March 30, 1981- The newly elected president, Ronald Regan, was shot in the chest as he was walking to his limousine, just after giving a speech at a hotel. March 31, 1968- Resulting from the Vietnam conflict, President Lydon Johnson announced that he would not seek re-election. April 1st- April fools day!! April 2, 1792- Congress established the first U.S. Mint at Pennsylvania. April 3, 1865- After the withdrawal of General Robert E. Lee's troops, the Confederates surrendered their capital, Richmond, to the Union. April 4, 1949- Twelve countries signed the treaty to create NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. April 5, 1986- In West Berlin, a popular discotheque, which American military personal frequented, was destroyed in a bomb explosion, killing two American soldiers and a Turkish women.
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March 23, 1775- Patrick Henry helps spark the American Revolution with a speech he made at the Virginian Conference in Richmond, stating the famous quote "...give me liberty, or give me death". March 24, 1934- President Franklin D. Roosevelt grants the Philippine Islands independence after 50 years of American control. March 25, 1807- After a long campaign against the slave trade by the Quakers and others, the British Parliament abolishes the slave trade. March 26, 1992- Soviet Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns to Russia after 313 days in the Mic Space Station. Within his time in Space The USSR collapsed to become the Commonwealth of the Independent States. March 27, 1977- Two Boeing 747 jets collided on the ground at the Canary Islands, causing 570 deaths. March 28, 1979- The Three Mile Island nuclear power accident, which caused radioactive steam to be released into the atmosphere, occurred near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. March 29, 1979- The House Select Committee on Assassinations, in the U.S. Congress, released the final reports of the deaths of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert Kennedy. March 16, 1968- During the Vietnam War, American soldiers from the Charlie Company murdered 504 Vietnam men, women, and children, which became known as the My Lai Massacre. March 17, 1776- Early in the Revolutionary War, the patriots enact a successful siege of Boston forcing the British to evacuate the city. March 18, 1837- In Caldwell, New Jersey, Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the US, was born. Later he became the only president to serve in to nonconsecutive terms and get married in the White House. March 19, 1589- William Bradford was born in Yorkshire, England and sailed aboard the Mayflower from Plymouth, England to Cape Cod (where it landed despite being originally bound for Virginia). Those from the Mayflower formed the Plymouth Colony and William Bradford became the governor for 30 years. March 20, 1904- American psychologist, B.F. Skinner, later to pioneer theories of behaviorism and to create the Skinner box, was born in Susquehanna , Pennsylvania. March 21, 1943- German Army officers failed at an assassination attempt against Hitler, as they failed to locate a short fuse bomb that was going to be carried by General Von Gersdorff to a ceremony Hitler was attending. March 22, 1972- The U.S. Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
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