16 March
1926 - For the first time a liquid fuel propelled rocket was successfully launched by Professor Robert Goddard from Massachusettes.
1930 - Dictator Primo Di Rivera of Spain dies.
1968 - 500 villagers die in My Lai village in Vietnam at the hands of American forces.
1978 - Italy's ex- Prime minister Aldo Moro kidnapped.
1985 - American news reporter Teri Anderson kidnapped in Beirut.
2000 - American pilot Thomas Ferrabi who dropped nuclear bomb on Hiroshima dies at the age of 81.
17 March
1769 - East India company levies different types of taxes on cloth weavers to destroy textile industry in Bengal,India.
1845 - "Rubber band" got patented by London's Stephen Perry.
1959 - Revolt started in Tibet against Chinese rule and Dalai Lama reached India after leaving Lhasa.
1963 - 1900 people die in Bali island due to volcanic eruption.
1969 - Golda Meir is sworn in as Israel's Prime Minister.
1987 - IBM launched PC-DOS version 3.3.
1987 - Sunil Gavaskar retires from test cricket.
18th March
1801 - First ammunition factory formed in India.
1858 - Birth of Rudolf Diesel in Germany, person who invented diesel engine.
1922 - Mahama Gandhi imprisoned for 6 years for Civil Disobedience movement.
1945 - 1250 American bomber planes attacked Berlin.
1989 - A 4400 year old "Mummy" discovered in a pyramid near Cheopees in Egypt.
1990 - 12 paintings stolen from Stewart Gardener museum in Boston worth 300 million dollars.
2007 - Soth African cricketer Bob Woolmer dies.
19th March
1571 - Spanish forces captured Manila.
1644 - 200 members of royal family commit suicide in Peking,China.
1915 - Pictures of planet Pluto clicked for the first time.
1945 - 800 people die in Kamikaze attack by Japanese on aircraft carrier USS Franklin.
1972 - Peace and friendship treaty signed between India and Bangladesh.
1998 - Atal Behari Vajpayee became Prime Minister of India for the second time.
20th March
1602 - Dutch East India Company formed.
1739 - King of Iran Nadir shah conquered Delhi and stole diamonds from peacock throne.
1861 - Mendoza province got destroyed in Argentina due to severe earthquake.
1952 - American senate passed the bill to sign peace treaty with Japan.
1956 - Tunisia got independent from French rule.
1987 - American health department passed the AIDS medicine AZT.
2003 - America and 3 more nations attacked Iraq.
2006- South indian actor Shobhan babu dies.
22nd March
1945 - Arab league formed in Cairo.
1946 - Jordan got independence from British rule.
1979 - Israel parliament gave nod to peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.
1982 - Spaceship Columbia starts its 3rd mission from Kennedy space centre.
1990 - Microsoft Windows 3.0 launched.
2004 - Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yasin dies in Gaza in Israel attack.
23rd March
1903 - Wright brothers got patent foe Airplane.
1910 - Birth of Samajwadi leader Ram Manohar Lohia.
1931 - Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged.
1940 - Muslim league rejected bill for formation of Pakistan.
1942 - Japan conquers Andaman and Nicobar island.
1956 - Sudan became independent.
1962 - Nawab Pataudi became Captain at the age of 21 years and 77 days.
1983 - President Ronald Reagan presented star wars theory.
1994 - Kapil Dev retires from test cricket.
24th March
1855 - First long distance telegram sent from Kolkata to Agra.
1924 - Greece became Republic.
1930 - A planet was named Pluto.
1947 - Lord Mountbatten became viceroy of India.
1977 - Morarji Desai became first non-congress Prime Minister of India.
1981 - Columbia broke political relations with Cuba.
2008 - First common elections held in Bhutan.
25th March
1655 - Christen Hugens discovered Saturn's largest moon "Titan".
1699 - 20,000 people die due to Mt.Etna volcanic eruption in Italy.
