This Day In History
March 08
Mount Etna erupts Pennsylvania militiamen senselessly murder Patriot allies Anglo-Ottoman force takes Abukir Bay C.S.S. Virginia terrorizes Union Navy Emmet Dalton goes to prison February Revolution begins February Revolution begins in Russia Thomas Wolfe's second novel, Of Time and the River, is published Dutch surrender on Java VW bus, icon of counterculture movement, goes into production The Lonely Hearts Killers are executed Egypt opens the Suez Canal U.S. Marines land at Da Nang Bill Graham's rock empire goes bi-coastal as the Fillmore East opens Ali battles Frazier for heavyweight championship Thieu orders force withdrawal United States accuses Soviets of using poison gas Reagan refers to U.S.S.R. as "evil empire" again MTV?s highest rated series premieres
Mount Etna erupts Pennsylvania militiamen senselessly murder Patriot allies Anglo-Ottoman force takes Abukir Bay C.S.S. Virginia terrorizes Union Navy Emmet Dalton goes to prison February Revolution begins February Revolution begins in Russia Thomas Wolfe's second novel, Of Time and the River, is published Dutch surrender on Java VW bus, icon of counterculture movement, goes into production The Lonely Hearts Killers are executed Egypt opens the Suez Canal U.S. Marines land at Da Nang Bill Graham's rock empire goes bi-coastal as the Fillmore East opens Ali battles Frazier for heavyweight championship Thieu orders force withdrawal United States accuses Soviets of using poison gas Reagan refers to U.S.S.R. as "evil empire" again MTV?s highest rated series premieres
