On March 19, 1563, the Peace of Amboise ended the first War of Religion in France, with the Huguenots granted limited toleration to exercise their religion.
In 1687, French explorer Robert Cavelier de la Salle was assassinated by his own men in what is now Texas.
In 1711, war was proclaimed between Russia and Turkey.
In 1808, Spain`s King Charles IV abdicated.
In 1831, the first bank robbery in the United States occurred when $245,000 was taken from the City Bank in New York.
In 1917, the Supreme Court upheld the Adamson Act, which provided for an eight-hour work day for railroad labor.
In 1918, Congress approved the adoption of Daylight Saving Time.
In 1920, the U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles for the second time.
In 1931, Nevada legalized gambling.
In 1942, American men between the ages of 45 and 64 were ordered to register for nonmilitary duty in World War II.
In 1945, approximately 800 people were killed as kamikaze planes attacked the USS Franklin off Japan in World War II.
In 1975, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a Social Security rule that allowed survivor benefits for widows with children but not for widowers with children.
In 1978, the Israeli army took control of practically all of Lebanon south of the Litani River.
In 1979, the U.S. House of Representatives began television broadcasts of its day-to-day business.
In 1980, Illinois Atty. Gen. William Scott was convicted of filing a false income tax return.
In 1981, during a dress rehearsal for launch of the space shuttle Columbia, one worker was killed, another fatally injured and four others nearly asphyxiated when they entered a compartment filled with nitrogen.