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?

Date Event
March 31, 1966 The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
March 1, 1811 Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
March 16, 1978 A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
March 4, 1814 Americans defeat British forces at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.
March 28, 1941 World War II: First day of the Battle of Cape Matapan in Greece between the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian navy.
March 7, 1914 Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
March 27, 1638 The first of four destructive Calabrian earthquakes strikes southern Italy. Measuring magnitude 6.8 and assigned a Mercalli intensity of XI, it kills 10,000–30,000 people.
March 7, 1965 Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
March 3, 1913 Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
March 25, 1821 Greek War of Independence - Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar).
March 8, 1924 A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
March 30, 1900 Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover the first clay tablet with hieroglyphic writing in a script later called Linear B.
March 2, 1991 Battle at Rumaila oil field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.
March 8, 1844 The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, was reopened after 45 years of closure.
March 16, 1984 William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah; he later dies in captivity.

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