Historical Events in March, Month of March Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 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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