Historical Events In March - 19
1995 Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3 4.08)
1995 Queen Elizabeth II of Britain starts a historic state visit to post-apartheid South Africa.
1996 Defeated in the federal election, former Australian prime minister Paul Keating announces his retirement
1996 In Southern Xinjiang, China a 6.3 earthquake killed at least twenty-four people, 128 injured and more than 15,314 houses destroyed in the Artux-Jiashi area
1996 Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marrage
1997 Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi
1997 Police fired tear gas and warning shots in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, to quell a protest against the government's plan to use foreign mercenaries to crush a separatist rebellion
1997 Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments
1998 "Ah Wilderness!", opens at Vivian Beaumont theater
1813 The birth of Dr David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and opponent of slave trade
1848 The birth of Wyatt Earp, American Lawman
1936 The birth of Ursula Andress, Film actress
1955 The birth of Bruce Willis, American actor
2005 A suspected suicide bomber in Doha, Qatar, kills one person and injures about 12 others.
2005 A time bomb explodes in a Muslim shrine in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 29 people and wounding 40.
2005 A mine blast occurs at the Xishui coal mine in Shuozhou, China, and rocks nearby Kangjiayao coal mine, killing up to 59.
