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On March 31 Through the Years
1889- The Eiffel Tower opened
1917- The US takes over the Virgin Islands
1918- First Daylight Savings Time in the US
1930- The Motion Picture Production Code goes into effect
1931- Inute Rockne dies
1933- The CCC(part of the New Dal) starts
1985- Wrestlemania I is hosted in NYC
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On March 30 Through the Years
1822- The Florida Territory is created
1842- Dr. Crawford Long uses ether anesthesia for the first time
1855- Pro Slavery Border Ruffians from Missouri invade Kansas
1856- Treaty of Paris is signed ending the Crimean War
1867- Alaska is purchased by the US aka "Seward's Folly"
1870- Texas is readmitted to the Union
1981- President Ronald Reagan is shot by John Hinckley Jr
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March 29 Through the Years
1806- Construction is authorized on the Cumberland Road
1847- US Troops under Winfield Scott take Veracruz
1865- The Appamatox Campaign begins
1867- The Dominion of Canada is created
1871- Royal Albert Hall is opened
1882- The Knights of Columbus is established
1886- John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola
1951- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage
1961- The 23rd Amendment is ratified
1971- Lt. William Calley is sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in the My Lai Massacre
1973- The last US combat soldier leaves South Vietnam
1973- Operation Barrell Roll ends
1974- Mariner 10 passes Mercury
1984- The Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
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March 28 Through the Years
AD 37- Caligula accepts the title of Principate
1776- Juan Bautista de Ariza finds site of Presidio of San Francisco
1854-Britian and France declare war on Russia
1920- Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak hits NE Indiana
1946- The Acheson-Lilienthal Report released
1978- US Supreme Court decides the Stump vs Sparkman case
1979-Three Mile Island Disaster
1990-George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal
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March 27 Through the Years
1794- The US Navy is established
1836- Goliad Massacre
1915- Typhoid Mary is quarantined
1958- Nikita Krushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of USSR
1990- Anti Castro network TV Marti goes on air
1998- FDA approves Viagra for use
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March 26 Through the Years
1812- A Boston Gazette political cartoon coins the term "gerrymander"
1830- The Book of Mormon is published
1945- The Battle of Iwo Jima ends
1979- Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin, and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt-Israeli Peace Treaty as a follow up to the Camp David Accords
2005- "Doctor Who" returns to BBC
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March 25 Through the Years
1584- Walter Raleigh is granted permission to colonize Virginia
1931- The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama
1947- Mine Explosion in Centralia, Illinois
1965- MLK ends his march from Selma to Montgomery
2015- Zayn Malik leaves One Direction
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March 24 Through the Years
1663- The Province of Carolina is granted a charter
1721- Bach writes the Brandeurg Concertos
1765- Great Britian passes the Quartering Act
1832- Joseph Smith is Tar and Feathered in Hiram, Ohio
1896- A. S. Popov broadcasts the first radio signal
1900- Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground on a Underground Rapid Transit System connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn
1934- The U. S. Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act granting self government to the Philippines
1989- Exxon Mobil Oil Spill
1998- Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden fire on their fellow students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas
2015- Germanwings Flight 9525 Crash
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March 23 Through the Years
1775- Patrick Henry gives the "Give Me Liberty" Speech
1806- Lewis and Clark begin journey home
1857- Elisha Otis installs his first elevator
1868- The University of California is founded
1919- Benito Mussolini founds the Fascist Movement
1933- Hitler becomes dictator
1965- Gemini 3 is launched
1977- The First Nixon/Frost Tape is recorded
1994- Mexican Presidential Candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated
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March 22 Through the Years
238- Gordian 1 and 2 become Emperors of Rome
1622- Jamestown Massacre
1630- The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws Dice, Cards, and Gaming Tables
1638- Anne Hutchinson is expelled from The Massachusetts Bay Colony
1765- The British Parliament passes The Stamp Act
1829- The Borders of Greece are established by the London Protocol
1871- North Carolina Governor William Woods Holden is removed by impeachment
1872- Illinois requires gender equality in employment
1894- the first Stanley Cup
1945- The Arab League is founded
1960- The first patent for a laser is awarded
1972- The ERA is sent to the states
1978- Karl Wallenda dies after a fall from a tight rope in Puerto Rico
1993- Intel ships the first Pentium Chips
1997- Tara Lipinski becomes youngest World Figure Skating Champ
2006- 3 CPT Hostages are freed by British Forces
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March 21 Through the Years
1788- A Fire in New Orleans destroys much of the city
1804- The Code Napoleon is adopted in France
1861- CSA VP Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech
1871- Otto von Bismarck becomes Chancellor of the German Empire
1871- Henry Morton Stanley begins his search for David Livingstone
1946- The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington
1952- Alan Freed presents the 1st Rock and Roll Concert
1963- Alcatraz closes
1965- MLK leads Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery
1980- Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of the Moscow Olympics
1986- Debi Thomas wins the World Figure Skating Championship
1990- Namibia becomes independent from South Africa
2006- Twitter was founded
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March 20 Through the Years
1602- The Dutch East India Company is created
1760- The Great Boston Fire of 1760
1852- Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is published
1854- The Republican Party is formed
1915- Einstein publishes his Theory Of Relativity
