March 31st – On This Day
1972 - The CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) organizes a four day demonstration against nuclear arms including a march to Aldermaston.
March 30th – On This Day
1974 - Red Rum won the Grand National at Aintree for the second year running. The horse won it's 3rd Grand National in 1977.
March 29th – On This Day
1848 - Niagara Falls waterfall stopped flowing due to an ice jam in Lake Erie. The flow stopped for 30 to 40 hours, and it’s the only time it’s recorded to have happened.
March 28th – On This Day
1917 - The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded. They were Britain's first official service women.
March 27th – On This Day
1966 - The stolen football world cup was found in south London by a dog called Pickles, whilst it was out for a walk with its owner.
March 26th – On This Day
2015 - Richard III (1452 - 1485), the only English monarch without a marked grave, was reinterred at Leicester Cathedral after much wrangling, including High Court action over his final resting place.
March 25th – On This Day
1969 - John Lennon and new wife Yoko Ono staged their ‘Beds in Peace’ at the Amsterdam Hilton. It lasted until 31st March and each day they invited the world's press into their hotel room, between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.
March 24th – On This Day
1989 - The oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil.
March 23rd – On This Day
1956 - Queen Elizabeth II laid the foundation stone of the new Coventry cathedral. The new building was built next to the remains of the 14th-century cathedral that had been destroyed in the 2nd World War.