This Day in History

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 16 1923 Archaeologist opens tomb of King Tut On February 16, 1923, in Thebes, Egypt, English archaeologist Howard Carter enters the sealed burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamen. Because the ancient Egyptians saw their pharaohs as gods, they carefully preserved their bodies after death, burying them in elaborate tombs co... read more 19th CENTURY 1804 U.S. Navy boards and burns the captured USS Philadelphia in daring mission Cold War 1951 Joseph Stalin attacks the United Nations Inventions & Science 1968 First 9-1-1 call is placed in the United States Latin American History 1959 Fidel Castro sworn in as prime minister Sports 1984 Bill Johnson becomes first American to win Olympic gold in downhill skiing Vietnam War 1968 Tet Offensive results in many new refugees

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 17 1801 Thomas Jefferson is elected third U.S. president On February 17, 1801, Thomas Jefferson is elected the third president of the United States. The election constitutes the first peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another in the United States. By 1800, when he decided to run for preside... read more 1970s 1979 China invades Vietnam American Revolution 1782 French and British battle in the Indian Ocean ART, LITERATURE AND FILM HISTORY 1904 “Madame Butterfly” premieres Civil War 1865 Union army sacks Columbia, South Carolina Cold War 1947 Voice of America begins broadcasts to Russia Crime 1906 Union leaders arrested for assassination Inventions & Science 1972 Beetle overtakes Model T as world’s best-selling car Sports 1996 Chess champion Garry Kasparov defeats IBM’s Deep Blue 1998 US women win the first Winter Olympics hockey gold medal World War I 1915 Zeppelin L-4 crashes into North Sea

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 18 1885 Mark Twain publishes “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” On February 18, 1885, Mark Twain publishes his famous—and famously controversial—novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in the U.S.... read more 19th CENTURY 1878 Murder ignites Lincoln County War Art, Literature and Film History 1929 First Academy Awards announced 1959 Ray Charles records “What’d I Say” at Atlantic Records Crime 2003 Arsonist sets fire in South Korean subway 2011 Green River serial killer pleads guilty to 49th murder Inventions & Science 1930 Pluto discovered Sports 2001 Dale Earnhardt Sr. killed in crash 2006 Shani Davis becomes first Black athlete to win individual gold medal at Winter Games U.S. Government and Politics 2010 WikiLeaks publishes the first documents leaked by Chelsea Manning World War II 1943 Nazis arrest White Rose resistance leaders

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 19 1847 Donner Party rescued from the Sierra Nevada Mountains On February 19, 1847, the first rescuers reach surviving members of the Donner Party, a group of California-bound emigrants stranded by snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In the summer of 1846, in the midst of a Western-bound fever sweeping the United States, 89 people—including 31 members of the ... read more   Sign up for Video of the Day Get a FREE featured video sent right to your inbox, every weekday. Tune in to history with a mix of short videos and fascinating documentaries. Sign Up American Revolution 1777 Congress overlooks Benedict Arnold for promotion Art, Literature and Film History 1878 Thomas Edison patents the phonograph 1963 "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan is published 1992 John Singleton, 24, becomes first Black director nominated for an Oscar Cold War 1981 United States calls situation in El Salvador a "communist plot" Early U.S. 1807 Aaron Burr arrested for alleged treason Inventions & Science 1473 Polish astronomer Copernicus is born Sports 2010 Tiger Woods apologizes for extramarital affairs U.S. Presidents 1942 FDR orders Japanese Americans into internment camps Vietnam War 1970 Chicago Seven acquitted of conspiracy charges World War II 1945 U.S. Marines invade Iwo Jima

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 20 1962 John Glenn becomes first American to orbit Earth From Cape Canaveral, Florida, John Herschel Glenn Jr. is successfully launched into space aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first orbital flight by an American astronaut. Glenn, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, was amon... read more 21st CENTURY 2003 Rhode Island nightclub burns American Revolution 1792 Postal Service Act regulates United States Post Office Department Art, Literature and Film History 1997 Kramer on “Seinfeld” adopts a highway Civil War 1864 Battle of Olustee Crime 1974 Atlanta Constitution editor is kidnapped EUROPEAN HISTORY 1985 Ireland allows sale of contraceptives Sports 1998 Tara Lipinski becomes youngest Olympic figure skating gold medalist World War I 1919 Amir of Afghanistan is assassinated World War II 1939 Americans hold a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden 1942 Pilot Edward O’Hare becomes first American WWII flying ace

