Karl Wallenda dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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20 March 2003
The United States and three other countries begin military operations to invade Iraq.
19 March 2008
A cosmic burst, named as GRB 080319B, is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
18 March 1974
Most OPEC nations end the five-month oil embargo crisis against the United States, Europe and Japan.
17 March 1860
The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand during the New Zealand land wars.
16 March 1988
In Iraq, the Kurdish town of Halabjah is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing…
14 March 1978
Operation Litani: The Israeli Defense Force invades and occupies southern Lebanon.
13 March 1996
The Dunblane massacre Scotland, 16 Primary School children and 1 teacher are shot dead by Thomas Watt Hamilton who then commits suicide.