March 20 Events

2011 In Morocco, thousands rally to demand and end to corruption and more civil rights for the Moroccan people
2011 Exiles in Tibet vote for a new Prime Minister, and also for 43 members of the Tibetan parliament
2010 Nepal declares a national day of mourning in honor of Girija Prasad Koirala, the 'elder statesman of South Asia' who dies in Kathmandu at age 86
2005 Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes west of Kyushu Island, Japan
2003 United States, Briain, Australia and Poland invade Iraq without United Nations sanction
1997 "Play On!," opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 61 performances
1997 Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive
1997 Mens Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (CAN)
1996 "Love Thy Neighbor," opens at Booth Theater New York City
1996 Erik and Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents
1996 U.K. admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease)
1995 Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record)
1995 Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured
1995 Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years
1994 "Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 137 performances
1994 "Flowering Peach" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 41 performances
1994 "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 61 performances
1994 14th Golden Raspberry Awards: Indecent Proposal wins
1994 Brett Hart wins WWF championship at Wrestlemania X
1994 El Salvador's 1st President election following 12-year-old civil war
1994 Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament
1994 Mashonaland U-24 beat Matabeleland on 1st inn to win Logan Cup
1994 Wrestlemania X at MSG NY, Bret Hart pins Yokozuna
1994 Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa
1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (36.02 sec)
1993 IRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington England
1993 Morton Downey, Jr. weds Lori Krebs
1992 Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set
1992 Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses
1991 Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney
1991 Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records
1991 Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus

March 19 Events

2011 The Tibetan Parliament-in-exile rejects the 14th Dalai Lama's submitted resignation as Head of State of the Central Tibetan Administration
2011 The moon appears 30% brighter and 14% larger than at its furthest point; it reaches its closest point to Earth since 1993
2010 Hossein Marashi, former Vice-President of Iran, is put in jail after being accused of spreading propaganda
1998 "Ah Wilderness!," opens at Vivian Beaumont theater
1997 Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer (GER)
1997 Major League Baseball announces 5 year, $50M deal with Pepsi
1997 Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments
1996 Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marriage
1995 "Translations" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 25 performances
1995 "Uncle Vanya" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 29 performances
1995 5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway
1995 Arizona outside of Phoenix begins using new area code 520
1995 Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450)
1995 Finland Social-Democratic Party wins parliamentary election
1995 Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament
1995 Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers
1995 NBA New York Knicks beat New York Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47)
1995 Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:54.08)
1994 2500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde Netherlands

March 18 Events

2011 After no-fly zone was imposed on Libya, its government announced a ceasefire, which it immediately violated, killing 25 civilians in Misrata
2011 Newspapers report that Japan will issue over 10 trillion yen in emergency government bonds to help pay for their earthquake and tsunami recovery efforts
2010 After five years of research by the Dresden Historians' Commission, a report stated a reduced figure of 25,000 people died in the 1945 Dresden bombing
1997 Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die
1996 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96
1995 Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement
1995 STS-67 (Endeavour 8) lands after 16 days
1995 Spanish princess Elena (31) weds Jaime de Marichalar y Saenez Tejada
1994 South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police
1994 Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), lands
1994 Zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy
1993 "Sisters Rosensweig" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 556 performances
1993 Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in New York City
1993 Sri Lanka beat England in Test match by 5 wickets
1992 "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 38 perf
1992 Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
1992 Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion
1992 Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury
1991 Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell
1991 Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round
1991 Philadelphia '76ers retires Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey
1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games
1990 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists
1990 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends
1990 A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch
1990 Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen
1990 Colleen Walker wins Circle K Tucson LPGA Golf Open
1989 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth
1989 California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios
1989 Dino Ciccarelli sets Washington Capitals record of 7 pts in a game

