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On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein is born
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On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein is born http://history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihVideoCategory&id=6836 |
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March 15, 1941
A fast-moving and severe blizzard hits North Dakota and Minnesota, killing 151 people, on this day in 1941. Weather forecasting and reporting made important advances following this disaster that would have prevented the loss of life that occurred due to the sudden storm. |
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March 16, 1968
U.S. troops massacre South Vietnamese, in what would become the most publicized war atrocity committed by U.S. troops in Vietnam, a platoon slaughters between 200 and 500 unarmed villagers at My Lai 4, a cluster of hamlets in the coastal lowlands of the northernmost region of South Vietnam. |
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On March 17:
1899 - The first-ever radio distress call was sent, summoning assistance for a merchant ship off the coast of England. |
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March 18, 1852
Businessmen in New York establish Wells, Fargo and Company, destined to become the leading freight and banking company of the West. The California economy boomed after the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in 1849, spurring a huge demand for shipping. Henry Wells and William Fargo joined with several other New York investors to create Wells, Fargo and Company to serve and profit from this demand. In July 1852, the company began transporting its first loads of freight between the East Coast and the isolated mining camps of California. From the beginning, Wells, Fargo and Company also engaged in banking, making good profits in the traffic of gold dust and providing loans that helped sustain the growth of the California economy. |
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On March 18:
1965 – Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov donned a space suit and ventured outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft, becoming the first person to walk in space. |
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1922 - In India, Mohandas Gandhi, aka Mahatma Gandhi, was sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. He would serve only 2 years.
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On March 19:
1863 - The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, was destroyed on her maiden voyage with cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000. The wreck was discovered on the same day and month, exactly 102 years later by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence. |
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