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March 23, 2009: March 23 Movement: M23: Rebel military group that is for the most part formed of ethnic Tutsi, based in eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. March 11, 2011 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: 3/11 Earthquake and tsunami in the Tōhoku region of Japan. [citation needed] July 22, 2011: 2011 Norway attacks: 22. juli
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.
1602 – The Dutch East India Company is established.; 1616 – Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.; 1760 – The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
Historical names for March include the Saxon Lentmonat, named after the March equinox and gradual lengthening of days, and the eventual namesake of Lent. Saxons also called March Rhed-monat or Hreth-monath (deriving from their goddess Rhedam / Hreth ), and Angles called it Hyld-monath , which became the English Lide .
Ides of March [292] Christian feast day: Aristobulus of Britannia (Roman Catholic Church) [293] Clement Mary Hofbauer [224] Leocritia [294] Saint Longinus [295] Louise de Marillac [296] March 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Constitution Day (Belarus) [297] International Day To Combat Islamophobia [298] Joseph Jenkins Roberts' Birthday [299]
1886 – Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo (pictured), surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars. 1964 – The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2, strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
March 1 is the 60th day of ... pay ship tax by this date. ... 1910 – The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in ...
March 19 in recent years ... 1831 – First documented bank heist in U.S. history, when burglars stole $245,000 ... if this date falls on Sunday, ...