On March 3, 1879, Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.Learn more about women at the Supreme Court bar from the Supreme Court Historical Society.
On March 3, 1918, the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the communist government of Russia, ending Russian involvement in World War I. The treaty furthermore opened independence for Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.Read the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and other documents related to the Peace of