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March 1st 1942
President Josip Broz Tito establishes 2nd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia
March 2nd 1974
Grand jury concludes President Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up
March 3rd 1934
John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol
March 4th 1964
Jimmy Hoffa convicted of jury tampering
March 5th 1970
Nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect
March 6th 1899
“Asprin” patented by Felix Hoffmann
March 7th 1989
Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Salman Rushdie’s book ‘Satanic Verses’
March 8th 1959
The Marx Brothers Groucho, Chico and Harpo’s final TV appearance together
March 9th 1962
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians
March 10th 1994
1 million Greeks attend actress Melina Mercouri’s funeral
March 11th 1997
Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by the Queen
March 12th 1993
317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay
March 13th 1904
Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilean border dedicated
March 14th 2010
No reports of damage or casualties are reported after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits central Japan
March 15th 1971
Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet
March 16th 1970
New English Bible published
March 17th 1942
Belzec Concentration Camp opens-30,000 Lublin Polish Jews transported
March 18th 1940
Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany’s war against France and Britain
March 19th 1996
Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marriage
March 20th 1969
Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
March 21st 2011
The first full face transplant is performed on Dallas Weins by surgeons at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts
March 22nd 1965
D Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
March 23rd 1972
Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully jumping 35 cars
March 24th 1952
Great demonstrations against apartheid in South Africa
March 25th 1995
Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years
March 26th 1980
Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police)
March 27th 1933
Polythene discovered by Reginald Gibson and Eric William Fawcett
March 28th 1977
Morarji Desai forms government in India
March 29th 1961
After a 4 year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
March 30th 1919
Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act
March 31st 1889
300m Eiffel Tower officially opens, commemorates French Revolution
