Stormin Norman, Rodney King, and Arthur Murray all made the news on Sunday March 3,1991. It was one of those days that news just could not stop happening. Shortly after midnight on Sunday March 3,1991 in L.A. four police officers clubbed a black man named Rodney King. They were acquitted in April 1992 and it started the biggest riots ever in L.A. The Iraqi had surrendered a few days earlier and on March 3 General Norman Schwarzkopf met with them to create a peace agreement. Later that day the dance icon Arthur Murray died of pneumonia. He was 95. If that was not enough, on the same day the Baltic States Estonia and Latvia declared their independence. Now lets go back 60 years. On Tuesday March 3, 1931 The Star Spangled Banner became out National Anthem. Friday March 3, 1933 - Mount Rushmore was dedicated. Monday March 3, 1969 - Apollo 9 was launched with astronauts David Scott, James Mcdevitt, and Russell Schweikert. It made 151 Earth orbits. Sunday March 3, 1974 -George Foreman KOd Ken Norton. Sunday March 3, 1985 -7.8 earthquake in Central Chile. Tuesday March 3, 1987 - Danny Kaye, American singer ,actor , dancer , comedian and humanitarian for UNICEF died in L.A. Tuesday March 3, 1992 - President Bush apologized for raising taxes when he had promised not to in the 1988 campaign. Tuesday March 3, 1998 - Bill Gates testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Saturday March 3, 2007 - Total Lunar Eclipse of the moon in the early evening on the east coast. Saturday March 3, 2007 - A group of gangsters who had been in an inter city chain were caught by police in front of the Westin hotel. I was there for a book marketing conference and saw it out the window of the lobby.
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