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1871 – José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, began a four-year premiership as Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, the longest in the state's history. 1941 – The German submarine U-47 , one of the most successful U-boats of World War II , disappeared with 45 men on board.
A car bomb attack in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, and remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. [citation needed] September 11, 2001: September 11th: 9/11: Four coordinated suicide attacks by plane hijacking upon the United States by Islamist militant group al-Qaeda. March 11, 2004: 2004 Madrid train bombings: 11M
1301 – King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.; 1900 – Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (poster pictured), based on the play La Tosca by French dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
March 20 in recent years ... Historical Events on March 20 This page was last edited on 19 December 2024, at 07:33 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
March 18 in recent years ... 1990 – In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, ... Historical Events on March 18
List of national monuments of the United States. President of the United States Joe Biden designates two new national monuments, Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada and Castner Range in Texas. (Reuters via Al Arabiya) Utah adopts a new flag after the governor officializes it. It will come into official use in March of 2024. (The Washington Post) Disasters ...
1918 – Beginning of the bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate. 1939 – The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h). 1940 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me liberty, or give me death!" – at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.; 1801 – Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death inside his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle.