Historical Events for 3rd March 2023

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1857 - Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China
1869 - University of South Carolina opens to all races
1873 - US Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps
1920 - Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs
1936 - Clarence Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test v South Africa
1945 - US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall
1985 - National Union of Mine Workers in Britain ends a 51 week strike
2015 - "Under the Dome" a documentary on pollution in China by Chai Jing has been viewed over 150 million times in 3 days on Tencent
2020 - Iran releases 54,000 people from prison to avoid spread of COVID-19 as country reports 77 deaths and 2,300 cases including two dozen MPs
2022 - Russian forces seize the Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest in Europe

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