Month: March 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1639 – Cambridge College is renamed Harvard University 1793 – Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin 1852 – In the NY Lantern (a weekly newspaper) — ‘Uncle Sam’ makes his first

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1894 – Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time 1930 – Mohandas Gandhi begins his 241 mile march to protest the British control that outlawed even salt collection /

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1811 – Ned Ludd leads a group of workers protesting ‘mechanization’ — (Ever been called a “Luddite?”) 1930 – President Taft is the first U.S. President buried in Arlington National Cemetery

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1790 – George Washington delivers the first “State of the Union” address 1948 – The Supreme rules religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional 1950 – The USSR claimed to have

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell gets a patent for the telephone 1933 – King Kong premieres in NYC 1933 – “Monopoly” is invented — (Originally called the Landlord’s Game) 1965 –

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1836 – The Alamo falls after 13 days of fighting (Memorial events have been ongoing for two weeks in San Antonio.) 1899 – Aspirin is patented  1930 – Clarence Birdseye launched

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1821 – James Monroe becomes the first President inaugurated on March 5th — March 4th was a Sunday 1946 – Winston Churchill delivers his famous “Iron Curtain” speech 1956 – SCOTUS

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1789 – The first U.S. Congress meets in NYC, declares the Constitution is in effect 1861 – The first Republican President…Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated 1933 – Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor)

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1790 – The first U.S. Census is authorized 1932 – Charles Lindbergh’s 20-month-old son is kidnapped 1961 – President Kennedy signed an Executive Order to establish the Peace Corps 1969 –

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