Today in History.....March 3

On this day in …

* 1849, the U.S. Department of the Interior was established

* 1849, Congress created the Minnesota Territory

* 1879, Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood became the first woman to be admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court

* 1931, "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the national anthem of the United States

* 1945, the Mutual Broadcasting System had Superman encounter Batman and Robin for the first time

* 1991, Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers. The case sparked a national outcry after a snippet of video was made public

* 1996, Israel declared all-out war on the militant group Hamas after a bus bomb in Jerusalem killed 19 people, including the bomber, the third such suicide attack in eight days

* 2005, President Bush visited CIA headquarters, where he promised agency employees they would retain an "incredibly vital" role in safeguarding the nation's security despite the creation of a new post of national director of intelligence. ALSO: Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly around the world alone without stopping or refueling, touching down in central Kansas after a 67-hour, 23,000-mile journey