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 22, 1982 | NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3. |
| March 15, 1951 | Iranian oil industry is nationalized. |
| March 27, 1866 | President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9. |
| March 9, 1230 | Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa. |
| March 29, 1806 | Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway. |
| March 2, 1991 | Establishment of Kuwait Democratic Forum, center-left political organization in Kuwait. |
| March 7, 161 | Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. |
| 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 29, 1500 | Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna. |
| March 21, 2000 | Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel. |
| March 8, 1937 | Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins. |
| March 20, 1999 | Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US. |
| March 2, 1901 | The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops. |
| March 25, 1811 | Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism. |
| March 9, 1847 | Mexican–American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz. |
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