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    On March 31 Through the Years 

     1889- The Eiffel Tower opened

     

     1917- The US takes over the Virgin Islands

     

     1918- First Daylight Savings Time in the US

     

     1930- The Motion Picture Production Code goes into effect

     

     1931- Inute Rockne dies

     

     1933- The CCC(part of the New Dal) starts

     

     1985- Wrestlemania I is hosted in NYC

     

      

     

     

  2. On March 30 Through the Years  

     1822- The Florida Territory is created

     

     1842- Dr. Crawford Long uses ether anesthesia for the first time

     

     1855- Pro Slavery Border Ruffians from Missouri invade Kansas

     

     1856- Treaty of Paris is signed ending the Crimean War

     

     1867- Alaska is purchased by the US aka "Seward's Folly" 

     

     1870- Texas is readmitted to the Union

     

     1981- President Ronald Reagan is shot by John Hinckley Jr

  3. March 29 Through the Years 

     1806- Construction is authorized on the Cumberland Road

     

     1847- US Troops under Winfield Scott take Veracruz

     

     1865- The Appamatox Campaign begins

     

     1867- The Dominion of Canada is created

     

     1871- Royal Albert Hall is opened

     

     1882- The Knights of Columbus is established 

     

     1886- John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola

     

     1951- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage 

     

     1961- The 23rd Amendment is ratified

     

     1971-  Lt. William Calley is sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in the My Lai Massacre

     

    1973- The last US combat soldier leaves South Vietnam

     

     1973- Operation Barrell Roll ends

     

     1974- Mariner 10 passes Mercury 

     

     1984- The Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis

  4. March 28 Through the Years 

     

     AD 37- Caligula accepts the title of Principate

     

     1776- Juan Bautista de Ariza finds site of Presidio of San Francisco

     

     1854-Britian and France declare war on Russia

     

     1920- Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak hits NE Indiana

     

     1946- The Acheson-Lilienthal Report released

     

     1978- US Supreme Court decides the Stump vs Sparkman case

     

     1979-Three Mile Island Disaster

     

     1990-George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal 

  5. March 27 Through the Years 

     1794- The US Navy is established 

     

      1836- Goliad Massacre

     

      1915- Typhoid Mary is quarantined 

     

      1958- Nikita Krushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of USSR

     

     1990- Anti Castro network TV Marti goes on air

     

      1998- FDA approves Viagra for use

  6. March 26 Through the Years 

    1812- A Boston Gazette political cartoon coins the term "gerrymander"

     

      1830- The Book of Mormon is published

     

      1945- The Battle of Iwo Jima ends

     

      1979- Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin, and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt-Israeli Peace Treaty as a follow up to the Camp David Accords

     

      2005- "Doctor Who" returns to BBC 

  7. March 25 Through the Years 

      1584- Walter Raleigh is granted permission to colonize Virginia

     

       1931- The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama

     

      1947- Mine Explosion in Centralia, Illinois

      1965- MLK ends his march from Selma to Montgomery

     

      2015- Zayn Malik leaves One Direction

  8. March 24 Through the Years   

     1663- The Province of Carolina is granted a charter

     

      1721- Bach writes the Brandeurg Concertos

     

      1765- Great Britian passes the Quartering Act

     

      1832- Joseph Smith is Tar and Feathered in Hiram, Ohio

     

      1896- A. S. Popov broadcasts the first radio signal

     

      1900- Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground on a Underground Rapid Transit System connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn 

     

      1934- The U. S. Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act granting self government to the Philippines

     

      1989- Exxon Mobil Oil Spill

     

      1998- Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden fire on their fellow students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas

      

      2015- Germanwings Flight 9525 Crash

  9. March 23 Through the Years  

      1775- Patrick Henry gives the "Give Me Liberty" Speech

     

      1806- Lewis and Clark begin journey home

     

     1857- Elisha Otis installs his first elevator

     

      1868- The University of California is founded

     

      1919- Benito Mussolini founds the Fascist Movement

     

      1933- Hitler becomes dictator 

      

      1965- Gemini 3 is launched

     

      1977- The First Nixon/Frost Tape is recorded

     

      1994- Mexican Presidential Candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated

  10. March 22 Through the Years 

      238- Gordian 1 and 2 become Emperors of Rome

     

     1622- Jamestown Massacre

     

     1630- The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws Dice, Cards, and Gaming Tables

     

     1638- Anne Hutchinson is expelled from The Massachusetts Bay Colony

     

