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  1. On This Day: March 20 1985 The Coca-Cola Company Purchased Tandem Productions and Embassy Television for 485 Million Dollars

    On This Day: March 20 1985 The Coca-Cola Company Purchased Tandem Productions and Embassy Television for 485 Million Dollars

    On this day March 20 1985 The Coca-Cola Company made a major move into the entertainment industry by purchasing Tandem Productions and Embassy Television for 485 million dollars. The acquisition gave Coca-Cola control over some of the most popular television shows of the time including hits like...
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  2. On This Day: March 20 1987 The FDA Approved AZT as the First AIDS Treatment

    On This Day: March 20 1987 The FDA Approved AZT as the First AIDS Treatment

    On this day March 20 1987 the Food and Drug Administration approved the drug AZT making it the first successful treatment for AIDS. AZT also known as zidovudine was initially developed as a cancer drug but was later found to slow the progression of HIV giving patients hope for the first time...
  3. On This Day: March 20 1985 Canadian Paraplegic Rick Hansen Began His Wheelchair Journey Around the Globe

    On This Day: March 20 1985 Canadian Paraplegic Rick Hansen Began His Wheelchair Journey Around the Globe

    On this day March 20 1985 Canadian athlete and activist Rick Hansen began his historic Man in Motion World Tour a wheelchair journey around the globe to raise awareness and funds for spinal cord injury research. Hansen traveled through 34 countries covering more than 40000 kilometers over two...
  4. On This Day: March 19 1984 Mobil Oil Tanker Spilled 200000 Gallons of Oil Into the Columbia River

    On This Day: March 19 1984 Mobil Oil Tanker Spilled 200000 Gallons of Oil Into the Columbia River

    On this day March 19 1984 a Mobil Oil tanker spilled 200000 gallons of oil into the Columbia River creating one of the worst environmental disasters in the region’s history. The spill contaminated miles of water affecting local wildlife fish populations and the surrounding ecosystem. The...
  5. On This Day: March 19 1987 Televangelist Jim Bakker Resigned as Head of the PTL Club

    On This Day: March 19 1987 Televangelist Jim Bakker Resigned as Head of the PTL Club

    On this day March 19 1987 televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as head of the PTL Club also known as The Jim and Tammy Show following a highly publicized sex scandal. Bakker who had built a massive religious broadcasting empire stepped down after it was revealed that he had paid hush money to...
  6. On This Day: March 19 1982 Ozzy Osbourne’s Lead Guitarist Randy Rhoads Was Killed in a Plane Crash

    On This Day: March 19 1982 Ozzy Osbourne’s Lead Guitarist Randy Rhoads Was Killed in a Plane Crash

    On this day March 19 1982 Randy Rhoads the legendary lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne was tragically killed in a plane crash at the age of 25. The accident occurred in Leesburg Florida when Rhoads and two others took an unauthorized flight in a small plane that crashed into a house after...
  7. On This Day: March 18 1988 Gilda Radner Made Her Last TV Appearance on The Garry Shandling Show

    On This Day: March 18 1988 Gilda Radner Made Her Last TV Appearance on The Garry Shandling Show

    On this day March 18 1988 comedian and actress Gilda Radner made her final television appearance on The Garry Shandling Show. Just over a year later on May 20 1989 she passed away at age 42 from ovarian cancer. Radner was one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live where she became...
  8. On This Day: March 18 1982 Singer Teddy Pendergrass Was Paralyzed in a Car Accident

    On This Day: March 18 1982 Singer Teddy Pendergrass Was Paralyzed in a Car Accident

    On this day March 18 1982 R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass was involved in a devastating car accident in Philadelphia that left him paralyzed from the chest down. The accident occurred when his Rolls-Royce crashed into a guardrail after the brakes reportedly failed. At the time Pendergrass was one...
  9. On This Day: March 18 1980 Elvis Presley's Autopsy Was Subpoenaed During the Trial of Dr George Nichopoulos

    On This Day: March 18 1980 Elvis Presley's Autopsy Was Subpoenaed During the Trial of Dr George Nichopoulos

    On this day March 18 1980 the autopsy report of Elvis Presley was officially subpoenaed during the trial of Dr George Nichopoulos the physician who had treated Presley in his final years. The case centered around allegations that Dr Nichopoulos had over-prescribed medications to Presley...
  10. On This Day: March 17 1985 Richard Ramirez Committed His First Two Murders in Los Angeles

    On This Day: March 17 1985 Richard Ramirez Committed His First Two Murders in Los Angeles

