100 years after Easter Rising

100 year anniversary of Irish Easter Rising

Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016, hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Dublin as part of an event to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising also known as the Easter Rebellion; a rebellion which was an attempt to remove British rule ....more

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March 31, 1904, in India, hundreds of Tibetans are slaughtered by the British

March 30 1981, US President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded when a lone gunman opens fire in Washington 

March 29, 1973, the last U.S. troops left South Vietnam

March 28, 1979, Radioactive steam leaks into the atmosphere at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania prompting fears for the safety of the plant's 500 workers

March 27, 1977, Hundreds dead in Tenerife plane crash. At least 560 people die when two jumbo jets collide on a runway in the popular holiday destination of Tenerife.

March 26, 1942, the Germans begin to send Jews to Auschwitz in Poland

March 25, 1975, Saudi's King Faisal is assassinated - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia dies after a gun attack despite the efforts of doctors to keep him alive

March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil spill occurs in Prince William Sound, Alaska March 23, 1920, Britain denounces the U.S. because of their delay in joining the League of Nations 

March 22, 1945, The Arab League is formed with the adoption of a charter in Cairo, Egypt

March 21, 1960, scores die in Sharpeville shoot-out - More than 50 Africans die and 169 are injured as police open fire in the South African township of Sharpeville

March 20, 1966, the football World Cup is stolen while on exhibition in London 

March 19, 1982, a group of Argentinians land at the British colony of the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic and plant their nation's flag

March 18, 1940  Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a meeting at the Brenner Pass. The Italian dictator agreed to join in Germany's war against France and Britain during the meeting.

March 17, 1973, the first American prisoners of war (POWs) were released from the "Hanoi Hilton" in Hanoi, North Vietnam

March 16, 1988, a gunman kills three mourners and injures at least 50 people attending a funeral for IRA members shot dead in Gibraltar

March 15, 1990, in Iraq, British journalist Farzad Bazoft is hanged for spying

March 14, 1991, the Birmingham Six walk free from jail after their convictions for the murder of 21 people in two pubs are quashed by the Court of Appeal

March 13, 1996, a lone gunman goes on a shooting spree at a school in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 16 children and their teacher

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March 11, 2004, in Madrid, Spain, several coordinated bombing attacks on commuter trains kill at least 190 people and injure more than 2,000

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March 10, 1945, American B-29 bombers attacked Tokyo, Japan, killing 100,000 people

March 9, 1993, Rodney King testifies at the federal trial of four Los Angeles police officers accused of violating his civil rights

March 8, 1985, at least 45 people die and 175 are injured in a car bomb explosion in Beirut, Lebanon

March 7, 1945, during World War II, U.S. forces cross the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany

March 6,  1947 - Winston Churchill announced that he opposed British troop withdrawals from India. 

March 5, 1956, the United States Supreme Court upholds a ban on racial segregation in state schools, colleges and universities

March 4, 1681, England's King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn for an area that later became the state of Pennsylvania

March 3,1991, Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers - the scene was captured on amateur video 

March 2,1946, Ho Chi Minh is elected President of Vietnam

March 2, 1349, 3,000 Jews were killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany

March 1, 1954, the biggest explosion ever made by man is witnessed in the Pacific when US scientists explode their second H-bomb at Bikini Atol