Today in History

1866- Excelsior Needle Co begins making sewing machine needles
1962- Walt Chamberlain scores 100 pts most ever for a NBA player in a single game
1969-first test flight of supersonic Concorde
1974- U.S. postage stamp costs 10 cents
2016- U. S. astronaut,Scott Kelly returns to Earth after spending nearly a yr in space{340 days}
I'm reading his book"Endurance,My Life in Space,a Lifetime Discovery',fascinating
Theodor Geisel aka 'Dr Seuss' born in 1904
 

1904- On this day in 1904, Theodor Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. Seuss, the author and illustrator of such beloved children’s books as “The Cat in the Hat” and “Green Eggs and Ham,” is born in Springfield, Massachusetts.
 

March 3rd

1991 : Three white police officers proceeded to beat Rodney King beyond what was necessary to use force to control him

1845 - Florida Becomes 27th State


1847 Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born British-American inventor (telephone), born in Edinburgh, Scotland


1931, “The Star-Spangled Banner” became the national anthem of the United States as President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution.

1966 - England Colour Television Announced


1982 : The Queen opens the Barbican Centre the largest arts centre in western Europe covering five-and-a-half acres of Cripplegate, which was destroyed by Nazi bombers in World War II.


 
1791
Congress establishes the U.S.Mint
1837
Congress increase Supreme Court judges to 9
1887
Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 yr old Helen Keller
2005
Steve Fossett becomes 1st person to fly an airplane without stopping or refueling in 67 hrs,2 min
 
John Dillinger
March 3, 1934
The bank robber John Dillinger escapes from the "escape proof" Indiana Crown Point Maximum Security Prison. According to FBI files, he used a fake gun carved from a potato; however, he claimed it was carved out of wood and others say he had a real gun.


Watch Mr. Wizard
March 3, 1951
The long-running children's science show Watch Mr. Wizard debuts, starring Don Herbert as Mr. Wizard. The show ran until 1965.


U.S. Declares War Against Algeria
March 3, 1815
The Dey of Algiers had begun plundering U.S. ships. The U.S. squadron was commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur. This war marked the beginning of the end of piracy in the Barbary Coast.
 
1836
Battle of the Alamo ends after 13 days of fighting.Davy Crockett was killed
1889
German pharmacutecial company,Bayer patents medicine aspirin
1912
Oreo cookies were introduced by National Biscuit Co
1950
Silly Puddy goes on sale in U.S.
1966
Barry Sadler's song'Battle of Green Berets" becomes # 1 hit on Billboard for 13 weeks
1981
Walter Cronkite's last broadcast on CBS Evening News
 
March 6th 1987
A British-owned cross-channel ferry the ‘Herald of Free Enterprise’ left Zeebrugge, Belgium, with its bow doors open; it capsized, killing over 180 passengers.
 
1876
Alexander Graham Bell received his patent for the telephone in the United States
1985
The song,'We Are The World' was heard for 1st time on the radio.
retired Pittsburgh Steeler player/sports commentator,Lynn Swann is 67
 
1776
Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet'Common Sense'
1876
Alexander Graham Bell made the 1st successful telephone call

1933
Nevada becomes the 1st state to regulate narcotics
1993
Sherry Davis become the 1st woman public address announcer for a major league team,San Francisco Giants
 
To me, the most important event on this date is that my dad was born in 1930 in Clifton Texas :)

moviequeen1 said:
1776
Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet'Common Sense'
1876
Alexander Graham Bell made the 1st successful telephone call

1933
Nevada becomes the 1st state to regulate narcotics
1993
Sherry Davis become the 1st woman public address announcer for a major league team,San Francisco Giants
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1894
Coca Cola sold in bottles for the 1st time in a candy store in Vicksburg,Miss
1912
Girls Scout Org forms in Savannah,Georgia
1933
Pres. Franklin D.Roosevelt conducts his 1st 'fireside chat'
1994
Church of England ordains 33 women priests
 
1756
St.Patrick's Day was celebrated in NYC for the first time
1845
The rubber band was patented by Stephen Perry in London
singer,Nat King Cole birthday,he died in 1965 age 46
 
1990
The largest art theft in U.S history,13 works of art worth $500 million was stolen from Isobel Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston,Mass
actor,Peter Graves birthday best known for TV show'Mission Impossible' died in 2010,younger brother of James Arness
 

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