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