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March 2007 is the third month of the year. ...
March 2006 : â - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase announces that the 2006 Fiji general elections will be held in the second week of May 2006 from the 6th to the 13th. ...
â - 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Deaths in March ⢠31 â Terri Schiavo ⢠30 â Mitch Hedberg ⢠29 â Johnnie Cochran ⢠27 â Wilfred Bigelow ⢠26 â Paul Hester ⢠26 â James Callaghan ⢠21 â Jeff Weise ⢠21 â Bobby Short ⢠19 â John De Lorean ⢠18 â Gary Bertini ⢠17 â George F...
March 3, 2004 Abdurahman Khadr, a suspected terrorist, and his family confess on CBC national television that We are an al-Qaeda family and that they lived with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. ...
March 3, 2003 Under intense American pressure, Turkey indicates that its Parliament will consider a second vote on whether to allow U.S. troops to use Turkish bases for a military attack on Iraq. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for March, 2002. ...
March 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December March 3 - A U.S. Air Force Materials Command C-23 Sherpa transport crashes during stormy weather in the U.S. state of Georgia, killing 21. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in March, 2000. ...
For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ...
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Events - 1575 - Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
- 1585 - The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
- 1791 - The United States Mint is created by the Congress of the United States.
- 1803 - Colégio Militar is founded in Portugal by Colonel Teixeira Rebello.
- 1817 - The Alabama Territory is created by splitting the Mississippi Territory.
- 1820 - The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
- 1845 - Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
- 1845 - For the first time the U.S. Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto.
- 1849 - The United States Department of the Interior is established.
- 1849 - The U.S. Congress passes the Gold Coinage Act allowing the minting of gold coins.
- 1857 - Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
- 1861 - Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
- 1863 - The Idaho Territory organizes as a political division of the United States.
- 1865 - The U.S. Congress authorizes the formation of the Freedmen's Bureau.
- 1865 - Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
- 1873 - Censorship: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
- 1875 - Georges Bizet's opera Carmen premieres at the Opéra Comique of Paris.
- 1875 - The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
- 1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes is privately inaugurated as the 19th President of the United States (his public inauguration coming on March 5).
- 1878 - Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; shortly after Congress of Berlin stripped its status to an autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1879 - The United States Geological Survey is created.
- 1885 - The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
- 1891 - The Penalty Spot Kick rule in Association Football is conceived, but does not come into effect until the next season.
- 1904 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder.
- 1905 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly (the Duma).
- 1910 - Rockefeller Foundation: J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he could devote full time to being a philanthropist.
- 1913 - Establishment of the first football club in Bulgaria - Ticha, now known as PFC "Cherno More".
- 1915 - NACA, the predecessor of NASA founded.
- 1918 - Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
- 1923 - TIME magazine is published for the first time.
- 1924 - The 1400-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
- 1931 - The United States officially adopts "The Star-Spangled Banner" as its national anthem.
- 1938 - Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
- 1939 - In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India.
- 1940 - Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman in Luleå, Sweden.
- 1942 - World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia killing more than 100 people.
- 1943 - World War II: In London, England, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
- 1944 - The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov were instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
- 1945 - World War II: Previously neutral Finland declares war on the Axis powers.
- 1953 - A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan killing 11.
- 1958 - Nuri as-Said becomes the prime minister of Iraq for the 14th time.
- 1961 - Hassan II becomes King of Morocco.
- 1969 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
- 1971 - Beginning of Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and India's official entry to the Bangladesh Liberation War in support of Mukti Bahini.
- 1972 - Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes in unexplained circumstances.
- 1974 - Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
- 1974 - Roman Catholic and Lutheran officials reach an agreement for eventual reconciliation into one communion, marking the first agreement between the two churches since the Reformation.
- 1976 - 5 workers are killed by the police in a demonstration in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
- 1980 - The USS Nautilus is stricken.
- 1985 - Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
- 1985 - Censorship: Women Against Pornography award their "Pig Award" to Huggies Diapers, claiming that the television ads had "crossed the line between eye-catching and porn."
- 1991 - An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
- 1991 - In two concurring referendums: 74 % of the population of Latvia vote for independence from the Soviet Union, in Estonia - 83 %.
