Jen and Jon Johnson

On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward signs a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for $7 million, paying roughly two cents an acre.

On March 29, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of espionage for their role in passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. They were later sentenced to death and executed in 1953.

On March 28, 1776, San Francisco was founded when Juan Bautista de Anza, arrives with 247 colonists. Anza established the presidio & 6 months later the mission was built to complete the Spanish settlement.

On March 27, 1958, Nikita Khrushchev became Soviet premier in addition to First Secretary of the Communist Party, the first to hold both positions since Stalin.

On March 24, 1765, Parliament passes the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies.

On March 23, 1919, Benito Mussolini establishes Fasci di Combattimento (Fascist Party), which supported nationalism, wore black shirts and launched a program of terrorism against its leftist opponents.

On March 20, 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, is published – the novel sold 300,000 copies within 3 months.

On March 17, 1762 in New York City, the first parade honoring the Catholic feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is held by Irish soldiers serving in the British army.

On March 16, 1968, during the Vietnam War, the My Lai Massacre was carried out by US troops under the command of Lt. Calley, killing between 200 and 500 unarmed Vietnamese.

On March 15, 44BC Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome, is stabbed to death in the Roman Senate house by 60 conspirators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus.