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02/28/2006 10:27:20 AM · #51 |
February 28
1827: The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad begins operations, becoming the first steam-operated railway in the United States to carry freight and passengers.
1932: The last Ford Model A rolls out of the factory. With a base price of $460, about 5 million Model A cars were manufactured between 1927 and 1932.
1983: M*A*S*H airs its final episode. More than three-quarters of TV viewers at the time were tuning in to see Hawkeye say goodbye.
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03/01/2006 10:15:57 AM · #52 |
March 1
1692: A witch-hunting frenzy begins in Salem Village of the Massachusetts Bay Colony after three girls are charged with witchcraft.
1937: Connecticut issues the first automobile license plates that are used to identify registered vehicles.
1961: The Peace Corps is created by President Kennedy. The program, which Congress funded with $40 million, sent 1,000 American volunteers to the West Indies and Africa in its first year of operation.
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03/01/2006 10:38:34 AM · #53 |
| That's really cool...keep this thread going...interesting info! |
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03/02/2006 12:05:56 PM · #54 |
March 2
1836: Texas declares independence from Mexico when a convention of American Texans met at Washington-on-the-Brazos. The group chose David Burnet provisional president and confirmed Sam Houston as commander in chief of Texas military forces.
1917: Puerto Rico is designated a territory of the United States, and its residents receive US citizenship.
1962: Wilt Chamberlain shoots and scores to become the first and only player to knock down 100 points in an NBA game.
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03/03/2006 11:53:53 AM · #55 |
March 3
1923: The first issue of the weekly Time magazine is published featuring articles about French occupation of Germany's Ruhr and a commentary about the wines and beer purchased by George Washington.
1931: Congress adopts "The Star-Spangled Banner," written by Francis Scott Key, as the national anthem.
2005: Steve Fosset lands The GlobalFlyer at Salina Municipal Airport in Kansas, completing the first solo, non-stop flight around the world. At 67 hours, it's also the fastest flight around the world without refueling.
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03/06/2006 10:39:10 PM · #56 |
March 6
1475: Michelangelo Buonarroti, the famous sculptor, painter, and architect, is born in the Italian village of Caprese.
1554: Mary I, queen of England, marries Philip, son of Charles V, the Holy Roman emperor. The reign of Philip became a cause of Protestant emigration.
1950: Silly Putty stretches its way onto toy shelves for the first time in 1-ounce balls in plastic eggs.
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03/08/2006 01:02:00 AM · #57 |
March 7
1876: Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone.
1923: Becoming an American poetry staple, Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is published in The New Republic.
1987: Mike Tyson defeats James Smith in 12 rounds, becoming the youngest World Boxing Association heavyweight champion.
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03/08/2006 10:34:57 AM · #58 |
March 8
1857: Hundreds of women in the New York City garment district strike because of low wages, long hours, and poor working conditions.
1972: The Goodyear blimp takes to the skies for the first time.
1976: The largest observed stony meteorite hits earth in Jilin, China. The meteorite weighed almost 4,000 pounds.
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03/08/2006 10:37:01 AM · #59 |
hmm nothings changed
Originally posted by American_Horse:
March 8
1857: Hundreds of women in the New York City garment district strike because of low wages, long hours, and poor working conditions. |
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03/09/2006 05:23:53 PM · #60 |
March 9
432: The Parthenon, the temple of the Greek goddess Athena, is consecrated in Athens.
1796: Napoléon Bonaparte marries Joséphine de Beauharnais.
1955: Movie heartthrob James Dean makes his debut in a major film role in East of Eden. He received an Academy Award nomination for the performance.
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03/10/2006 12:10:54 PM · #61 |
March 10
1876: Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call to his assistant Thomas Watson. The first sentence spoken over a telephone: "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you," Bell said.
1880: The Salvation Army came to the United States from England with George Scott Railton as commander.
1913: Becoming the first bowler to record a perfect score, William Knox rolls a 300 during an American Bowling Congress tournament in Toledo, Ohio.
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03/10/2006 01:15:36 PM · #62 |
1496 Christopher Columbus concluded his second visit to the Western Hemisphere when he left Hispaniola for Spain.
1785 Thomas Jefferson was appointed minister to France. He succeeded Benjamin Franklin.
1912 China becomes a republic after the Manchu Ching Dynasty is overthrown.
1945 American B-29 bombers attack Tokyo, killing an estimated 100,000 people.
1947 The Big Four met in Moscow to discuss the future of Germany.
1956 Julie Andrews, at the age of 23, made her TV debut in "High Tor" with Bing Crosby and Nancy Olson.
1965 "The Odd Couple," starring Walter Matthau and Art Carney, opens on Broadway. The play later goes on to become a hit television series.
1969 James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tenn., to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Ray later repudiated the guilty plea and maintained his innocence until his death in April of 1998.
1971 The U.S. Senate approves an amendment to lower the voting age from 21 to 18.
1982 The United States bans Libyan oil imports due to their continued support of terrorism.
1998 U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf begin receiving the first vaccinations against anthrax.
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03/13/2006 08:07:58 PM · #63 |
March 13
1781: Astronomer William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus.
1877: Maybe a little late for winter, Chester Greenwood of Farmington, Maine, receives a patent for earmuffs.
1969: Walt Disney studio releases The Love Bug with Herbie, a Volkswagen Beetle, which became one of the biggest grossing films of the year.
