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Category: Today In History

March 23, 2015

Today in History – March 23rd

1066 – Eighteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet. Halley’s Comet is the only naked-eye comet that may appear twice in a human’s lifetime. It last appeared in the inner Solar System and is expected to return in the year 2061. 1490 – Earliest dated edition of Maimonides “Mishneh Torah” is published 1836 – Coin...
Otis' elevator patent drawing, January 15 1861
Otis' elevator patent drawing, January 15 1861
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March 19, 2015

Today in History – March 19th

1279 – A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China 1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano sailing for King Francis of France sights land around area of Carolinas. In the upcoming days and weeks he sailed north stopping in New York Harbor, which he described as a lake and mentioned...
1969 - Crazy 8's (or not, depending on your point of view). The Chicago 8 : Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, Bobby Seale, Lee Weiner, John Froines and David Dellinger
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March 16, 2015

Today in History – March 16th

597 BC – Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king. 1621 – Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass 1830 – New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) 1850 – Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter” published 1861 – Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union (US Civil War) 1881 –...
Iwo Jima
1945 - United States Marines raise the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, during the Battle of Iwo Jima
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March 9, 2015

Today in History – March 9th

On 20 April 1861, when Virginia authorities took over the Norfolk Navy Yard after its evacuation by Federal forces, they found, among other valuable items, the hulk of the steam frigate USS Merrimack. Though burned to the waterline and sunk, the big ship’s lower hull and machinery were salvageable. During the remainder of 1861 and...
The Merrimack
The Merrimack was the first of six screw frigates (frigates with steam power) begun in 1854.
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March 4, 2015

Today in History – March 4th

51 – Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth). 1152 – Frederick I Barbarossa elected Holy Roman Emperor 1215 – King John of England makes an oath to the Pope as a crusader to gain the support of Innocent III. 1628 – England’s King Charles I...
Forth Bridge Under Construction
The apocalyptic-seeming Forth Bridge, under construction
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March 3, 2015

Today in History – March 3rd

1634 – First tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole) 1791 – First US internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages) 1803 – First impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins. 1843 – Congress appropriates $30,000 “to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs” 1853 – Transcontinental railroad survey is...
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