March 17 Events

2011 Libya's military claims it will stop fighting Sunday to allow the rebels to turn themselves in
2011 St. Patrick's Day parates are celebrated internationally
2010 Acting president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, dissolves the Nigeria's cabinet
2009 Marc Ravalomanana, President of Madagascar, is overthrown. New President, Andry Rajoelina, is appointed by the military
1998 USA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for 1st Olympic Gold medal
1997 CNN begins spanish broadcasts
1996 "Bus Stop" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 29 performances
1996 "Getting Away With Murder" opens at Broadhurst New York City for 17 performances
1996 Aravinda De Silva gets 107* and 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory
1996 Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
1996 Mike Tyson beat Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain Heavyweight title
1996 Montreal Canadian's 1st game in their new arena
1996 Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup
1995 British pound hits 2.4545 to Dutch guilder (record)
1995 Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House
1995 U.S. approves 1st chicken pox vaccine, Varivax by Merck
1994 "Little More Magic" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 30 performances
1994 Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan, 32 killed
1994 It is announced there is no smoking in Cleveland Indians new ballpark
1993 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta
1992 "Death and the Maiden" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 159 performances
1992 18th People's Choice Awards: Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire
1992 28 killed in truck bombing of Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Islamic Jihad
1992 De Klerk wins a white only referendum
1992 Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit
1991 9 of 15 Soviet reps officially approve new union treaty
1991 Irish Lesbians and Gays march in St. Patrick Day parade
1991 John Robin Baitz' "Substance of Fire," premieres in New York City
1991 New Jersey raises turnpike tolls 70%
1991 Penny Hammel wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International
1990 PBA National Championship Won by Jim Pencak
1989 "Chu Chem" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 44 performances
1989 Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St. Patrick Day Parade
1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Det Norske Teatret, Oslo
1988 Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115
1988 Iran says Iraq uses poison gas in the war
1987 IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3
1987 Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 vs. Pak
1986 Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million BF
1985 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1985 Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623'
1983 70th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
1983 9th People's Choice Awards
1982 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador
1981 FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms
1979 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk and G Karponosov U.S.S.R.

March 16 Events

2011 U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, publicly announces she will retire rather than serve a second term in 2012 if President Obama is reelected
2011 The Japanese yen hits a postwar hight against the U.S. dollar
2010 Real blood is spilled at the gates of government by the Thai redshirts, in a third day of protests
1997 Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship
1997 New Jersey Devils' Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL to score 500 goals
1997 Stuart Appleby wins Honda Golf Classic
1997 Toshiba Senior Golf Classic
1996 Mike Tyson KOs Frank Bruno in 2nd round
1995 Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15
1995 Manhattan upsets 4th seeded Oklahoma 77-67
1995 Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery and ratifies 13th Amendment
1995 World best 7th wkt stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh, Jr. and P Dharmani
1994 Moravcik forms Slovakia government
1992 Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball
1991 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash
1991 Members of Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization march in New York City parade
1991 New Jersey Net coach Bill Fitch is 4th coach to win 800 NBA games
1991 New York Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner, with the numbers 18-21-32-33-35-38
1991 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi

March 15 Events

2011 Leaders from the G8 pass the issue of military intervention in Libya onto the United Nations Security Council
2011 Florida's Miami-Dade County Mayor, Carlos Alvarez, and County commissioner Natacha Seijas are ousted in recall elections
2010 According to Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the United States, relations between the U.S. and Israel are the worst in 35 years
1999 Pluto again becomes outermost planet
1998 "Cabaret," opens at Club Expo Theater New York City
1998 Welch's/Circle K Golf Championship
1997 Pitts Penguins' Joe Mullen, is 1st American to score 500 NHL goals
1994 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win
1994 Experts from AL certify Indian's Jacobs Field is properly lit
1993 Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs. Zimbabwe, his 2nd consecutive Test 200
1992 Brandie Burton wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
1992 U.N. officially embarks on its largest peacekeeping operation
1991 4 LA police are charged with beating Rodney King
1991 Sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20'
1991 Territories of Amapa and Roraima become states in Brazil
1990 Fernando Collor de Mello sworn in as President of Brazil
1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Royal Alexandra Theatre Toronto
1989 Department of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position
1989 New York Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's #1 uniform
1988 Eugene Marino of Atlanta, appointed 1st African American archbishop
1988 NASA reports accelerated breakdown of ozone layer by CFK
1988 NFL's St. Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix
1987 "Starlight Express" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 761 performances
1987 "Sweet Charity" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 368 performances
1987 13th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby
1987 Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes and Joel Garner
1987 New Zealand beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket
1987 U.S. Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay
1986 Funeral services held for Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme
1985 Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields
1984 Tanzania adopts constitution
1983 Karnataka beat Bombay on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
1982 Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan
1982 KGB-AM in San Diego, California changes call letters to KCNN (now KPOP)
1982 Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days
1981 "Broadway Follies" opens/closes at Nederlander Theater New York City
1981 Suriname failed coup under Sergeant-Major Wilfred Hawker
1979 Apparat releases Newdos + 2.1 for Radio Shack's TRS-80
1979 Isle's Bryan Trottier's 5th career hat trick

