On this day
12:40pm Tuesday 9th March 2010 in News
1562: Kissing in public was banned in Naples, contravention being punishable by death.
1796: Napoleon married Josephine de Beauharnais.
1831: The French Foreign Legion was founded by King Louis Philippe.
1862: The Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between iron-clad ships, took place during the American Civil War.
1917: Foreign intervention in the Russian Revolution begins as British troops land in Murmansk.
1937: George Orwell’s examination of life during the Depression in the north of England, The Road To Wigan Pier, was published.
1956: Britain deported Archbishop Makarios from Cyprus for “actively fostering terrorism”.
1973: In a referendum boycotted by most Catholics, Northern Ireland voted in favour of staying in the UK by a majority of 90-1.
1981: John Lambe, the “M5 Rapist” who admitted 16 attacks, received 12 life sentences.
1993: Rodney King testifies at the federal trial of four Los Angeles police officers accused of violating his civil rights.
