Historical Events in March, Month of March Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| March 10, 2017 | The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency. |
| March 1, 293 | Emperor Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesars. This is considered the beginning of the Tetrarchy, known as the Quattuor Principes Mundi ("Four Rulers of the World"). |
| March 8, 1782 | Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes. |
| March 9, 1956 | Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy. |
| March 19, 1946 | French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion become overseas départements of France. |
| March 29, 2013 | At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
| March 5, 1046 | Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama. |
| March 31, 1964 | Brazilian General Olímpio Mourão Filho orders his troops to move towards Rio de Janeiro, beginning the coup d'état and 21 years of military dictatorship. |
| March 31, 1992 | The Treaty of Federation is signed in Moscow. |
| March 16, 2020 | The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than Black Monday (1929). This follows the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing that it will cut its target interest rate to 0–0.25%. |
| March 16, 1190 | Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. |
| March 1, 2002 | The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800 km (500 mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m. |
| March 17, 1957 | A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others. |
| March 4, 1791 | Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state. |
| March 3, 1910 | Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy. |
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