|
Mar
8

|
1946 |
Bananas
went on sale at Covent Garden market for the first time since 1939 |
 |
| 1910 |
The Baroness de Laroche became the
first woman to receive a pilot's licence |
Mar
9
|
1956 |
Archbishop Makarios was deported
from Cyprus |
| 1831 |
The French Foreign
Legion was founded |
|
Mar10
|
1956 |
Peter Twiss became the first man to fly at more than 1000mph |
 |
| 1914 |
The
Rokeby Venus by Velasquez was vandalised by the suffragette Mary
Richardson |
Mar11
|
1810 |
Napoleon
and Marie-Louise of Austria were married by proxy in Vienna |
Mar12
|
1935 |
The 30mph speed
limit for built-up areas was introduced |
|
Mar13
|
1987 |
The first toad
tunnel was opened to enable toads to cross the A4155 Henley to Marlow
road and reach their breeding ponds |
 |
| 1781 |
Sir
William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus |
Mar14
|
1952 |
Television was first transmitted
in Scotland |
|
Mar15
|
1949 |
Clothes rationing ended in the UK |