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March 9 Through the Years

 1796- Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnis

 1831- The French Foreign Legion is established 

 1841- The U. S. Supreme Court rules in the United States vs. Amistad Case 

 1847- The Siege of Veracruz 

 1916- Pancho Villa attacks Columbus, New Mexico

 1959- The Barbie Doll debuts

 1960- Dr. Gelding Hibbard Scribner implants his first shunt

March 8 Through The Years  

 1618- Johannes Kepler discovers the 3rd Law of Planetary Motion

 1775- "African Slavery in America"  is published in America

 1817- The NYSE is founded

 1917- The U. S. Senate adopts the Cloture Rule

1949- Mildred Gillars aka "Axis Sally" is sent to prison for treason

1957- The Georgia Memorial To Congress is adopted

1978- The First Episode of The Hitchhickers Gudrun to the Galaxy is broadcast

March 7 Through the Years

 1850- Daniel Webster endorses the Compromise of 1850 in an attempt to avoid Civil War

 1876- Alexander Graham Bell's patent for the telephone is granted

 1965-Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama

 1985- "We Are the World" is released

March 6 Through the Years

 1820- Missouri Compromise signed into law

 1834- York, Ontario incorporated as Toronto 

 1836- The Battle of the Alamo

 1857- The U. S. Supreme Court rules in Dred Scott vs Sandford

 1967- Svetlana Alliluveya defects to the US;Alliluyeva was the daughter of Josef Stalin

  1975- The Zapruder Film is shown on National TV

  1983-The USFL game is played

  1992- The Michaelangelo Virus begins to affect computes

RIP Garry Donna

Congrats Jackie Young and the ND Lady Irish

March 5 Through the Years

 1616- On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres by Nicklaus Copernicus is added to the .index of Forbidden Books

  1770- Boston Massacre

  1836- Samuel Colt receives a patent for his revolver

  1872- The Air Brake is patented by George Westinghouse

 1933- The Nazi Party receives enough votes in the Reichstag to pass The Enabling Act 

  1946- The term "Iron Curtain" is coined by Winston Churchill

  1963- Patsy Cline, Hacksaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee 

Congrats Jacksonville State for clinching your 1st Tournament Bid

March 4 Through Th the Years

 1493- Columbus returns to Portugal after his trip to the New World

 1519- Hernan Cortes arrives in Mexico

 1628- The Massachusetts Bay Colony granted Royal Charter

 1789- First U. S. Congress mets putting the U. S. Constitution in to effect; The Bill of Rights is proposed

1791- Vermont joins the Union

 1794- 11th Amendment passed

 1797- John Adams inaugurated as 2nd President

 1837- The City of Chicago incorporated 

 1909- President Taft uses the Saxbe Fix to appoint Philander K. Knox to Secretary of State 

 1913- Department of Labor established

 1957- The S&P 500 introduced

  1974- People Magazine is published for the first time

March 3 Through the Years

  1820- Missouri Compromise is passed

   1845- Florida becomes 27th State

    1873- Comstock Law Passed

   1923- Time issued for the 1st Time

    1931- The Star Spangled Banner is adopted as the U. S. National Anthem 

    1938- Oil is discovered in Saudia Arabia

     1951- "Rocket 88" is recorded by Jackie Brentson with Ike Turner

    1991- The Rodney King Incident is caught on video

March 2 Through the Years

 1807- U. S. Congress passes Act prohibiting Slave Trade

 1836- Texas Declaration of Independence

 1859- The Great Slave Auction begins

 1876- Congress names Rutherford B. Hayes the President even though Samuel Tilden one the Popular Vote

 1901- U. S. Steel Corporation is founded from a merger of the Carnegie Steel Company and the Federal Steel Company

 1933- King Kong opens at the Radio City Music Hall

 1946- Ho Chi Minh becomes President of North Vietnam

 1949- Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfotress in Fort Worth completing his nonstop around the world flight

