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Thursday, March 21, 2019
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| 1815 | Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba; The Hundred Days being |
| 1833 | Cdr Geisinger of USS Peacock & King of Siam negotiate commercial treaty |
| 1836 | Coleto Creek: Texian grrison of Goliad surrenders to the Mexican Army |
| 1852 | Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is published |
| 1896 | Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens |
| 1922 | First US aircraft carrier is commisisoned: Langley (CV-1) |
| 1931 | German Bishop Schreiber warns against National-Socialism in Berlin |
| 1933 | Dachau, 1st concentration camp, built |
| 1937 | Italo-Nationalist offensive at Guadalajara, Spain |
| 1939 | The Naval Research Lab proposes research into nuclear power |
| 1939 | 7,000 Jews flee German occupied Memel Lithuania |
| 1940 | Paul Reynoud becomes French premier |
| 1942 | Major Italo-German air raid on Malta |
| 1942 | Gen MacArthur vows, "I shall return" |
| 1943 | British offensive against Mareth line in Tunisia |
| 1951 | Indonesian Army offensive against the Darul Islam movement on Java |
| 1952 | Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan |
| 2003 | Second Gulf War begins with widespread Coalition airstrikes across Iraq |
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| 1421 | Battle of Beauge: French defeat the English |
| 1824 | Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses |
| 1836 | Mexicans capture Copano, Texas |
| 1866 | Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes |
| 1918 | Germans unleash the "Michel" Offensive on the Western Front |
| 1927 | Chinese Nationalists occupy Shanghai |
| 1937 | Police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade in Ponce |
| 1939 | Hitler demands Germany annex Free City of Danzig |
| 1942 | Jimmy Stewart enlists in the USAAF. |
| 1942 | Major Italo-German air attaks on Malta |
| 1943 | Assassination attempt on Hitler fails |
| 1951 | Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage |
| 1960 | Sharpeville, South Africa, 69 black nationalists killed by police |
| 1984 | Soviet sub collides with USS CV Kitty Hawk off Japan |
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| 1349 | Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews, blamed for black death |
| 1622 | First Indian war: Powhatens attack Jamestown, Va, 347 die |
| 1794 | Congress prohibits the exportation of slaves from the United States. |
| 1862 | San Marino & Italy conclude treaty of friendship & cooperation |
| 1865 | Wilson's Raid Begins at Chickasaw, Alabama |
| 1942 | Italo-German air raids on on Malta |
| 1943 | Pacific: Subs Grampus and Amberjack declared overdue and presumed lost |
| 1945 | Arab League formed |
| 1958 | Faisal succeeds Saud as King of Saudi Arabia |
| 1963 | British War Minister John Profumo denies an affair with Christine Keeler |
| 1979 | Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt |
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