- 1991 - United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on approach into Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing 25.
- 1992 - The nation of Bosnia was established.
- 1997 - The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
- 2002 - Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.
- 2004 - Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agreed to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that formed InBev, the world's largest brewer.
- 2005 - Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
- 2005 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane around the world solo without any stops without refueling - a journey of 40,234 km/25,000 mi completed in 67 hours and 2 minutes.
Year 1575 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ...
Mughal Empire at its greatest extent in 1700 Capital Lahore, Delhi, Agra , Kabul, Lucknow and Bhopal Language(s) Persian (initially also Chagatai; later also Urdu) Government Absolute Monarchy , Unitary Government with a federal structure Emperor - 1526-1530 Babur - 1530â1539 and after restoration 1555â1556 Humayun - 1556â1605 Akbar - 1605...
Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar ( JalÄl ud-DÄ«n Muhammad Akbar), also known as Akbar the Great (Akbar-e-Azam) (full title: Al-Sultan al-Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Imam-i-Adil, Sultan ul-Islam Kaffatt ul-Anam, Amir ul-Muminin, Khalifat ul-Mutaali Abul-Fath Jalal...
The Bengali people are the ethnic community from Bengal (divided between India and Bangladesh) on the Indian subcontinent with a history dating back four millennia. ...
Combatants Mughals Bengal Commanders Munim Khan Daud Khan Karrani, sultan of Bengal Strength Casualties {{{notes}}} The Battle of Tukaroi was a battle in March 3, 1575 between the forces of Indian Mughal emperor Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar led by Munim Khan and the forces of Daud Khan Karrani, the sultan of...
1585 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. ...
The Palladian proscenium. ...
Andrea Palladio (November 30, 1508 â August 19, 1580), was an Italian architect, widely considered the most influential person in the history of Western architecture. ...
Vicenza is a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione. ...
1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Seal of the U.S. Mint Denver United States mint building The United States Mint primarily produces circulating coinage for the United States to conduct its trade and commerce. ...
Congress in Joint Session. ...
1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Coat of Arms of Colégio Militar Colégio Militar is a military school in Lisbon, Portugal. ...
1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Alabama Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States that was created out of the from the eastern portion of Mississippi Territory. ...
all about mississippi! Mississippi state bird is a mocking bird mississippi state tree is mangoila tree ...
1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
The United States in 1820. ...
1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ...
Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas US Government Portal A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of...
The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ...
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Year 1849 (MDCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is a Cabinet department of the United States government that manages and conserves most federally owned land. ...
The Gold Coinage Act was an act of the United States Congress which allowed for the minting of gold coins. ...
GOLD refers to one of the following: GOLD (IEEE) is an IEEE program designed to garner more student members at the university level (Graduates of the Last Decade). ...
This article is about monetary coins. ...
1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Combatants Qing China United Kingdom French Empire Commanders Unknown Michael Seymour James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros The Second Opium War or Arrow War was a war of the United Kingdom and France against the Qing Dynasty of China from 1856 to 1860. ...
Year 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Alexander (Aleksandr) II Nikolaevich (Russian: ÐлекÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ II ÐиколаевиÑ) (Moscow, 29 April 1818 â 13 March 1881 in St. ...
The Emancipation Reform of 1861 in Russia was the first and most important of liberal reforms effected during the reign of Alexander II. The reform amounted to the liquidation of serf dependence previously suffered by Russian peasants. ...
Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
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The myriad political divisions of the United States include (but are not limited to) states, territories, counties, townships, cities, the federal district, possessions and insular areas, embassies and consulates, Indian reservations, military installations, conservation districts and non-municipal special-purpose districts like public authorities, school districts and utilities districts. ...
Year 1865 (MDCCLXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, popularly known as the Freedmens Bureau or (mistakenly) the Freedmans Bureau, was an agency of the government of the United States that was formed to aid distressed refugees of the United States Civil War, including former slaves and poor white...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited also written as The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (Traditional Chinese: ), based in Hong Kong, is a wholly owned subsidiary and the founding member of the HSBC Group, which is traded on several stock exchanges as HSBC Holdings plc. ...
