On This Day

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March 10th

March 10, 2006 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit
March 10, 1998 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
March 10, 1996 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks wins
March 10, 1996 New York City Mayor Guiliani visits Israel
March 10, 1995 Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shite mosque, 17+ killed
March 10, 1995 Chiel Meijering's "St. Louis Blues," premieres in Arnhem
March 10, 1995 Dow-Jones hits record 4035.64
March 10, 1994 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral
March 10, 1992 Sandra Seuser/Katrin Schreiter/Annet Hesselbarth/Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22)
March 10, 1991 Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs
March 10, 1991 Rico Lieder/Jens Carlowitz/Karsten Just/Thomas Schonlebe walk 4x400m indoor world record (3:03.05)
March 10, 1990 Lieutenant General Avril resigns as President of Haiti
March 10, 1990 Mens Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
March 10, 1990 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
March 10, 1988 Avalanche at Klosters, a Swiss Ski resort, nearly kills Prince Charles
March 10, 1988 New York Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night
March 10, 1987 Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization and embryo transfer
March 10, 1986 Ernie Lombardi, NL MVP in 1938, and Bobby Doerr, elected to Hall of Fame
March 10, 1985 Mens Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (URS)
March 10, 1984 Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page
March 10, 1983 Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame
March 10, 1982 President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
March 10, 1982 Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
March 10, 1980 Willard Scott becomes the weather forcaster on the Today Show
March 10, 1978 Soyuz 28 returns to Earth
March 10, 1977 Rings of Uranus discovered during occulation of SAO
March 10, 1975 "Rocky Horror Show" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 45 performances
March 10, 1975 Dog spectacles patented in England
March 10, 1974 "Sextet" closes at Bijou Theater New York City after 9 performances
March 10, 1973 BPAA U.S. Open by Mike McGrath
March 10, 1973 Morocco adopts constitution
March 10, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
March 10, 1971 Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18
March 10, 1970 Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" and "I Can Do It"
March 10, 1970 South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia
March 10, 1969 James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.
March 10, 1968 Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand (200 killed)
March 10, 1966 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires
March 10, 1965 Dutch Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged
March 10, 1964 U.S. reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany
March 10, 1963 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 70 points vs. Syracuse
March 10, 1962 Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida
March 10, 1960 U.S.S.R. agrees to stop nuclear testing
March 10, 1959 Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet
March 10, 1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy
March 10, 1956 General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios
March 10, 1956 Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph)
March 10, 1952 Military coup by general Fulgencio Batista in Cuba
March 10, 1951 FBI director J. Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner
March 10, 1949 Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949
March 10, 1948 1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca
March 10, 1946 Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju Brazil
March 10, 1945 Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine
March 10, 1941 Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets
March 10, 1940 1st U.S. opera telecast, W2XBS, New York City, I Pagliacci
March 10, 1939 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India
March 10, 1934 Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games)
March 10, 1933 Major earthquake in Long Beach, California
March 10, 1933 Nevada becomes 1st U.S. state to regulate narcotics
March 10, 1931 British Labour party removes fascist Sir Oswald Mosley
March 10, 1927 Albania mobilize by threat of Serbian, Croatian and Slovenes
March 10, 1927 Bavaria lifts ban on Hitler's speeches
March 10, 1926 Run on Belgian banks
March 10, 1925 Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran
March 10, 1922 KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
March 10, 1920 NHL's Quebec Bulldog Jim Malone scores 6 goals vs Ottawa Senators
March 10, 1915 British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle
March 10, 1914 Suffragettes in London damages painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez
March 10, 1913 Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Sydney (NS) Millionaires in 2 games
March 10, 1910 China ends slavery
March 10, 1909 Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in 6 for box title
March 10, 1906 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Sonatine"
March 10, 1905 Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang)
March 10, 1903 Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine
March 10, 1903 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Montreal AAA in 2 games
March 10, 1902 Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri
March 10, 1900 Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs. British army)

