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Today In History – March 06 – The Herald of Free Enterprise Ferry Sinks

Posted on 06 March 2011. Tags: , , , , , ,

Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case  – Joseph Stalin’s daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States – Blast at Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three – The first United States Football League game is played – The Herald of Free Enterprise ferry sinks

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Today In History – March 02 – Congress Abolishes African Slave Trade

Posted on 02 March 2011. Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Congress abolishes the African slave trade – Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the most disputed and controversial presidential elections in American history – Operation Rolling Thunder in North Vietnam begins – Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan begins – The Ashura Massacre in Iraq – Bush honors the Boston Red Sox

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