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March 4, 1493: Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal aboard his ship Nina from his voyage to what is now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
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March 3, 1875: The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recored in The Montreal Gazette.
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March 2, 1899: Mount Rainier National Park is established in the state of Washington, USA
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March 1, 1692: Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beging what would become known as the Salem witch trials.