[Jess]

march 11,2006 You're Beautiful by James Blunt reaches Number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart,
march 11,2006 Michelle Bachelet takes office as the first female President of Chile.
march 11,2005 In Brussels airport, 56 Iranian monarchist protesters sit in an airliner for 16 hours to protest against the Islamic government of Iran
march 11,2004 Pop singer George Michael announces that he will stop selling his music.
march 11,2004 Same-sex marriage in the United States: The California Supreme Court issues an interim stay ordering San Francisco officials to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
March 11,2004 Madrid attacks: 10 bombs on Madrid commuter trains kill at least 190 people and wound more than 1247.
march 11,2004 The Spirit rover takes first picture of Earth ever made from the surface of another planet.
march 11,2003 Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, announces that UN-sponsored talks on the reunification of Cyprus have failed
march 11,1997 An explosion at a nuclear waste reprocessing plant in Japan exposes
march 11,1996 EU Database Directive passed
march 11,1990 Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
march 11,1988 Iran-Iraq War: Ceasefire declared.
march 11,1978 Nine Palestinian Al Fatah guerillas hijack a bus in Israel
march 11,1966 A fire at two ski resorts in Numata, Japan kills 31 people.
march 11,1897 A meteorite enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West
march 11,1861 American Civil War
march 11,1801 Paul I of Russia is assassinated
march 11,1425 BC,Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies

[Josee]

11 march 1977: Roman Polanski charged with rape
French film director Roman Polanski is charged with raping a 13-year- old girl in Hollywood.
11 march 1974: 'Anti-IRA spies' break out of jail
Two self-proclaimed British Government spies have escaped from a top-security prison in Ireland where they were serving sentences for armed robbery.
11 march 1985: Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader
There is a new man in charge at the Kremlin - Mikhail Gorbachev takes over following the death of Konstantin Chernenko.
1955: Farewell to scientist who discovered penicillin
Sir Alexander Fleming - the man who first discovered the life-saving drug penicillin - dies of a heart attack.

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March 11th

March 11, 2006 Slobodan Milosevic found dead in cell in the Hague
March 11, 2004 At least 170 die in train bombings in Madrid
March 11, 1997 3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
March 11, 1996 Chris Harris scores 130 in losing NZ side vs. Australia, World Cup
March 11, 1995 -36.8 degrees F (-38.2 degrees C) in Chosedachar, Komi-district, on 67 degrees N
March 11, 1995 President Nazarbajev disbands Kazachstan parliament
March 11, 1994 Eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as president of Chile
March 11, 1993 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN
March 11, 1991 Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records
March 11, 1991 John Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award
March 11, 1990 16th People's Choice Awards
March 11, 1988 Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire
March 11, 1987 Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point
March 11, 1986 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC
March 11, 1986 12th People's Choice Awards
March 11, 1986 187.27 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
March 11, 1986 Islander Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seasons
March 11, 1986 Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km
March 11, 1986 NFL adopts instant replay rule
March 11, 1985 Mikhail S. Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader
March 11, 1984 Chris Johnson wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
March 11, 1983 Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA)
March 11, 1983 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
March 11, 1982 Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname
March 11, 1981 Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins
March 11, 1980 Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust vs. Pak cricket draw
March 11, 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic
March 11, 1979 Randy Hold receives 67 min in penalties in a 60 min NHL hockey game
March 11, 1978 Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed
March 11, 1978 USF-led Bill Cartwright scores 23 points as the Dons oust NC
March 11, 1977 Moslems hold 130 hostages in Washington D.C.
March 11, 1975 Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails
March 11, 1974 Mount Etna in Sicily erupted
March 11, 1974 Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album
March 11, 1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic
March 11, 1972 "Inner City" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 97 performances
March 11, 1970 12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills and Nash, Peggy Lee win
March 11, 1970 Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation
March 11, 1968 Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting
March 11, 1967 Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne)
March 11, 1966 Military coup led by Indonesian Gen Suharto breaks out
March 11, 1965 Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto
March 11, 1963 Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain
March 11, 1961 Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks and Maple Leafs (20 each)
March 11, 1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus
March 11, 1959 "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens
March 11, 1958 Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21"
March 11, 1956 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
March 11, 1954 U.S. Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics
March 11, 1953 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)
March 11, 1953 American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches
March 11, 1948 Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed
March 11, 1948 Reginald Weit became the 1st black to play in the U.S. Tennis Open
March 11, 1948 WBAL TV channel 11 in Baltimore, MD (CBS) begins broadcasting
March 11, 1945 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs
March 11, 1944 Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested
March 11, 1943 Nazi Militia forms in Netherlands
March 11, 1942 1st deportation train leaves Paris for Auschewitz Concentration Camp
March 11, 1942 General MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia
March 11, 1942 Japanese troop land on North-Sumatra
March 11, 1941 Bronko Nagurski beats Ray Steele in Minn, to become wrestling champ
March 11, 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease Bill to lend money to Britain
March 11, 1938 Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country
March 11, 1935 Bank of Canada opens
March 11, 1934 Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer
March 11, 1930 President and Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington
March 11, 1928 Netherlands and Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam)
March 11, 1927 1st armored commercial car hold-up in U.S., Pittsburgh
March 11, 1926 Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Fein
March 11, 1924 3rd term of Belgium Theunis government begins
March 11, 1924 Eden Phillpotts' "Farmer's Wife," premieres in London
March 11, 1924 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweeps Ottawa Senators in 2 games
March 11, 1922 Western Hockey Championship: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Regina Capitals, in 2 games
March 11, 1919 General strike in Germany, crushed
March 11, 1918 Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia
March 11, 1918 Save the Redwoods League founded
March 11, 1917 British troops occupy Baghdad
March 11, 1917 1st NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 13)
March 11, 1912 1st Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-min periods, formerly played in 30-min halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep
March 11, 1910 Jack Hobbs 1st Test ton (187 vs. SAfr), his only Test hit wicket
March 11, 1905 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1
March 11, 1904 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games
March 11, 1901 Cincinnati Enquirer reports Balt mgr John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant

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March 12th

March 12, 1998 "Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City
March 12, 1996 Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy
March 12, 1995 Congress party loses India national election
March 12, 1995 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA PING/Welch's Golf Championship
March 12, 1995 Lara scores 139 in ODI vs. Australia at Port-of-Spain
March 12, 1994 Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests
March 12, 1993 Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show
March 12, 1993 Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2 week speech
March 12, 1991 5th Soul Train Music Awards
March 12, 1990 Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland
March 12, 1989 Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election
March 12, 1987 Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North
March 12, 1987 Ice Pairs Championship at Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS)
March 12, 1986 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
March 12, 1986 Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
March 12, 1985 Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points
March 12, 1984 British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships
March 12, 1983 Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49)
March 12, 1982 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs. Leeward Islands
March 12, 1982 PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
March 12, 1981 Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia
March 12, 1980 Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago
March 12, 1980 New York Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin
March 12, 1978 Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:14.99)
March 12, 1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic
March 12, 1977 Chile president Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party March 12, 1976 South African troops leave Angola
March 12, 1975 Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam
March 12, 1972 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open
March 12, 1972 NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons
March 12, 1971 Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected president
March 12, 1971 Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army
March 12, 1970 U.S. lowers voting age from 21 to 18
March 12, 1969 11th Grammy Awards: Mrs. Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins
March 12, 1969 120 joints found at George and Patti Harrison's home
March 12, 1969 Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London
March 12, 1968 Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day)
March 12, 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
March 12, 1967 Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
March 12, 1967 Indonesian congress deprives president Sukarno of authority
March 12, 1966 Love's 1st album released "Love"
March 12, 1966 Pioneer Plaza dedicated
March 12, 1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
March 12, 1964 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine and Roses, Striesand wins 2
March 12, 1964 WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
March 12, 1963 Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold
March 12, 1962 Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia
March 12, 1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open
March 12, 1959 Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections
March 12, 1959 U.S. House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
March 12, 1958 British Empire Day is renamed "Commonwealth Day"
March 12, 1957 German DR accepts 22 Russian divisions
March 12, 1956 Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24)
March 12, 1954 1st performance of Arnold Schonberg's "Moses und Aaron"
March 12, 1951 Communist troops driven out of Seoul
March 12, 1950 Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III
March 12, 1950 Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda"
March 12, 1948 -5 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March
March 12, 1947 Belgian government of Huysmans resigns
March 12, 1947 President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism
March 12, 1946 Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland
March 12, 1945 New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment
March 12, 1945 U.S.S.R. returns Transylvania to Romania
March 12, 1943 Soviet troops liberate Wjasma
March 12, 1942 British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal
March 12, 1941 German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
March 12, 1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus
March 12, 1939 Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies
March 12, 1938 Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)
March 12, 1935 England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages
March 12, 1934 Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail
March 12, 1934 Paul Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Berlin
March 12, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt conducts his 1st fireside chat
March 12, 1930 Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax
March 12, 1930 Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (0:26.1)
March 12, 1926 Denmark begins unilateral disarmament
March 12, 1926 Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium
March 12, 1925 British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement
March 12, 1919 George Bernard Shaw's "Augustus Does His Bit," premieres in New York City
March 12, 1917 Stalin, Kamenev and Muranov arrives in St. Petersburg
March 12, 1916 French airship sinks British submarine D3
March 12, 1913 Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid
March 12, 1912 Capt Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane
March 12, 1910 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3
March 12, 1908 Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers sweep Win Maple Leafs in 2 games
March 12, 1906 Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast
March 12, 1904 1st main line electric train in U.K. (Liverpool to Southport)
March 12, 1904 Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund
March 12, 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL
March 12, 1901 Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds)
March 12, 1900 President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein

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March 13th

March 13, 1996 Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play
March 13, 1996 Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergardeners, their teacher and himself
March 13, 1995 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win
March 13, 1995 Anti fascist Kazachstan anti-parliament forms
March 13, 1995 Hungarian Forint devalued 9%
March 13, 1995 Istanbul police shoot dead 16 Alawitische demonstrators
March 13, 1994 Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed)
March 13, 1994 President Mangope of Bophuthaswana deposed
March 13, 1993 Blizzard of '93 hits north-east U.S.
March 13, 1992 Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit
March 13, 1991 Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines and cleanup of Valdez oil spill
March 13, 1990 Nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada
March 13, 1989 FDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in U.S.
March 13, 1989 U.S. space shuttle STS-29 launched
March 13, 1988 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby. win
March 13, 1987 Ice Dance Championship at Cincinnati won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS)
March 13, 1986 Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir
March 13, 1985 Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow)
March 13, 1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) begins 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
March 13, 1984 Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
March 13, 1983 "Woman of the Year" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 770 performances
March 13, 1983 1st USFL overtime game-Birmingham Stallions beat Oakld Invaders 20-14
March 13, 1982 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
March 13, 1982 Worlds Ladies Fig Skate Champs in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA)
March 13, 1982 Elaine Zayak, lands 6 triple jumps to win world skating championship
March 13, 1981 NCAA St. Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul
March 13, 1980 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR
March 13, 1979 European Monetary System is established, ECU created
March 13, 1979 Gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement
March 13, 1979 Isle's Mike Bossy's 5th career hat trick
March 13, 1978 Moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house
March 13, 1977 Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test
March 13, 1975 Bernard Slade's "Same Time, Next Year," premieres in New York City
March 13, 1974 Charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris
March 13, 1974 Glenn Turner scores twin tons for New Zealand's 1st win against Australia
March 13, 1973 Minskoff Theater opens at 200 W 45th St. New York City
March 13, 1971 Live at Fillmore East recorded
March 13, 1970 Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer
March 13, 1970 SF city employees begin 4-day strike
March 13, 1969 Apollo 9 returns to Earth
March 13, 1968 Beatles release "Lady Madonna" in the UK
March 13, 1967 Congo sentences ex-premier Moise Tsjombe to death
March 13, 1966 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lagunita Golf Invitational
March 13, 1965 Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks
March 13, 1965 Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds
March 13, 1964 Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack
March 13, 1963 2 Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska
March 13, 1963 Hindemith and Wilder's opera "Long Christmas Dinner," premieres in New York City
March 13, 1963 Indonesia and Netherlands recover diplomatic relations
March 13, 1962 Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty
March 13, 1961 Pablo Picasso (79) marries his model Jacqueline Rocque (37)
March 13, 1960 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
March 13, 1958 Government troops land in Sumatra Indonesia
March 13, 1957 Bloody battles after anti-Batista demonstration in Havana Cuba
March 13, 1956 NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win
March 13, 1955 Bir BSD Mahendra succeeds Tribhubana as king of Nepal
March 13, 1955 Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
March 13, 1954 Viet Minh General Giap opens assault on That Bien Phu
March 13, 1951 2nd Dutch government of Drees forms
March 13, 1950 General Motors reports net earnings of $656,434,232 (record)
March 13, 1949 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
March 13, 1948 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42
March 13, 1947 "Brigadoon" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 581 performances
March 13, 1945 Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands
March 13, 1945 Sicherheitsdienst arrest Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman
March 13, 1944 U.S.S.R. recognizes Italian Badoglio government
March 13, 1943 Frank Dixon wins Knights of Columbus mile (4:09.6)
March 13, 1942 Julia Flikke, Nurse Corps, becomes 1st woman colonel in U.S. army
March 13, 1941 A Bougne forms AGRA (Amis du Grand Reich Allemand)
March 13, 1940 Finland-Russian cease fire signed, Finland gives up Karelische
March 13, 1938 Anschluل-Austria annexed by Nazi Germany
March 13, 1935 Driving tests introduced in Great Britain
March 13, 1933 Josef Gobbels becomes German minister of Information and Propaganda
March 13, 1930 Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory
March 13, 1929 Bradman scores 123 Aust vs. England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket ton
March 13, 1928 450 die in St. Francisquito Valley Dam burst (Calif)
March 13, 1925 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in 2 games
March 13, 1925 Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution
March 13, 1924 German Republic day
March 13, 1923 Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures (New York City)
March 13, 1922 George Bernard Shaws "Back to Methusaleh V," premieres in New York City
March 13, 1921 Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declares independence from China
March 13, 1920 Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails
March 13, 1918 American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms
March 13, 1915 Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit
March 13, 1913 Kansas legislature approved censorship of motion pictures
March 13, 1912 Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Moncton (NB) in 2 games
March 13, 1911 Ivan Caryll's musical "Pink Lady," premieres in New York City
March 13, 1911 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (Ont), 7-4
March 13, 1904 Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated
March 13, 1900 British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state