HSBC Holdings plc (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ) (LSE: HSBA, SEHK: 0005, NYSE: HBC, Euronext: HSBC, BSX: 1077223879) is a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales, headquartered in London. ...
1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
For other uses, see Censor. ...
The Comstock Law was a 19th century United States law that made it illegal to send any obscene, lewd, or lascivious books through the mail. ...
1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (October 25, 1838 â June 3, 1875) was a French composer and pianist of the romantic era. ...
For other uses, see Carmen (disambiguation). ...
Opéra comique is a French style of opera that is a partial counterpart to the Italian opera buffa. ...
This article is about the capital of France. ...
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Province Region Montréal Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3] - City 365. ...
The Gazette, often called The Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity, is a major English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec. ...
1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 â January 17, 1893) was an American politician, lawyer, military leader and the nineteenth President of the United States (1877â1881). ...
Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas US Government Portal For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ...
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1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
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دت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1683, see: list of territories Capital SöÄüt (1299â1326) Bursa (1326â1365) Edirne (1365â1453) İstanbul (1453â1922) Government Monarchy Sultans - 1281â1326 (first) Osman I - 1918â22 (last) Mehmed VI Grand Viziers - 1320...
Borders of Bulgaria according to the Treaty of San Stefano of March 3rd, 1878 The Treaty of San Stefano was a treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire at the conclusion of the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78. ...
The Congress of Berlin (June 13 - July 13, 1878) was a meeting of the European Great Powers and the Ottoman Empires leading statesmen in Berlin in 1878. ...
Year 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
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Year 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
AT&T (formerly an abbreviation for American Telephone and Telegraph) Corporation (NYSE: T) is an American telecommunications company. ...
State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th) - Land 122,409 km² - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...
Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Players taking up positions prior to a penalty kick; note that the goalkeeper is not yet in the required position A penalty kick is a type of free kick in association football (soccer), taken from twelve yards (eleven metres) out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending...
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1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ...
German Emperor Wilhelm (born Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht, Prince of Prussia 27 January 1859â4 June 1941), was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia (de: Deutscher Kaiser und König von PreuÃen), ruling from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. ...
Methods and media for sound recording are varied and have undergone significant changes between the first time sound was actually recorded for later playback until now. ...
Edison redirects here. ...
For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ...
Tsar (Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian ÑаÑ, Russian , in scientific transliteration respectively car and car ), occasionally spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English, is a Slavonic term designating certain monarchs. ...
Nicholas II redirects here. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with State Duma. ...
Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
The Rockefeller Foundation (RF) is a prominent philanthropic organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. ...
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. ...
Philanthropy is the act of donating money, goods, time, or effort to support a charitable cause, usually over an extended period of time and in regard to a defined objective. ...
Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
NACA official seal The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was a U.S. federal agency founded on March 3, 1915 to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research. ...
For other uses, see NASA (disambiguation). ...
Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
The first two pages of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, in (left to right) German, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Ottoman Turkish and Russian The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, at Brest-Litovsk (now Brest, Belarus) between the Russian SFSR and the Central Powers, marking...
âThe Great War â redirects here. ...
Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the concept of time. ...
For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ...
A caliphate (from the Arabic Ø®ÙØ§ÙØ© or khilÄfah), is the Islamic form of government representing the political unity and leadership of the Muslim world. ...
Abdul Mejid II (also with various alternate spellings, including Abd-ul-Mejid, Abdul Medjit, and, in modern Turkish, Abdülmecit; in Arabic عبد اÙÙ
Ø¬ÙØ¯ Ø§ÙØ«Ø§ÙÙ ) (lived May 29, 1868 â August 23, 1944; reigned November 19, 1922 â March 3, 1924) was the last Caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty, the 101st Caliph in line from...
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881â10 November 1938), until 1934 Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasha, Turkish army officer and revolutionist statesman, was the founder and the first President of the Republic of Turkey. ...
Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Star Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States. ...
Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Petro redirects here. ...
Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी), called Mahatma Gandhi, was the charismatic leader who brought the cause of Indias independence from British colonial rule to world attention. ...
Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party - Communists (Vänsterpartiet kommunisterna; (vpk)). On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations. ...
Coordinates: Country Sweden Municipality Luleå Municipality County Norrbotten Province Norrbotten Charter 17th Century Area - City 2,110 km² (814. ...
Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Broome is a pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 2200 km north of Perth. ...
Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and outdoor signs. ...
Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Order of Nakhimov of 1st degree Order of Nakhimov (Russian: ÐÑден ÐаÑ
имова) is one of the highest naval awards in former USSR and nominally in Russian Federation, along with the order of Ushakov. ...
Order of Ushakov (Russian: ÐÑден УÑакова) is one of the highest naval awards of USSR among the Order of Nakhimov. ...
State motto (Russian): ÐÑолеÑаÑии вÑеÑ
ÑÑÑан, ÑоединÑйÑеÑÑ! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Soviet republics Area - Total - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ...
Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Black: Zenith of the Axis Powers Capital Not applicable Political structure Military alliance Historical era World War II - Tripartite Pact September 27, 1940 - Anti-Comintern Pact November 25, 1936 - Pact of Steel May 22, 1939 - Dissolved 1945 This article is about the independent countries (states) that comprised the Axis powers. ...
Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Canadian Pacific Airlines, also called CP Air, was a Canadian airline that operated from 1942 to 1987. ...
This article is about the de Havilland Comet jet airliner. ...
Not to be confused with Karachay-Cherkessia. ...
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Emir Faisals party at Versailles, during the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. ...
List of Prime Ministers of Iraq The Prime Minister of Iraq is Iraqs head of government. ...
Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
King Hassan, pictured late in life. ...
Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...
The Apollo program was a human spaceflight program undertaken by NASA during the years 1961 â 1975 with the goal of conducting manned moon landing missions. ...
Apollo 9 was the third manned mission in the Apollo program, a ten day Earth-orbital mission launched 3 March 1969. ...
Description Role: Lunar landing Crew: 2; CDR, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 20. ...
Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ...
Belligerents India Pakistan Commanders Sam Manekshaw J.S. Aurora G.G Bewoor K. P. Candeth Gul Hassan Khan Abdul Hamid Khan Tikka Khan A. A. K. Niazi # Strength 500,000+ troops 100,000 Mukti BahiniRebels 400,000+ troops Casualties and losses 3,843 killed[1] 9,851 wounded[1] Unknown...
Combatants Mukti Bahini India Pakistan Commanders Col. ...
Liberation War commemoration poster Mukti Bahini (Bengali: ) (Liberation Army), also termed as the Freedom Fighters or FFs was a guerrilla force which fought against the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971. ...
Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...
Turkish Airlines Flight 981, registration TC-JAV, was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 which crashed just outside of Senlis, France on March 3, 1974. ...
Ermenonville is a town and commune 45 kilometers North-East of Paris, in the Oise département of France. ...
The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ...
The term Communion is derived from Latin communio (sharing in common). ...
The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ...
Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Haec est Victoria quae vincit (This is Victoria which triumphed) Location Location of Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain Coordinates : 42°51ⲠN 2°41ⲠO Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spanish) Spanish name Vitoria-Gasteiz Founded 1181 Postal code 01001-01080...
Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...
Six ships of the U.S. Navy have been named Nautilus, after the tropical cephalopod mollusc: USS Nautilus (1799), a 12-gun schooner of 1799 USS Nautilus (1838), a 76-foot survey schooner of 1838 USS H-2 (SS-29), the first military submarine in 1911 USS Nautilus (SP-559...
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Arthur Scargill (born January 11, 1938) led the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from 1981 to 2000. ...
The National Union of Mineworkers is a trade union for coal miners in the United Kingdom. ...
Women Against Pornography (WAP) was a radical feminist activist group based out of New York City and an influential force in the anti-pornography movement of the late 1970s and 1980s. ...
Huggies is a brand name disposable diaper (nappy) marketed by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. ...
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Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Rodney Glen King (born April 2, 1965 in Sacramento, California) is an African-American taxi driver who, in 1991 was stopped and then beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers (Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Sergeant Stacey Koon) after being chased for speeding. ...
