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Post by LuLu on Feb 28, 2013 2:43:19 GMT -5
Today In History
On Feb. 28, 1993,
a gun battle erupted at a religious compound near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to arrest Branch Davidian leader David Koresh on...
In 1844,
a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton exploded as the ship was sailing on the Potomac River, killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas W. Gilmer and...
In 1861,
the Territory of Colorado was organized
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Post by LuLu on Mar 1, 2013 9:41:15 GMT -5
 Today in HistoryOn March 1, 1790,President George Washington signed a measure authorizing the first U.S. Census. In 1565,the city of Rio de Janeiro was founded by Portuguese knight Estacio de Sa. In 1867,Nebraska became the 37th state. |
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Post by LuLu on Mar 2, 2013 17:05:56 GMT -5
Today In HistoryOn March 2, 1943,the three-day Battle of the Bismarck Sea began in the southwest Pacific during World War II; U.S. and Australian warplanes were able to inflict heavy damage on an Imperial... In 1793,the first president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, was born near Lexington, Va. In 1836,the Republic of Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico.
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Post by LuLu on Mar 3, 2013 1:04:25 GMT -5
Today in HistoryOn March 3, 1931,"The Star-Spangled Banner" became the national anthem of the United States as President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution. In 1845,Florida became the 27th state. In 1849,the U.S. Department of the Interior was established.
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Post by LuLu on Mar 4, 2013 2:01:59 GMT -5
Today in HistoryOn March 4, 1913,Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated as the 28th president of the United States, succeeding President William Howard Taft. In 1789,the Constitution of the United States went into effect as the first Federal Congress met in New York. (The lawmakers then adjourned for lack of a quorum.) In 1791,Vermont became the 14th state.
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Post by LuLu on Mar 5, 2013 2:06:07 GMT -5
Today In History On March 5, 1963,country music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in the crash of their plane, a Piper Comanche, near Camden, Tenn., along with pilot Randy Hughes... In 1770,the Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers who'd been taunted by a crowd of colonists opened fire, killing five people. In 1868,the Senate was organized into a Court of Impeachment to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson, who was later acquitted.
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Post by LuLu on Mar 6, 2013 1:07:19 GMT -5
Today In History On March 6, 1933,a national bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt aimed at calming panicked depositors went into effect. (The holiday was supposed to last four days, but was... In 1836,the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege. In 1853,Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premiered in Venice, Italy.
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Post by LuLu on Mar 7, 2013 1:04:06 GMT -5
 Today In HistoryOn March 7, 1965,a march by civil rights demonstrators was violently broken up at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., by state troopers and a sheriff's posse in what came to be known as...In 1793,during the French Revolutionary Wars, France declared war on Spain.In 1850,in a three-hour speech to the U.S. Senate, Daniel Webster of Massachusetts endorsed the Compromise of 1850 as a means of preserving the Union. |
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Post by LuLu on Mar 8, 2013 10:01:05 GMT -5
 Today In HistoryOn March 8, 1917,Russia's "February Revolution" (so called because of the Old Style calendar used by Russians at the time) began with rioting and strikes in Petrograd; the result was the...In 1702,England's Queen Anne acceded to the throne upon the death of King William III.In 1854,U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry made his second landing in Japan; within a month, he concluded a treaty with the Japanese |
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Post by LuLu on Mar 9, 2013 14:58:31 GMT -5
Today in HistoryOn March 9, 1963,two Los Angeles police officers, Ian Campbell and Karl Hettinger, were disarmed and abducted by ex-convicts Gregory Powell and Jimmy Lee Smith during a traffic stop in... In 1661,Cardinal Jules Mazarin, the chief minister of France, died, leaving King Louis XIV in full control. In 1796,the future emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte, married Josephine de Beauharnais (boh-ahr-NAY'). (The couple later divorced.)
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Post by LuLu on Mar 10, 2013 13:25:39 GMT -5
Today in HistoryOn March 10, 1913,former slave, abolitionist and Underground Railroad "conductor" Harriet Tubman died in Auburn, N.Y.; she was in her 90s. In 1785,Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's minister to France, succeeding Benjamin Frank. In 1863,Edward, the Prince of Wales (and future King Edward VII), married Princess Alexandra of Denmark at Windsor Castle.
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Post by LuLu on Mar 11, 2013 0:25:54 GMT -5
Today In History
On March 11, 1888,
the Blizzard of '88, also known as the "Great White Hurricane," began inundating the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths.
In 1513,
Giovanni de' Medici was proclaimed pope, succeeding Julius II; he took the name Leo X.
In 1861,
the Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted by the Confederate Congress in Montgomery, Ala.
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Post by LuLu on Mar 12, 2013 16:48:18 GMT -5
Today in History
On March 12, 1933,
President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of his 30 radio addresses that came to be known as "fireside chats," telling Americans what was being done to deal with the...
In 1664,
England's King Charles II granted an area of land in present-day North America known as New Netherland to his brother James, the Duke of York.
In 1863,
Italian writer, poet and politician Gabriele D'Annunzio was born in Pescara.
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Post by LuLu on Mar 13, 2013 0:56:03 GMT -5
 Today In HistoryOn March 13, 1933,banks in the U.S. began to reopen after a "holiday" declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1639,New College was renamed Harvard College for clergyman John Harvard. In 1781,the seventh planet of the solar system, Uranus, was discovered by Sir William Herschel. |
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Post by LuLu on Mar 14, 2013 2:22:43 GMT -5
 Today In HistoryOn March 14, 1923,President Warren G. Harding became the first chief executive to file an income tax return, paying a tax of $17,990 on his $75,000 salary. In 1743,a memorial service was held at Faneuil (FAN'-yul) Hall in Boston honoring Peter Faneuil, who had donated the building bearing his name. In 1794,Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America's cotton industry. |
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