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March 14th

March 14, 1997 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch
March 14, 1997 President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery
March 14, 1996 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
March 14, 1995 1st time 13 people in space
March 14, 1994 Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped
March 14, 1993 "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale New York City after 462 performances
March 14, 1993 3,000th performance of "Nunsense"
March 14, 1992 Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication
March 14, 1991 Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev
March 14, 1991 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
March 14, 1991 British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment
March 14, 1990 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson
March 14, 1990 Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress
March 14, 1987 Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-87
March 14, 1987 Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m
March 14, 1987 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt
March 14, 1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl
March 14, 1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km)
March 14, 1985 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards
March 14, 1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) completes 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
March 14, 1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission
March 14, 1983 OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years
March 14, 1982 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
March 14, 1982 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century
March 14, 1980 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation
March 14, 1980 Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy and Sallay
March 14, 1980 Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova and Shakhrai (U.S.S.R.)
March 14, 1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are U.S. amateur boxers)
March 14, 1980 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch
March 14, 1978 Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead)
March 14, 1978 NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)
March 14, 1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race
March 14, 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
March 14, 1973 Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland
March 14, 1972 NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC
March 14, 1971 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV
March 14, 1971 Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes
March 14, 1971 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos
March 14, 1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes
March 14, 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct
March 14, 1969 Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI vs. NZ
March 14, 1968 POM performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
March 14, 1968 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA
March 14, 1967 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Baltimore Colts pick Bubba Smith
March 14, 1967 John F. Kennedy's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial
March 14, 1965 Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany
March 14, 1964 "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway New York City after 112 performances
March 14, 1964 Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder
March 14, 1963 SF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists
March 14, 1962 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France
March 14, 1962 Gordie Howe (Det Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals
March 14, 1961 George Weiss becomes President of New York Mets
March 14, 1960 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield California
March 14, 1960 Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelipha) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points
March 14, 1958 RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star)
March 14, 1958 Recording Industry Association of American created
March 14, 1958 South Africa government disallows ANC
March 14, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
March 14, 1958 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test
March 14, 1957 Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns
March 14, 1956 Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League)
March 14, 1955 Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal
March 14, 1954 Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game
March 14, 1954 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins
March 14, 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
March 14, 1954 NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak
March 14, 1953 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
March 14, 1953 Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Communist Party
March 14, 1951 Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany
March 14, 1950 FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins
March 14, 1948 Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco
March 14, 1946 Belgian government of Spaak, forms
March 14, 1945 RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm
March 14, 1941 Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies
March 14, 1940 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas
March 14, 1939 England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day
March 14, 1939 Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia
March 14, 1937 Battle of the Century: Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio
March 14, 1937 Pope Pius XI publishes anti-nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge
March 14, 1936 Federal Register, 1st magazine of the U.S. government, publishes 1st issue
March 14, 1935 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars
March 14, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation
March 14, 1933 Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense
March 14, 1931 1st theater built for rear movie projection (New York City)
March 14, 1923 Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galicie in Poland
March 14, 1923 German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP
March 14, 1923 President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st President to pay taxes
March 14, 1922 WGR-AM in Buffalo New York begins radio transmissions
March 14, 1918 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF
March 14, 1916 Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun
March 14, 1915 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile
March 14, 1914 Serbia and Turkey sign peace treaty
March 14, 1913 John D. Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation
March 14, 1912 King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt
March 14, 1909 Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms
March 14, 1908 Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-4
March 14, 1906 Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms
March 14, 1903 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, Florida
March 14, 1903 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage Thisles in 2 games
March 14, 1901 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A
March 14, 1900 Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics
March 14, 1900 U.S. currency goes on gold standard

