Jen and Jon Johnson

On March 14, 1990 The Congress of People’s Deputies elects General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev as the new president of the Soviet Union.

On March 13, 1868, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the Senate. In the end, the Senate found him not-guilty by just one vote short of the 2/3 majority.

On March 9, 1917, Mexican guerrillas under Francisco “Pancho” Villa cross the U.S.-Mexican border and attacked Columbus, New Mexico, killing 17 Americans and burning the town.

On March 8, 1917, Russia’s February Revolution (so called because of the Old Style calendar used by Russians at the time) began with rioting and strikes in St. Petersburg.

On March 7, 1965, a march by civil rights demonstrators and led by MLK, was brutally broken up in Selma, Alabama, by state troopers and police officers.

On March 6, 1857, in its Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court held that Scott, a slave, could not sue for his freedom in a federal court because he was considered the property of his owner.

On March 1, 1781 the Articles of Confederation were ratified after more than
4 yrs. of debate among the states. The Articles governed the US until it was replaced with the Constitution in 1789.