Historical Events in March, Month of March Events

Here is a list of some historical events in March. You can learn What major event happened in March?

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March 19, 1965 The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
March 3, 1861 Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
March 31, 1901 Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák premieres at the National Opera House in Prague.
March 16, 1898 In Melbourne, the representatives of five colonies adopt a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.[5]
March 2, 1977 Libya becomes the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the General People's Congress adopted the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People".
March 2, 1990 Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
March 10, 1990 In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
March 31, 1921 The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
March 24, 1934 The Tydings–McDuffie Act is passed by the United States Congress, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.[41]
March 24, 1663 The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.[9]
March 9, 1978 President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
March 13, 1639 Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard.
March 4, 1837 The city of Chicago is incorporated.
March 6, 1964 Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
March 21, 1919 The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.

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