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1815 - William I proclaimed himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.

1872 - In the first ever final of the FA Cup (current trophy pictured), the world's oldest football competition, Wanderers F.C. defeated Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.

1935 - Conscription was re-introduced in Nazi Germany, and the German military was renamed Wehrmacht.

1968 - Vietnam War: American soldiers killed 347 civilians in My Lai, Vietnam.

2006 - The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to establish the UN Human Rights Council.

Recent days: March 15 – March 14 – March 13

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