Historical Events in March, Month of March Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| March 16, 1988 | Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States. |
| March 29, 1990 | The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War. |
| March 26, 1812 | A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection. |
| March 2, 1859 | The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, begins. |
| March 23, 1940 | The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All-India Muslim League. |
| March 28, 1941 | World War II: First day of the Battle of Cape Matapan in Greece between the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian navy. |
| March 15, 1961 | At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect. |
| March 7, 1931 | The Parliament House of Finland was officially inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland. |
| March 19, 1885 | Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion. |
| March 21, 1952 | Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio. |
| March 20, 1883 | The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed. |
| March 25, 1918 | The Belarusian People's Republic is established. |
| March 1, 1921 | The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years. |
| March 7, 1862 | American Civil War: Union forces engage Confederate troops at the Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas. |
| March 7, 1799 | Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. |
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