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| Year | Event |
| 597 BC | Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king. |
| 1079 | Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar |
| 1190 | Crusades begin massacre of Jews of York England |
| 1190 | Jews of York England commit mass sucide rather than submit to baptism |
| 1249 | The Servite Order is officially approved by Cardinal Raniero Capocci, papal legate in Tuscany. |
| 1322 | The Battle of Boroughbridge takes place in the First War of Scottish Independence. |
| 1345 | Holy spirit glides above fire: "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend) |
| 1517 | Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen |
| 1521 | Magelhaes' fleet discovers Zamal (Samar) |
| 1521 | Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines |
| 1527 | Battle at Khanua: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Rajputen |
| 1621 | Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass |
| 1641 | General court declares RI a democracy & adopts new constitution |
| 1660 | English Long Parliament disbands |
| 1689 | The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded. |
| 1690 | French king Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland |
| 1730 | Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe |
| 1731 | Treaty of Vienna: Emperor Charles VI of England & Netherlands |
| 1792 | Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera |
| 1792 | King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29. |
| 1802 | Law signed to establish US Military Academy (West Point, NY) |
| 1802 | US army Corps of Engineers established (2nd time) |
| 1815 | Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium |
| 1818 | Second Battle of Cancha Rayada - Spanish forces defeat Chileans under José de San MartÃn. |
| 1822 | Composer Gioacchino Rossini marries Spanish soprano |
| 1827 | 1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (NYC), begins publishing |
| 1829 | Ohio authorizes high school night classes |
| 1830 | London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard) |
| 1830 | New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) |
| 1833 | Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman grad of a pharmacy college |
| 1834 | HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands |
| 1836 | Texas approves a constitution |
| 1850 | Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published |
| 1861 | Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union |
| 1861 | Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain |
| 1861 | Edward Clark became Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston, who was evicted from the office for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy. |
| 1862 | Battle at Pound Gap Kentucky: Confederates separate battles |
| 1865 | Battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities) |
| 1867 | First publication of an article by Joseph Lister outlining the discovery of antiseptic surgery, in The Lancet. |
| 1869 | Hiram R Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate |
| 1871 | 1st fertilizer law enacted |
| 1872 | 1st FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton |
| 1876 | Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY) |
| 1877 | Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 v Eng |
| 1881 | Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts |
| 1882 | US Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross |
| 1894 | Jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs," premieres in Paris |
| 1896 | Premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" |
| 1897 | Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG) |
| 1900 | AL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in |
| 1900 | Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus |
| 1900 | Chicago, KC, Minn, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleve & Buffalo |
| 1907 | 1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia |
| 1910 | Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona |
| 1911 | Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ont) 13-4 |
| 1912 | Mrs William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Wash DC |
| 1915 | Brit battle cruisers Inflexible & Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle |
| 1915 | Federal Trade Commission organizes |
| 1916 | James Barries' "Kiss for Cinderella," premieres in London |
| 1916 | US & Canada sign migratory bird treaty |
| 1918 | Geoffrey O'Hara's "K-K-K-Katy" song published |
| 1919 | Frank Wedekind's "Elius Erweckung," premieres in Hamburg |
| 1920 | 1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park |
| 1922 | Sultan Fuad I crowned king of Egypt, England recognizes Egypt |
| 1922 | WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions |
| 1923 | Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Der Unbestechliche," premieres in Vienna |
| 1924 | The free port of Fiume is formally annexed by Mussolini's fascist regime. |
| 1926 | Born: Jerry Lewis, [Joseph Levitch], Newark New Jersey, comedian/fund raiser (MDA) |
| 1926 | Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters) |
| 1929 | WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions |
| 1930 | USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine |
| 1931 | Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Neth) |
| 1933 | Hitler names Hjalmar Shaft, president of Bank of Germany |
| 1934 | Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act |
| 1935 | Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty |
| 1937 | All but one senior fouls out of a scrimmage game between seniors & sophomores, but he holds on to win the game 35-32 |
| 1938 | Noel Coward's musical "Operette," premieres in London |
| 1938 | Temple defeats Colorado to win 1st NIT |
| 1939 | Germany occupies Czechoslovakia |
| 1939 | Hungary annexes republic of Karpato-Ukraine |
| 1939 | NHL record 10 goals in 1 period-NY Rangers (7), NY Americans (3) & a record 26 points in the 3rd period |
| 1939 | Marriage of Princess Fawzia of Egypt to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran. |
| 1940 | German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow |
| 1941 | Blizzard hits North Dakota & Minnesota killing 60 |
| 1941 | Dmitri Shostakovitch receives the Stalin Prize |
