2012
The dystopian science fiction-adventure movie “The Hunger Games” premiered in Los Angeles.
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2008
Space shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station during NASA’s STS-123 mission.
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1999
The Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland formally joined NATO.
It was said that the entry of the three former members of the Eastern Bloc into NATO signified the beginning of a unified Europe. With their admission, they were finally given a level of military and political security that had been severely lacking in the region for much of the 20th Century.
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1987
American basketball champion David Robinson scored a career-high 50 points in the NCAA tournament.
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1980
The infamous killer clown, John Wayne Gacy, was convicted for the murder of 33 men and boys.
The day after his conviction, he was sentenced to death, with the execution taking place in May 1994.
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1970
The legal age required for voting in the USA was reduced to 18.
The previous age was 21, but the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution made it illegal to deny citizens over 18 the right to vote.
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1966
Canadian ice hockey pro, Bobby Hull, set a new record with his 51st goal of the season.
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1948
Cleveland, Ohio, recorded its coldest March temperature at a bone-chilling -5°F.
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1945
Anti-Discrimination Bill was signed in New York, US.
The bill was aimed at employees as well as job applicants and made it illegal for them to discriminate based on race, religion, or creed.
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1894
The world’s favorite soda, Coca-Cola, was sold in glass bottles in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.
A candy store owner called Joseph A. Biedenharn was the first person to bottle the drink and sell it in his store. Before then, Coca-Cola was sold as a fountain drink.
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1881
The world’s first black international football player, Andrew Watson, played his first of three matches in Scotland.
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1664
King Charles II of England gave a land grant to James Duke of York, which meant that New Jersey became a British colony.
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