Today in History

1945
George Nissen of Cedar Rapids, Iowa received patent for 1st modern trampoline
1981
CBS journalist/anchorman, Walter Cronkite gives his last broadcast he was retiring.He ends the newscast as he always did by saying'that's the way it is'. Dan Rather replaces him
2018
the world's oldest message in a bottle is found in Western Australia.It was thrown from the German ship"Paula' on June 12,1886
 

6th March

1957 The Gold Coast (now known as Ghana) gained independence from Britain.

1985 The Conservative MP Ivar Lawrence made the longest speech of the 20th century in the House of Commons. He spoke for 4 hours and 23 minutes on the subject of fluoridation of drinking water.

1997 A £650,000 picasso was stolen from a London art gallery. The thief escaped in a taxi.

1998 With a break in tradition, it was decided that the Union Flag would be flown over Buckingham Palace when the monarch was not in residence, but would make way for the Royal Standard when she was there.
 
This day in History March 7th

1876 Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new invention the telephone

1908 - U.S.A. Settlers
Settlers had already visited the Nechaco Valley, which is located in British, Columbia, Canada. These families were expected to settle in this area beginning in May. The Nechaco Valley area was currently being surveyed for use of crop production. Furthermore, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad resumed.

1936 - Germany Treaty of Versailles
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany.

1961 - U.S.A. President Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Senate authorized President Kennedy to restore the rank of five-star general to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1969 - Israel Golda Meir
Israel elects Golda Meir, to become the first female prime minister of Israel.
 

7th March

1530 When King Henry VIII's divorce request was denied by the Pope, Henry declared himself as the supreme head of the English church.

1900 A fire at Buckingham Palace destroyed part of its roof.

1936 Malcolm Campbell set a land speed record of 276.8 mph in Florida.

2015 The one millionth Morris Minor to be produced was sold at auction for £25,760 - 55 years after it rolled off the production line. The classic British car had 23,364 miles on the clock and was still registered on the original number plate 2 MHU, meaning one million in engineering terms.
 
1854
Charles Miller patents 1st U.S. sewing machine for buttonholes
1911
Willis Farnsworth of Petaluma,Calif patents coin operated locker
1965
"Bloody Sunday", Alabama state troopers and 600 black protesters clash in Selma,Ala.One of the protesters was future congressman,John Lewis who was beaten and sent to the hospital
2013
United Nations Security Council approves further North Korean sanctions for its nuclear testing
 
This day in History March 8th

1917 - Russian Revolution
The beginning of the Russian Revolution ( Often Called The February Revolution March 1917 in the Western Calendar ) against Czarist Rule following the lack of food in Petrograd leading to the abdication by Nicholas II and the beginning of the communist party rule in Russia.

1921 - Spain Eduardo Dato
Eduardo Dato, the Spanish Prime Minister, is assassinated.

1951 - U.S.A. Lonely Hearts Killers
The Lonely Hearts killers, were executed in Sing Sing Prison's electric chair. They had deceived lonely widows to gain access to their money when Fernandez seduced the women and then stole their possessions.

1957 - Egypt Suez Canal
The Suez Canal which connects the Mediterranean and the Red Sea is reopened to international traffic by Egypt after Israel withdraws from occupied Egyptian territory.

1983 - U.S.A. Nuclear Freeze
The House Foreign Affairs Committee called for a freeze of all U.S. and Soviet nuclear arsenals.
 
8th March

1765 Britain's House of Lords passed the Stamp Act to tax the American colonies.

1908 The House of Commons turned down the women's suffrage bill, thus denying the right for women to vote.

1950 Rover unveiled the world's first car to be powered with a gas turbine engine. Codenamed JET1 the two seater model would be powered by the same kind of engine used in a jet aeroplane, with a fuel consumption of 5 to 7 miles per gallon.

2001 Donald Campbell's boat, Bluebird, was recovered from the bottom of Coniston Water in Cumbria. Campbell was killed on 4th January 1947 at more than 300 mph whilst attempting to break his own water speed record.
 
1817
The New York Stock Exchange was founded
1913
The Internal Revenue Service{IRS} begins to levy& collect income taxes
1943
335 Allied Bombers attack Nuremburg,Germany,center for military production
2016
Malaysian Airline flight#MH370 loses contact and disappears with 239 people on board. To this day it remains one of the most enduring aviation mysteries
 
This day in History March 9th

1920 - Germany Allied Forces
Allied forces of World War I (France, Belgium, and Great Britain) moved into three major German cities. The cities entered into by these Allied Forces include Düsseldorf, Duisburg, and Ruhrort.

