Event:
Bill Gates is named the world's richest person in the 'Forbes' annual ranking, with a total net worth of $76 billion; he outranked last year's wealthiest person, Carlos Slim, by $4 billion
More Notable Events on March 3:
1995 Camilla Parker Bowles and her husband Andrew divorce
1974 World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris (346 die)
1933 Mount Rushmore dedicated
1882 New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings
1845 Florida becomes 27th state
