537 - The Goths began their siege on Rome.
1302 - The characters Romeo and Juliet were married this day according to William Shakespeare.
1867 - In Hawaii, the volcano Great Mauna Loa erupted.
1888 - The "Blizzard of '88" began along the U.S. Atlantic Seaboard shutting down communication and transportation lines. More than 400 people died.(March 11-14)
1946 - Pravda denounced Winston Churchill as anti-Soviet and a warmonger.
1969 - Levi-Strauss started selling bell-bottomed jeans.
1988 - A cease-fire was declared in the war between Iran and Iraq.
1993 - Janet Reno was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the first female attorney general.
1993 - North Korea withdrew from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty refusing to open sites for inspection.
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