forumfinder2011: March 2012

Saturday, March 31, 2012

1 April 1867

Singapore becomes a British crown

Friday, March 30, 2012

31 March 1889

The Eiffel Tower is officially

Thursday, March 29, 2012

30 March 1981

John Hinckley shoots President Ronald Reagan in the chest outside a Washington, D.C.,

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

29 March 1461

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

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

28 March 1990

The Congressional Gold Medal is awarded posthumously to Jesse

Monday, March 26, 2012

27 March 1836

Antonio López de Santa Anna directs the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texan prisoners at Goliad,

Sunday, March 25, 2012

26 March 1939

Nationalists begin their final offensive of the Spanish Civil

Saturday, March 24, 2012

25 March 1990

An arson fire kills 87 people trapped inside an illegal nightclub in the New York

Friday, March 23, 2012

24 March 1989

In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels of petrol after running

Thursday, March 22, 2012

23 March 1821

Fall of city of Kalamata during the Greek War of

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

22 March 1978

Karl Wallenda dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

21 March 1963

Alcatraz

Monday, March 19, 2012

20 March 2003

The United States and three other countries begin military operations to invade

Sunday, March 18, 2012

19 March 2008

A cosmic burst, named as GRB 080319B, is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly

Saturday, March 17, 2012

18 March 1974

Most OPEC nations end the five-month oil embargo crisis against the United States, Europe and

Friday, March 16, 2012

17 March 1860

The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand during the New Zealand land

Thursday, March 15, 2012

16 March 1988

In Iraq, the Kurdish town of Halabjah is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing over 5000

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

15 March 2011

The Syrian uprising

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

14 March 1978

Operation Litani: The Israeli Defense Force invades and occupies southern

Monday, March 12, 2012

13 March 1996

The Dunblane massacre Scotland, 16 Primary School children and 1 teacher are shot dead byThomas Watt Hamilton who then commits

Sunday, March 11, 2012

12 March 1947

To help stop the spread of Communism, the Truman Doctrine is

Saturday, March 10, 2012

11 March 2004

Simultaneous explosions on trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 191

Friday, March 9, 2012

10 March 2006

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter gets to

Thursday, March 8, 2012

9 March 1977

In a 39 hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

8 March 1983

President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil

8 March 1983

President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

7 March 1965

A group of 600 civil rights marchers are violently broken up in Selma, Alabama in what has been called Bloody

Monday, March 5, 2012

6 March 1836

After a two week siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including Davy Crockett, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is

Sunday, March 4, 2012

5 March 1970

he Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into

Saturday, March 3, 2012

4 March 1913

During the First Balkan War, the Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, which results in victory two days

Friday, March 2, 2012

3 March 1923

TIME magazine begins

Thursday, March 1, 2012

2 March 1943

United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships in what is known as the Battle of the Bismarck