• 1277 – Étienne Tempier, Bishop of Paris, promulgated a Condemnation of 219 philosophical and theological propositions that were being discussed at the University of Paris.
• 1850 – In support of the Compromise of 1850, United States
Senator Daniel Webster gave his "Seventh of March" speech, which was
so unpopular among his constituency he was forced to resign.
• 1936 – Nazi German forces re-occupied the demilitarized
Rhineland, violating both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties
that were signed after World War I.
• 1985 – The charity single "We Are the World" by
the supergroup USA for Africa was released, and would go on to sell over 20
million copies.
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