What Happened in March?

The Paris Peace accords had been signed on January 27, 1973 by the North and South Vietnamese Governments and by the U.S Nixon Administration. On the same day, Hanoi released the remaining 591 American prisoners of war (POWs). Over 58,000 Americans died in the Vietnam War.
On April 29, 1975, the North Vietnamese troops began to shell Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, as they get ready to capture the city, and the U.S. ordered the evacuation of all personnel, but the only way out was by helicopter. When the massive evacuation ended a day later, about 6,500 people had been airlifted including nearly 900 Americans. Hours later, on April 30, Saigon fell, and with it, came the end of the Vietnam War. More

A similar DC10 explosive decompression in Canada two years earlier, had identified an identical fault in the door closure mechanism which had allowed it to indicate and appear secured. Non-mandated corrective actions promulgated after that investigation had not been completed on the aircraft at the time of the accident. More

The finding, became known as Pit 1. The discovery, led to more findings including the famous Terracotta Army, which were unlike any tomb figures seen before. Discoveries continued over the years, including two large painted bronze chariots and horses approximately 20 meters west of the tomb mound. The central burial chamber of Emperor Qin Shi Huang remains unopened to this day due to preservation concerns and historical accounts of lethal traps and mercury rivers. More

An investigation by The Spanish authorities concluded that the primary cause of the accident was the KLM captain's decision to take off in the mistaken belief that air traffic control (ATC) had issued takeoff clearance. KLM admitted that its crew was responsible for the accident and the airline agreed to financially compensate the relatives of all of the victims. As of March  27, 2026, the Tenerife aircraft accident is the deadliest accident in aviation history. (not including the 911 terrorists attacks).

The closest approach to Io, which is about 5% larger than earth's moon, was at an altitude of 20,570 km (12,780 miles) and the images revealed that Io's surface was heavily dotted with active volcanoes, plumes, and lava lakes, appearing as a "pizza-like" surface. It helped scientists determine that Io's volcanic activity supplies the material that populates the Jovian magnetosphere with sulfur, oxygen, and sodium. Voyager 1 continued to study Jupiter and its moons until April 1979 before heading to Saturn.

Despite Carter's efforts to recruit allies, several key nations, including Britain and France, did not join the boycott. In the end, 65 nations skipped the games. In retaliation for the American-led boycott, the Soviet Union and 14 of its allies boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles. The Soviet Union did not withdraw from Afghanistan until 1989.

Walter Cronkite retirement was a semi-forced exit despite his legendary status due to CBS's mandatory retirement policy at age 65. He did continued with specials and other projects for CBS. Cronkite, born on November 4, 1916, died at age 92, on July 17, 2009, at his home in New York City..

The book , "The Jupiter Effect", by John Gribbin and Stephen Plagemann suggested that the alignment of all nine planets on one side of the Sun would create a significant gravitational pull, causing the combined gravitational pull would trigger catastrophic earthquakes, solar flares, and global disasters. However it proved to be harmless, a lesson in distinguishing scientific possibility from sensationalized prediction.

Definition:
Pi is the never-ending mathematical constant (pi (π)), which relates the circumference C of a circle to its diameter d; that is,π = C/d. The numerical value of pi to five decimal places is 3.14159.

Formal Recognitions:
On March 12, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives recognized March 14 as National Pi Day.
On November 26, 2019, UNESCO designated Pi Day as the International Day of Mathematics

Coincidences:
Pi Day shares the calendar with two of history's most famous physicists:
~ Albert Einstein’s Birthday: Born on March 14, 1879.
~ Stephen Hawking’s Death: Passed away on March 14, 2018.
~ Super Pi Day: The date 3/14/15 at 9:26:53 AM/PM represents the first ten digits of Pi.

He was awarded the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize 1990. Gorbachev resigned form the presidency on December 25, 1991 when the Soviet Union disintegrated. More

Namibia is a country in Southern Africa bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the northeast, Zimbabwe lies less than 660 feet (200 meters) away along the Zambezi River near Kazungula, Zambia.

The referendum posed the question to white voters, if they supported the continuation of the negotiated reforms aimed at a new constitution, which began on February 2, 1990, under State President F.W. de Klerk. With 85.08% of the registered white voters participating, the "Yes" side won a landslide victory with 1,924,186 votes (68.73%) against 875,619 "No" votes (31.27%).The referendum also marked the last time only the white electorate participated in a national election. The result enabled negotiations that led to the first non-racial, democratic elections in April 1994, electing Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa.

The USS Missouri had been recommissioned in 1986 and served during operation Dessert Storm in 1991. It was later donated to a memorial and opened as a museum in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1998.