    On this day March 17 1985 serial killer Richard Ramirez also known as The Night Stalker committed his first two known murders in Rosemead Park and Monterey Park in Los Angeles. These attacks marked the beginning of his brutal crime spree that terrorized California throughout 1985. Ramirez...
  11. On This Day: March 16 1988 Saddam Hussein Ordered a Poison Gas Attack on Halabja

    On This Day: March 16 1988 Saddam Hussein Ordered a Poison Gas Attack on Halabja

    On this day March 16 1988 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered a chemical attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in northern Iraq. The attack which used deadly poison gas killed an estimated 5,000 people and left over 10,000 injured making it one of the worst chemical warfare attacks in...
  12. On This Day: March 16 1985 Associated Press Newsman Terry Anderson Was Taken Hostage in Beirut Lebanon

    On This Day: March 16 1985 Associated Press Newsman Terry Anderson Was Taken Hostage in Beirut Lebanon

    On this day March 16 1985 Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson was kidnapped in Beirut Lebanon by Hezbollah militants backed by Iran. Anderson who was covering the ongoing Lebanese Civil War was ambushed and taken captive while returning from a tennis game. Anderson remained a hostage...
  13. On This Day: March 15 1986 The Hotel New World in Singapore Collapsed Killing 33 People

    On This Day: March 15 1986 The Hotel New World in Singapore Collapsed Killing 33 People

    On this day March 15 1986 tragedy struck in Singapore when the six-story Hotel New World collapsed suddenly killing 33 people and trapping many others under the rubble. The disaster was one of the worst structural failures in the country’s history. Rescue teams worked tirelessly for days to...
  14. On This Day: March 14 1980 Quincy Jones Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

    On This Day: March 14 1980 Quincy Jones Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

    On this day March 14 1980 legendary producer composer and musician Quincy Jones was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. By this time Jones had already built a remarkable career spanning jazz R&B film scoring and pop music production. Jones was widely recognized for his...
  15. On This Day: March 14 1982 The South African Government Bombed the African National Congress Headquarters in London

    On This Day: March 14 1982 The South African Government Bombed the African National Congress Headquarters in London

    On this day March 14 1982 agents of the South African government carried out a bombing attack on the headquarters of the African National Congress (ANC) in London. The attack was part of South Africa’s efforts to suppress anti-apartheid activism abroad. The explosion caused significant damage...
  16. On This Day: March 14 1980 LOT Flight 7 Crashed Near Warsaw Poland

    On This Day: March 14 1980 LOT Flight 7 Crashed Near Warsaw Poland

    On this day March 14 1980 LOT Flight 7 tragically crashed during its final approach near Warsaw Poland killing all 87 people on board. Among the victims was a 14-man American boxing team who were traveling to Poland for an international tournament. The crash was caused by mechanical failure...
  17. On This Day: March 7 1986 Divers from the USS Preserver Located the Crew Cabin of the Space Shuttle Challenger

    On This Day: March 7 1986 Divers from the USS Preserver Located the Crew Cabin of the Space Shuttle Challenger

    On this day March 7 1986 divers from the USS Preserver discovered the crew cabin of the Space Shuttle Challenger on the ocean floor. This grim discovery came more than a month after the shuttle tragically exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on January 28 1986 claiming the lives of all seven crew...
  18. On This Day: March 6 1987 The MS Herald of Free Enterprise Capsized Killing 193 People

    On This Day: March 6 1987 The MS Herald of Free Enterprise Capsized Killing 193 People

    On this day March 6 1987 the British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise tragically capsized near the Belgian port of Zeebrugge just 90 seconds after setting sail. The vessel was carrying 539 passengers and crew when water rushed into the car deck due to the bow doors being left open causing the...
  19. On This Day: March 4 1986 The Soviet Vega 1 Returned the First Images of Halley's Comet

    On This Day: March 4 1986 The Soviet Vega 1 Returned the First Images of Halley's Comet

    On this day March 4 1986, the Soviet Vega 1 spacecraft returned the first images of Halley's Comet. This historic event marked a major milestone in space exploration as scientists were able to capture clear images of one of the most famous comets in our solar system. Halley's Comet is visible...
  20. On This Day: March 4 1985 The Food and Drug Administration Began Requiring Tests for All Donated Blood in the United States

    On This Day: March 4 1985 The Food and Drug Administration Began Requiring Tests for All Donated Blood in the United States

    On this day March 4 1985 the Food and Drug Administration implemented a new policy requiring all donated blood in the United States to be tested for HIV. This decision came in response to growing concerns over the transmission of AIDS through blood transfusions particularly after the widely...
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