| 1 Yellowstone becomes the
U.S.'s first national park. (1872)
2 Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scores 100 points
in a basketball game. (1962)
3 The Star Spangled Banner becomes the National Anthem
(1931)
4 The Constitution of the United States of America goes into
effect. (1789)
4 Mrs. Charles Fahning of Buffalo N.Y. is recognized as the first
woman to bowl a perfect 300 game. (1930)
5 The Boston Massacre occurred. (1770)
6 Silly putty is invented. (1950)
6 Well known and loved Walter Cronkite signs off as anchorman off
the CBS Evening News (1981)
7 Alexander Graham Bell patents the Telephone. (1876)
7 Monopoly board game is invented (1933)
8 President Ronald Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire" (1983)
8 Baseball great Joe DiMaggio dies (1999)
9 Ironclad ships the Monitor and the Merrimack battle in the
Civil war.
10 The U.S. government issues paper money for the first time.
(1862)
10 Alexander Graham Bell places the world's first telephone call,
to his assistant in the next room. (1876)
11 The most famous storm in American history, the Blizzard of
1888, begins.(1888)
12 Girl Scouts were founded. (1912)
12 Baseball great Joe Dimaggio agrees to a new contract with the
NY Yankees, and gets a $6,250 raise. My, how times have changed!
(1942)
13 Senate begins impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson.
(1868)
13 Harvard University is named after clergyman John Harvard.
(1639)
14 Eli Whitney patents the Cotten Gin (1794)
14 George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak Company, commits
suicide rather than facing the ravages of Cancer. (1932)
15 "The Ides of March" Julius Caesar is stabbed to death by
Marcus Junius Brutus. (44 B.C.)
16 Professor Robert Goddard launches the first liquid fuel
rocket. (1926)
16 The Mai Lai Massacre takes place in Vietnam. (1968)
17 On this day everyone is a little bit Irish- It's Saint
Patrick's Day!
17 The rubber band was invented. Can you imagine life without
them!?! (1845)
18 Soviet Union cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov becomes the first person
to take a space walk. (1965)
19 Congress approves Daylight Savings Time. (1918)
20 Harriet Beacher Stowe publishes the book Uncle Tom's Cabin
. (1852)
21 The infamous Alcatraz prison is closed. (1963)
23 Patrick Henry declares "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
(1775)
24 German scientist Robert Koch announces he has discovered the
bacillus that causes Tuberculosis. (1882)
24 Elvis Presley joins the U.S. Army. (1958)
25 The European Economic Community (ECC) is established by the
Treaty of Rome. (1957)
26 Ludwig von Beethoven dies in Vienna, Austria. (1827)
26 Dr. Jonas Salk invents a vaccine to fight polio.
26 The Eastman Dry Plate and Chemical Company manufactures the
first motion picture film. (1885)
27 The biggest earthquake ever recorded strikes Anchorage,
Alaska. It measured 8.3 on the Richter scale. (1964)
28 Nathaniel Briggs patents the washing machine. (1797)
28 The city of Madrid falls to the forces of Francisco Franco,
ending the Spanish Civil War. (1939)
28 Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident occurs in
Middletown, Pa. (1979)
28 Sally Ride becomes the first woman in space. (1983)
29 Ice jams stop the flow of water over Niagara Falls. (1848)
29 Coca Cola is invented. (1886)
30 The 15th amendment goes into effect, giving black men the
right to vote. (1870)
30 Jeopardy debuts on television. (1964)
31 The Eiffel Tower opens in Paris, France (1889) |
