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March 4,
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5th March 1770 - British troops killed five people in Boston USA. One of the events that led to the American Revolution.

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March 3,
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4th March 1893 - Happy Birthday (the song) was published under its original title "Good Morning To You".

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March 2,
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3rd March 1284 - The Statute of Rhuddlan was signed and Wales became a territory under the English crown. 1991 - A home video captured three Los Angeles police officers beating motorist Rodney King. (Four LAPD officers were later tried in a state court for the beating but were acquitted. The announcement of the acquittals […]

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February 28,
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1st March 1872 - Yellowstone National Park was established in the US. It was the first area in the world to be designated a national park.

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February 26,
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27th February 1902 - John Steinbeck was born.

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February 24,
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25th February 1964 - Boxer Cassius Clay was crowned heavyweight champion of the world. 1972 - The miners strike was called off. 1982 - The European Court of Human Rights ruled that beating schoolchildren against their parents' wishes was a violation of the Human Rights Convention. Luckily my mum was against corporal punishment.

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