March 2008

1

1805 Senate acquitted Justice Samuel Chase in his impeachment trial.

2

1824 Gibbons v. Ogden decided.

3

1820 Missouri Compromise reached.

4

1789 U.S. Constitution implemented.

5

1770 Boston Massacre

6

1857 Dred Scott v. Sanford decided.

7

1965 Selma Civil Rights

8

1933 Anton Cermak died of gunshot wounds.

9

1964 New York Times v. Sullivan decided.
Daylight Saving Time begins.

10

1919 Debs v. U.S. decided.

11

1941 Lend-Lease Act passed.

12

1947 Truman Doctrine announced.

13

1964 Kitty Genovese stabbed to death.

14

1794 Cotton gin patented.

15

1989 Department of Veterans Affairs established.

16

1968 My Lai Massacre

17

1941 National Gallery of Art opened.

18

1963 Gideon v. Wainwright decided.

19

1920 U.S. Senate rejected Treaty of Versailles.

20

1976 Patty Hearst convicted of bank robbery.
First Day of Spring

21

2000 FDA v. Brown & Williamson decided.

22

1765 Stamp Act enacted.

23

1775 Patrick Henry delivered his Give Me Liberty speech.

30

1868 Andrew Johnson impeachment trial began.

24

1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

31

1968 President Johnson announced he would not run for reelection.
Cesar Chavez Day

25

1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

26

1962 Baker v. Carr decided.

27

1985 Tennessee v. Garner decided.

28

1973 Senate Watergate hearings began.

29

1973 Last U.S. troops removed from Vietnam.