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Here are the historical events that occurred on March 3rd throughout history:

1690 - The Treaty of London is signed, in which King William III of England and King Louis XIV of France agree to a peace treaty, ending the Nine Years' War.

1791 - The first edition of "The Observer", the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published in London.

1861 - The first generation of the Pony Express begins, with the delivery of mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California.

1867 - The United States Senate approves the Alaska Purchase, in which the US buys Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.

1918 - The United States begins to draft men into the military to fight in World War I.

1931 - The Scottsboro Boys, nine African American teenagers, are arrested in Alabama and accused of raping two white women on a train.

1969 - The first issues of "The New York Times" and "The Washington Post" are published with the Pentagon Papers, a secret study on the Vietnam War.

1985 - The first mobile phone call is made in the United Kingdom, by Michael Harrison, a British engineer.

1991 - The United States begins to withdraw its troops from the Gulf War.

These are just a few of the many historical events that occurred on March 3rd.