A Brief History Gothic romance fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see The Bride! on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM at Phoenix Theatre Great Northern Mall Stadium 10 + RPX, 450 Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted, OH 44070! For your chance to get a pair of passes, please go to http://wbtickets.com/BRIDEHISTORYH3. Passes are first-come, first-serve. The theater is overbooked slightly to ensure a full audience. Therefore, seating is not guaranteed. So, please arrive early! Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Digging Deeper From Maggie Gyllenhaal (Academy Award-nominated writer/director of The…
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A Brief History On March 3, 2018, the track and field world lost one of its greatest runners when Roger Bannister died, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes. Prior to Bannister’s run in 1954, many people doubted that any man could break the “four-minute barrier.” Obviously, those doubters were wrong! Digging Deeper Bannister was involved in another historic race, this time in the finals of the 1500-meter run at the 1952 Olympics, in which he finished 4th, the incredible part being that all eight runners in that race broke the Olympic record for the 1500!…
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 3rd. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 3, 1776, the Continental Navy and Continental Marines, the forces that would become the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps, conducted the first amphibious operation in US military history when a raid on Nassau in the Bahamas was conducted, known as The Raid on Nassau or sometimes called The Battle of Nassau. On March 2 and 3, 1859,…
A Brief History On March 3, 2005, the “other” country down under became the first modern nation with an all-female leadership cadre when New Zealand elected Margaret Wilson as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives. Digging Deeper Wilson, the former Attorney General, joined Prime Minister Helen Clark, Governor General Silvia Cartwright, and Head of State Queen Elizabeth II to round out the all-woman leadership of the country. New Zealand continued its history making advances for women in politics when in 2022, the nation’s Parliament became female majority. As of 2022, the following countries have a female majority in…
A Brief History On March 3, 1951, music history was made when the first song deemed to be “rock and roll” was recorded. Called “Rocket 88,” the lively song was recorded by Chess Records at Sam Phillip’s studio in Memphis and is credited to Jackie Brenston and the Delta Cats who were actually Ike Turners’s band, the Kings of Rhythm. In fact, the song was written by Brenston and Turner, though Turner was not originally credited. As we know, the Rock and Roll genre of music has taken off ever since then, especially with the gyrations of Elvis Presley bringing…