     1765- The British Parliament passes The Stamp Act 

     

     1829- The Borders of Greece are established by the London Protocol 

     

     1871- North Carolina Governor William Woods Holden is removed by impeachment 

     

     1872- Illinois requires gender equality in employment 

     

     1894- the first Stanley Cup

     

     1945- The Arab League is founded

     

     1960- The first patent for a laser is awarded

     

     1972- The ERA is sent to the states

     

     1978- Karl Wallenda dies after a fall from a tight rope in Puerto Rico

     

    1993- Intel ships the first Pentium Chips

     

     1997- Tara Lipinski becomes youngest World Figure Skating Champ

     

     2006- 3 CPT Hostages are freed by British Forces

  11. March 21 Through the Years   

      1788- A Fire in New Orleans destroys much of the city

     

      1804- The Code Napoleon is adopted in France

     

      1861- CSA VP Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech

     

      1871- Otto von Bismarck becomes Chancellor of the German Empire

     

      1871- Henry Morton Stanley begins his search for David Livingstone

     

      1946- The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington 

     

      1952- Alan Freed presents the 1st Rock and Roll Concert

     

      1963- Alcatraz closes

     

      1965- MLK leads Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery

     

      1980- Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of the Moscow Olympics

     

      1986- Debi Thomas wins the World Figure Skating Championship

     

      1990- Namibia becomes independent from South Africa

     

       2006- Twitter was founded

     

     

  12. March 20 Through the Years 

      1602- The Dutch East India Company is created

     

      1760- The Great Boston Fire of 1760

     

      1852- Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is published

     

      1854- The Republican Party is formed

     

      1915- Einstein publishes his Theory Of Relativity 

     

      1922-The USS Langley, the first American Aircraft Carrier, is commissioned 

      

       1923- Pablo Picasso's first US Show opens in Chicago

     

       1942- MacArthur makes his "I Shall Return" speech

      

       1952- The Peace Treaty with Japan is ratified by the Seante

     

       1985- Libby Riddles wins the Iditarod 

      

       1987- The FDA approves AZT

     

        1993- Imelda Marcos goes on trial for Bribery, Embezzlement, and Racketeering 

       

        1999- The first Legoland on American Soil opens

     

         2000- Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin( H. Rap Brown) is arrested for the murder of two Atlanta Area Law Enforcement Officers

     

        2003- The United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland invade Iraq

      

        

  13. March 19 Through the Years   

      1563- The Edict of Ambrose gives some religious rights to the Hugenots

     

      1687- Robert Cavelier de LaSalle is murdered by his men

     

      1885- The North West Rebellion begins in Canada

     

      1895- Augusta and Louis Lumiere records footage on their Cinematograph

     

      1918- The US Congress established Time Zones and Dayloght Savings Time

     

      1920- The Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles

     

      1931- Gamble no is legalized in Nevada

     

      1954- The first Boxing Match televised in color takes place

     

      1966- Texas Western wins the National Title

     

      1979- CSpan begins broadcating

     

      1987- Jim Bakker resigns as the head of The PTL Club

    1. alawai

      alawai

      Keep it coming PT!

  14. March 18 Through the Years 

      AD 37- The Roman Sente makes Caligula Caesar

     

      1741- The New York Conspiracy of 1741 begins

     

      1766- The British Parlaiment repeals The Stamp Act

     

       1850- American Express Founded

     

       1874- Hawaii signs an exclusive Trade Treaty with the USA

     

       1915- The Battle of Gallipoli

     

       1925- The Tri-State Tornado hits Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. The Southern Half of Princeton is devastated 

     

     1937- The New London Explosion

     

      1938- Pemex created

     

      1940- Hitler and Mussolini met and agree to form an alliance against Great Britian and France

     

      1942- The War Relocation Authority is established 

     

      1959- The Hawaiian Admission Act is passed

     

      

      

     

  15. Go Lady Irish Go

     

     Up Next: Purdue

  16. March 17 Through the Years

      Happy St. Patric's Day

     

       180- Marcus Aurelius dies

     

      1776- The Siege of Boston is ended

     

      1941- FDR opens the National Gallery of Art

     

      1958- The Vanguard I Satellite is launched

     

      1960- Eisenhower signs paper that will lead to the Bay of Pigs 

     

      1968- 6,000 sheep are found dead in Skull Valley, Utah; the deaths were from nerve toxin testing

     

      1992- Apartheid in South Africa is ended by a referendum which passed by a 68.7 to 31.2 vote

     

      2000- 530 members of the Ugandan Cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Comandments of God Die in an episode of a Mass Murder/Suicide

    1. TheRustonRifle#7

      TheRustonRifle#7

      Happy ST. Patty's to you PT!