March 14 Events

2011 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Dr.John, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, Darlene Love and Neil Diamond into its Hall of Fame
2011 The Tokyo Stock Exchange falls more than five percent on the first day of trading following the 2011 Sendai earthquake
2010 No reports of damage or casualties are reported after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits central Japan
1997 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch
1997 Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80
1997 Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E. Sullivan Award
1997 President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery
1996 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
1996 Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter)
1995 1st time 13 people in space
1994 Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped
1994 Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov and N Thagard
1993 "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale New York City after 462 performances
1993 "Face Value" closes at Cort Theater New York City after * performances
1993 "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 49 performances
1993 3,000th performance of "Nunsense"
1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57)
1993 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
1993 Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days
1993 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR)
1992 Farm Aid V
1992 Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication
1991 Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave
1991 Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (FRA)
1991 Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev
1991 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
1991 British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment
1990 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson
1990 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress
1987 Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-87
1987 Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m
1987 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt
1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl
1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km)
1985 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards
1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) completes 24-hour ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-41-C mission
1983 OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years
1982 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
1982 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century
1980 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation
1980 Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy and Sallay
1980 Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova and Shakhrai (U.S.S.R.)
1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are U.S. amateur boxers)
1980 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch
1978 Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead)
1978 NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)
1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race
1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland
1972 NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC
1971 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV
1971 Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes
1971 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos
1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes
1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct

March 13 Events

2011 Over 200,000 people are evacuated from Japan as fear of nuclear contamination from the power plants grows
2011 Japan estimates over 46,000 structures were damaged in the 9.0 magnitude earthquake
2010 Six people are killed by a remotely operated bomb while travelling in southern Afghanistan in Tirin Kot, the capital of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province
1996 Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play
1996 Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergardeners, their teacher and himself
1995 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win
1995 Anti fascist Kazachstan anti-parliament forms
1995 Hungarian Forint devalued 9%
1995 Istanbul police shoot dead 16 Alawitische demonstrators
1994 33.3% of Austria votes for ultra-right FP
1994 Cuba Godding, Jr. (26) weds Sara Kapfer (26)
1994 Donna Andrews wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship
1994 Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed)
1994 President Mangope of Bophuthaswana deposed
1993 Blizzard of '93 hits north-east U.S.
1992 570 die in a Turkish earthquake
1992 FCC rules companies can own 30 AM and 30 FM stations (formerly 12)
1992 Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit
1991 Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines and cleanup of Valdez oil spill
1990 Nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada
1989 27th shuttle, Discovery 8, launched, 1st woman to do the countdown
1989 FDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in U.S.
1989 U.S. space shuttle STS-29 launched
1988 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby. win
1987 Ice Dance Championship at Cincinnati won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS)
1987 John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering
1987 Washington Caps score 5 goals against Toronto in 3 minutes and 3 seconds
1986 Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir
1985 Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow)
1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) begins 24-hour ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
1984 Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
1984 WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield
1983 "Woman of the Year" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 770 performances
1983 1st USFL overtime game-Birmingham Stallions beat Oakld Invaders 20-14
1982 Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Torvill and Dean (GRB)
1982 Ice Pairs Championship at Copenhagen won by Baess and Thierbach (GDR)
1982 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
1982 Worlds Ladies Fig Skate Champs in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA)
1982 Elaine Zayak, lands 6 triple jumps to win world skating championship
1981 NCAA St. Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul
1980 Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:13.60)
1980 Ford Motor Company found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto
1980 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR
1979 European Monetary System is established, ECU created
1979 Gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement
1979 Isle's Mike Bossy's 5th career hat trick
1978 Moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house
1977 Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test
1975 Bernard Slade's "Same Time, Next Year," premieres in New York City
1974 Charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris

March 12 Events

2011 Analysts report a nuclear meltdown may be occurring at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant; a state of emergency is declared at five plants
2011 Following the earthquake and tsunami, Japan deploys 50,000 Self-Defense Forces personnel in search and rescue efforts
2010 Residents of Mogadishu are instructed to leave the war zone after more than 50 are killed in three days of violence
1998 "Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City
1996 Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy
1995 Congress party loses India national election
1995 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA PING/Welch's Golf Championship
1995 Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham U.K. won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS)
1995 Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny
1995 Lara scores 139 in ODI vs. Australia at Port-of-Spain
1995 Letitia Vriesde runs S American indoor record 800m (2:00.35)
1995 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko (CAN)
1995 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN)
1994 Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests
1993 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay
1993 Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney
1993 Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show
1993 Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2 week speech
1991 5th Soul Train Music Awards
1990 Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland
1989 15th People's Choice Awards
1989 2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found in Philadelphia
1989 Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election
1987 "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial New York City for 4000+ performances
1987 David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game
1987 Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North
1987 Ice Pairs Championship at Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS)

March 11 Events

2011 Sendai, a major 9.0 earthquake strikes offshore of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture; 10-meter high tsunami's are produced near its epicenter, reaching land through the Pacific ocean
2011 Japan's Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant suffers a radiation leak after the earthquake; thousands of nearby residents are evacuated
2010 The second day of conflict between Somali government troops and opposition forces in Mogadishu results in more than 20 civilian deaths
2006 Slobodan Milosevic found dead in cell in the Hague
2004 At least 170 die in train bombings in Madrid
1997 3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
1997 Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space
1997 Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by the Queen
1997 San Francisco Giant J. T. Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch
1996 Chris Harris scores 130 in losing New Zealand side vs. Australia, World Cup
1996 Mark Waugh scores 110 vs. New Zealand for his third century of the World Cup
1995 -36.8 degrees F (-38.2 degrees C) in Chosedachar, Komi-district, on 67 degrees N
1995 President Nazarbajev disbands Kazachstan parliament
1995 Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in U.S.
1995 Yolanda Chen hop-skip-jumps world indoor record 15.03m
1994 Eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as president of Chile
1993 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN
1991 Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records
1991 John Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award
1991 Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked first
1990 16th People's Choice Awards
1990 Lithuania declares it's Independence
1990 Maggie Will wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International
1988 Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire
1987 Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point
1986 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC

March 10 Events

2011 Lawmakers successfully pass the vote to remove nearly all collective bargaining from Wisconsin state employees
2011 The 14th Dalai Lama, head of the Tibetan exile movement, plans to retire within days
2010 Three men are detained in relation to the theft of former Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos' corpse, December 11, 2009
2006 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit
1998 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
1996 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks wins
1996 New York City Mayor Guiliani visits Israel
1995 Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shite mosque, 17+ killed
1995 Chiel Meijering's "St. Louis Blues," premieres in Arnhem
1995 Dow-Jones hits record 4035.64
1994 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral
1992 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole and 'Color Me Badd' win
1992 Sandra Seuser/Katrin Schreiter/Annet Hesselbarth/Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22)
1991 Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs
1991 Laura Davies wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
1991 Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg clinches his 4th slalom World Cup
1991 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 m indoor (22.24 sec)
1991 Rico Lieder/Jens Carlowitz/Karsten Just/Thomas Schonlebe walk 4x400m indoor world record (3:03.05)
1990 4th American Comedy Award: When Harry Met Sally
1990 Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (URS)
1990 Ice Pairs Championship at Halifax won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS)
1990 Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA)
1990 Lieutenant General Avril resigns as President of Haiti
1990 Mens Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
1990 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1988 Avalanche at Klosters, a Swiss Ski resort, nearly kills Prince Charles
1988 New York Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night
1987 Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization and embryo transfer

