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March 3

5 sourced moments from March 3 in history: Florida Became the 27th US State (1845); Bizet's Carmen flopped at its Paris premiere (1875); The first organized indoor hockey game was played in Montreal (1875), plus 2 more.

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5 things happened on March 3

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1969 Space · Space Exploration

Apollo 9 gave the lunar module its first crewed flight

Ten days in Earth orbit in March 1969 proved the lunar module could fly people, separate 113 miles away and find its way back.

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1931 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

The Star-Spangled Banner became the US national anthem

It took more than a century, a five-million-name petition, and a single presidential signature to make a War of 1812 poem America's official song.

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1875 Culture & Arts · Performing Arts

Bizet's Carmen flopped at its Paris premiere

The world's most-performed opera was hissed at its debut, and its composer died never knowing it would triumph.

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1875 Sports · Records & Statistics

The first organized indoor hockey game was played in Montreal

Montreal students swapped a bouncing ball for a flat wooden disk, and modern ice hockey was born indoors.

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1845 Geography · Countries

Florida Became the 27th US State

After three centuries under Spanish, British, and territorial rule, Florida finally joined the Union on a single signature in 1845.

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