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Levi ben Gershon observed a solar eclipse on March 3, 1337.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gersonides#Works_in_mathematics_and_astronomy.2Fastrology

A total lunar eclipse took place on March 3, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2007_lunar_eclipse

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The 1985 Santiago earthquake was a seismic movement registered on 3 March 1985
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48093322/1985-santiago-earthquake/



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The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was a U.S. federal agency founded on March 3, 1915
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Advisory_Committee_for_Aeronautics

Pioneer 4 passed within 60,000 km of the Moon's surface on 4 March 1959
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_4#Mission

NASA considered a manned fly-by of Venus in the mid-1960s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manned_Venus_Flyby#Apollo_Applications_Program

Apollo 9 was launched on March 3, 1969
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t41480363/apollo-9/

Pioneer 10 was launched on March 3, 1972
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_10



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James Shelton Voss (born March 3, 1949) is a NASA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._Voss

James Craig Adamson (born March 3, 1946) is a former NASA astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_C._Adamson

Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar (born March 3, 1949) is a former NASA astronaut. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_J._Dunbar

Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (born March 3, 1942) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Kovalyonok

Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor (March 3 [O.S. February 19] 1845 - January 6, 1918) was a German mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Cantor

Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 - August 2, 1922) was an eminent scientist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48093284/alexander-graham-bell-1847-1922/

Sameera Moussa (March 3, 1917-August 5, 1952) was an Egyptian nuclear scientist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sameera_Moussa

Brian Edward Cox (born 3 March 1968) is an English physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)

George William Hill (March 3, 1838 - April 16, 1914), was an American astronomer 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Hill

Rainer Mauersberger (born March 3, 1957) is a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Mauersberger

James Montgomery "Jimmy" Doohan (March 3, 1920 - July 20, 2005) was a Canadian actor
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3588954/james-doohan/



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NGC 2282 was discovered by Edward Barnard on the 3rd March 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56897900/ngc-2282/

NGC 2513 was discovered by William Herschel on the 3rd March 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56897892/ngc-2513/

NGC 2571 was discovered by William Herschel on the 3rd March 1793.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56897885/ngc-2571/

NGC 2858 was discovered by Albert Marth on the 3rd March 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56897877/ngc-2858/

NGC 2914 was discovered by William Herschel using on the 3rd March 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56897864/ngc-2914/

NGC 2932 was discovered by John Herschel on the 3rd March 1837.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56897857/ngc-2932/

NGC 2936 was discovered by Albert Marth on the 3rd March 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56897851/ngc-2936/

NGC 2937 was discovered by Albert Marth on the 3rd March 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56897833/ngc-2937/

NGC 4703 was discovered by William Herschel on the 3rd March 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56897814/ngc-4703/

NGC 4728 was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 3rd March 1867.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56897808/ngc-4728/

NGC 4739 was discovered by William Herschel on the 3rd March 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56897802/ngc-4739/

NGC 4818 was discovered by William Herschel on the 3rd March 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56897791/ngc-4818/

NGC 5281 was discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56897772/ngc-5281/



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Cassini spacecraft image of Saturn's moon Helene taken during the close flyby of March 3, 2010.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Helene_rev_127_raw_1.jpg

Mars Express made close flyby of Phobos on the 3rd March 2010.
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Phobos_flyby_success

Asteroid (482) Petrina was discovered on March 3, 1902
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/482_Petrina

Centaur 60558 Echeclus was discovered by Spacewatch in 2000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60558_Echeclus

3 March, 2000, Asia's oldest axe tools discovered at a meteor impact site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/664967.stm

A UK Fireball was witnessed from North Scotland to the South of England on the 3rd March, 2012.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48103194/uk-fireball/



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Meteorites

The Peckelsheim (Diogenite) meteorite fell in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, on the 3rd March, 1953.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48093176/peckelsheim-meteorite/

The Ijopega (H6) meteorite fell in Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, on the 3rd March, 1975.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48093182/ijopega-meteorite/

The Kemer (L4) meteorite fell in Mugla, Turkey, on the 3rd March 2008.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56898120/kemer-meteorite/



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