1898 Through service commences over the Intercolonial Railway between Halifax and Montreal. This is achieved through a series of leases and running rights agreements with the Grand trunk Railway. 1642 Georgeana (York) ME became the first incorporated American city 0743 Slave export by Christians to heathen areas prohibited 1959 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament 1780 Pennsylvania becomes first US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only) 1958 Sobers completes 446 stand for 2nd wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260 1996 Plans approved allowing traffic cameras High Harrington &Shap England 1790 A US census to establish the population is authorized 1854 SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor and is never seen again 1981 IRA member Bobby Sands begins a hunger strike at Northern Ireland's Maze Prison. (Sands died 65 days later.) 1945 Major Frederick A. Tilston Cdn.(The Essex Scottish Regimetn) wins the Victoria Cross at Hochwald, Germany 1990 Luis Alberto Lacelle sworn in as President of Uruguay 1995 Jozef Oleksy succeeds Waldemar Pawlak on as premier of Poland 1995 Belgium ends military conscript 1982 New York Times raises its price from 25˘ to 30˘ 1991 US Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens 1944 The Canadian government ends meat rationing. 1945 Fieldmarshal Kesselring succeeds von Rundstedt as commander 1919 Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin 1977 Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards 1933 Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks 1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 Presidential aides 1967 Dominica &St Lucia gain independence from Britain 0918 Balderik becomes bishop of Utrecht 1980 Patti Smith &MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit MI 1784 E Kidner opens the first cooking school, in Great Britain 1928 Paul Whiteman &his orchestraestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records 1954 Ron Howard Emmy Award-winning producer was born 1975 17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win 1974 The BC Court of Appeals rules Indian child can be adopted by non-Indian parents without losing status 1962 US/British nuclear test experiment in Nevada 1845 The Republic of Texas is annexed to the US. 1968 Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands 1864 Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built) 1972 Wilt Chamberlain is the first NBA player to score 30,000 points 1946 British Govt takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years 1587 English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1968 NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return great news!! 1867 Nebraska becomes the 37th state to join the Union. 1809 Embargo Act of 1807 repealed &Non-Intercourse Act signed 1934 Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang The of Manchuria 1927 Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank 1995 Julio María Sanguinetti sworn in as President of Uruguay 1995 37th Grammy Awards: All I Want to Do, Streets of Philadelphia, Sheryl Crow 1988 Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile 1958 West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 declare vs Pakistan 1974 Sikorsky's triple-turbine helicopter, the YCH-53E, largest and most powerful helicopter in the western world, made its first flight 1981 Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike in Maze Prison (he dies) 1970 End of US commercial whale hunting 1914 Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum 1952 Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain 1872 Yellowstone becomes world's first national park 1954 Ted Williams fractures collarbone in first game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War 1954 US explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll 1994 36th Grammy Awards: I Will Always Love You, Toni Braxton win 1970 White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain 1921 Australia Cricket team complete 5-0 drubbing of England 1962 K-Mart opens 1920 Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Admiral Horthy 1901 Naval and military forces of the States transferred to Commonwealth control 1971 Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC 1967 Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London 1940 12th Academy Awards: "Gone with the Wind", Robert Donat &Vivien Leigh win 1942 Extermination begins at Sobibor. 1875 Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883 1565 Spanish occupier Estacio de Sá founds Rio de Janeiro 1952 Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns 1382 French Maillotin uprises against taxes 1890 The First US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published 1260 Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis, conquerors Damascus 1945 US infantry regiment captures Mönchengladbach 1815 Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law 1871 J Milton Turner named minister to Liberia 1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data 1945 FDR announces success of Yalta Conference 1923 Allies occupy Ruhrgebied; killing railroad striker 1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring 5 Representatives 1993 New expansion NHL team, owned by Disney, is named the Mighty Ducks 1937 Governor Wouters innaugrates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles 1755 In Quebec city Quebec Jean-Armand Dieskau is appointed commander of the French regular troops in Canada 1942 Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java 1969 New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball 1711 "The Spectator" begins publishing (London) 1913 Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment) 1945 Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi 1792 US Presidential Succession Act passed 1943 The Canadian Women's Army Corps is founded as part of the Canadian forces; CWACs have full military titles and hold commissions. 1845 President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas 1811 Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500 1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1980 Snow falls in the sunshine state of Florida 1995 Part of Houston begins using new area code 261 1970 Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released 1912 Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from an airplane 1941 "Captain America" appears in a comic book 1910 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range: 118 die; Worst snowslide in US history 1916 Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic 1913 State law requiring bonding of officers &state employees, North Dakota 1988 Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist 1982 5th Emmy Sports Awards presentation 1910 (James) David (Graham) Niven Academy Award-winning actor was born 1996 New toll-free 888 area code introduced 1420 Pope Martinus I calls for crusade against the hussieten 1980 Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater 1962 American Airlines 707 plunges nose first into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95 1950 USSR issues golden rubles 1978 Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery 1977 US extends territorial waters to 200 miles 1940 Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" is published 1634 Battle at Smolensk; Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians 1925 In the Charlevoix-Kamouraska area, Canada a 6.7 earthquake occured at local time 9:19:20 p.m. The earthquake was so strong that the shock was felt more than 1,000 kilometres from the epicentre 1941 The first US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville TN 1879 Library of Hawaii founded 1975 Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1 1904 Glenn Miller a great bandleader was born 1961 The Peace Corps is established by US President John F. Kennedy. 