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 4, 1933 | Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the United States. He was the last president to be inaugurated on March 4. |
| March 4, 1933 | Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet. |
| March 18, 1865 | American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time. |
| March 24, 1944 | World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.[45][46] |
| 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 4, 1933 | The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure |
| March 13, 1997 | The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader. |
| March 27, 2009 | The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people. |
| March 23, 1994 | At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez. |
| March 27, 1901 | Philippine–American War: Emilio Aguinaldo, leader of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by the Americans. |
| March 8, 1126 | Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. |
| March 21, 1180 | Emperor Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan. |
| March 1, 1964 | Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe. |
| March 27, 1977 | Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history. |
| March 9, 1944 | World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia. |
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