The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
19 March 2013
A series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq.
18 March 1834
Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
16 March 1978
Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil…
14 March 1982
The South African government bombs the headquarters of the African National Congress in London
13 March 2013
The 2013 papal conclave elects Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
11 March 1708
Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation