A Week in History: Iraq War Begins, Olympic Boycott, and the Stamp Act

By U.S. News Staff

March 19, 2010 RSS Feed Print

A look back at the week in history 

  • March 19, 2003 President George W. Bush declares the start of the war in Iraq.
  • March 20, 1854 The Republican Party is founded.
  • March 21, 1980 President Jimmy Carter announces a U.S. boycott of the Summer Olympics in Moscow over the Soviets' military action in Afghanistan.
  • March 22, 1765 The British force the Stamp Act on the American Colonies, levying taxes on printed materials and fanning revolutionary fervor.
  • March 23, 1919 Benito Mussolini establishes the Fascist movement in Italy. 

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