Tag: History
History of 18 March
History of 18 March
1990 - The first free elections took place in East Germany.
1990 - The 32-day lockout of baseball players ended.
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History of 16 March
History of 16 March
1993 - In France, ostrich meat was officially declared fit for human consumption.
1994 - Tonya Harding pled guilty in...
History of 15 March
History of 15 March
1990 - In Iraq, British journalist Farzad Bazoft was hanged for spying.
1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev was elected the first...
History of 14 March
History of 14 March
1991 - The "Birmingham Six," imprisoned for 16 years for their alleged part in an IRA pub bombing, were set...
History of 13 March
History of 13 March
1990 - The U.S. lifted economic sanctions against Nicaragua.
1991 - Exxon paid $1 billion in fines and for the clean-up of...
History of 12 March
History of 12 March
1992 - Mauritius became a republic but remained a member of the British Commonwealth.
1993 - In the U.S., the Pentagon...
History of 11 March
History of 11 March
1990 - Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union. It was the first Soviet republic to break away from...
History of 10 March
History of 10 March
1991 - "Phase Echo" began. It was the operation to withdraw 540,000 U.S. troops from the Persian Gulf region.
1994 - White...
History of 9 March
History of 9 March
1990 - Dr. Antonia Novello was sworn in as the first female and Hispanic surgeon general.
1993 - Rodney King...
History of 28 February
History of 28 February
1986 - Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated in Stockholm.
1993 - U.S. Federal agents raided the compound of an armed...
History of 27 February
History of 27 February
1981 - Chrysler Corporation was granted an additional $400 million in federal loan guarantees. Chrysler had posted a loss of...
History of 26 February
History of 26 February
1986 - Corazon Aquino was inaugurated president of the Philippines. Long time President Ferdinand Marcos went into exile.
1987 -...