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March 15th

March 15, 1999 Pluto again becomes outermost planet
March 15, 1998 "Cabaret," opens at Club Expo Theater New York City
March 15, 1998 Welch's/Circle K Golf Championship
March 15, 1997 Pitts Penguins' Joe Mullen, is 1st American to score 500 NHL goals
March 15, 1994 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win
March 15, 1993 Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs. Zimbabwe, his 2nd consecutive Test 200
March 15, 1992 Brandie Burton wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
March 15, 1991 4 LA police are charged with beating Rodney King
March 15, 1991 Sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20'
March 15, 1991 Territories of Amapa and Roraima become states in Brazil
March 15, 1990 Fernando Collor de Mello sworn in as President of Brazil
March 15, 1989 Department of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position
March 15, 1988 NFL's St. Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix
March 15, 1987 13th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby
March 15, 1987 U.S. Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay
March 15, 1986 Funeral services held for Swedish PM Olaf Palme
March 15, 1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
March 15, 1984 10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields
March 15, 1984 Tanzania adopts constitution
March 15, 1983 Karnataka beat Bombay on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
March 15, 1982 Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days
March 15, 1981 "Broadway Follies" opens/closes at Nederlander Theater New York City
March 15, 1981 Patty Hayes wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic
March 15, 1981 Suriname failed coup under sgt-mjr Wilfred Hawker
March 15, 1979 Apparat releases Newdos + 2.1 for Radio Shack's TRS-80
March 15, 1978 Operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon
March 15, 1978 A's trade Vida Blue to Giants for 7 players and $390,000
March 15, 1978 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
March 15, 1977 "Eight is Enough" premiers on ABC-TV
March 15, 1976 Failed coup in Niger
March 15, 1975 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (37.99 sec)
March 15, 1974 Brazilian president Garastazu Medici resigns
March 15, 1972 NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle
March 15, 1971 CBS TV announces it is dropping "Ed Sullivan Show"
March 15, 1971 Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet
March 15, 1970 "Purlie" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 689 performances
March 15, 1970 Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan
March 15, 1969 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns
March 15, 1969 Violent Chinese-Russian border dispute
March 15, 1968 Bob Beamon sets indoor long jump record (27'2-3/4")
March 15, 1968 U.S. Mint stops buying and selling gold
March 15, 1967 AFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum
March 15, 1966 Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles
March 15, 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote
March 15, 1965 T.G.I. Friday's 1st restaurant opens in New York City
March 15, 1965 WMFE TV channel 24 in Orlando, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting
March 15, 1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson asks for a War on Poverty
March 15, 1963 WFAN TV channel 14 in Washington, D.C. (IND) begins broadcasting
March 15, 1962 "No Strings" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 580 performances
March 15, 1961 South Africa withdraws from British Commonwealth
March 15, 1960 Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established, 1st underwater park
March 15, 1960 National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated
March 15, 1959 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
March 15, 1958 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test
March 15, 1957 Britain becomes the 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb
March 15, 1956 "My Fair Lady" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 2,715 performances
March 15, 1956 Whipper Billy Watson beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA champ
March 15, 1955 Dutch 2nd Chamber requires TV licenses
March 15, 1954 "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite and Jack Paar
March 15, 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
March 15, 1953 West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1
March 15, 1952 "2 in the Aisle" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 276 performances
March 15, 1951 Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
March 15, 1950 "Consul" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 269 performances
March 15, 1949 WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
March 15, 1948 Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs. Western Australia
March 15, 1947 John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in U.S. Navy
March 15, 1946 British premier Attlee agrees with India's right to independence
March 15, 1945 17th Academy Awards - "Going my Way," Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win
March 15, 1944 Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing
March 15, 1943 Allied reconnaissance flight over Java
March 15, 1941 Blizzard in North Dakota kills 151
March 15, 1940 Goering says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest
March 15, 1939 Hitler occupies Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independ
March 15, 1937 1st blood bank forms (Chicago, Illinois)
March 15, 1935 George Headley completes 270 in cricket vs. England at Kingston
March 15, 1934 U.S. Information Service opens
March 15, 1933 NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination
March 15, 1930 1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, New York
March 15, 1928 Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose)
March 15, 1926 Belgium's "black monday," franc falls
March 15, 1923 Lenin is hit with his 3rd stroke
March 15, 1922 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia)
March 15, 1919 American Legion forms (Paris)
March 15, 1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate [3/3 OS]
March 15, 1916 University of Gent goes under Dutch control
March 15, 1915 Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea
March 15, 1913 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)
March 15, 1913 Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court
March 15, 1912 Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins
March 15, 1908 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole"
March 15, 1907 Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote
March 15, 1906 Brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd.
March 15, 1903 Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa
March 15, 1901 Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th