1933 - US Emergency Banking Act
President Franklin Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress to ease the run on small banks causing them to go into bankruptcy.

1945 - Japan US Offensive
This was the day of a new American offensive on Japan. The U.S.A. had dropped approximately 2,000 bombs on Tokyo from now until approximately two days from this date. It was estimated that at least 80,000 Japanese residents and/or citizens had died, and at least 16 square miles of Tokyo had been burned.

1967 - U.S.A. Stalin Daughter
The daughter of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin requests political asylum at the United States Embassy in India. She did enter the United States, married an American architect and gained US citizenship in 1970 But now lives in England.

1976 - Italy Cable Car
The steel line supporting a cable car snaps in the ski resort of Cavalese and 43 skiers aboard crashes into Mt. Cermis.
 
This day in History March 10th

1902 - U.S.A. Patent Dispute
This was the day that a case regarding the invention of the movie camera was decided. The U.S. Court ruled that Thomas Edison was not the original inventor of the movie camera. However, it was ruled that he had created the sprocket system used to move film through the camera.

1906 - France Underground Fire
An underground fire sparks a massive explosion that spreads through a series of mines killing over 1000 men in Courrieres, France.

1917 - Iraq Baghdad
British troops take control of Baghdad forcing the Turkish troops to evacuate.

1917 - U.S.A. Earthquake
A deadly earthquake magnitude of 6.3 at Long Beach, California, kills an estimated 140 people.

1969 - U.S.A. James Earl Ray
The verdict had been decided. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty of the crime of assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. a major civil rights leader of the times. King was killed in Memphis Tennessee on April 4th, 1968. Ray was sentenced 99 years in prison.
 
March 10th
1862
U.S. issues 1st paper money in the form of $5,10,20,50,100,1000 notes
1969
James Earl Ray pleads guilty of killing civil rights leader,Dr Martin Luther king,Jr.The judge sentences him to 99 yrs in prison.Three days later, Ray claims he is innocent had been set up as a patsy in a larger conspiracy
1971
U.S. Senate approves the lowering of voting age from 21 to 18
2015
the family of singer,Marvin Gaye won $7.3 million in a historic music copyright infridgement case against singers,Robin Thicke,Pharrell Williams. The song in question was Gaye's hit'Got To Give it Up" In 2013,Thicke&Williams wrote'Blurred Lines',they had to pay family $5 million
 
This day in history March 11th

1918 - U.S.A. Influenza Epidemic
The first cases of one of the worst influenza epidemic ( FLU ) in history are reported at Fort Riley, Kansas it would eventually kill more than 1/2 million Americans and more than 20 million people worldwide.

1923 - Greece Transport Ship Alexander Sinks
The transport ship Alexander had sunk and the lives of at least 150 men were taken down with it. A report had confirmed that at least 10 of these men were Greek naval officers. The cause of this sinking was the Gale storm that had occurred between Salamis and Piraeus. A public funeral was held for the victims of this disaster.

1944 - Germany
This was a very significant day in World War II history. Reports had indicated that the Germans were about to pull out Uman, which was an action intended to weaken German defensive forces dramatically. Word was that German forces would soon be withdrawing from the Dneiper Bent as well.

1993 - North Korea Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
North Korea withdraws from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

1997 - U.S.A. Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney from the Beatles is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
 
1897
a meteorite enters Earth's atmosphere explodes over New Martinsville,VA causes damage but no injuries to residents
1918
U.S. Army mess cook,Pvt.Albert Gitchell of Fort Riley,Kansas becomes 1st documented case of the Spanish flu which became world wide pandempic killing 50-100 million people
1986
NFL adopts the instant replay rule
 
This day in History March 12th

1933 - Roosevelt First Fireside Chat
President Roosevelt gives his first " fireside chat " radio broadcast just 8 days after his inauguration telling the American people to keep faith with their country and their banking system and asking them to leave their money in the bank where it would be kept safe.

1894 - US Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola begins selling it's first bottles in 1894 in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

1922 - India Mahatma Gandhi Arrested
The British run government in India has arrested Mahatma Gandhi who has always preached passive resistance to British rule by telling his followers to not buy goods from Europe or work with the British administration machine, he has a massive following in India and many believe a civil uprising could follow his arrest.

1928 - U.S.A. St. Francis Dam Burst
Hundreds Reported Drowned When the St. Francis dam burst flooding into the San Francisquito Canyon in California.

1945 - Germany Anne Frank
Anne Frank, author of "The Diary of Anne Frank," died at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from Typhus during a typhus epidemic that spread through the concentration camp.
 
