March 2020

• 55th anniversary of Operation Rolling Thunder beginning on March 2, 1965.  The operation was a sustained aerial bombardment lasting over three years
• 200th anniversary of the Missouri Compromise being passed by Congress on March 3, 1820
• 75th anniversary of Finland declaring war on Germany on March 3, 1945
• 250th anniversary of the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770
• 200th anniversary of President Monroe signing the Missouri Compromise on March 6, 1820
• 55th anniversary of Marines landing at Da Nang on March 8, 1965
• 75th anniversary of the Firebombing of Tokyo on March 9, 1945
• 90th anniversary of Gandhi starting his 241 mile march on March 12, 1930
• 70th anniversary of the first ever FBI “10 most wanted list” is published on March 14, 1950
• 200th anniversary of Maine entering the Union on March 15, 1820
• 170th of Nathaniel Hawthorne publishing The Scarlet Letter on March 16, 1850
• 75th anniversary of Victory at Iwo Jima on March 16, 1945
• 95th anniversary of the Tri-State Tornado, one of the deadliest tornadoes in US History on  March 18, 1925
• 155th anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville in North Carolina on March 19, 1865
• 55th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March begins on March 21,1965
• 255th anniversary of the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765
• 75th anniversary of the Arab League being formed on March 22, 1945
• 245th anniversary of “Give me Liberty or Give me death” uttered by Patrick Henry on March 23, 1775
• 45th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh Campaign (under the 1975 Spring Offensive) launched on March 24, 1975
• 255th anniversary of the Quartering Act on March 24, 1765
• 100th anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald publishing This Side of Paradise which launched him to fame on March 26, 1920
• 245th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson elected to the Continental Congress, March 27, 1775
• 155th Appomattox begins on March 29, 1865
• 75th anniversary of General Patton securing Frankfurt on March 29, 1945
• 150th anniversary of 15th Amendment being adopted on March, 30, 1870
• 55th anniversary of U.S. Embassy in Saigon attack on March 30, 1965
• 245th anniversary of the New England Restraining Act on March 30, 1775

April:

• 320th anniversary of April Fool’s Day taking off (this is not a joke) on April 1, 1700
• 75th anniversary of Combat troops landing on Okinawa on April 1, 1945
• 160th anniversary of the The Pony Express beginning on April 3, 1860
• 155th anniversary of the capture of Richmond on April 3, 1865
• 65th anniversary of Churchill retired as Prime Minister on  April 5, 1955
• 75th anniversary of Allies sinking the Yamato, a major Japanese Battleship on April 7, 1945
• 85th anniversary of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act signed on April 8, 1935
• 155th anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s surrender on  April 9, 1865
• 80th anniversary of Germany invading Norway and Denmark on April 9 1940
• 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 launch on April 11, 1970
• 75th anniversary of Buchenwald liberation on April 11, 1945
• 75th anniversary of the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt on April 12, 1945
• 250th anniversary of the Townshend Act repeal on April 12, 1770
• 150th anniversary of the MOMA (Museum of Metropolitan Art) opening on April 13, 1870 (150 years)
• 155th anniversary of President Lincoln assassination on April 14, 1865
• 85th anniversary of “Black Sunday” Dust Bowl on April 14, 1935
• 230th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s death on April 17, 1790
• 245th anniversary of Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride on April 18, 1775
• 245th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775
• 25th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995
• 75th anniversary of Operation Corncob, which was an Allied bombing missing to destroy bridges in Italy on April 20, 1945
• 50th anniversary of the First Earth Day on  April 22, 1970
• 105th anniversary of Germany’s first major use of Chlorine Gas on April 22, 1915
• 220th anniversary of the Library of Congress on April 24, 1800
• 155th anniversary of the killing of John Wilkes Booth on  April 26, 1865
• 105th anniversary of the Treaty of London signed on April 26, 1915. The Treat of London was a secret treaty between Italy and France, Britain and Russia to bring Italy into WWI
• 215th anniversary of Marines landing on Tripoli on April 27, 1805
• 155th anniversary of the steamboat Sultana explosion, killing mostly Union soldiers returning home from the Civil War April 27, 1865. Many Confederate veterans living on the banks of the Mississippi offered aid.
• 75th anniversary of Mussolini’s execution on April 28, 1945
• 75th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau on April 29, 1945
• 75th anniversary of Hitler’s suicide on April 30, 1945
• 45th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon and South Vietnam surrenders on April 30, 1975