Events of the nation and world in March 1970, another relatively uneventful month.
Three members of the Weatherman, classified as a domestic terrorist organization, were killed March 6 when the pipe bomb they had constructed exploded prematurely in New York City. Another member of Weatherman wrote later the plan had been to place the bomb in a dancehall at Fort Dix where U.S. service members and dates would have attended a dance. Two other Weatherman members would also be killed by a premature bomb explosion in New York on March 28.
A solar eclipse passed over the Atlantic Coast of the U.S., including Norfolk, Va., on March 7. There will be a post on that date with pictures.
The U.S. Army charged 14 of its officers, including two generals, on March 17 with suppressing information about the 1968 massacre at My Lai, South Vietnam, and referred charges for court martial. Charges against the generals were later dropped. Only LT William Calley would be tried and convicted in the incident.