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Mar 21, 1556: The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, was burned at the stake as a heretic.

Sun, 03/21/2010 - 11:51am

Mar 20, 1602: The Dutch East India Company was established. During its 196-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies.

Sat, 03/20/2010 - 11:20am

Mar 19, 1853: During the Taiping Rebellion in China, the rebels captured Nanking and renamed it T'en-ching (Heavenly Capital).

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 11:07am

Mar 18, 1963: The Supreme Court held in Gideon v. Wainwright that public defenders must be provided for indigent defendants in felony cases.

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 10:08am

Mar 17, 1963: Mount Agung on Bali erupted, killing 1,184 people.

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 9:15am

Mar 16, 1850: Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter was published.

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 8:51am

Mar 15, 1820: Maine became the 23rd state.

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 8:23am

Mar 14, 1794: The cotton gin was patented by Eli Whitney.

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 8:06am

Mar 13, 1781: The German-born English astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Georgium Sidus, later known as Uranus.

Sat, 03/13/2010 - 7:51am

Mar 12, 1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the first of his nation-wide "fireside chats" on radio.

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 6:46am

Mar 11, 1930: William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 6:45am

Mar 10, 1969: James Earl Ray was sentenced in Memphis, Tennessee, to 99 years in prison for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., in April 1968.

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 6:35am

Mar 9, 1796: Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine de Beauharnais, widow of a former French officer executed during the revolution.

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 5:42am

Mar 8, 1917: Russia's February Revolution, which eventually led to the overthrow the csarist government, began.

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 4:55am

Mar 7, 1876: Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone.

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 4:33am

Mar 6, 1857: The Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that slaves were not citizens.

Sat, 03/06/2010 - 4:15am

Mar 5, 1770: The Boston Massacre, a pre-Revolutionary incident that grew out of anger towards British troops, occurred. Five anti-British rioters were killed.

Fri, 03/05/2010 - 3:31am

Mar 4, 1791: Vermont became the 14th state in the United States.

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 3:11am

Mar 3, 1845: The U.S. Senate passed legislation overriding a presidential veto for the first time.

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 2:31am

Mar 2, 1877: Rutherford B. Hayes was declared president by a U.S. electoral commission since the original result was too close to call. He was the only president elected this way.

Tue, 03/02/2010 - 1:39am