March 9 Events

2011 National Public Radio CEO Vivian Schiller resigns after a scandal involving NPR executives
2011 A 7.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Honshu, Japan prompts the release of tsunami alert
2010 Alphalara itadori, a Japanese insect that combats invasive Japanese knotweed, is the first biocontrol agent approved by the European Union
1997 Senior Golf Slam
1997 Steve Elkington wins Doral-Ryder Golf Open
1996 Javed Miandad's last international in Pak's WC QF loss to India
1996 Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) vs. England in WC QF
1996 STS-75 (Columbia 19), lands
1995 Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
1995 Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record)
1995 President Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns
1994 IRA launch 1st of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport
1993 19th People's Choice Awards
1993 7th Soul Train Music Awards
1993 Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak
1993 Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs
1991 "Les Miserables," opens at Lyric Theatre, Brisbane
1991 5th American Comedy Award: Dennis Wolfberg
1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games
1991 U.S. 70th manned space mission STS-39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit
1990 Dr. Antonia Novello sworn-in as 1st hispanic/female U.S. surgeon general

March 8 Events

2011 Redondo Beach, California authorities investigate the source of a large fish kill at the King Harbor Marino
2011 In an interview held before the third anniversary of deadly unrest, Gyaincain Norbu claims Tibetans have 'never been freer'
2010 35 suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia are captured by the French Navy, the European Union's most successful mission
1995 -26 degrees F (-32.2 degrees C) in Bismarck, North Dakota
1995 Costis Stephanopoulos becomes president of Greece
1995 Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections
1994 20th People's Choice Awards
1994 B737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed
1994 Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces
1994 Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47
1993 Katharine Hepburn released from the hospital after exhaustion
1993 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder
1992 22nd Easter Seal Telethon
1992 Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
1991 17th People's Choice Awards: Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman
1991 Harry Hamlin and Nicollette Sheridan wed
1991 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

March 7 Events

2011 NATO increases its surveillance flights over Libya, patrolling the area on a 24/7 basis
2011 The most expensive painting ever auctioned, 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust', by Pablo Picasso, goes on display in London's Tate Gallery
2010 Iraqi voters take part in parliamentary elections and a referendum on the Status of Forces Agreement
1997 11th Soul Train Music Awards
1997 Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome and Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site
1997 5 sue Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life
1996 1st surface photos of Pluto by Hubble Space Telescope
1996 British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order
1996 Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists
1995 Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record)
1995 New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty
1994 8th American Comedy Award: Carrot Top wins
1994 Charles Taylor resigns as President of Liberia
1994 David Platt appointed captain of English football team
1994 U.S. Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship
1994 ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa
1993 23rd Easter Seal Telethon raises
1993 Different Strokes actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant
1992 Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78)
1991 Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait
1990 3 passengers killed and 162 injured as subway train derails in Philadelphia
1990 H. Wayne Huizenga buys Joe Robbie Stadium and 15% of Dolphins for $30M
1989 Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Rushdie's book
1989 Partial eclipse of the Sun in Hawaii, North West North America, Greenland
1988 Howard Stern's 1st pay-per-view "Underpants and Negligee Party"
1988 Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E. Sullivan Award

