March 3, 1923
Time magazine is first published.

1938
Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.

March 4, 1621
The Dutch name Jakarta ‘Batavia’.

1980
Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins the election and becomes the first black Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. Formerly, the nation is known as Rhodesia.

March 5, 1976
The British Pound sterling plunges below US$2 for the first time.

1993
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IA...