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March 16th

March 16, 1997 Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship
March 16, 1997 Stuart Appleby wins Honda Golf Classic
March 16, 1997 Toshiba Senior Golf Classic
March 16, 1996 Mike Tyson KOs Frank Bruno in 2nd round
March 16, 1995 Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15
March 16, 1994 Moravcik forms Slovakia government
March 16, 1992 Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball
March 16, 1991 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash
March 16, 1988 Federal grand jury indicts North and Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair
March 16, 1988 North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed
March 16, 1986 Chris Johnson wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic
March 16, 1985 Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut
March 16, 1985 Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 yrs
March 16, 1984 Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut
March 16, 1984 South-Africa and Mozambique sign non attack treaty
March 16, 1983 Smallest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Nets-1,814)
March 16, 1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic
March 16, 1979 CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney
March 16, 1978 Soyuz 26 returns to Earth
March 16, 1978 U.S. Senate accepts Panama Canal treaty
March 16, 1978 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
March 16, 1977 U.S. president Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland
March 16, 1976 British premier Harold Wilson resigns
March 16, 1975 "Lieutenant" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 9 performances
March 16, 1975 U.S. Mariner 10 makes 3rd and final fly-by of Mercury
March 16, 1974 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville
March 16, 1972 John and Yoko are served with deportation papers
March 16, 1971 KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, Texas (IND) suspends broadcasting
March 16, 1970 New English Bible published
March 16, 1969 "1776" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 1217 performances
March 16, 1968 My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die
March 16, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy announces presidential campaign
March 16, 1966 Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong and Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits
March 16, 1966 Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London
March 16, 1964 KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria, California (CBS) begins broadcasting
March 16, 1962 1st launching of Titan 2-rocket
March 16, 1959 Iraq and U.S.S.R. sign economic/technical treaty
March 16, 1958 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
March 16, 1957 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young and Loretta Young
March 16, 1956 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
March 16, 1955 Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge
March 16, 1953 AL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St. Louis Browns to Baltimore
March 16, 1952 1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Reunion (world record)
March 16, 1950 1st annual National Book Awards
March 16, 1949 KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, California (CBS) begins broadcasting
March 16, 1947 Convair Liner, 1st U.S. twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested
March 16, 1946 "Would-Be Gentleman" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 77 performances
March 16, 1945 Allies secure Iwo Jima
March 16, 1944 Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death
March 16, 1943 Elin K (No) and Zaanland (Neth) torpedoed and sinks
March 16, 1941 Blizzard hits North Dakota and Minnesota killing 60
March 16, 1941 Dmitri Shostakovitch receives the Stalin Prize
March 16, 1941 National Gallery of Art opens in Washington D.C.
March 16, 1940 German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow
March 16, 1939 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia
March 16, 1938 Noel Coward's musical "Operette," premieres in London
March 16, 1938 Temple defeats Colorado to win 1st NIT
March 16, 1937 All but one senior fouls out of a scrimmage game between seniors and sophomores, but he holds on to win the game 35-32
March 16, 1935 Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty
March 16, 1934 Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act
March 16, 1933 Hitler names Hjalmar Shaft, president of Bank of Germany
March 16, 1931 Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Neth)
March 16, 1930 USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine
March 16, 1929 WHP-AM in Harrisburg Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions
March 16, 1926 Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters)
March 16, 1923 Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Der Unbestechliche," premieres in Vienna
March 16, 1922 WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions
March 16, 1920 1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park
March 16, 1919 Frank Wedekind's "Elius Erweckung," premieres in Hamburg
March 16, 1918 Geoffrey O'Hara's "K-K-K-Katy" song published
March 16, 1916 James Barries' "Kiss for Cinderella," premieres in London
March 16, 1916 U.S. and Canada sign migratory bird treaty
March 16, 1915 Federal Trade Commission organizes
March 16, 1912 Mrs. William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Washington D.C.
March 16, 1911 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ont) 13-4
March 16, 1910 Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona
March 16, 1907 1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW and Western Australia
March 16, 1900 Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus

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March 17th

March 17, 1998 USA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for 1st Olympic Gold medal
March 17, 1997 CNN begins spanish broadcasts
March 17, 1996 "Bus Stop" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 29 performances
March 17, 1996 Mike Tyson beat Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain Heavyweight title
March 17, 1996 Montreal Canadian's 1st game in their new arena
March 17, 1996 Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup
March 17, 1995 British pound hits 2.4545 to Dutch guilder (record)
March 17, 1995 Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House
March 17, 1995 U.S. approves 1st chicken pox vaccine, Varivax by Merck
March 17, 1994 "Little More Magic" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 30 performances
March 17, 1994 Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan, 32 killed
March 17, 1994 It is announced there is no smoking in Cleveland Indians new ballpark
March 17, 1993 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta
March 17, 1992 "Death and the Maiden" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 159 performances
March 17, 1992 18th People's Choice Awards: Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire
March 17, 1992 28 killed in truck bombing of Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Islamic Jihad
March 17, 1992 De Klerk wins a white only referendum
March 17, 1992 Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit
March 17, 1991 9 of 15 Soviet reps officially approve new union treaty
March 17, 1991 New Jersey raises turnpike tolls 70%
March 17, 1991 Penny Hammel wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International
March 17, 1990 PBA National Championship Won by Jim Pencak
March 17, 1989 "Chu Chem" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 44 performances
March 17, 1989 Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St. Patrick Day Parade
March 17, 1988 Iran says Iraq uses poison gas in the war
March 17, 1987 IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3
March 17, 1986 Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million BF
March 17, 1985 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
March 17, 1983 70th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
March 17, 1983 9th People's Choice Awards
March 17, 1982 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador
March 17, 1981 FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms
March 17, 1979 Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Tai Babilonia and R Gardner USA
March 17, 1978 Reds don green uniforms for St. Patricks Day
March 17, 1977 Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877
March 17, 1976 Malikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.76)
March 17, 1976 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried
March 17, 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
March 17, 1975 Valeri Muratov skates world record 1000m (1:16.92)
March 17, 1974 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Bing Crosby Golf Classic International
March 17, 1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens new London Bridge
March 17, 1973 St. Patrick Day marchers carry 14 coffins commemorating Bloody Sunday
March 17, 1972 Ringo releases "Back off Bugaloo" in UK
March 17, 1970 Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of Los Angeles Dodgers
March 17, 1969 Golda Meir becomes Israel's 4th PM
March 17, 1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Open
March 17, 1968 2-tiered gold price negotiated in Washington D.C. by U.S. and 6 European nations
March 17, 1966 South Africa government bans Defense and Aid Fund
March 17, 1966 U.S. submarine locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean
March 17, 1965 Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help)
March 17, 1963 Eruptions of Mount Agung Bali, kills 1,900 Balinese
March 17, 1961 New York DA arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players
March 17, 1961 South Africa leaves British Commonwealth
March 17, 1960 Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA
March 17, 1959 Australia and U.S.S.R. restore diplomatic relations
March 17, 1959 Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India
March 17, 1958 Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd U.S.), measures Earth shape
March 17, 1957 Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted
March 17, 1956 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball
March 17, 1955 Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montreal
March 17, 1953 Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St. Louis Browns for $2,475M
March 17, 1951 Government of Drees takes power
March 17, 1950 Belgian government of Eyskens resigns
March 17, 1950 Element 98 (Californium) announced
March 17, 1945 Allied ships bomb North-Sumatra
March 17, 1944 Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke
March 17, 1943 F. Hugh Herbert's "Kiss and Tell," premieres in New York City
March 17, 1942 Belzec Concentration Camp opens-30,000 Lublin Polish Jews transported
March 17, 1941 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. opens
March 17, 1935 KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa call sign is given to KWCR
March 17, 1934 Dollfuss, Mussolini and Gombos sign Donau Pact (protocols of Rome)
March 17, 1932 German police raid Hitler's nazi-headquarter
March 17, 1931 Stalin throws Krupskaya Lenin out of Central Committee
March 17, 1929 Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid
March 17, 1927 U.S. government doesn't sign league of Nations disarmament treaty
March 17, 1926 Dutch Calvinists oust Rev J G Geelkerken over Genesis 3
March 17, 1924 Eugene O'Neill's "Welded," premieres in New York City
March 17, 1924 Netherlands and U.S.S.R. begin talks over U.S.S.R. recognition
March 17, 1924 Sweden and U.S.S.R. exchange diplomats
March 17, 1921 Lenin proclaims New Economic Politics
March 17, 1921 Sailors revolt in Kronstadt (thousands die)
March 17, 1919 Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hr day and minimum wages
March 17, 1918 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Rosemary Beresford
March 17, 1917 1st exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in St. Louis
March 17, 1917 Tsar Nicolas II of Russia abdicates the throne
March 17, 1912 Camp Fire Girls organization announced by Mrs. Luther Halsey Gulick
March 17, 1910 DHC soccer team forms in Delft Neth
March 17, 1908 Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Burns KOs Roche in 88 seconds)
March 17, 1908 Tommy Burns KOs Jem Roche in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
March 17, 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckrake"
March 17, 1906 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Ottawa Silver 7, although both winning a game, Montreal outscores Ottawa 12-10
March 17, 1905 Eleanor Roosevelt marries Franklin D. Roosevelt in NY
March 17, 1902 Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA beat Winnipeg Victorias, 2 games to 1
March 17, 1901 Free thinking-Democratic Union forms in Netherlands
March 17, 1900 Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2