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| A Time Capsule of Significant Events in History for Virtually Everyday of the Year! You will definitely want to share this page with your friends and relatives. Sit back and take a day-by-day journey through history of the events (both inspiring and tragic) that have impacted and shaped our lives. Bookmark This Page! This invaluable resource page is brought to you by: nServices.com Go to: January l February l May l June July l August l September l October l November l December |
| March on this day... | ||
| Day | Year | Event |
| 1 | 1780 | Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery. |
| 1803 | Ohio becomes 17th state. | |
| 1941 | 1st US commercial FM radio station on the air, Nashville, Tenn. | |
| 2 | 1836 | Texas declares independence from Mexico. |
| 1927 | Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year). | |
| 1969 | 1st test flight of the supersonic Concorde. | |
| 3 | 1845 | Florida becomes 27th state. |
| 1875 | 1st recorded hockey game (Montreal). | |
| 1885 | AT&T incorporated. | |
| 1931 | "Star Spangled Banner" officially became US national anthem. | |
| 1959 | Lou Costello comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52. | |
| 1966 | William Frawley actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies at 89. | |
| 1991 | LA Police severly beat Rodney King captured on amateur video. | |
| 4 | 1936 | 1st flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany. |
| 1960 | Lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz. | |
| 1966 | John Lennon, says "We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus". | |
| 5 | 1956 | "King Kong," 1st televised. |
| 1982 | John Belushi comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 32. | |
| 6 | 1896 | 1st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage". |
| 1967 | Muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted. | |
| 1978 | Hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot & crippled by a sniper in Ga. | |
| 1981 | Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News". | |
| 7 | 322 BC | Aristotle dies. |
| 8 | 1930 | Babe Ruth signs $80,000 contract with the Yankees. |
| 1972 | 1st flight of the Goodyear blimp. | |
| 9 | 1989 | Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy. |
| 10 | 1876 | 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson). |
| 1988 | Andy Gibb singer, dies at 30 of heart infection. | |
| 11 | 1302 | Romeo & Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare. |
| 12 | 1969 | Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London. |
| 1970 | US lowers voting age from 21 to 18. | |
| 13 | 1923 | Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures, NYC. |
| 14 | 1950 | FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins. |
| 15 | 1956 | "My Fair Lady" opens on Broadway (NYC). |
| 16 | 1881 | Barnum & Baily Circus debuts. |
| 17 | 1753 | 1st official St Patrick's Day. |
| 18 | 1930 | Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh (US). |
| 19 | 1931 | Nevada legalizes gambling. |
| 20 | 1991 | Conor Clapton 5, son of Eric Clapton, falls out of 53rd floor window. |
| 21 | 1980 | On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot. |
| 22 | 1990 | Anchorage jury finds Capt Hazelwood innocent of Valdez oil spill. |
| 23 | 1983 | Dr Barney Clark 1st artificial heart recipient, dies after 112 days. |
| 24 | 1958 | Elvis Presley inducted into army in Memphis Tenn. |
| 1989 | Worst US oil spill, Exxon's Valdez spills 11.3 mil gallons off Alaska. | |
| 25 | 1668 | 1st horse race in America takes place. |
| 1954 | RCA manufactures 1st color TV set. | |
| 26 | 1992 | Mike Tyson is sentenced to 10 years for rape. |
| 27 | 1884 | 1st long-distance telephone call, Boston-NY. |
| 1977 | 583 killed when a KLM Boeing 747 runs into a Pan Am Boeing 747 on the runway in Tenerife, Canary Islands (worst in aviation history). | |
| 28 | 1969 | Dwight D Eisenhower the 34th pres, dies in Washington at 78. |
| 1979 | Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pa (no deaths). | |
| 29 | 1886 | Coca-Cola created (with cocaine). |
| 1932 | Jack Benny debuts on radio. | |
| 1976 | 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students. | |
| 30 | 1981 | Pres Reagan shot & wounded by John W Hinckley Jr. |
| 1986 | James F Cagney actor, dies at his Stanfordville NY farm at 86. | |
| 1991 | William Kennedy Smith allegedly rapes a woman. | |
| 31 | 1932 | Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine. |
| 1980 | Jesse Owens of 1936 Berlin Olympics fame, dies in Ariz at 66. | |
| April on this day... | ||
| Day | Year | Event |
| 1 | 1889 | 1st dishwashing machine marketed (Chicago). |
| 1984 | Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA. | |
