TODAY IN HISTORY

MARCH 3

1845:Florida became the 27th state in the United States.

1845:The U.S. Senate passed legislation overriding a presidential veto for the first time.

1875:Georges Bizet's opera Carmen debuted in Paris, to cool audience reception and panned by critics.

1879:Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood became the first woman lawyer to be admitted to appear before the Supreme Court of the United States.

1931:The "Star-Spangled Banner" was adopted as the national anthem.

1991:Rodney King's vicious beating by Los Angeles police officers was caught on videotape.

2000:Former dictator Augusto Pinochet returned to Chile after being detained in Britain on torture charges.