1279 - A Mongolian victory, the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
1563 - The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots.
1861 - The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
1865 - American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
1918 - The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
1921 - Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
1931 - Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
1932 - The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
1944 - World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
1945 - World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
1965 - The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
1982 - Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
2002 - Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election.
2003 - United States President George W. Bush orders the start of war against Iraq.
2004 - 3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20th.
2011 - Libyan civil war: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.
Famous Birthdays
1593 - Georges de La Tour, artist
1749 - Princess Louisa of Great Britain, grandchild of George II and sister of George III
1823 - Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria
1888 - Léon Scieur, cyclist
1906 - Adolf Eichmann, Nazi officer and war criminal
1920 - Paul Hagen, actor
1935 - Burt Metcalfe, actor, producer, director.
1947 - Glenn Close, actress
1955 - Bruce Willis, actor
1971 - Sébastien Godefroid, sailor
1975 - Lucie Laurier, actress
1982 - Eduardo Saverin, entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook
1989 - Craig Lamar Traylor, actor
1991 - Aleksandr Kokorin, footballer
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