phatthalung and Maejo United. Phatthalung, representing the Southern region of the 2023–24 Thai League 3, carried the name and pride of Phatthalung Province into the final.

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2024 — 2024 Charity Cup

The 2024 Charity Cup was the 20th Charity Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's New Zealand National League and Chatham Cup competitions. It took place at Martin Luckie Park on 3 March 2024. This was the first edition since the introduction of the National League in 2021. As the home side, Wellington Olympic selected Heart Kids New Zealand as their charity.

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2024 — 2024 Karabulak clash

The 2024 Karabulak clash was a deadly stand-off between Russian security services and a cell of Ingush militants affiliated with Islamic State – Caucasus Province. The incident was the most significant clash in years regarding the Islamic insurgencies in the North Caucasus.

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