King George endorses New England Restraining Act Mar 3. Also on this day. Lead Story. 19. 81 On March 3. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D. C., hotel by a deranged drifter named John Hinckley Jr. The president had just finished addressing a labor meeting at the Washington Hilton Hotel and was walking with his entourage to his limousine when Hinckley, standing. Automotive. 20. 09 On this day in 2. Redcoats War Game' title='Redcoats War Game' />U. S. President Barack Obama issues an ultimatum to struggling American automakers General Motors GM and Chrysler In order to receive additional bailout loans from the government, he says, the companies need to make dramatic changes in the way they run their businesses. The president also. Civil War. 18. 25 On this day in 1. Confederate General Samuel Maxey is born in Tompkinsville, Kentucky. During the Civil War, Maxey served in the West and led Native Americans troops in Indian Territory. Maxey attended the U. S. Military Academy at West Point and graduated in 1. Cold War. 19. 48 Henry Wallace, former vice president and current Progressive Party presidential candidate, lashes out at the Cold War policies of President Harry S. Truman. Wallace and his supporters were among the few Americans who actively voiced criticisms of Americas Cold War mindset during the late 1. Widely admired for his intelligence and. Crime. 19. 81 John Hinckley, Jr. President Ronald Reagan outside the Hilton Hotel in Washington D. C. just after the president had addressed the Building and Construction Workers Union of the AFL CIO. Hinckley was armed with a. Reagan when he began shooting. Disaster. 19. 80 A floating apartment for oil workers in the North Sea collapses, killing 1. The Alexander Kielland platform housed 2. Edda oil rig in the Ekofisk field, 2. Dundee, Scotland. 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John Hinckley Jr. President Ronald Reagan in a crowd of onlookers and security personnelincluding police and Secret Service officersoutside a Hilton hotel in Washington, D. C. When asked about his motive for shooting the president, Hinckley revealed that he was seeking to gain. Literary. 18. 20 Anna Sewell is born in Norfolk, England. The daughter of a successful childrens book writer, she helped edit her mothers manuscripts from an early age but was not published herself until she was 5. Black Beauty, the first significant childrens story in the English language to focus on animal characters. Music. 19. 74 Of his many enormous hits in the 1. John Denver better than his first 1 song, Sunshine On My Shoulders, which reached the top of the pop charts on this day in 1. Sunshine On My Shoulders was John Denvers attempt to write a sad song. Old West. 18. 91 Signaling a growing movement toward direct political action among desperate western farmers, Sockless Jerry Simpson calls on the Kansas Farmers Alliance to work for a takeover of the state government. Simpson was one of the most popular and influential leaders among Populist minded western and mid western farmers of the late 1. Presidential. 19. On this day in. 19. President Ronald Reagan is shot while leaving the Washington Union Hotel in Washington, D. C. Reagans assailant, later identified as 2. John Hinckley Jr., approached the president as he left the hotel after speaking to a union convention, and fired five to six shots from a. Sports. 19. 65 On this day in 1. Princeton forward Bill Bradley sets an NCAA mens basketball record with 5. Wichita State. Bradley was the dominant player in college basketball that year and won the tournaments Most Outstanding Player award. William Warren Bradley was born in 1. Crystal. Vietnam War. A bomb explodes in a car parked in front of the U. S. Embassy in Saigon, virtually destroying the building and killing 1. Vietnamese, 2 Americans, and 1 Filipino 1. Congress quickly appropriated 1 million to reconstruct the embassy. Although some U. S. A major coordinated communist offensive opens with the heaviest military action since the sieges of Allied bases at Con Thien and Khe Sanh in 1. Committing almost their entire army to the offensive, the North Vietnamese launched a massive three pronged attack into South Vietnam. Four North Vietnamese divisions attacked directly. World War I1. 91. On March 3. 0, 1. British, Australian and Canadian troops mount a successful counter attack against the German offensive at Moreuil Wood, recapturing most of the area and forcing a turn in the tide of the battle in favor of the Allies. After launching the first stage of a major spring offensive on. World War II1. 94. On this day, Japan establishes its own government in conquered Nanking, the former capital of Nationalist China. In 1. 93. 7, Japan drummed up a rationale for war against Chiang Kai sheks Nationalist China claiming Chinese troops attacked Japanese troops on maneuvers in a so called autonomous region of China and invaded northeastern China, bombing.