March to Montgomery……
March 21, 1965…….
Under the protection of federal troops, Martin Luther King, Jr. and 3,000 marchers begin a five-day march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. More than 25,000 demonstrators gathered at the Montgomery Capitol building, where King delivered his famous lines, “How long will it take? I come to say to you this afternoon however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long.”
Tight-Rope Walker Falls to Death……
March 22, 1978……
73-year-old Karl Wallenda, the German-American tight-rope walker with the Great Wallendas, falls over 100 feet to his death during a performance in Puerto Rico.
Adolf Hitler…..
March 23, 1933…..
Adolf Hitler passes the Enabling Act which effectively gave him dictatorial powers. He then used that power to ban other political parties.