ON THIS DAY
Gnadenhutten massacre: 96 Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
International Women’s Day protests in St Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution.
Edwin Hubble’s photo shows there are just as many galaxies as the Milky Way, itself a galaxy, has stars.
Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident, and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose the Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
Thirty-five hundred US Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War.
Nelson’s Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, is destroyed by a bomb.
K-129, a Soviet Golf Class missile submarine sinks with all hands. It would later be recovered by the US.
Joe Frazier ends Muhammad Ali’s 31-fight winning streak, at Madison Square Garden in the “Fight of the Century”.
During a Sheffield Shield cricket match in Australia, fast bowler Dennis Lillee is caught by spinner Dennis Lillie, making it one of the most bizarre scorecard entries.
Martina Navratilova becomes the first tennis player – male or female – to earn $10 million.
Fifteen suspected mercenaries are arrested in Equatorial Guinea, including the alleged leader of the advance party, Nick du Toit. Most were South African. Toyota recalls 700 000 vehicles. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with 239 people on board loses contact and disappears, prompting the most expensive search effort in history.