10 years ago

March 31: Netscape releases the code base of its browser under an open-source license agreement (Mozilla)

Netscape
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation

March 30: Hymen Lipman patents a pencil with an attached eraser

Hymen Lipman
Pencil
Eraser

March 29: Dr John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia

Dr John Pemberton
Coca-Cola
Atlanta, Georgia

March 28: Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece

Nobel Prize laureates
Giorgos Seferis
BBC World Service
Junta
Greece

March 27: The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra

Food and Drug Administration
Viagra
Impotence

March 26: Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides

Heaven's Gate
Cult suicides

March 25: Clube Atletico Mineiro, Founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Clube Atletico Mineiro
Belo Horizonte,Brazil

March 24: Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country

Kosovo War
NATO
Yugoslavia

March 23: The Australian cricket team defeats India in the cricket World cup to win their second successive Cricket World Cup

Australian cricket team
Indian cricket team
Cricket World Cup

March 22: Karl Wallenda of the The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Karl Wallenda
The Flying Wallendas
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Tight-Rope