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2020 – The region of Uusimaa (with the capital city Helsinki) is temporarily isolated from the rest of Finland due to increased COVID-19 infections. #March_28

Today 20260328 is not a prime 20260328 = 2^3 x 11 x 17 x 29 x 467 sha256:169609a04eb9e8448e012c80979576492134ac1ae84bbc70f4e62498d4a1e090

1862 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26. #March_28

1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. #March_27

Today 20260327 is not a prime 20260327 = 19 x 1066333 sha256:936de3f0950ca247359992ec875d36d2779b37ece8b0cc2daf641b840a87abe7

2016 – A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter. #March_27

1640 – The Royal Academy of Turku, the first university of Finland, is founded in the city of Turku by Queen Christina of Sweden at the proposal of Count Per Brahe. #March_26

Today 20260326 is not a prime 20260326 = 2 x 3 x 419 x 8059 sha256:9c35900509bf6b53f7478b56672c736eeea342b77615a6c8a1f00ff65db165cb

1871 – The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held. #March_26

1914 – The Greek multi-sport club Aris Thessaloniki is founded in Thessaloniki. #March_25

Today 20260325 is not a prime 20260325 = 5^2 x 191 x 4243 sha256:cf151564bcdc2df1f8f6f3308631c5472083ebd3128bafc48d4c4512d40d8565

1988 – The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. #March_25

1944 – World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III. #March_24

Today 20260324 is not a prime 20260324 = 2^2 x 7^3 x 14767 sha256:3877124cfe278b81c09238c927dd7d07e48322a170b767d4eb3a2ea74bde926c

1998 – Dr. Rüdiger Marmulla performs the first computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation at the University of Regensburg, Germany. #March_24

1994 – Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, killing 75. #March_23

Today 20260323 is not a prime 20260323 = 3^2 x 2251147 sha256:0577c80453a26f63ec9a052aceb461fbf5b4c83ea867462a991a9f03cb48457c

1909 – Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society. #March_23

1896 – Charilaos Vasilakos wins the first modern Olympic marathon race with a time of three hours and 18 minutes. #March_22

Today 20260322 is not a prime 20260322 = 2 x 10130161 sha256:d07d7a24b9bfd33f8bdf8de150a27be00823d0e309cd9e65c3bca65aec5587f6