31st March 1905: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany lands in Morocco where his speech prompts the First Moroccan Crisis
31/03/2026
The Kaiser’s speech in Tangier was a direct challenge to the French Foreign Minister, Théophile Delcassé, who had previously secured wide European support for control of ...
30th March 1981: Attempted assassination of US President Ronald Reagan in Washington, D.C.
30/03/2026
One bullet struck Reagan’s press secretary, James Brady, another wounded District of Columbia police officer Thomas Delahanty, and a third struck Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy as he attempted to shield the president. Nevertheless a fourth bullet ricocheted off the side of the presidential limousine and entered Reagan’s left side under his ...
29th March 1974: Discovery of the Terracotta Army in Xi’an, China
29/03/2026
The Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, ...
28th March 1871: The Paris Commune proclaimed, and Council met for the first time
28/03/2026
The refusal of the Communards to accept the authority of the French government led to the Commune being brutally suppressed by the regular French army in May during ‘The Bloody ...
27th March 1958: Nikita Khrushchev consolidates his power over the USSR as Chairman of the Council of Ministers
27/03/2026
Khrushchev had already been elected First Secretary of the Communist Party, and his later rise to Chairman of the Council of Ministers placed both the party leadership and the government administration under his direct ...
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