The Vernal equinox falls on this day
235 - Maximinus Thrax is proclaimed Emperor. He is the first foreigner to hold the Roman throne.
1602 - The Dutch East India Company is established.
1616 - Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
1815 - After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
1848 - Revolutions of 1848 in the German states: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
1883 - The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
1913 - Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
1916 - Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
1942 - World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
1952 - The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan.
1956 - Tunisia gains independence from France.
1972 - The Troubles: A Provisional IRA car bomb kills seven and injures 148 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first of many car bomb attacks by the group.
1974 - Ian Ball attempts, but fails, to kidnap Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.
1988 - Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
1993 - The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland
2003 - 2003 invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries begin military operations in Iraq.
Famous Birthdays
43 BC - Ovid, Roman poet
1469 - Princess Cecily of York
1725 - Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan
1736 - Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand
1811 - Napoleon II, Emperor of the French and King of Rome
1882 - René Coty, the second and last president under the French Fourth Republic
1915 - Rudolf Kirchschläger, 8th President of Austria
1939 - Brian Mulroney, 18th Prime Minister of Canada
1951 - Jimmie Vaughan, guitarist
1963 - Kathy Ireland, model and actress
1971 - Alexander Chaplin, actor
1976 - Chester Bennington, musician
1984 - Fernando Torres, footballer
1986 - Julián Magallanes, footballer
1990 - Oliver Hein, footballer
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