Today In History For March 3rd

Today is Thursday, March 3, the 62nd day of 2011. There are 303 days left in the year.

On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution making "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem of the United States.

In 1845, Florida became the 27th state.

In 1969, Apollo 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to test the lunar module.