March 6 Events

2011 The peak of Brazil's main carnival processions take place in Rio de Janeiro
2011 Speaking in Cardiff, Wales, David Cameron, Prime Minister of the U.K., declares war on 'enemies of enterprise'
2010 A drone strike in Pakistan reportedly kills Taliban commander, Faqir Mohammed
2007 Mega Millions has the highest lottery jackpot ever, $370 million dollars
2003 Air Algrie flight 6289 crashes at Tamanrasset Airport in Alegeria, killing 103
1998 1st time the British flag is flown over Buckingham Palace
1998 Matt Beck, an angry lottery accountant kills 4 at Connecticut state lottery
1996 10th American Comedy Award
1996 2nd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
1996 Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 vs. Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lanka score 5-398 in 50 overs in World Cup vs. Kenya
1995 9th American Comedy Award: Rodney Dangerfield
1995 American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets
1995 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Phoenix, Arizona on KEDJ 106.3/100.3 FM
1994 Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec)
1994 United Arab Emirates beat Kenya by 2 wickets to win ICC Trophy
1992 Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaine
1991 Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over"
1990 SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17
1989 Yankees beat Mets 6-4 in exhibition game (1st meeting since 1985)
1988 18th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,200,000
1988 3 IRA suspects were shot dead in Gibraltar by SAS officers
1988 Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am
1988 Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories)

March 5 Events

2011 Saudi Arabia bans all protests after demonstrations have taken place east of the country
2011 In the Battle of Az Zawiyah, rebels successfully overcome pro-Gaddafi forces trying to push into the city
2010 Gordon Brown, United Kingdom's Prime Minister, gives evidence to the Iraq Inquiry
1997 Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells for Hall of Fame
1996 Earl Weaver and Jim Bunning, elected to Hall of Fame
1995 21st People's Choice Awards: Tim Allen wins
1995 Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election
1995 Graves of czar Nicholas and family found in St. Petersburg
1995 Marc Velzeboer skates world record 3 km short track (5:00.26)
1994 Dottie Mochrie wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Championship
1994 Largest milkshake (1,955 gallons of chocolate-Nelspruit South Africa)
1994 PBA National Championship won by David Traber
1994 Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop
1993 Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery
1993 Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die
1993 Former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry divorces his wife Effi
1993 Marlins beat Astros 12-8 in their 1st spring training game
1992 Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks
1991 Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait
1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games
1989 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000
1989 Blains McCallister wins Honda Golf Classic shooting 266
1989 Elly Verhulst runs world record 3000 m indoor (8:33.82)
1986 "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's 1st national color newspaper)
1985 New York Islander Mike Bossy is 1st to score 50 goals in 8 straight seasons
1984 Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene
1984 U.S. accuse Iraq of using poison gas

March 4 Events

2011 The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) states it could save $5.5 billion in 30 years if dollar bills are replaced with coins
2011 China reports plans to increase its 2011 defense spending by 12.7%
2010 Taiwan is hit by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, twelve people are injured, communications and rail services are disrupted
2009 Eight people are killed, several injured, after gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketeers in Lahore, Pakistan
2009 An arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is issued for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur
1997 Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks
1997 Comet Hale-Bopp directly above the Sun (1.04 AU)
1997 President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research
1997 Zeya Start-1 launched (Russia)
1995 1st New York City Mayor Trophy's High school track meet in 19 years
1995 Blind teenage boy receives a 'Bionic Eye' at a Washington Hospital
1995 George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker
1995 Michael Johnson runs world record 400m indoor (44.63 sec)
1995 Replacement New York Yankees beat New York Mets 2-1
1994 4 Arab terrorist founded guilty of bombing the World Trade Center
1994 Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), launches into orbit
1993 "Goodbye Girl" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 188 performances
1993 Katharine Hepburn enters the hospital suffering from exhaustion
1991 Bank of Credit and Commerce International divests itself of 1st American Bank
1991 Iraq releases 6 U.S., 3 British and 1 Italian POW
1990 20th Easter Seal Telethon
1990 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1990 U.S. 65th manned space mission STS-36 (Atlantis 6) returns from space
1989 Actress Phoebe Cates marries actor Kevin Kline
1989 Eastern Airlines machinists strike
1989 Javier Sotomayor high jumps indoor world record (2.43m)
1986 Border completes twin Test tons (140 and 114*) vs. New Zealand
1985 STS-51-E vehicle rolls back to Vandenberg AFB; mission cancelled
1985 Virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA
1985 War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai"
1984 Nancy Lopez wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational
1984 Pee Wee Reese and Rick Ferrell elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

