Historical Events in March, Month of March Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| March 24, 1986 | The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites. |
| March 17, 1973 | The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War. |
| March 16, 2020 | The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than Black Monday (1929). This follows the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing that it will cut its target interest rate to 0–0.25%. |
| March 28, 1814 | War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels. |
| March 4, 51 | Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth). |
| March 19, 2001 | German trade union ver.di is formed. |
| March 17, 1950 | Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium". |
| March 19, 2016 | Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 on board. |
| March 2, 1949 | Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute. |
| March 28, 1776 | Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco. |
| March 19, 1452 | Frederick III of Habsburg is the last Holy Roman Emperor crowned by medieval tradition in Rome by Pope Nicholas V |
| March 24, 1199 | King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.[1][2] |
| March 27, 2016 | A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter. |
| March 31, 1968 | American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." |
| March 13, 1826 | Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry. |
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