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03/13/2006 09:18:43 PM · #64 |
[quote=American_Horse] March 13
1781: Astronomer William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh thats why google has a telescope and little aliens today. Thanks. i've been wondering all day... ;) I really enjoy this thread :) |
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03/15/2006 03:44:47 AM · #65 |
March 14
1794: A patent for the cotton gin is given to Eli Whitney. The device made it easier to process cotton.
1879: Albert Einstein is born in Ulm, Germany. He developed the theories of special and general relativity and significantly advanced the study of physics.
1903: President Theodore Roosevelt creates the first US national bird sanctuary to protect nesting pelicans and herons on Pelican Island near Sebastian, Florida.
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03/15/2006 03:23:03 PM · #66 |
March 15
44 BC: Julius Caesar is murdered on what's known as the Ides of March. The plot to kill Caesar included about 60 nobles, including Marcus Brutus.
1937: Cook County Hospital in Chicago establishes the first modern blood bank. Blood transfusions were first used during WWI, but techniques to prevent blood from coagulating took until now to perfect.
1972: The Godfather premiers in theatres, and Francis Ford Coppola's film would later sweep the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor for Marlon Brando, and Best Screenplay.
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03/16/2006 11:19:37 PM · #67 |
March 16
1802: West Point in New York State becomes the first military school in the United States.
1819: Dr. John Bostock shares the first clinical description of hay fever during a meeting of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society in London. Bostock describes symptoms including runny nose, sneezing, and irritated throat, which he attributed to the pollens of grasses, weeds, and trees.
1926: Robert Hutching Goddard, a physicist from Auburn, Massachusetts, launches the first rocket propelled by liquid fuel, a mixture of oxygen and gasoline. The rocket flew to a height of 184 feet.
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03/16/2006 11:25:26 PM · #68 |
1926: FIRST LIQUID-FUELED ROCKET:
The first man to give hope to dreams of space travel is American Robert H. Goddard, who successfully launches the world's first liquid-fueled rocket at Auburn, Massachusetts, on March 16, 1926. The rocket traveled for 2.5 seconds at a speed of about 60 mph, reaching an altitude of 41 feet and landing 184 feet away. |
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03/17/2006 10:10:34 AM · #69 |
March 17
1762: St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in the streets of New York City in the first parade to honor the feast day of the saint.
1941: The National Gallery of Art opens in Washington, DC. Architect John Russell Pope designed the building, which was made possible because of a $15 million gift from Andrew Mellon, who also donated his collection of 130 American portraits.
1973: Queen Elizabeth II opens the new London Bridge.
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03/21/2006 12:38:26 AM · #70 |
March 20
1602: Worldwide trade expands when the Dutch East India Company is chartered by the Netherlands to expand and regulate trade in the Indian Ocean.
1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin is published. The anti-slavery book sold 300,000 copies in 3 months.
1963: Featuring artists such as Andy Warhol, the first major pop art exhibition opens at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
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03/22/2006 02:17:33 AM · #71 |
March 21
1914: Norman N. Scott of Montreal and Theresa Weld of Boston win the first US figure skating championships for men and women in New Haven, Connecticut.
1963: Alcatraz Prison, also known as "The Rock," closes its doors as a prison. At its peak of use, more than 200 inmates were confined in this maximum-security facility in San Francisco Bay.
1965: About 3,200 demonstrators march with Martin Luther King Jr. during the "Alabama Freedom March" from Selma, Alabama, to the state capitol in Montgomery.
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03/22/2006 10:22:05 AM · #72 |
March 22
1895: In Paris, Auguste and Louis Lumière debut the first motion picture ever shown on a screen. La Sortie des ouvriers de l'usine Lumière depicted workers leaving the Lumière factory. The Lumières would later open cinemas in London, Brussels, Berlin, and New York.
1960: Arthur Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive a patent for the first laser.
1974: Congress passes the Equal Rights Amendment. Originally proposed in 1923, the Amendment prohibits gender discrimination.
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03/23/2006 11:08:44 AM · #73 |
March 23
1775: Patrick Henry delivers his famous "give me liberty or give me death" speech at the second Virginia Convention.
1903: The Wright brothers receive a patent for their invention of the airplane.
1983: During a national TV speech, US President Ronald Reagan announces the Strategic Defense Initiative, known as Star Wars, as protection against potential nuclear attacks.
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03/24/2006 09:41:35 PM · #74 |
March 24
1874: Magician Harry Houdini is born. He began his career of amazing escapes at the turn of the century.
1882: Robert Koch, a German bacteriologist announces that he had isolated the tubercule bacteria. His discovery helped identify and find a serum for tuberculosis.
1958: Elvis enters the US Army. He had been drafted in December, but the army allowed him a deferral so he could finish filming his movie King Creole.
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03/27/2006 08:26:06 PM · #75 |
March 27
1912, First Lady Helen Herron Taft and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, planted two Yoshino cherry trees on the northern bank of the Potomac River Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. The event celebrated the Japanese government's gift of 3,020 trees to the United States.
1958, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev replaces Nicolay Bulganin as Soviet premier, becoming the first leader since Joseph Stalin to simultaneously hold the USSR's two top offices.
1979,Radioactive steam was leaked into the atmosphere at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania prompting fears for the safety of the plant's 500 workers.
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