Today in History

1863
Pres Lincoln signs National Currency Act establishing single national U.S. currency
1895
Michael Owens in Toledo,Ohio patents a glass blowing machine
1971
Sec-General,U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of vernal equinox as 'Earth Day'
1993
truck bomb explodes in parking garage at World Trade Center in NYC,kills 6 injuring 1,000 people.The damage was estimate at $500 mill.The mastermind of the attack,Ramzi Ahmed Yousef was arrested in Pakistan in Feb '95
 

This day in History February 27th

1922 Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution
On this day, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was passed on this day. The right of women to vote (as well as the right of women to engage in many other activities) was declared constitutional by all of the members of the U.S. Supreme Court.

1937 - U.S.A. Modern 30s Women
A new modern type of woman was introduced during the 1920s and 1930s. These women spent more time with their hair and makeup than times past, according to one pastor. Willis warned that the 20th Century woman spends more time at the card table than she does "at the kitchen stove".

1964 - Italy Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Italian government announces that the Leaning Tower of Pisa was in serious danger of collapsing in an earthquake or storm asking for suggestions on how to save one of Italy's top tourist attractions.The work to save the Tower did not begin until 1999 and was completed in December 2001.

1938 - U.S.A. Los Angeles Flood
An abnormally large amount of rain falls in Los Angeles starting on the 27th causing rivers to overflow with mud landslides in Los Angeles, killing approximately 120 people and destroying thousands of homes.

27 Feb, 1997 - Ireland Divorce
Divorce becomes legal in the predominantly Catholic country of Ireland.
 
27th February

1900 The British Labour Party was founded. Ramsay Macdonald became secretary.

1932 The birth, in London, of Elizabeth Taylor.

1991 The Gulf War came to an end with the liberation of Kuwait and the retreat of Iraqi forces.

1999 While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon, British pilots, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set up a new endurance record after being in a hot air balloon for 23 hours and 555 miniutes.
 

1827
The 1st Mardi Gras Parade was held in New Orleans,inspired by French festivties,customed revelers danced through the city streets
1935
It Happened One Night', became the 1st movie to sweep all 5 major Oscar categories,Best Picture,Director{Frank Capra} Actor{Clark Gable},Actress{Claudette Cobert},adapted screenplay{Robert Riskin}
1968
CBS anchorman,Walter Cronkite delivers a scathing editorial on U.S. chances of winning Vietnam War
1974
People Magazine publishes its 1st issue with Mia Farrow on the cover,promoting her movie'The Great Gatsby' The price was 35 cents,now costs $6
 
This day in History February 28th

1922 - Egypt Gains Independence From Britain
After 40 years of British rule following Great Britain seizing control of Egypt's government in 1882 over concerns for British interests including the Suez Canal. Due to the calls by the powerful local nationalist movement for independence for Egypt Great Britain announces a unilateral declaration of Egypt's independence.

1954 - U.S.A. DNA Double Helix Discovered
American molecular biologists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick discover the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule that contains the human genes, in a Cambridge University laboratory.

1963 - U.S.A. John F. Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy asks congress for civil rights law giving voting rights safeguards against racial discrimination.

28 Feb, 1987 - U.S.A. Nuclear Weapons Treaty
This was the day that a nuclear weapon treaty was proposed by Gorbachev. The purpose of signing this agreement was to eliminate both U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons from Europe. This treaty signed is referred to as the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty 1987

1991 - Gulf War Ends
The gulf war is over following Iraq accepting all 12 resolutions made by the United Nations. The official death toll for the Gulf War is 50,000, Iraq soldiers, 148 American Soldiers and 16 British soldiers.
 
28th February

1784 John Wesley signed the deed of declaration which established the Wesleyan faith.

1874 Arthur Orton, who claimed to be the long lost heir to the wealthy Tichborne estate in Hampshire, was found guilty of perjury after a trial of 260 days, the longest trial in England. He was sentenced to 14 years hard labour, as the real Sir Roger Tichborne had perished at sea in 1853.

1888 In a Belfast street, a small boy named Johnny Dunlop was riding his tricycle under the supervision of his father. The two rear wheels of the tricycle were the world's first pneumatic tyres and he was testing them. The test was so successful that his father was granted patent number 10607 on 23rd July.

1966 The Cavern Club, Liverpool, where the Beatles and other pop groups began, was forced into liquidation.
 
Feb 28th

1970: Led Zeppelin briefly change their name to The Nobs to play a gig in Copenhagen, Denmark when the family of the original Zeppelin – Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin – make official complaints.
 
1827
The 1st U.S.commerical railroad,Baltimore&Ohio{B&O} is chartered
1953
molecular biologists,Frances Crick&James Watson discover the chemical structure of DNA molecule
1983
the finale of CBS long running sitcom'M*A*S*H' airs with a 2 1/2hr episode,a record 125.9 mill viewers tune in
1993
a gun battle erupts at the Branch Davidian,religious sect compound outside of Waco,Tx after FBI attempted a raid.It ended 51 days later with 4 govt agents killed,also sect leader,David Koresch,25 children,2 pregnant women
 
This day in History March 1st

1932 The Lindbergh baby is kidnapped

1936 The Hoover Dam ( Boulder Dam ) is completed

1941 Nashville, Tennessee becomes the home of the very first FM radio station

1961 President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps

2005 Dennis Rader, accused of leading a double life as the BTK ( Bind, Torture and Kill, ) serial killer, was charged in Wichita, Kan.
 
1872
Yellowstone becomes the world's 1st national park
1932
Charles&Anne Linbergh's 20 month old son,Charles Linbergh,Jr was kidnapped from his home in East Anisle,NJ,found dead 5 miles away on May 12th,cause of death,head trauma
Bruno Hauptman was arrested,found guilty of 1st degree murder,sentenced to death
 
This day in History March 2nd

1836 - Texas Gains Independence From Mexico
On March 2nd, 1836 Texas declares the independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.

1939 - Vatican Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII was elected as the pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

1944 - Italy 500 Suffocate
A train stops in a tunnel near Salerno in the Apennine Mountains, and more than 500 people on board suffocate and die due to toxic carbon monoxide fumes.

1949 - U.S.A. Automatic Street Lights
The first automatic street lights are installed in New Milford, Connecticut, Up to that point a man would have to go to each streetlight every night at dusk and physically turn them on and at sunrise turn them off.

1958 - South Pole Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The overland Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by British explorer Dr Vivian Fuchs, completes the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole having completed the historic crossing of 3,473 km (2,158 miles) of previously unexplored snow and ice in 99 days.
 
1796
Napoleon Bonaparte appointed Commander in Chief of French Army in Italy
1899
Pres. McKinley signs bill creating Mt Rainier National Park
1972
NASA launches, Pioneer 10 space craft on its historic mission to Juniper,it traveled 600 million miles arrived in Dec 1973.It sent back detailed pictures of the planet's surface.NASA retired the craft in 1997.The last signal they received though weak was in 2003.A plaque that was designed by cosmologist,Carl Sagan represents the human species,Earth's solar system,the map of the craft's flight path is on the space craft
 
This day in History March 3rd

1845 - Florida Becomes 27th State
On This Day In History Florida became the 27th state of the United States of America.

1952 - Communist Teachers Banned From Public Schools
As part of the paranoia concerning communism and the cold war, the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a New York state law that prohibits communists from teaching in public schools.

1931 - U.S.A. The Star-Spangled Banner
After over a century, a poem written by Francis Scott Key was finally established as the U.S. National Anthem. The lyrics of this song were written on September 14, 1814, while Key observed the British invasion of Fort Mc Henry, a war zone located in Maryland, USA. “The Star-Spangled Banner” composition was inspired by a flag that remained standing, even after several hundred bombings occurred.

1966 - England Colour Television Announced
The BBC is to begin broadcasting television programs in color from next year.

1964 - Austria Airplane Crash
A British airplane crashed into Mt. Glungezer, which is located in Austria. Unfortunately, a total of 85 people had lost their lives as they were headed for Innsbruck while vacation traveling. The cause of the crash at this time was not yet determined. There was no immediate sign of technical failure, and the case was thought of to take many months to resolve.
 
3rd March

1284 The Statute of Rhuddlan (also known as the Statutes of Wales) was enacted. It introduced that English common law system to Wales, allowing the King to appoint royal officials such as sheriffs, coroners and bailiffs to collect taxes and adminster justice.

1857 The Second Opium War: Britain and Francis declared war on China, using the killing of a missionary as the pretext.

1943 World War II 173 people were killed in a crush while trying to enter an air raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station in London.

