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March 31, 1985: The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF) takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York.
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March 30, 1867: Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2 cents/acre, by U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward. The media call this Seward’s Folly.
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March 29, 1971: A Los Angles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
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March 28, 1979: Operators of Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside of Harrisburg Pennsylvania, fail to recognize that a relief valve in the primary coolant system has stuck open following an unexpected shutdown. As result, enough coolant drains out of the system to allow the core to overheat and partially meltdown.
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March 27, 1886: Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.