20th March 1890: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany formally accepts Otto von Bismarck’s resignation
20/03/2026
Bismarck submitted his resignation on 18 March, two days before formally leaving office, and dedicated the rest of his life to writing his ...
19th March 1962: Bob Dylan, the American singer-songwriter, releases his eponymous debut album
19/03/2026
Only two tracks on Dylan’s debut album were his own compositions and it failed to hit the Billboard 100. The album sold less than 5,000 copies in its first year and earnt Dylan the nickname ‘Hammond’s Folly’ from record ...
18th March 1965: Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov becomes the first person to conduct a spacewalk
18/03/2026
At approximately 10:34 a.m. Moscow time, Alexei Leonov floated outside the spacecraft Voskhod 2 and remained there for just over twelve ...
17th March 1992: White South Africans vote to end apartheid in a referendum
17/03/2026
A referendum in South Africa resulted in white South Africans voting to end ...
16th March 1968: My Lai Massacre committed by US soldiers from Company C of the Americal Division’s 11th Infantry Brigade
16/03/2026
Commanded by Lieutenant William Calley, the troops killed between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in hamlets around the South Vietnamese village of Son ...
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