LAPD and L.A.P.D. redirect here. ...
Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar. ...
United Airlines Flight 585 was a scheduled domestic passenger airline flight from the now-decommissioned Stapleton International Airport in Denver to Colorado Springs Airport in Colorado Springs, Colorado. ...
Colorado Springs is most populous Home Rule Municipality in the State of Colorado. ...
Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...
This article is about the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...
For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
For many millennia the record holder for worlds tallest structure was clearly defined (see table below. ...
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For the tower at The Gate-Shams Abu Dhabi, see The Gate Shams Abu Dhabi. ...
For other uses, see Auckland (disambiguation). ...
Also see: 2002 (number). ...
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Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
National motto: Dutch: Eendracht maakt macht; French: Lunion fait la force; German: Einigkeit macht stark (English: Strength lies in unity) Official language Dutch, French, German Capital Brussels Largest City Brussels King Albert II Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt Area - Total - % water Ranked 148th 30,528 km² 6. ...
Interbrew was a large Belgium-based brewing company which owned many internationally known beers, as well as some smaller local beers. ...
AmBev is the biggest private industry of consumer goods in Brazil and the biggest brewery in Latin America. ...
InBev (Euronext: INB, NYSE: ABV) is the largest beer company in the industry. ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Mayerthorpe Incident occurred on March 3, 2005 on the property of James Roszko in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta northwest of Edmonton near the town of Mayerthorpe. ...
The Rochfort Bridge massacre occurred on March 3, 2005 on the property of James Roszko in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta northwest of Edmonton. ...
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Rochfort Bridge, estimated population 60, is a Canadian village located in the Lac Ste. ...
Year 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
wwwww Combatants Dominion of Canada ⢠Métis Provisional Government â¢CreeâAssiniboine Natives Commanders Leif Crozier Frederick Middleton William Otter Thomas Bland Strange Sam Steele Big Bear Fine-Day Gabriel Dumont Louis Riel Wandering Spirit The North-West Rebellion (or North-West Resistance or the Saskatchewan Rebellion) of 1885 was a...
James Stephen Fossett (April 22, 1944 â missing September 3, 2007, declared legally dead February 15, 2008[1][2]) was an American aviator, sailor, and adventurer who became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon. ...
Births - 1455 - King John II of Portugal (d. 1495)
- 1520 - Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)
- 1583 - Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (d. 1648)
- 1589 - Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (d. 1676)
- 1606 - Edmund Waller, British poet (d. 1687)
- 1652 - Thomas Otway, British dramatist (d. 1685)
- 1678 - Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)
- 1778 - Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hanover (d. 1841)
- 1793 - William Charles Macready, English actor (d. 1873)
- 1800 - Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (d. 1862)
- 1805 - Jonas Furrer, first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861)
- 1831 - George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1897)
- 1839 - Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904)
- 1845 - Georg Cantor, German mathematician (d. 1918)
- 1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor (d. 1922)
- 1848 - Adelaide Neilson, English Actress (d. 1880)
- 1851 - Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (d. 1911)
- 1860 - John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (d. 1925)
- 1863 - Arthur Machen, Welsh-born author (d. 1947)
- 1866 - Fred A. Busse, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1914)
- 1871 - Maurice Garin, French cyclist (d. 1957)
- 1873 - William Green, American labor union leader (d. 1952)
- 1880 - Florence Auer, American actress (d. 1962)
- 1880 - Yōsuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (d. 1946)
- 1883 - Cyril Burt, educational psychologist (d. 1971)
- 1886 - Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968)
- 1890 - Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (d. 1939)
- 1893 - Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramicist (d. 1998)
- 1895 - Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
- 1895 - Matthew Ridgway, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (d. 1993)