1922-The USS Langley, the first American Aircraft Carrier, is commissioned
1923- Pablo Picasso's first US Show opens in Chicago
1942- MacArthur makes his "I Shall Return" speech
1952- The Peace Treaty with Japan is ratified by the Seante
1985- Libby Riddles wins the Iditarod
1987- The FDA approves AZT
1993- Imelda Marcos goes on trial for Bribery, Embezzlement, and Racketeering
1999- The first Legoland on American Soil opens
2000- Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin( H. Rap Brown) is arrested for the murder of two Atlanta Area Law Enforcement Officers
2003- The United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland invade Iraq
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March 19 Through the Years
1563- The Edict of Ambrose gives some religious rights to the Hugenots
1687- Robert Cavelier de LaSalle is murdered by his men
1885- The North West Rebellion begins in Canada
1895- Augusta and Louis Lumiere records footage on their Cinematograph
1918- The US Congress established Time Zones and Dayloght Savings Time
1920- The Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles
1931- Gamble no is legalized in Nevada
1954- The first Boxing Match televised in color takes place
1966- Texas Western wins the National Title
1979- CSpan begins broadcating
1987- Jim Bakker resigns as the head of The PTL Club
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March 18 Through the Years
AD 37- The Roman Sente makes Caligula Caesar
1741- The New York Conspiracy of 1741 begins
1766- The British Parlaiment repeals The Stamp Act
1850- American Express Founded
1874- Hawaii signs an exclusive Trade Treaty with the USA
1915- The Battle of Gallipoli
1925- The Tri-State Tornado hits Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. The Southern Half of Princeton is devastated
1937- The New London Explosion
1938- Pemex created
1940- Hitler and Mussolini met and agree to form an alliance against Great Britian and France
1942- The War Relocation Authority is established
1959- The Hawaiian Admission Act is passed
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March 17 Through the Years
Happy St. Patric's Day
180- Marcus Aurelius dies
1776- The Siege of Boston is ended
1941- FDR opens the National Gallery of Art
1958- The Vanguard I Satellite is launched
1960- Eisenhower signs paper that will lead to the Bay of Pigs
1968- 6,000 sheep are found dead in Skull Valley, Utah; the deaths were from nerve toxin testing
1992- Apartheid in South Africa is ended by a referendum which passed by a 68.7 to 31.2 vote
2000- 530 members of the Ugandan Cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Comandments of God Die in an episode of a Mass Murder/Suicide
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March 16 Through the Years
1621- Samoset visits the Pilgrims for the first time
1802- The Army Corps of Egineers is created
1916- American Forces led by "Black Jack" Pershing joins the hunt for Pancho Villa
1935- Hiltler orders the rearmament of Germany breaking The Treaty of Versailles
1958- The 50 Millionth Automobile is produce by the Ford Motor Company
1968- The My Lai Massacre
1978- Former Italian PM Aldo Moro is kidnapped
1984- CIA station chief William Buckley is kidnapped is Beirut
1985- AP Newsman Terry Anderson is kidnapped
1988- Oliver North and John Poindexter are indicted for conspiracy for their roles in the Iran Contra Scandal
1995- Mississippi formally ratified the 13th Amendment
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March 15 Through the Years
44 BC- Julius Caesar is stabbed and killed by several Roman Senators including Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus and Decimus Junius Brutus
1783- George asks his officers not to participate in the Newburgh Conspiracy
1820- Maine becomes 23 State
1892- Liverpool F. C. is founded
1906- Rolls Royce Limited is incorporated
1917- Tsar Nicholas II abducates Russian Throne
1885- The First Internet Domain Name is registered
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March 14(Pi Day)Through the Years
1794- Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the Cotton Gin
1885- The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan debuts in London
1900- The Gold Standard Act is ratified
1903- The Hay-Herman Act is passed
1964- Jack Ruby is found guilty
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March 13 Through the Years
1639- Harvard is named after clergyman John Harvard
1781- Uranus is discovered
1862- Fugitive Slave Law is annulled
1865- The CSA decides to use African American Troops
1897- San Diego State is founded
1930- Discovery of Pluto
1933- Banks begin to reopen
1943- The Nazis liquidate a Jewish Ghetto in Krakow
1969- Appollo 9 Returns to Earth
1991- Exxon agrees to pay for the cleanup of the Exxon Valdez Disaster
1997- The Phoenix Lights
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March 12 Through the Years
1864-Red River campaign
1881- Andrew Watson makes his debut for Scotland
1894- Coca-Cola is bottled for the 1st Time
1912- The Girl Guides(Girl Scouts of America) are founded
1918- Moscow becomes the Russian Capitol
1928- St. Francis Dam failure in California
1930- Mahatma Gandhi leads the Salt March
1933- FDR gives his first Fireside Chat
1947- The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed
2009- Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to scamming 18 Billion Dollars
2011- Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
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March 11 Through the Years
1818- Frankenstein is published
1824- The Bureau of Indian Affairs is established
1861- The CSA Constitution is adopted
1918- The First Case of the Spanish Flu
1990- Lithuania breaks away from the USSR
1993- Janet Reno becomes the First Female United States AG
1999- Infosys becomes first Indian Company to be listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange
2009- Winnenden School Shootings
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March 10 Through the Years
1629- Charles I starts the 11 year Personal Rule by dissolving the Parliament
1804- The Louisiana Purchase is formally transferred from France to the United States
1848- The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago is ratified by the U. S. Senate ending the Mexican-American War
1876- Alexander Graham Bell tests the telephone
1891- The Stowger Switch is patented
1922- Mahatma Gandhi is arrested
1945- The U. S. Firebombs Tokyo
1969- James Earl Ray pleads guilty in the shooting of MLK Jr.
1977- The Rings of Uranus are discovered
2017- South Korean President Park Geun-hye is impeached