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1. 28th March 1979: British Prime Minister James Callaghan loses a vote of no confidence by a single vote

   Gepubliceerd: 28-3-2025
2. 27th March 1963: Dr Richard Beeching, Chairman of the British Transport Commission, publishes his report to cut thousands of miles of railway lines

   Gepubliceerd: 27-3-2025
3. 26th March 1830: The Book of Mormon first went on sale at E. B. Grandin’s book store

   Gepubliceerd: 26-3-2025
4. 25th March 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their first “Bed-In for Peace” at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam

   Gepubliceerd: 25-3-2025
5. 24th March 1944: The ‘Great Escape’ takes place from Stalag Luft III, a German prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Silesia

   Gepubliceerd: 24-3-2025
6. 23rd March 1540: Waltham Abbey in Essex became the last abbey to be dissolved under Henry VIII

   Gepubliceerd: 23-3-2025
7. 22nd March 1895: The Lumière brothers stage their first film screening in Paris

   Gepubliceerd: 22-3-2025
8. 21st March 1871: Otto von Bismarck formally appointed first Chancellor of the German Empire

   Gepubliceerd: 21-3-2025
9. 20th March 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte begins his Hundred Days as ruler of France following his escape from Elba

   Gepubliceerd: 20-3-2025
10. 19th March 1882: First stone laid for the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

    Gepubliceerd: 19-3-2025
11. 18th March 1921: Kronstadt Rebellion ends following a final assault by Bolshevik forces

    Gepubliceerd: 18-3-2025
12. 17th March 1861: Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy under the rule of Victor Emmanuel II

    Gepubliceerd: 17-3-2025
13. 16th March 1190: The Jewish population of York massacred in a pogrom

    Gepubliceerd: 16-3-2025
14. 15th March 1848: Hungarian Revolution of 1848 begins in Pest, marking the start of a nationwide movement against Habsburg rule

    Gepubliceerd: 15-3-2025
15. 14th March 1958: Perry Como awarded the first gold record by the RIAA

    Gepubliceerd: 14-3-2025
16. 13th March 624: Battle of Badr sees the first major engagement between the early Muslim community of Medina and the Quraysh tribe of Mecca

    Gepubliceerd: 13-3-2025
17. 12th March 1938: Nazi German troops cross the border to annex Austria in an event known as the Anschluss

    Gepubliceerd: 12-3-2025
18. 11th March 1918: First confirmed case of Spanish Flu identified at Camp Funston in Kansas

    Gepubliceerd: 11-3-2025
19. 10th March 1762: The execution of Jean Calas prompts debates on religious intolerance and judicial injustice in France

    Gepubliceerd: 10-3-2025
20. 9th March 1841: US Supreme court rules on the Amistad slavery case and sets the captured Africans free

    Gepubliceerd: 9-3-2025