| 1624 |
|
Class-based legislation is passed in the colony
of Virginia, exempting the upper class from punishment by whipping. |
| 1766 |
|
Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor
of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans. |
| 1793 |
|
Austrian troops crush the French and recapture
Liege. |
| 1821 |
|
James Monroe becomes the first president to
be inaugurated on March 5, only because the 4th was a Sunday. |
| 1905 |
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Russians begin to retreat from Mukden in Manchuria,
China. |
| 1912 |
|
The Italians become the first to use dirigibles
for military purposes, using them for reconnaissance flights behind Turkish
lines west of Tripoli. |
| 1918 |
|
The Soviets move the capital of Russia from
Petrograd to Moscow. |
| 1928 |
|
Hitler's National Socialists win the majority
vote in Bavaria. |
| 1933 |
|
Newly inaugurated President Franklin D. Roosevelt
halts the trading of gold and declares a bank holiday. |
| 1933 |
|
Hitler and Nationalist allies win the Reichstag
majority. It will be the last free election in Germany until after World
War II. |
| 1943 |
|
In desperation due to war losses, fifteen and
sixteen year olds are called up for military service in the German army. |
| 1946 |
|
In Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill tells
a crowd that "an iron curtain has descended on the Continent [of Europe]." |
| 1956 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court affirms the ban on segregation
in public schools in Brown vs. Board of Education. |
| 1969 |
|
Gustav Heinemann is elected West German President. |
| 1976 |
|
Britain gives up on the Ulster talks and decides
to retain rule in Northern Ireland indefinitely. |
| 1984 |
|
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that cities have
the right to display the Nativity scene as part of their Christmas display. |
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