The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard. The Gold Standard Act is a United States federal law…
13 March 1969
13 March 1969 – Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module. The Apollo 9 mission was the third manned mission in…
12 March 1928
In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people. The St. Francis Dam was a concrete gravity-arch dam located in Los…
11 March 1872
Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; it is located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain. The Seven Sisters Colliery,…
10 March 2000
The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62. The Dot-com bubble was a period of excessive speculation in Internet-related companies…
9 March 1967
Trans World Airlines Flight 553 crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26 people. Trans…
8 March 1937
Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins The Battle of Guadalajara was a military conflict that took place during the Spanish Civil War on…
7 March 1986
Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor. The Challenger shuttle disaster was caused by the…
6 March 1992
The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers. The Michelangelo computer virus is a notorious virus that was first discovered in 1991. It is named…
5 March 1616
Nicolaus Copernicus’s book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published….