The Nintendo Switch, a hybrid game machine that works as both a console at home and a portable tablet on the go, made its debut.
In 1931, “The Star-Spangled Banner” became the national anthem of the United States as President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution.In 1943, in London’s East End, 173 people died in a crush of bodies at the Bethnal Green tube station, which was being used as a wartime air raid shelter.In 1960, Lucille Ball filed for divorce from her husband, Desi Arnaz, a day after they had finished filming the last episode of “The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show.
”In 1969, Apollo 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to test the lunar module.On March 3, 1974, a Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris, killing all 346 people on board.In 1991, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on amateur video.Mitt Romney rolled to a double-digit victory in Washington state’s Republican presidential caucuses, his fourth campaign triumph in a row.
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