| 2 | 1912 | Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power. |
| 1956 | Soap operas "As the World Turns" & "Edge of Night" premieres on TV. | |
| 1978 | TV show "Dallas" premiers on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series). | |
| 3 | 1882 | Jesse James shot dead in St Joseph Mo by Robert Ford. |
| 4 | 1968 | Rev Martin Luther King Jr assassinated in Memphis (Dream continues). |
| 5 | 1964 | Douglas MacArthur US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84. |
| 1976 | Howard Hughes reclusive billionaire, dies at 72. | |
| 1992 | Sam Walton Billionaire CEO (Walmart), dies of cancer at 74. | |
| 6 | 1968 | HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas. |
| 7 | 30 | Jesus crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem (scholars' estimate). |
| 8 | 1986 | Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California, Make his day. |
| 9 | 1865 | Robert E Lee & 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox. |
| 1953 | "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue. | |
| 1959 | Frank Lloyd Wright US architect, dies at 89. | |
| 1968 | Martin Luther King Jr, buried. | |
| 1970 | Paul McCartney announces official split of the Beatles. | |
| 10 | 1849 | Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (NYC) sold rights for $100. |
| 1992 | Sam Kinison loud mouth comedian, dies at 38 in a car crash. | |
| 11 | 1951 | Pres Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur. |
| 1981 | Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him. | |
| 12 | 1945 | Franklin Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Ga. |
| 1989 | Sugar Ray Robinson heavyweight Boxing Champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer. | |
| 13 | 1902 | JC Penney opened his 1st store in Kemmerer, Wyo. |
| 1970 | Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon. | |
| 14 | 1865 | Pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth. |
| 1912 | The Titanic, in route from Southampton to New York with 2200 passengers, strikes Iceburg off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and sinks. (1500+ death toll). | |
| 15 | 1865 | Pres Abraham Lincoln dies, 7:22 am, John Wilkes Booth responsible. |
| 1941 | 1st helicopter flight of 1 hr duration, Stratford, Ct. | |
| 1955 | Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants. | |
| 1992 | Billionaire Leona Helmsly is sent to jail for tax evasion. | |
| 16 | 1789 | George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration. |
| 1922 | Annie Oakley shot 100 clay targets in a row, a women's record. | |
| 1962 | Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News. | |
| 17 | 1964 | Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2,368 base price). |
| 1970 | Apollo 13 limps back safely, Beech-built oxygen tank no help. | |
| 18 | 1955 | Albert Einstein developer of relativity theory, dies. |
| 19 | 1934 | Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up & Cheer". |
| 1980 | Alfred Hitchcock dies in Calif at 80. | |
| 1993 | FBI tear-gas assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, which came to a fiery end with more than 80 people dead. | |
| 1995 | Oklahoma City bombing killed 167 people, including 19 children. | |
| 20 | 1916 | Wrigley Field in Chicago opens. |
| 1999 | Columbine H.S. massacre in Littleton CO. leaves 15 dead and 23 wounded. | |
| 21 | 1836 | Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from Mexico. |
| 1918 | "Red" Baron Manfred von Richtofen, killed in WW I. | |
| 1963 | Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time. | |
| 1986 | Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing. | |
| 22 | 1991 | Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show. |
| 23 | 1616 | William Shakesphere English author, dies, on his 52nd birthday. |
| 1985 | New Coke debuts to replace original Coke and is a flop. | |
| 24 | 1833 | Patent granted for 1st soda fountain. |
| 1974 | Bud Abbott dies at 78. | |
| 1981 | IBM-PC introduced. | |
| 25 | 1980 | Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran. |
| 26 | 1865 | John Wilkes Booth assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green, VA. |
| 1986 | Maria Shriver & Arnold Schwarzenegger marry. | |
| 1989 | Lucille Ball comedienne/actress dies at 78 of a massive heart attack. | |
| 27 | 1937 | US Social Security system makes its 1st benefit payment. |
| 28 | 1914 | W H Carrier patents air conditioner. |
| 29 | 1813 | Rubber is patented. |
| 1852 | 1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published. | |
| 1988 | Burt Reynolds & Loni Anderson marry. | |
| 30 | 1945 | Adolph Hitler & wife Eva Braun commit suicide. |
| 1947 | Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover. | |
| 1991 | Cyclone kills 125,000 in Bangladesh. | |
