9th March

1969: Martin Luther King's killer gets life James Earl Ray is jailed for 99 years by a court in Memphis, Tennessee, after admitting the murder of the American civil rights leader..

1988: Avalanche hits royal ski party The Prince of Wales narrowly avoids death on the ski slopes of Switzerland in an avalanche which kills one of his closest friends..

1990: Observer 'spy' sentenced to die A court in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, imposes the death sentence on The Observer journalist Farzad Bazoft..

1973: British officials shot dead in Bermuda The British governor and his assistant have been assassinated in Bermuda, a British-dependent territory in the North Atlantic..

1956: Riots erupt in Cyprus over Archbishop Greek Cypriots demonstrate and strike after Britain arrests and deports Archbishop Makarios..

Quote of the Day

“ Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding ” .........Albert Einstein

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