March 3 Events

2011 The United Nations releases a report stating world food prices are at the highest in 20 years
2011 U.S. airlines continue increasing fares as a result of the high cost of jet fuel
2010 At least 33 people are killed, more than 50 wounded, by multiple suicide bombers in Baquoba, Iraq
2005 Steve Fossett flies the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer to a world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world
2005 Garry Kasparov retires professionally from chess
2002 Earthquake kills at least 150 100 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan
1998 Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville, North Carolina on WRCQ 103.5 FM
1996 26th Easter Seal Telethon
1996 Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final
1995 Camilla Parker Bowles and her husband Andrew divorce
1994 "Damn Yankees" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 510 performances
1994 "Philoktetes Variations," with Ron Vawter, premieres in Brussels
1994 IRS investigates Darryl Strawberry
1992 Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die
1992 Mike Bossy's #22 is 2nd # retired by New York Islanders
1991 "Big Love" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 41 performances
1991 25 die as United Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in Colorado Springs
1991 Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109* vs. WI at Kingston
1991 Iraqi generals and General Schwarzkopf meet to discuss cease fire
1991 Four Los Angeles Police severly beat Rodney King, captured on amateur video
1991 Latvia and Estonia vote to become independent of the U.S.S.R.
1991 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (22.24 sec)
1991 Miguel Trovoada installed as president of Sao Tome e Principal
1991 Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18
1991 United Airlines crashes near Colorado Springs, kills 25
1990 Carole Gist, 20, (Michigan 1st black), crowned 39th Miss USA
1989 Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines
1989 Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, 2 years probation for Iran-Contra
1985 "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard and Bruce Willis, premieres
1985 "My One and Only" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 767 performances
1985 Betsy King wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
1985 Bill (Willie) Shoemaker is 1st jockey to surpass $100 million
1985 National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike
1984 New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Tor Maple Leafs (6)
1984 Peter Ueberroth elected baseball commissioner (Effective Oct 1)
1982 Senate begins debate on expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams D-New Jersey
1981 Isle's Mike Bossy 9th and final hat trick of season-4 goals
1981 New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers play to an 8-8 tie
1980 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1978 1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI vs. Australia)

March 2 Events

2011 In his book 'Jesus of Nazareth Part II', Pope Benedict XVI exonerates the Jewish people for the responsibility of the death of Jesus
2011 In the United Kingdom, the British Armed Forces announce plans to eliminate 11,000 jobs
2010 The widow of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, Agathe Habyarimana, is arrested in France - accused of helping plan the 1994 genocide
2009 Joao Bernardo Vierira, President of Guinea-Bissau is assassinated during an armed attack on his residence in Bissau
1997 Gail Graham wins LPGA Alpine Australian Ladies Masters
1997 Nick Faldo wins Nissan Golf Open
1997 Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5% of Apple Computer
1997 Soyuz TM-24 returns to Earth (Russia)
1996 Copeland swimming pool re-opened by Gladiator
1996 Tendulkar scores 137 for Ind vs. SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose
1995 "Smokey Joe's Cafe," opens at Virginia Theater New York City
1995 British trader Nick Leeson arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC
1995 Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed
1995 Space shuttle STS-67 (Endeavour 8), launches
1994 Miami begins a latin walk of fame, 1st star for Gloria Estefan
1994 William Huston Natcher, Representative-D-Kentucky, casts his 18,401 and last consecutive vote
1994 Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender if taped statement is broadcasted, it is, but he doesn't
1993 Claudette Colbert, suffers a stroke at 89
1993 Salman Rushdie divorces Marianne Wiggins
1992 Anita Hall swims female world record 200m freestyle (2:25.35)
1991 "Aspects of Love" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 377 performances
1991 "La Bete" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 24 performances
1991 Deb Richard wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1991 Del Ballard, Jr. throws most famous gutter ball in PBA Tour history
1991 North Carolina State Chris Corchiani becomes 1st NCAAer to get 1,000 assists
1991 U.N. votes in favor of U.S. resolutions for cease fire with Iraq
1990 Greyhound Bus goes on strike
1990 Mark Tewsksbury swims world record 50m backstroke (25.06 sec)
1989 12 European nations agree to ban chlorofluorocarbon production by 2000
1989 Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil
1989 Madonna's "Like a Prayer" premieres on worldwide Pepsi commercial
1989 NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers win 22nd straight home game
1989 New York Met Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez
1988 30th Grammy Awards: Graceland, Joshua Tree, Jody Watley
1988 Dutch Liberal Party merged with SDP
1986 1st million-dollar purse for a handicap race won at Santa Anita
1986 Mary Beth Zimmerman wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational
1986 Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to U.S.

