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This Day in History for March 11 – Tohoku Earthquake and More
This Day in History for March 11 – Tohoku Earthquake and More
This Day in History for March 11 – Tohoku Earthquake and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1861 – The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted (More info) 1941 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan (More info) 1993 – Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the
This Day in History for March 9 – Barbie Introduced and More
This Day in History for March 9 – Barbie Introduced and More
This Day in History for March 9 – Barbie Introduced and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1841 – The US Supreme Court rules that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally (More info) 1916 – Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico (More info)
This Day in History for March 7 – Bell Patents the Telephone and More
This Day in History for March 7 – Bell Patents the Telephone and More
This Day in History for March 7 – Bell Patents the Telephone and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1850 – Senator Daniel Webster gives his “Seventh of March” speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war (More info) 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone (More info)
This Day in History for March 3 – ‘Star Spangled Banner’ Adopted and More
This Day in History for March 3 – ‘Star Spangled Banner’ Adopted and More
This Day in History for March 3 – ‘Star Spangled Banner’ Adopted and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1820 – The US Congress passes the Missouri Compromise, a bill that temporarily resolves the first serious political clash between slavery and antislavery interests (More info) 1887 – Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6-year-old Helen Keller, who lost her sight and hearing after a severe illness at the age of 19 months (Mo
This Day in History for March 2 – ‘King Kong’ Premieres and More
This Day in History for March 2 – ‘King Kong’ Premieres and More
This Day in History for March 2 – ‘King Kong’ Premieres and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1836 – The Republic of Texas declares its independence from Mexico (More info) 1877 – The US Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the previous November’s election, even though Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote (More info)
This Day in History for February 27 – First Mardi Gras and More
This Day in History for February 27 – First Mardi Gras and More
This Day in History for February 27 – First Mardi Gras and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1827 – A group of masked and costumed students dance through the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, marking the beginning of the city’s famous Mardi Gras celebrations (More info) 1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified (More info)
This Day in History for February 25 – Ali Dethrones Liston and More
This Day in History for February 25 – Ali Dethrones Liston and More
This Day in History for February 25 – Ali Dethrones Liston and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1836 – Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver (More info) 1870 – Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress (More info)
This Day in History for February 23 – Polio Vaccines Begin and More
This Day in History for February 23 – Polio Vaccines Begin and More
This Day in History for February 23 – Polio Vaccines Begin and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1896 – The Tootsie Roll is introduced (More info) 1927 – President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill establishing the Federal Radio Commission — later the Federal Communications Commission — which regulated the use of US radio frequencies (More info)
This Day in History for February 14 – Penicillin Discovered and More
This Day in History for February 14 – Penicillin Discovered and More
This Day in History for February 14 – Penicillin Discovered and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1920 – The League of Women Voters is founded (More info) 1929 – Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s gang, are murdered in Chicago in what would come to be known as the Saint Valentine’s Day massacre (More info)
This Day in History for February 13 – Switzerland Declared Neutral and More
This Day in History for February 13 – Switzerland Declared Neutral and More
This Day in History for February 13 – Switzerland Declared Neutral and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1914 – The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, or ASCAP, is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members (More info) 1920 – The League of Nations recognizes the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland (More info) 1970 – ‘Black Sabbath,’ arguably the very first heavy metal a

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