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1997 Feng Yun-2B Long March 3 Launch (China), Successful
1997 U.S. and Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21 1996 1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle 1995 CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31 1995 Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend) 1991 Irish Lesbians and Gays march in St. Patrick Day parade 1991 Members of Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization march in New York City parade 1990 New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991) 1989 Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa 1989 Reverend Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst 1989 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings 1989 Washington D.C. march supporting 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision 1988 Gorbachev pushes plan electing president and parliament in March, 1989 1987 200,000 gays march for civil rights in Washington 1981 William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos," premieres in New York City 1978 Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Washington D.C. for ERA 1978 Neo-Nazis call off plans to march in Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois 1976 Priscilla Taylor, born in Miami, Florida, playmate March, 1996 1975 Fredric March, actor (Inherit the Wind), dies at 77 1974 Eve March, actress (Adam's Rib, Danny Boy), dies at 63 1973 Jane March, born in Edgeware, England, actress, Lover 1972 Tanzania troops march in to Uganda 1972 Marliece Andrada, born in Manteca, California, playmate, March 1998 1972 Jennifer Miriam, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, playmate, March, 1997 1972 Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire 1971 About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington 1970 100,000 march in New York supporting U.S. policies in Vietnam 1970 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank 1970 Hal March, actor (Atomic Kit, Outrage, Yankee Pasha), dies at 49 1969 Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial 1969 U.S. Army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19 1968 Westbrook Van Voorhis, announcer (March of Time), dies at 64 1968 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign 1968 Poor Peoples March on Washington 1968 "March of Poor" under Reverend Abernathy reach Washington, D.C. 1967 Laurie Wood, born in Orange, California, playmate, March, 1989 1966 Sandy Corn, model/Penthouse Pet, March, 1991 1966 Martin Luther King, Jr. stoned during Chicago march 1966 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in New York City 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama 1964 Dona L Speir, Norwalk California, playmate, March, 1984 1963 Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at 65 1962 John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82 1960 Donna Smith, born in Portland Oregon, playmate, March, 1985 1958 Denise McConnell, Weisbaden Germany, playmate, March, 1979 1958 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England) 1957 Kimberly Herrin, born in Santa Barbara, California, playmate, March, 1981 1956 Susie Diane Owens, Arkansas City Kansas, playmate, March, 1988 1953 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, British composer (Coronation March), dies at 69 1952 Bonnie Large, born in Glendale California, playmate, March 1973 1951 600,000 march for peace and freedom in Germany 1948 -5 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1948 Little Peggy March, Margaret Battavio, vocalist, I Will Follow Him 1947 19th Academy Awards - "Best Years of Lives," De Havilland, March win 1947 Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali 1946 Masaharu Homma, Lieutenant General (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed 1945 U.S. forces land on Corregidor, complete conquest on March 3 1944 Hungarian death march of Jews ends 1944 British troops march into Athens 1944 Soviets march into Hungary and Czechoslovakia 1944 Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany 1944 Russian-Romanian troops march into Bucharest 1944 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees 1944 U.S. troop march into Guam 1944 Death March of 1,200 Jews from Lipcani Moldavia begins 1944 Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland 1944 British troops march into Caen 1944 U.S. troop march into Carentan/Caumont, Normandy 1944 Allies march into Rome 1942 Germany troop march into Woronezj 1942 Germany troop march into Sebastopol 1942 Germany Armys march into Sebastopol 1942 Japanese troop march into Lashio, cuts off Burma Road 1942 Japanese troop march into Batavia 1942 Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies 1942 Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra 1941 British troops march into Abyssinia 1938 March of Dimes established to fight polio 1935 Mao Tse Tung and his Communist forces ended their "Long March" at Yan'an, in Shaanxi China 1935 1st "March of Time" newsreel premieres at the Capitol 1934 Chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March 1934 Mao Tse-tung and 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March 1934 Josef Sommer, born in Germany, actor, Witness, Target, Iceman, Forced March 1933 Louis Farrakhan, minister, black islam nation, million man march 1933 20th Amendment goes into effect: President term begins in Jan not March 1932 1st tie for Best Actor Academy Award Wallace Beery and Fredric March 1930 Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax 1929 60,000 SA'ers/SS'ers march by Munich 1925 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (200,000) in Washington, D.C. 1923 Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th) 1922 Scottish worker begins hunger march from Glasgow on London 1920 Hal March, born in San Francisco, California, actor/TV host, $64,000 Question, Outrage 1917 1st NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 13) 1916 U.S. troops under General Pershing march into Mexico 1916 Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun 1916 Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa 1915 25,000 women march in New York City, demanding right to vote 1915 10,000 blacks march on 5th Ave (New York City) protesting lynchings 1915 British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa 1915 C. W. Ceram, Kurt W Marek, German/US writer, March of Archaeology 1914 U.S. Marines march out of Vera Cruz, Mexico 1914 German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan 1913 Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa 1913 Serbian troops march into Albania 1913 Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania 1912 Francis David Charteris, earl of Wemyss and March/Scottish landowner 1910 Eve March, California, actress, Curse of the Cat People 1910 83 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1903 British forces under MacDonald and Young march into Tibet 1901 Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March," premieres in Liverpool 1897 Frederic March, Wisconsin, actor, Dr. Jeckyll-Academy Awards 1932/1946 1897 Fredric March, American Actor 1893 William March, Campbell, U.S., writer, Company K 1882 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in New York City 1865 Sherman's march through Georgia begins 1865 General Sherman's march through South Carolina begins 1864 Union General William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War 1864 Kingston, Georgia burned during Sherman's March to Sea 1864 Sherman issues preliminary plans for his "March to the Sea" 1864 Sherman's march through Mississippi 1864 General Sherman begins his march to the South 1863 Lucius March Walker, Confederate Brigadier-General (in duel), dies at 33 1863 Union General Burnside's "Mud March" 1862 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Mississippi 1862 Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV 1861 Union troops march on state militia in St. Louis, Missouri 1858 Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia 1854 John Philip Sousa, Washington D.C., march king, Stars and Stripes Forever 1849 U.S. had no president, Polks term ends on a Sunday, Taylor couldn't be sworn-in, Senator David Atchison (President pro tem) term ended March 3rd 1847 Rotary-type printing press patents by Richard March Hoe, New York City 1846 Polish revolutionaries march on Cracow, but are defeated 1846 Beginning of Mormon march to west US 1841 1st continuous filibuster in U.S. Senate began, lasting until March 11 1821 Monroe is 1st President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun 1814 Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon 1807 David R Atchison, President of USA on March 3rd 1849 1807 Curacao is taken by English, until March, 1816 1804 Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist and composer, Radetzky March 1773 William Henry Harrison, Virginia, Whigs, 9th President, March 4-April 4, 1841 1570 Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins 1556 Charles V and Maria of Hungary march into Spain 1459 Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies 1110 Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath |
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