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March 14 1950:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation institutes the "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list in an effort to publicize particularly dangerous fugitives. The creation of the program arose out of wire service news story in 1949 about the "toughest guys" the FBI wanted to capture. The story drew so much public attention that the "Ten Most Wanted" list was given the okay by J. Edgar Hoover the following year. As of 2007, more than 420 of the criminals included on the list have been apprehended, 140 of these as a result of tips from the public. |
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March 15 1965:
President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress to urge the passage of legislation guaranteeing voting rights for all. Using the phrase "we shall overcome," borrowed from African-American leaders struggling for equal rights, Johnson declared that "every American citizen must have an equal right to vote." Johnson reminded the nation that the Fifteenth Amendment, which was passed after the Civil War, gave all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color. But states had defied the Constitution and erected barriers. Discrimination had taken the form of literacy, knowledge or character tests administered solely to African-Americans to keep them from registering to vote. "Their cause must be our cause too," Johnson said. "Because it is not just Negroes, but really it is all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome." |
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March 17 1776:
British forces are forced to evacuate Boston following General George Washington's successful placement of fortifications and cannons on Dorchester Heights, which overlooks the city from the south. |
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On March 18:
1893 - Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; originally presented to amateur champions, the Stanley Cup has been awarded to the top pro team since 1910, and since 1926, only to National Hockey League teams |
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March 18, 417
----------------------------------------St. Zosimus begins his reign as Catholic Pope  |
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March 18 1852:
In New York City, Henry Wells and William G. Fargo join with several other investors to launch their namesake business. |
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March 19, 1644
----------------------------------------200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide |
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March 19 1971:
An earthquake sets off a series of calamities— a landslide, flood and avalanche-- that results in the destruction of the town of Chungar, Peru, and the death of 600 of its inhabitants. |
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March 20 1345:
According to scholars at the University of Paris, the Black Death is created on this day in 1345, from what they call "a triple conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in the 40th degree of Aquarius, occurring on the 20th of March 1345". The Black Death, also known as the Plague, swept across Europe, the Middle East and Asia during the 14th century, leaving an estimated 25 million dead in its wake. |
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March 21, 1788
----------------------------------------Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana |
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