- 1910 - Kittens Reichert, American silent screen child actor (d. 1990)
- 1911 - Jean Harlow, American actress (d. 1937)
- 1911 - Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician and Lieutenant governor of Quebec (d. 1982)
- 1918 - Dr. Arthur Kornberg, American Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
- 1918 - Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian (d. 2000)
- 1920 - Julius Boros, American golfer (d. 1994)
- 1920 - James Doohan, Canadian-born actor (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Ronald Searle, British illustrator
- 1922 - Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
- 1923 - Barney Martin, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1923 - Doc Watson, American musician
- 1924 - Tomiichi Murayama, former Prime Minister of Japan
- 1924 - Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter
- 1924 - Lilian Velez, Filipno actress (d. 1948)
- 1926 - Lys Assia, Swiss singer
- 1926 - Joseph Anthony Ferrario, American Catholic prelate (d. 2003)
- 1926 - James Merrill, American poet (d. 1995)
- 1927 - Pierre Aubert, member of the Swiss Federal Council
- 1930 - Heiner Geißler, German politician
- 1930 - Ion Iliescu, President of Romania
- 1933 - Marco Antonio Muñiz, Mexican singer (Los Tres Aces)
- 1933 - Margaret Fink, Australian film producer
- 1933 - Lee Radziwill, American fashion executive
- 1933 - Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor
- 1937 - Bobby Driscoll, American actor (d. 1968)
- 1940 - Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian writer and journalist
- 1940 - Perry Ellis, fashion designer (d. 1986)
- 1940 - Owen Spencer-Thomas, English broadcaster, journalist and Anglican clergyman
- 1942 - Mike Pender, English singer and guitarist (The Searchers)
- 1945 - George Miller, Australian film director
- 1946 - John Virgo, English snooker player
- 1947 - Jennifer Warnes, American singer and songwriter
- 1947 - Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (d. 2001)
- 1947 - Clifton Snider, American poet and writer
- 1948 - Snowy White, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd)
- 1949 - Jüri Allik, Estonian psychologist
- 1949 - Gloria Hendry, American actress
- 1949 - Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player
- 1950 - Tim Kazurinsky, American actor and comedian
- 1951 - Lindsay Cooper, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, News from Babel)
- 1952 - Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (d. 1998)
- 1953 - Robyn Hitchcock, British musician
- 1953 - Zico, Brazilian footballer
- 1954 - Édouard Lock, Canadian dance choreographer (La La La Human Steps)
- 1955 - Andy Breckman, American comedian and radio personality
- 1956 - Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer
- 1958 - Miranda Richardson, British actress
- 1958 - Marc Silvestri, American comic book artist and publisher (Top Cow Productions)
- 1959 - Ira Glass, American radio host
- 1960 - Neal Heaton, American baseball player
- 1960 - Colin Wells, English cricketer
- 1961 - Perry McCarthy, English racing driver
- 1961 - Mary Page Keller, American actress
- 1961 - Knut Nærum, Norwegian comedian
- 1961 - Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower
- 1962 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American athlete
- 1962 - Glen E. Friedman, American photographer and artist
- 1962 - Herschel Walker, American football player
- 1963 - Sophia Aliberti, Greek actress and TV presenter
- 1964 - Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
- 1964 - Laura Harring, Mexican-born American actress
- 1964 - Duncan Phillips, Australian drummer (Newsboys)
- 1966 - Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor
- 1966 - Timo Tolkki, Finnish musician (Stratovarius)
- 1966 - Tone Lōc, American rapper and actor
- 1968 - Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
- 1969 - Simon Whitlock, Australian Darts Player
- 1970 - Julie Bowen, American actress
- 1970 - Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
- 1971 - Tyler Florence, chef, Food Network personality, & cookbook author
- 1972 - Darren Anderton, English footballer
- 1973 - Romāns Vainšteins, Latvian cyclist
- 1973 - Matthew Marsden, English actor and singer
- 1973 - Victoria Zdrok, Ukrainian model
- 1974 - David Faustino, American actor
- 1974 - Paula Malai Ali,Malaysian-Bruneian TV Presenter and Actress
- 1976 - Fraser Gehrig, Australian rules footballer
- 1977 - Ronan Keating, Irish singer
- 1977 - Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 - Matt Diaz, American baseball player
- 1978 - Seomoon Tak, Korean singer
- 1979 - Patrick Renna, American actor
- 1979 - Alex Zane, English comedian
- 1980 - Mason Unck, American football player
- 1981 - Dusty Dvoracek, American football player
- 1981 - Kim Yoo-Jin (
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