On This Day On This Day March 1, 1954: Massive nuclear test triggers fallout fears across the Pacific
On This Day On This Day March 5, 1936: The Spitfire - the iconic fighter plane of the Battle of Britain - takes to the skies
On This Day On This Day March 9, 1959: Barbie – the pneumatic blonde with the perfect figure - makes her bow
On This Day On This Day March 13, 1996: The world recoils as crazed gunman massacres 16 children in Dunblane
On This Day On This Day March 14, 1991: Birmingham Six freed after 16 years in prison for pub bomb attacks
On This Day On This Day March 15, 1972: The Godfather, Coppola's mafia epic, premieres in New York City
On This Day On This Day March 17, 2003: Commons Leader Robin Cook resigns as Britain prepares for war with Iraq
On This Day On This Day March 18, 1967: Environmental disaster feared as tanker Torrey Canyon hits rocks off Cornwall
On This Day On This Day March 20, 1966: Football's World Cup stolen as England prepares to host tournament
On This Day On This Day March 21, 1963: Alcatraz prison has served its time but the legends of the Rock live on
On This Day On This Day March 25, 1957: Six European nations sign historic agreement to create a 'Common Market'
On This Day On This Day March 26, 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp claims the lives of 39 cult members as it flies past Earth
On This Day On This Day March 27, 1963: Beeching's axe changes the face of Britain's railways forever
On This Day On This Day March 28, 1979: Pennsylvania panics as reactor fails at Three Mile Island nuclear plant
On This Day On This Day March 31, 1990: Poll tax demonstration sparks worst London riots for a century
On This Day On This Day On this day in April: Gagarin is the first man in space, Martin Luther King is shot and more
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