Historical Events in March, Month of March Events
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| 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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