March 1 Events

2011 New Zealand honors victims of the 2011 Canterbury earthquake with two minutes of silence; 154 persons died, and the death toll is expected to reach 240
2011 Archeologists working off the coast of Panama recover six cannons from ships owned by Welsh privateer Henry Morgan
2010 Ejup Ganic, former President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is stopped while trying to escape war crime charges, at London Heathrow airport
2005 The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18
1998 "Art," opens at Royale Theater New York City
1998 Australian Ladies Masters Golf
1997 "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City
1997 5th annual ESPY Awards shown on TV
1996 Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory
1996 New toll-free 888 area code introduced
1995 37th Grammy Awards: All I Want to Do, Streets of Philadelphia, Sheryl Crow
1995 Belgium ends military conscript
1995 Jozef Oleksy succeeds Waldemar Pawlak on as premier of Poland
1995 Julio Maria Sanguinetti sworn in as president of Uruguay
1995 Part of Houston begins using new area code 261
1995 Ukraine premier Vitaly Massol, resigns
1994 36th Grammy Awards: I Will Always Love You, Toni Braxton wins
1994 Martti Ahtisaari inaugurated as president of Finland
1994 Senate rejectes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution
1993 George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of New York Yankees
1993 New expansion NHL team, owned by Disney, is named the Mighty Ducks
1992 "Little Hotel on the Side" closes at Belasco New York City after 41 performances
1992 "Visit" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances
1992 Jenny Thompson swims 100m freestyle world record (1:01.40)
1992 Nelson Diebel swims 100m freestyle U.S. record (54.48 seconds)
1991 U.S. Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens
1990 Benin nullifies its constitution
1990 Luis Alberto Lacelle sworn in as president of Uruguay
1989 Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981
1989 Comet du Toit at perihelion
1989 Julianne Philips and Bruce Springsteen divorce
1988 Courtney Gibbs Eplin, 21, (Texas), crowned 37th Miss USA
1988 Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran
1988 Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile
1988 Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist
1987 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1985 Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center
1985 Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks
1985 Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter
1984 Landsat 5 and ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit
1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. #3931 Batten, #4529 Webern, #4530 Smoluchowski, #4818 Elgar, #5502 Brashear and #5943 Lovi
1983 Tamara McKinney becomes 1st U.S. woman skier to win the World Cup
1983 Tornado tears through LA, injuring 33 people
1982 5 dies as ski lift malfunctions a Luz-Ardiden in Pyrenees
1982 5th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1982 New York Times raises it's price from 25 cents to 30 cents
1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data
1981 "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 767 performances
1981 Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike in Maze Prison
1981 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
1980 CTUC, Commonwealth Trade Union Council, established
1980 Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater
1980 Patti Smith and MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit
1980 Snow falls in Florida
1979 "Sweeney Todd" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 557 performances