The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter’]
9 March 1977
The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Washington,_D.C._attack_and_hostage_taking’]
8 March 1974
Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle_Airport’]
7 March 1950
Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Fuchs’]
6 March 1899
Bayer registers “Aspirin” as a trademark [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirin’]
5 March 1836
Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt’]
4 March 1970
French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_submarine_Eurydice_(S644)’]
3 March 1991
An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King’]
2 March 1946
Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh’]
1 March 1932
Charles Lindbergh’s son is reportedly kidnapped. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindbergh_kidnapping’]