Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 3

March 3: Total lunar eclipse begins at 20:18 UTC (2007); Liberation Day in Bulgaria (1878); Hinamatsuri in Japan.

• 1776 - Samuel Nicholas (pictured) and the Continental Marines successfully landed on New Providence and captured Nassau in the Bahamas.

• 1878 - The signing of the Treaty of San Stefano established Bulgaria as an autonomous principality in the Ottoman Empire.

• 1918 - Bolshevist Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Central Powers and exited from World War I.

• 1931 - "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the national anthem of the United States.

• 1958 - Nuri as-Said became the Prime Minister of Iraq for the 14th time.

Recent days: March 2 – March 1 – February 28

More anniversaries:

• February 29
• March 1
• March 2