    2. alawai

      alawai

      Happy Patty Day to you PT!

  17. March 16 Through the Years   

     1621- Samoset visits the Pilgrims for the first time

     

     1802- The Army Corps of Egineers is created

     

      1916- American Forces led by "Black Jack" Pershing joins the hunt for Pancho Villa

     

      1935- Hiltler orders the rearmament of Germany breaking The Treaty of Versailles 

      

      1958- The 50 Millionth Automobile is produce by the Ford Motor Company

     

      1968- The My Lai Massacre

     

      1978- Former Italian PM Aldo Moro is kidnapped

     

      1984- CIA station chief William Buckley is kidnapped is Beirut

     

      1985- AP Newsman Terry Anderson is kidnapped

     

      1988- Oliver North and John Poindexter are indicted for conspiracy for their roles in the Iran Contra Scandal

      

      1995- Mississippi formally ratified the 13th Amendment

  18. March 15 Through the Years

      44 BC- Julius Caesar is stabbed and killed by several Roman Senators including Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus and Decimus Junius Brutus

     

      1783- George asks his officers not to participate in the Newburgh Conspiracy  

     

      1820- Maine becomes 23 State

     

      1892- Liverpool F. C. is founded

     

      1906- Rolls Royce Limited is incorporated 

      

      1917- Tsar Nicholas II abducates Russian Throne

     

       1885- The First Internet Domain Name is registered 

    1. alawai

      alawai

      Whoa PT 1885, the first internet registered!  No problem you doing a great job!

  19. Reminder:

      Everything Will Be Okay

  20. March 14(Pi Day)Through the Years

      1794- Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the Cotton Gin

     

      1885- The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan debuts in London

     

      1900- The Gold Standard Act is ratified 

     

      1903- The Hay-Herman Act is passed

     

      1964- Jack Ruby is found guilty

  21. Congrats ND on your #1 Seed

     

  22. March 13 Through the Years

      1639- Harvard is named after clergyman John Harvard

     

      1781- Uranus is discovered

     

      1862- Fugitive Slave Law is annulled  

     

     1865- The CSA decides to use African American Troops

     

     1897- San Diego State is founded

     

     1930- Discovery of Pluto

     

     1933- Banks begin to reopen

     

     1943- The Nazis liquidate a Jewish Ghetto in Krakow

     

     1969- Appollo 9 Returns to Earth

     

      1991- Exxon agrees to pay for the cleanup of the Exxon Valdez Disaster

     

      1997- The Phoenix Lights

     

  23. March 12 Through the Years

     1864-Red River campaign

     

     1881- Andrew Watson makes his debut for Scotland

     

     1894- Coca-Cola is bottled for the 1st Time

     

     1912- The Girl Guides(Girl Scouts of America) are founded

     

     1918- Moscow becomes the Russian Capitol

     

     1928- St. Francis Dam failure in California

     

     1930- Mahatma Gandhi leads the Salt March

     

     1933- FDR gives his first Fireside Chat

     

     1947- The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed

     

     2009- Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to scamming 18 Billion Dollars

     

     2011- Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

  24. March 11 Through the Years

     1818- Frankenstein is published

     

     1824- The Bureau of Indian Affairs is established

     

     1861- The CSA Constitution is adopted

     

     1918- The First Case of the Spanish Flu

     

     1990- Lithuania breaks away from the USSR

     

     1993- Janet Reno becomes the First Female United States AG

     

     1999- Infosys becomes first Indian Company to be listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange

     

     2009- Winnenden School Shootings

     

     

  25. March 10 Through the Years

     1629- Charles I starts the 11 year Personal Rule by dissolving the Parliament 

     

     1804- The Louisiana Purchase is formally transferred from France to the United States

     

     1848- The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago is ratified by the U. S. Senate ending the Mexican-American War

     

      1876- Alexander Graham Bell tests the telephone 

       

      1891- The Stowger Switch is patented

     

      1922- Mahatma Gandhi is arrested

     

      1945- The U. S. Firebombs Tokyo 

     

      1969- James Earl Ray pleads guilty in the shooting of MLK Jr.

     

      1977- The Rings of Uranus are discovered

     

      2017- South Korean President Park Geun-hye is impeached

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