  1962- Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a NBA game

  1964- Operation Rolling Thunder begins in Vietnam

  1983- Compact Discs are released around the World

  1990- Nelson Mandela becomes Deputy President of the ANC

Congrats Jackie Young on being named to the ACC All Freshman Team

March 1 Through the Years

 1565- Rio de Janiero Founded

 1692- Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba are tried starting the Salem Witch Trials

 1781- The Articles of Confederation are adopted

1790- First U. S. Census authorized 

 1805- Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted in his impeachment trial

 1815- Georgetown University established 

 1836- 57 Texans meet in Washington on the Brazos to discuss Texas Independence

1845- John Tyler authorizes the annexation of Texas

 1867- Nebraska becomes the 37 State of the Union

 1872- Yellowstone National Park established 

 1873- E. Remmington and Sons starts Typewriter production

1917- The Zimmerman Telegram is reprinted

1932- Charles Lindbergh Jr. Is kidnapped

1936- The Hoover Dam is completed

1947- The International Monetary Fund(IMF) begins operations

 1950- Klaus Fuchs is convicted of Spying

 1953- Josef Stalin suffers a Stroke

 1961- JFK creates the Peace Corps

 1992- Yahoo! Is created

 1998- Titanic grosess 1 Billion

 2002- Operation Anaconda begins

 2005- The U. S. Supreme Court rules on Roper Vs. Simmons making Execution of Juveniles unconstitutional 

Boy was it a long night

Hopefully all my fellow Hoosiers are safe

February 28 Through the Years

 1525- Hernan Cortez orders execution of the Aztec King

1784- John Wesley charters the Methodist Church

1827- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Chartered

 1844- USS Princeton Disater kills 8 including 2 Cabinet Members

 1885- A T & T incorporated 

 1893- USS Indiana launches

 1939- Nylon invented

 1983- Final Episode of MASH

 1991- The First Gulf War ends

February 27 Through the Years

 1782- British House of Commons votes to end fighting in America

 1801- Washington D. C. Comes under the Jurisdiction of the U. S. Congress

 1860- Abraham Lincoln gives a speech in New York City that is largely responsible for his election

 1864- Andersonville Prison excepts its first Northern Prisoners

 1951- The 22nd Amendment is ratified

Hoosier Hysteria for the Boys and NCAA March Madness start this week

Congrats Kurt Busch

Congrats Notre Dame Lady Irish

February 26 Through the Years

 1616- Galileo Galelei is banned by the Roman Catholic Church for his teachings about the Earth orbiting the Sun

 1815- Napoleon Bonaparte escapes Elba

1919- Woodrow Wilson signs an executive order establishing Grand Canyon National Park

1929- Calvin Coolidge signs a executive order establishing Grand Teton National Park

1935- Adolf Hitler violates the Versailles Treaty and Reorganized the Luftwaffe 

1993- WTC Bombing

Congrats Wood Memorial

February 25. Through the Years

1836- Samuel Colt gets a patent for his revolver

1866- The Calaveras Skull is found

1901- J. P. Morgan incorporates U. S. Steel

1987- The SMU football program receives the death penalty from the NCAA

2016- Heston and Newton, Kansas shootings

February 24 Through the Years

 1803- Marbury vs Madison ruling establishes Judicial Review

 1831- Treaty of Dancing Rabbitt Creek(First Removal Act in accordance to the Indian Removal Act

 1863-Arizona Territory is created

1868- Andrew Johnson becomes first U. S. President to be impeached

1920- The Nazi Party is created

2008- Fidel Castro retires

February 23 Through the Years

 1778- Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge to train Continental Forces

 1836- The Seige of the Alamo begins

1861- Lincoln secretly arrives in Washington D. C.

1870- Mississippi is readmitted to the Union

1903- Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the US

1927- Coolidge signs the bill establishing the Federal Radio Commission(precursor to the FCC)