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.
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