Mar24
|
1958 |
Elvis Presley
joined the US Army |
Mar25
|
1975 |
King
Faisal of Saudi Arabia was assassinated by his nephew |
 |
|
1807 |
Slave trading
became illegal in Britain |
|
1655 |
Christiaan Huygens discovered
Titan, one of Saturn's "moons" |
Mar26
|
1973 |
Susan
Shaw became the first woman to set foot on the floor of the London
Stock Exchange |
Mar27
|
1989 |
Rowntree
Mackintosh officially launched the blue Smartie after successful
trials in the previous year |
Mar28
|
1964 |
Radio Caroline,
the UK's first pirate radio station, began broadcasting from a ship
moored off the East Anglian coast |
 |
1912 |
Both boats sunk in the University
Boat Race |
1801 |
Heinrich Olbers discovered the
asteroid Pallas |
Mar29
|
1960 |
The
New York Roxy cinema, originally seating over 6,000 making it one of
the largest cinemas ever built, closed after 33 years |
Mar30
|
1840 |
The
dandy Beau Brummell died in a French lunatic asylum |
Mar31
|
1889 |
The
Eiffel Tower was completed |