1896 Battle of Adua: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians 1921 Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia 1945 British 43rd Division under General Essame occupies Xanten 1803 Ohio becomes 17th state 1993 George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of New York Yankees 1985 Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter 1942 HMS EXETER sunk, East Indies, north west of Surabaya in Java Sea by torpedoes and 8in gunfire of Japanese cruiser force. 1997 5th annual ESPY Awards shown on TV1944 Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns 1968 Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect 1981 "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 767 performances 1947 International Monetary Fund began operations 1944 U-358 sinks in Atlantic 1781 Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation 1987 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1941 German troops invade Bulgaria 1963 200,000 French mine workers strike 1591 Pope Gregory XIV threatens to excommunicate French king Henri IV 1893 Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the US rank of ambassador 1946 Operation Frostbite--USS Midway with elements of Air Group 74 on board, and accompanied by three destroyers, left Norfolk to conduct cold weather tests in Davis Strait. In the period 7-22 March, these units with World War II type aircraft and the newer F8F Bearcat, the combination prop and jet FR-1 Fireball, and the HNS-1 helicopter. 1942 Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews 1950 Chiang Kai-shek resumed the Presidency of National China on Formosa 1943 Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided 1965 Australia suspends champion swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-years for misconduct 1924 Germany's prohibition of Communist Party KPD lifted 1847 Michigan becomes first English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state) 1869 Postage stamps showing scenes are first issued 1945 Hitler orders the destruction of all Germany; it is unworthy of surviving him. His order mandates the destruction not only of military installations, but also of all stores, industries, and transportation and communication installations. Nothing is to fall into enemy hands. 1562 Blood bath at Vassy; General de Guise allows 1200 huguenots murder 1811 French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel 1981 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic 1917 IN Edmonton Alberta the Alberta Provincial Police Force is founded later duties are taken over by the RCMP in rural areas 1983 Tornado tears through Louisiana, injuring 33 people 1912 Isabella Goodwin, 1the first US woman detective, appointed, New York NY 1866 Paraguayan canoes sink 2 Brazilian ironclads on Rio Parana 1950 Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London) 1790 Congress authorizes the first US Census survey. 1917 Firt federal land bank chartered 1937 The first permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut) 1989 Julianne Phillips &Bruce Springsteen divorce 1954 Rebellion during visit of President Naguib in Khartoum Sudan, 30 die 1989 Comet du Toit at perihelion 1932 The infant son of Anne and Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped from their home near Hopewell, NJ. 1942 Tito establishes 2nd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia 1921 Rwanda ceded to England 1974 Ian &Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs New Zealand cricket at Wellington 1941 Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp 1995 Ukraine premier Vitaly Massol, resigns 1968 Country music artists Johnny Cash and June Carter are married. 1976 The Alberta Government founds Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund with windfall oil royalties 1949 Heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis, "The Brown Bomber," retires after holding the title for more than 11 years. 1966 Ba'ath-party takes power in Syria 1983 Tamara McKinney becomes first US woman skier to win the World Cup 1981 Alberta cuts oil production to protest Ottawa's National Energy Policy the federal government replies by a compensation charge as Energy Minister Marc Lalonde matches Alberta cutbacks by a "Lougheed Levy" to subsidize imports 1955 Pakistan vs India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw 1955 Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48 1937 US Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day 1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps 1973 Robyn Smith becomes first female jockey to win a major race 1904 England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead vs Australia 1993 Authorities in Waco TX negotiate with Branch Davidians 1815 Disbanding of Lower Canada militia after War of 1812 1985 Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center 1988 Courtney Gibbs Eplin, 21, (Texas), crowned 37th Miss USA 1434 Jacoba of Bavaria marries Frank van Borselen 1692 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, &Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem MA) 1781 The US Continental Congress adopts its Articles of Confederation 1953 US removes embargo on Canadian livestock placed after outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in 1952 1969 After 88 weeks Sergeant Pepper drops off the charts 1974 George Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November 1962 Uganda became a self-governing country 1968 Pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting 1966 Venera 3 becomes first man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus) 1984 NASA launches Landsat-D Prime (Landsat 5) to thematic map the Earth 1994 Martti Ahtisaari inaugurated as President of Finland 1970 Kreisky's social-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election 1883 Nicholas Flood Davin publishes the first issue of the Regina Leader 1939 Clarence Decatur C. D. Howe 1886-1960 opens first Trans Canada Air Lines transcontinental passenger service from Montreal to Vancouver 1864 Rebecca Lee (US) becomes first black woman to receive a medical degree 1994 Senate rejectes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution 1946 Panamá accepts its new constitution 1982 5 die as ski lift malfunctions a Lúz-Ardiden in Pyrenees 1958 Gary Sobers 365 vs Pakistan, 614 minutes, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara 1989 Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981 1988 Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran 1968 Singers Johnny Cash (36) &June Carter (38) wed 1967 House of Representatives expels Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116) 1965 Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec) 1959 Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years