This Day In History

March 3
1575
Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
1820
The US Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
1898
Emil Artin, German mathematician (d. 1962) was born.
1915
NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded.
1923
TIME magazine is published for the first time.
1940
Owen Spencer-Thomas, English broadcaster, journalist and clergyman is born.
2005
Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.