Historical Events in March, Month of March Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| March 23, 2019 | The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces capture the town of Baghuz in Eastern Syria, declaring military victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant after four years of fighting, although the group maintains a scattered presence and sleeper cells across Syria and Iraq. |
| March 5, 1982 | Soviet probe Venera 14 lands on Venus. |
| March 27, 2002 | Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel. |
| March 2, 2012 | A tornado outbreak occurs over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities. |
| March 21, 1960 | Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180. |
| March 19, 2001 | German trade union ver.di is formed. |
| March 16, 1978 | A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73. |
| March 27, 1901 | Philippine–American War: Emilio Aguinaldo, leader of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by the Americans. |
| March 5, 1936 | First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom. |
| March 26, 1931 | Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam. |
| March 18, 1913 | King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki. |
| March 26, 1651 | Silver-loaded Spanish ship San José is pushed south by strong winds, subsequently it wrecks in the coast of southern Chile and its surviving crew is killed by indigenous Cuncos.[5] |
| 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 22, 1638 | Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent. |
| March 28, 1946 | Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power. |
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