Historical Events in March, Month of March Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| March 14, 1663 | According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio, detailing his experiments on vacuum and his discovery of electrostatic repulsion. |
| March 30, 1939 | The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h). |
| March 3, 1939 | In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India. |
| March 9, 1009 | First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. |
| March 26, 1971 | East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins. |
| March 24, 1860 | Sakuradamon Incident: Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke is assassinated by rōnin samurai outside the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle. |
| March 21, 1871 | Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire. |
| March 22, 1978 | Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. |
| March 16, 1941 | Operation Appearance takes place to re-establish British Somaliland |
| March 2, 1498 | Vasco da Gama's fleet visits the Island of Mozambique. |
| March 4, 1791 | The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario). |
| March 27, 1964 | The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage. |
| March 20, 1616 | Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment. |
| March 22, 2006 | Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox. |
| March 5, 1963 | American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee. |
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