March 3: Fun Facts about Today in History

(March 03, 1991)
Los Angeles police officers viciously beat Rodney King, an African American motorist, after a high-speed automobile chase; despite a videotape of the attack, the officers were acquitted in 1992, resulting in widespread unrest in the city.

(March 03, 1996)
Marguerite Duras, a key figure in the postwar French literary landscape who wrote frequently on obsession and hopeless love, died in Paris.

(March 03, 2005)
When American adventurer Steve Fossett landed in Kansas after more than 67 hours in flight on this day in 2005, he became the first person to complete a solo nonstop round of the globe without refuelling.

(March 03, 2012)
Ralph McQuarrie, an American conceptual artist who worked on a number of great films, most notably assisting in the creation of Darth Vader's appearance in the Star Wars franchise, died in Berkeley, California.

(March 03, 2018)
Roger Bannister, an English neurologist who was the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, died at the age of 88.

(Died on March 03, 2020)
Charles J. Urstadt, American real estate executive and investor (b. 1928).