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1920 – The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin. [11] 1928 – In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people. [12] 1930 – Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile (320 km) march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India. [13]
1864 – The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England. [14] 1872 – Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; it is located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain. [15] 1879 – Shō Tai formally abdicates his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom. [16]
He returned to Spain on March 15; 1774 - First sighting of Orion Nebula by William Herschel; 1792 - Birth of Samuel Slocum, American inventor (d. 1861) 1822 - Birth of Jules Antoine Lissajous, French mathematician (d. 1880) 1835 - Birth of John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (d. 1911) 1847 - Birth of Karl Bayer, Austrian chemist (d. 1904)
March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 281 days remain until the end of the year. Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England (in Julian calendar ).
March 17 is the 76th day of the year ... 1963 – Mount Agung erupts on Bali killing more than 1,100 people. ... Birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bangladesh) ...
Selected birthdays (or other anniversaries) for inclusion on the main portal page. ... March. Charles I of Württemberg. 1 – Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968 ...
March 15 is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) ... 1974 – Fifteen people are killed when Sterling Airways Flight 901, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, ...
March 20 is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Aswan international Airport, killing 100 people. [5]