| 1941 | National Gallery of Art opens in Washington DC |
| 1943 | Elin K (No) & Zaanland (Neth) torpedoed & sinks |
| 1944 | Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death |
| 1945 | Allies secure Iwo Jima |
| 1945 | Würzburg, Germany is 90% destroyed, with 5,000 dead, in only 20 minutes by British bombers. |
| 1946 | "Would-Be Gentleman" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 77 performances |
| 1947 | Convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested |
| 1949 | KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1950 | 1st annual National Book Awards |
| 1952 | 1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Reunion (world record) |
| 1952 | Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship |
| 1953 | AL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St Louis Browns to Baltimore |
| 1955 | Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge |
| 1955 | President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war |
| 1956 | US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright |
| 1956 | US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins |
| 1957 | 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young & Loretta Young |
| 1957 | Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship |
| 1957 | Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating NY Rangers 14-1 |
| 1958 | Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship |
| 1959 | Iraq & USSR sign economic/technical treaty |
| 1962 | 1st launching of Titan 2-rocket |
| 1962 | US Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167 |
| 1964 | KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1964 | Paul Hornung & Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension |
| 1966 | Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong & Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits |
| 1966 | Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London |
| 1966 | Born: Rodney Peete, NFL quarterback (Philadelphia Eagles) |
| 1967 | Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down |
| 1968 | My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die |
| 1968 | Robert F Kennedy announces presidential campaign |
| 1968 | General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado. |
| 1969 | "1776" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1217 performances |
| 1969 | Boston Bruins scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period |
| 1969 | Peter Stone & Sherman Edward's "1776," premieres in NYC |
| 1969 | Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155 |
| 1970 | New English Bible published |
| 1970 | WNIN TV channel 9 in Evansville, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1971 | 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win |
| 1971 | KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, TX (IND) suspends broadcasting |
| 1971 | Government of Trygve Bratteli in Norway. |
| 1972 | John & Yoko are served with deportation papers |
| 1974 | 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville |
| 1975 | "Lieutenant" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 9 performances |
| 1975 | US Mariner 10 makes 3rd & final fly-by of Mercury |
| 1976 | British premier Harold Wilson resigns |
| 1977 | US president Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland |
| 1978 | Amoco Cadiz spills 223,000 tons of crude oil off French coast |
| 1978 | Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed |
| 1978 | Soyuz 26 returns to Earth |
| 1978 | US Senate accepts Panama Canal treaty |
| 1978 | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1979 | CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney |
| 1979 | Edmer Asama |
| 1980 | Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic |
| 1983 | Smallest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Nets-1,814) |
| 1984 | Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut |
| 1984 | South-Africa & Mozambique sign non attack treaty |
| 1985 | Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut |
| 1985 | Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 yrs |
| 1986 | Chris Johnson wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic |
| 1988 | Federal grand jury indicts North & Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair |
| 1988 | North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed |
| 1988 | US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras |
| 1991 | 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash |
| 1991 | Members of Irish Gay & Lesbian Organization march in NYC parade |
| 1991 | NJ Net coach Bill Fitch is 4th coach to win 800 NBA games |
| 1991 | NY Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner (#s are 18-21-32-33-35-38) |
| 1991 | Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi |
| 1992 | Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball |
| 1994 | Moravcik forms Slovakia government |
| 1994 | Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on Nancy Kerrigan |
| 1995 | Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15 |
| 1995 | Manhattan upsets 4th seeded Okla 77-67 |
| 1995 | Miss House of Representatives ratifies 13th Amendement-slavery ends |
| 1995 | Mississippi formally abolishes slavery & ratifies 13th Amendment |
| 1995 | World best 7th wkt stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Jr & P Dharmani |
| 1996 | Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain Heavyweight title |
| 1997 | Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship |
| 1997 | NJ Devils' Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL to score 500 goals |
| 1997 | Stuart Appleby wins Honda Golf Classic |
| 1997 | Toshiba Senior Golf Classic |
| 1997 | Sandline affair: On Bougainville Island, soldiers of commander Jerry Singirok arrest Tim Spicer and his mercenaries of the Sandline International. |
| 1998 | Pope John Paul II asks God for forgiveness for the inactivity and silence of some Roman Catholics during the Holocaust. |
| 2003 | The largest coordinated worldwide vigil takes place, as part of the global protests against Iraq war. |
| 2005 | Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control. |
| 2006 | The United Nations General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to establish the UN Human Rights Council. |
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