1807 - Passenger rail started in Britain.
1807 - British parliament abolished slavery.
1821 - Greece got independent from Turkey.
1857 - Frederick Loganham took first photo of solar eclipse.
1889 - First cricket match between Capetown and England took place at Newlands.
1895 - Italian forces attacked Ethiopia.
26th March
1552 - Guru Amardas became third Sikh Guru.
1971 - East Pakistan is declared as independent nation Bangladesh.
1974 - Gaura Devi leads Chipko movement.
1979 - Peace treaty signed between Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Bagin.
1992 - Boxer Mike Tyson jailed for 6 years for misbehavior.
2002 - More than 1000 people die in Afghanistan due to severe earthquake.
29th March
1804 - Thousands of whites killed in South American country Haiti.
1849 - England conquered Punjab.
1857 - Mangal Pandey revolted starting sepoy mutiny of 1857.
1954 - National gallery of modern art opened in New Delhi.
1974 - American spaceship Mariner-10 took close up photos of Mercury.
1982 - N T Ramarao established Telugudesam party.
2004 - Ireland became first country to ban smoking in all working places.
30th March
1814 - After defeating Napolean British and allied forces marched towards Paris.
1856 - Russia and France signed peace treaty.
1919 - Belgium forces conquered Dusseldorf of Germany.
1919 - Mahatma Gandhi denounced Rowlatt act.
1949 - Rajasthan state established.
1950 - New Jersey's Moore Hill invented phototransistor.
1953 - Einstein announced updated form of "unified field" principle.
1992 - Satyajit Ray was posthumously awarded Academy award (oscar).
31st March
1774 - First post office opened in India.
1867 - "Prarthna Samaj" formed in Bombay.
1959 - Buddhist leader Dalai Lama given shelter in India after being oust from Tibet.
1964 - Electric tram ran for the last time in Bombay.
1983 - 500 people die in earthquake in Popayan city of Columbia.
1986 - All 167 people on board die in a plane crash in Mexico.
1926 - For the first time a liquid fuel propelled rocket was successfully launched by Professor Robert Goddard from Massachusettes.
1930 - Dictator Primo Di Rivera of Spain dies.
1968 - 500 villagers die in My Lai village in Vietnam at the hands of American forces.
1978 - Italy's ex- Prime minister Aldo Moro kidnapped.
1985 - American news reporter Teri Anderson kidnapped in Beirut.
2000 - American pilot Thomas Ferrabi who dropped nuclear bomb on Hiroshima dies at the age of 81.
17 March
1769 - East India company levies different types of taxes on cloth weavers to destroy textile industry in Bengal,India.
1845 - "Rubber band" got patented by London's Stephen Perry.
1959 - Revolt started in Tibet against Chinese rule and Dalai Lama reached India after leaving Lhasa.
1963 - 1900 people die in Bali island due to volcanic eruption.
1969 - Golda Meir is sworn in as Israel's Prime Minister.
1987 - IBM launched PC-DOS version 3.3.
1987 - Sunil Gavaskar retires from test cricket.
18th March
1801 - First ammunition factory formed in India.
1858 - Birth of Rudolf Diesel in Germany, person who invented diesel engine.
1922 - Mahama Gandhi imprisoned for 6 years for Civil Disobedience movement.
1945 - 1250 American bomber planes attacked Berlin.
1989 - A 4400 year old "Mummy" discovered in a pyramid near Cheopees in Egypt.
1990 - 12 paintings stolen from Stewart Gardener museum in Boston worth 300 million dollars.
2007 - Soth African cricketer Bob Woolmer dies.
19th March
1571 - Spanish forces captured Manila.
1644 - 200 members of royal family commit suicide in Peking,China.
1915 - Pictures of planet Pluto clicked for the first time.
1945 - 800 people die in Kamikaze attack by Japanese on aircraft carrier USS Franklin.
1972 - Peace and friendship treaty signed between India and Bangladesh.