1991 The Queen needed three stitches in her hand after intervening in a corgi fight.
 
1887 Anne Sullivan starts teaching deaf/blind Helen Keller

1921 Discovery of insulin is announced - 100 years ago

1926 Singer Lys Assia first winner of Eurovision Song Contest is born

1933 Lee Radziwill is born

1983 Hergé creator of Tintin dies

1987 Danny Kaye dies
 
1847
U.S. Post Office Dept authorizes the issue of postage stamps
1865
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation become founding members of HSBC Group
1931
Star Spangled Banner becomes the official U.S. national anthem.Francis Scott Key who wrote the lyrics after observing the massive British assault at Fort McHenry in Maryland in 1814
1991
Los Angeles police officers who were famously caught on amateur video tape beating motorist,Rodney King were acquitted of the charges.The aftermath of the verdict were riots in Los Angeles
 
This day in History March 4th

1793 - U.S.A. George Washington
The Electoral College elected Washington unanimously for a second term and on This Day 1793 he was inaugurated for a second term in the Senate Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia, PA with John Adams as Vice President.

1801- U.S.A. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson who had been the principal author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 became the Third President of the United States.

1933 - U.S.A. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States pledging to lead the country out of the Great Depression.

2009 - Ted Kennedy Knighted
Ted Kennedy has been offered an honorary knighthood. The Queen has agreed the honor for John F. Kennedy's brother for his services to the Northern Ireland peace process. Gordon Brown will be announcing the award during his March 5th address to both houses of Congress.

2013 - US Baby with HIV Cured
Doctors announced that they believed that they successfully cured an infant born with HIV after administering early treatment. The child, now two and a half years in age, had been off medication for a year without showing any signs of the disease.
 
4th March

1681 King Charles II granted a Royal Charter to William Penn, entitling him to establish a colony in North America called Pennsylvania.

1890 The Forth Railway bridge in Scotland was opened by the Prince of Wales. The bridge is more than one and a half miles long and took six years to build.

1912 Suffragettes, demanding votes for women, smashed every window they passed in Knightsbridge as a protest at government inaction.

1975 Charlie Chaplin was knighted.
 
1902
American Automobile Assoc{AAA} was founded in Chicago,Ill
1924
"Happy Birthday To You" was published by Claydon Sunny
1982
Bertha Wilson becomes the 1st woman Supreme Court Justice in Canada.She served for 8 yrs,retired in 1991,she died in 2007 age 84
2018
former Russian spy,Sergi Skripal and his daughter,Yulia were poisoned by a nerve agent in Salisbury,England
 
This day in History March 5th

1933 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced a four-day "bank holiday"

1956 US Supreme Court upholds a ban on racial segregation in state schools, colleges and universities

1966 A BOAC British Boeing 707 crashed on Mount Fuji, Japan

2004 Martha Stewart is convicted of the felony of obstructing justice

2008 Brett Favre ( 38 ) the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers announced his retirement.
 
5th March

1857 James Townsend Saward, alis 'Jim the Penman', the most notorious forger of his age, was convicted of forging cheques. Saward was a respected solicitor with chambers in the Temple. He and his accomplices were sentenced to transportation to Australia.

1936 The British fighter plane Spitfire made its first flight from Eastleigh, Southampton. It was designed by Reginald Mitchell and was the fighter plane that helped to win the Battle of Britain. Mitchell died in 1937 without ever knowing how successful his aircraft would become.

1946 Prime Minister Winston Churchill coined the phrase 'The Iron Curtain'as the divide between Eastern and Western Europe.
 
1853
Steinway Piano Company was founded by Steinway&Sons in NYC
1872
engineer,George Westinghouse patents triple air brakes for trains
1963
The'Hula Hoop' a hip revolving toy that became a major craze in the U.S. is patent by toy company,"Wham-O"
1994
the largest milkshake was made in Nelspirit,South Africa using 1,955 gallons of chocolate
 
This day in History March 6th

1899 - Germany Aspirin Patent
The Patent Office in Berlin registers Aspirin, the brand name for ( acetylsalicylic acid which was originally made from a chemical found in the bark of willow trees ) on behalf of the German pharmaceutical company Friedrich Bayer & Co.

1936 - England Spitfire
The sleek new prototype (K5054) for what would become the Spitfire Fighter Aircraft takes off on its maiden flight from Eastleigh now called Southampton Airport.

1951 - U.S.A. Rosenberg Trial
The trial of suspected spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were indicted for conspiring to obtain national defense secrets for the Soviets starts in New York.

1957 - Ghana Independence
Ghana gains it's independence from Britain and becomes the first black African country to become independent.

1965 - Vietnam Troop Movement
South Vietnam had requested troops to be sent to South Vietnam’s Da Nang’s air base. This action was intended to help free up South Vietnamese troops for battle work. The Marines had officially begun landing in Da Nang on March 8.
 

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