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March 8
1782A peaceful settlement of Delaware Indians were massacred by militia at Gnadenhutten in Ohio. 1917Russia's February Revolution, which eventually led to the overthrow the csarist government, began. 1945Phyllis Mae Daley, the first African-American nurse to serve in World War II, received her U.S. Navy commission. 1948The Supreme Court ruled that religious instruction in public schools violated the Constitution. 1950The Soviet Union claimed to be in possession of the atomic bomb. 1965First U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam. 1983President Reagan called the USSR an "Evil Empire." 1999Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio died. 
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