1998 - Atal Behari Vajpayee became Prime Minister of India for the second time.
20th March
1602 - Dutch East India Company formed.
1739 - King of Iran Nadir shah conquered Delhi and stole diamonds from peacock throne.
1861 - Mendoza province got destroyed in Argentina due to severe earthquake.
1952 - American senate passed the bill to sign peace treaty with Japan.
1956 - Tunisia got independent from French rule.
1987 - American health department passed the AIDS medicine AZT.
2003 - America and 3 more nations attacked Iraq.
2006- South indian actor Shobhan babu dies.
22nd March
1945 - Arab league formed in Cairo.
1946 - Jordan got independence from British rule.
1979 - Israel parliament gave nod to peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.
1982 - Spaceship Columbia starts its 3rd mission from Kennedy space centre.
1990 - Microsoft Windows 3.0 launched.
2004 - Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yasin dies in Gaza in Israel attack.
23rd March
1903 - Wright brothers got patent foe Airplane.
1910 - Birth of Samajwadi leader Ram Manohar Lohia.
1931 - Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged.
1940 - Muslim league rejected bill for formation of Pakistan.
1942 - Japan conquers Andaman and Nicobar island.
1956 - Sudan became independent.
1962 - Nawab Pataudi became Captain at the age of 21 years and 77 days.
1983 - President Ronald Reagan presented star wars theory.
1994 - Kapil Dev retires from test cricket.
24th March
1855 - First long distance telegram sent from Kolkata to Agra.
1924 - Greece became Republic.
1930 - A planet was named Pluto.
1947 - Lord Mountbatten became viceroy of India.
1977 - Morarji Desai became first non-congress Prime Minister of India.
1981 - Columbia broke political relations with Cuba.
2008 - First common elections held in Bhutan.
25th March
1655 - Christen Hugens discovered Saturn's largest moon "Titan".
1699 - 20,000 people die due to Mt.Etna volcanic eruption in Italy.
1807 - Passenger rail started in Britain.
1807 - British parliament abolished slavery.
1821 - Greece got independent from Turkey.
1857 - Frederick Loganham took first photo of solar eclipse.
1889 - First cricket match between Capetown and England took place at Newlands.
1895 - Italian forces attacked Ethiopia.
26th March
1552 - Guru Amardas became third Sikh Guru.
1971 - East Pakistan is declared as independent nation Bangladesh.
1974 - Gaura Devi leads Chipko movement.
1979 - Peace treaty signed between Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Bagin.
1992 - Boxer Mike Tyson jailed for 6 years for misbehavior.
2002 - More than 1000 people die in Afghanistan due to severe earthquake.
29th March
1804 - Thousands of whites killed in South American country Haiti.
1849 - England conquered Punjab.
1857 - Mangal Pandey revolted starting sepoy mutiny of 1857.
1954 - National gallery of modern art opened in New Delhi.
1974 - American spaceship Mariner-10 took close up photos of Mercury.
1982 - N T Ramarao established Telugudesam party.
2004 - Ireland became first country to ban smoking in all working places.
30th March
1814 - After defeating Napolean British and allied forces marched towards Paris.
1856 - Russia and France signed peace treaty.
1919 - Belgium forces conquered Dusseldorf of Germany.
1919 - Mahatma Gandhi denounced Rowlatt act.
1949 - Rajasthan state established.
1950 - New Jersey's Moore Hill invented phototransistor.
1953 - Einstein announced updated form of "unified field" principle.
1992 - Satyajit Ray was posthumously awarded Academy award (oscar).
31st March
1774 - First post office opened in India.
1867 - "Prarthna Samaj" formed in Bombay.
1959 - Buddhist leader Dalai Lama given shelter in India after being oust from Tibet.
1964 - Electric tram ran for the last time in Bombay.
1983 - 500 people die in earthquake in Popayan city of Columbia.
1986 - All 167 people on board die in a plane crash in Mexico.
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