Here is a list of some historical events in March. You can learn What major event happened in March?
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March 11, 1864 | The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England. |
March 1, 1562 | Sixty-three Huguenots are massacred in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion. |
March 15, 44 | The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place. |
March 31, 1909 | Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis. |
March 30, 1841 | The National Bank of Greece is founded in Athens. |
March 7, 1986 | Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor. |
March 15, 1939 | Germany occupies Czechoslovakia. |
March 1, 1872 | Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park. |
March 23, 2009 | FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot. |
March 13, 1811 | A French and Italian fleet is defeated by a British squadron off the island of Vis in the Adriatic during the Napoleonic Wars. |
March 30, 1863 | Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece. |
March 22, 1939 | Germany takes Memel from Lithuania. |
March 25, 1918 | The Belarusian People's Republic is established. |
March 29, 1961 | The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections. |
March 19, 2016 | Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 on board. |
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