On this day in 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened.
On this day in 1962, the Algerian War of Independence against the French ended.
On this day in 1979, the United States House of Representatives began broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
And this day in 2004 marked the 3-19 Shooting Incident in Taiwan, when Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian was shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.