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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