Historical Events in March, Month of March Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| March 7, 1931 | The Parliament House of Finland was officially inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland. |
| March 6, 1953 | Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. |
| March 18, 1834 | Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union. |
| March 17, 1950 | Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium". |
| March 20, 1969 | A United Arab airlines (now Egyptair) Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Aswan international Airport, killing 100 people. |
| March 9, 1959 | The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York. |
| March 13, 1639 | Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard. |
| March 28, 1920 | Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states. |
| March 31, 1964 | Brazilian General Olímpio Mourão Filho orders his troops to move towards Rio de Janeiro, beginning the coup d'état and 21 years of military dictatorship. |
| March 18, 1314 | Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and final Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake. |
| March 20, 2000 | Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English. |
| March 19, 2016 | Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 on board. |
| March 22, 2021 | Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado. |
| March 12, 1940 | Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. |
| March 15, 1783 | In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place. |
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