1885 – Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate
1906 – Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is founded to set rules in amateur sports; becomes the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1910
1949 – Newfoundland becomes Canada’s 10th province
1955 – Merger of Chase National Bank (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) forms Chase Manhattan
1958 – USSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges US and Britain to do same
1972 – Final day of the rum ration in the Royal Canadian Navy
1996 – First time in MLB history, the regular season opens in March with Seattle Mariners beating Chicago White Sox, 3-2 in 12 innings at the Kingdome, Seattle
1996 – Radio Canada International’s final shortwave broadcast
1998 – Expansion clubs, Tampa Bay and Arizona both suffer bad losses in their MLB debuts; Devil Rays lose, 11-6 to the Detroit Tigers and the Diamondbacks fall, 9-2 to Colorado Rockies
2012 – Fiji Floods kill 2 people and force thousands to be evacuated