Sunday, March 31, 2013

Thursday, March 28, 2013

29 March 1461

Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret in the Battle of Towton to become King Edward IV of

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

27 March 2002

A Palestinian suicide bomber kills twenty nine people partaking of the Passover meal in Netanya,

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Monday, March 25, 2013

Sunday, March 24, 2013

25 March 1996

A 81-day-long standoff begins between the anti-government group Montana Freemen and law enforcement near Jordan, Montana,

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Saturday, March 23, 2013

24 March 1989

The Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels of petroleum after running aground in Prince William Sound in

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Monday, March 18, 2013

19 March 1982

Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, starting the Falklands War with the United

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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Friday, March 15, 2013

16 March 1988

Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud in the Iran-Contra

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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

14 March 1900

The Gold Standard Act is ratified which places United States currency on the gold

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Sunday, March 10, 2013

11 March 2004

Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, lead to the death 191

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Saturday, March 9, 2013

10 March 1959

300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal by the Chinese

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

8 March 1978

The first episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is broadcast on

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

7 March 1799

During the Siege of Jaffa, Napoleon Bonaparte troops kill more than 2,000 Albanian

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Monday, March 4, 2013

5 March 1616

The book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium by Nicolaus Copernicus's is banned by the Catholic

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Friday, March 1, 2013

2 March 1962

Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a game to set the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball

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