## The Ship That Rocked Goes Down On March 20, 1980, the North Sea claimed one of its most famous residents. The Mi Amigo, legendary home of Radio Caroline, sank in gale force winds near the Thames Estuary, marking the dramatic end of one of Britain’s most beloved pirate radio stations. It was a night…
March 19, 1990 marked a revolutionary moment in sports history when the puck dropped on the very first IIHF-sanctioned Women’s World Ice Hockey Championship in Ottawa, Canada. This groundbreaking tournament would change women’s hockey forever, establishing it as a legitimate international sport and launching careers that would inspire generations of female athletes. The Road to…
On the night of March 18, 1990, two men dressed as Boston police officers approached the side entrance of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood. They buzzed the intercom, told the security guard they were responding to a disturbance call, and asked to be let in. It was 1:24 AM. The guard,…
On March 18, 1992, white South Africans voted 68.7% YES in a historic referendum to end apartheid. F.W. de Klerk’s bold gamble, Nelson Mandela’s release, and the vote that changed South Africa forever.
On March 15, 1985, Symbolics Inc. registered symbolics.com — the very first .com domain name in internet history. From MIT AI Lab to Hollywood CGI, discover the full story of the company that kicked off the digital revolution.
On March 14, 1982, four teenagers took the stage at Radio City in Anaheim, California for Metallica’s very first live show. With broken guitar strings, a setlist packed with NWOBHM covers, and about 200 friends in the audience, nobody knew they were witnessing the birth of the biggest metal band in history.
On March 13, 1986, cosmonauts Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyev launched aboard Soyuz T-15 to become the first crew of the Mir space station — beginning 15 years of continuous human habitation in orbit and changing space exploration forever.
On March 11, 1990, Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to declare independence, starting the domino effect that would topple the entire communist empire within 18 months. This is the story of the small Baltic nation that dared to be first and changed the world.
