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Today in History: March 21, civil rights activists begin march from Selma to Montgomery

Today in History: March 17, white South Africans vote to end apartheid

Today in History: March 19, Bush announces Iraq invasion

Today in History: March 18, deadliest U.S. tornado strikes Midwest states

Today in History: March 20, sarin gas attack in Tokyo subway

Today in History: March 22, The Beatles release their first album

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Today in History: March 16, the My Lai massacre in Vietnam

Today in History: March 15, Julius Caesar assassinated on ‘ides of March’

Today in History: March 14, Albert Einstein is born

24 years after leaving DC, ‘Rally in the Alley’ returns this weekend at Mister Days in Clarendon

24 years after leaving DC, ‘Rally in the Alley’ returns this weekend at Mister Days in Clarendon

Today in History: March 13, Francis becomes first non-European pope in over 1,250 years

Today in History: March 12, Gandhi begins ‘Salt March’

Today in History: March 11, massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan kill nearly 20,000

Today in History: March 9, ‘Operation Meetinghouse’ firebombing devastates Tokyo

Today in History: March 8, first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam

Today in History: March 7, ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma for civil rights movement

Today in History: March 6, Supreme Court issues Dred Scott decision

Today in History: March 5, the Boston Massacre

‘We have power’: Positive Force DC commemorates 40th birthday with 5 days of punk music and protests

‘We have power’: Positive Force DC commemorates 40th birthday with 5 days of punk music and protests

Today in History: March 4, Abraham Lincoln’s final inauguration

Today in History: March 3, Rodney King beaten by Los Angeles police

Today in History: March 2, Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game

Today in History: March 1, Peace Corps established

Today in History: February 28, the Waco Siege begins

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