1609
Bermuda becomes an English Colony
1933
Pres.Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his 1st national radio address other wise known as 'fireside chat' broadcasting from the White House.It occurred 8 days after he was sworn in as President.He would give over 30 more of these between March'33,June '44.85% of American households who owned radios could listen to these'chats'
1986
Susan Butcher won the 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Race
 
13th March

1842 The death of the English army officer, Henry Shrapnel, inventor of the shrapnel shell which is named after him. The shell was a hollow cannon ball filled with shot which burst in mid-air and was used as an anti-personnel weapon.

1926 Alan Cobham landed at Croydon Aerodrome, near London, after a 16,000 mile flight to Cape Town and back to establish a commercial air route across Africa.

1927 The lance ceased to be an official weapon in the British Army.

1961 Black and white Bank of England five pound notes ceased to be legal tender.

1972 Britain and China resumed full diplomatic relations after a break of 22 years.
 
1781
astronomer,William Hershel thinks he sees a comet in reality its the discovery of planet Uranus
1894
JL Johnstone of England invents the horse starting gate
1986
Microsoft has its Intial Public Offering{IPO},opening price $21/share,3 million shares were sold
1996
after a tragic primary school shooting in Dunblane,Scotland where 16 children and 1 teacher are killed,handguns are banned in the U.K.
 
This day in History March 14th

1920 - U.S.A. Spanish Immigrants
The number of Spanish immigrants was expected to be at an all-time high. During this time in history, they have been coming to America at record rates.

1938 - England Hitler and Mussolini
Various reports were printed regarding support and anti-support of Hitler and his regime. Premier Mussolini of Italy extended to Hitler a hand of friendship while British Prime Minister Chamberlain the country of Germany and Hitler of further attack. Britain fought to try to keep Austria’s independence before that country was absorbed by Germany.

1939 - Czechoslovakia Dissolved
The independent republic of Czechoslovakia which was created in 1918 is dissolved, opening the way for Nazi occupation following the 1938 Munich Agreement.

1951 - Korea Seoul
Seoul had been captured by communist forces on January 4th, 1951 and on 14th March United Nations forces recapture Seoul during the Korean War.

1957 - Israel Gaza Strip
Chaos had taken place for quite a while in the Gaza Strip and surrounding areas. However, a very important turn of events had taken place. One of those events included the joining of Jerusalem and the U.S. along with the United Nations in order to campaign against the re-entry of Egypt to The Strip.
 
14th March

1757 British admiral John Byng was court-martialled and executed by firing squad on board HMS Monarch at Plymouth for "failing to do his utmost" to relieve Minorca from the French fleet following the Battle of Minorca.

1805 Master Betty (William Betty) played Hamlet on the London stage, aged just 14. He was such a success that the House of Commons was adjourned to enable members to watch his performance. His success was short-lived and not long afterwards he was hissed off the stage.

1883 Death of Karl Marx, the German philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist, author of 'Das Kapital'. Expelled from Prussia and France for his radicalism, he died in poverty in London. Marx is buried in Highgate Cemetery, London.

1930 A proposed tunnel linking England and France was approved by the Channel Tunnel Committee.

1961 The New English Bible was published.
 
1743
The 1st American town hall meeting took place at Faneuil Hall in Boston,Mass
1899
Ferdinand Von Zepplin is granted U.S. patent for his 'navigable balloon'
1940
The 1st 'Road' picture starring Bob Hope,Bing Crosby Dorothy Lamour,'Road to Singapore' premieres.There would be 6 other films released in '41,'42,'46,'47,'52,'62
1964
Jack Ruby who famously shot JFK assassin,Lee Harvey Oswald live on TV as Oswald was being escorted by police custody,is sentenced to death.He died in 1967,age 55
 
This day in History March 15th

1916 - US Soldiers Sent Into Mexico
President Woodrow Wilson sent thousands of American soldiers into Mexico today hoping to capture Pancho Villa, the Mexican revolutionary.

1917 - Russia Czar Nicholas II
Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate.

1938 - Germany Jews Not Allowed To Vote
On the same day of one of Hitler’s addresses to over seven million people, it is declared that Jews will not be allowed to vote. This event took place after Hitler’s return from his trip to Austria, and after Austria’s treasury was combined with Germany’s.

1966 - U.S.A. Rioting
Racial rioting broke out again in the Watts area of Los Angeles.

1976 - United Kingdom Underground Train Bomb
The driver of a London Underground train is shot dead while chasing a gunman who detonated a bomb on his train.
 

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