1634 – The first settlers arrive in Maryland.
1807 – The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.
1865 – American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
1867 – Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore (d. 1941) is born.
1894 – Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
1911 – In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
1922 – Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (d. 2014) is born.
1931 – The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
1937 – Tom Monaghan, American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza is born.
1947 – Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor is born.
1948 – The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
1957 – United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
1961 – Reggie Fils-Aimé, American president of Nintendo of America is born.
1965 – Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
1969 – During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
1979 – The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
1984 – Katharine McPhee, American singer-songwriter and actress is born.
1988 – Ryan Lewis, American DJ and producer (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis) is born.
1988 – Robert Joffrey, American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the Joffrey Ballet (b. 1930) dies.
1990 – The Happy Land fire was an arson fire that kills 87 people trapped inside an illegal nightclub in The Bronx, New York City.
1996 – An 81-day-long standoff between the anti-government group Montana Freemen and law enforcement near Jordan, Montana, begins.
1999 – Cal Ripken, Sr., Baltimore Orioles baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936) dies.
2006 – Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
2008 – Herb Peterson, American businessman, created the McMuffin (b. 1919) dies.
2014 – Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (b. 1918) dies.
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