Historical Events in March, Month of March Events

Here is a list of some historical events in March. You can learn What major event happened in March?

Date Event
March 4, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the United States. He was the last president to be inaugurated on March 4.
March 4, 1933 Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
March 18, 1865 American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
March 24, 1944 World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.[45][46]
March 8, 1782 Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
March 4, 1933 The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure
March 13, 1997 The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
March 27, 2009 The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
March 23, 1994 At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.
March 27, 1901 Philippine–American War: Emilio Aguinaldo, leader of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by the Americans.
March 8, 1126 Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León.
March 21, 1180 Emperor Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan.
March 1, 1964 Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
March 27, 1977 Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history.
March 9, 1944 World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.

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