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 21 1965 Malcolm X assassinated February 21, 1965: In New York City, Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. He was 39. Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925, Malcolm ... read more 19th CENTURY 1848 Karl Marx publishes Communist Manifesto 1885 Washington Monument dedicated Art, Literature and Film History 1981 Dolly Parton cements her crossover success as "9 to 5" hits #1 Civil War 1862 Battle of Valverde Cold War 1972 President Nixon arrives in China for talks Crime 1961 Rockefeller imposter and convicted felon born Inventions & Science 1948 NASCAR founded Sports 1952 Dick Button wins second Olympic figure skating gold Vietnam War 1970 Henry Kissinger begins secret negotiations with North Vietnamese World War I 1916 Battle of Verdun begins 1918 Allied troops capture Jericho World War II 1944 Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo makes himself “military czar”

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 22 1980 U.S. hockey team beats the Soviets in the "Miracle on Ice" In one of the most dramatic upsets in Olympic history, on February 22, 1980, the underdog U.S. hockey team, made up of college players, defeats the four-time defending gold-medal winning Soviet team at the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York. The Soviet squad, previously regarded as t... read more 19th CENTURY 1819 The U.S. acquires Spanish Florida 1847 Battle of Buena Vista begins 1960s 1967 Suharto takes full power in Indonesia American Revolution 1777 Archibald Bulloch dies under mysterious circumstances ART, LITERATURE AND FILM HISTORY 1983 “Moose Murders” opens—and closes—on Broadway Cold War 1946 George Kennan sends “long telegram” to State Department Crime 1851 San Francisco vigilantes take the law into their own hands 2006 Gang commits largest robbery in British history 2014 'El Chapo,' the world’s most-wanted drug kingpin, is captured in Mexico INVENTIONS & SCIENCE 1978 Navstar 1, the world’s first operational GPS satellite, launches Sports 1959 Lee Petty wins first Daytona 500 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes first female jockey to win a U.S. thoroughbred race U.S. Presidents 1732 George Washington is born World War I 1917 Mussolini wounded by mortar bomb World War II 1942 President Roosevelt to MacArthur: Get out of the Philippines

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 23 1945 U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima February 23, 1945: During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak and most strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag. Marine photographer Louis Lowery... read more 21st CENTURY 2020 Ahmaud Arbery is shot dead while out jogging American Revolution 1778 Friedrich von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge Art, Literature and Film History 1940 Woody Guthrie writes “This Land Is Your Land” 1978 It’s a tie for Song of the Year at the 20th annual Grammy Awards Black History 1868 W.E.B. Du Bois is born Crime 1885 Convicted murderer gets spared from death when gallows malfunction 1958 Formula One champ kidnapped Inventions & Science 1954 Children receive first polio vaccine Sports 1980 Eric Heiden speed skates into Olympic history 2014 Jason Collins, first openly gay athlete to play in NBA, makes U.S. sports history U.S. PRESIDENTS 1861 Abraham Lincoln arrives in Washington, D.C.

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 24 1836 Alamo defenders call for help On February 24, 1836, in San Antonio, Texas, Colonel William Travis issues a call for help on behalf of the Texan troops defending the Alamo, an old Spanish mission and fortress under siege by the Mexican army. A native of South Carolina, Travis moved to the Mexican state of Texas in 1831. He soon b... read more Latin American History 1946 Juan Perón elected in Argentina Middle Eastern History 1991 Gulf War ground offensive begins U.S. Government and Politics 1803 Marbury v. Madison establishes judicial review 1988 Supreme Court defends right to satirize public figures U.S. Presidents 1841 John Quincy Adams begins arguments in Amistad case 1868 President Andrew Johnson impeached Vietnam War 1968 South Vietnamese recapture Hue, ending key phase of the Tet Offensive World War I 1917 Zimmermann Telegram presented to U.S. ambassador

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 25 1964 Young Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston for first world title On February 25, 1964, 22-year-old Cassius Clay shocks the odds-makers by dethroning world heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston in a seventh-round technical knockout. The dreaded Liston, who had twice demolished former champ Floyd Patterson in one round, was an 8-to-1 favorite. However, Clay predict... read more American Revolution 1779 British surrender Fort Sackville Art, Literature and Film History 1956 Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes meet 2004 "The Passion of the Christ" opens in the United States Black History 1870 First African American congressman sworn in Civil War 1862 Legal Tender Act passed to help finance the Civil War Cold War 1948 Communists take power in Czechoslovakia Sports 1940 NHL game televised in US for first time 1987 NCAA suspends SMU football program for 1987 season U.S. Presidents 1828 John Quincy Adams’ son marries relative at the White House

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 26 1993 World Trade Center is bombed At 12:18 p.m., a terrorist bomb explodes in a parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City, leaving a massive, multi-story crater and causing the collapse of several steel-reinforced concrete floors in the vicinity of the blast. Although the terrorist bomb failed to critically damage... read more 19th CENTURY 1929 Grand Teton National Park is established 21st CENTURY 2012 Florida teen Trayvon Martin is shot and killed American Revolution 1813 Robert R. Livingston, aka “The Chancellor,” dies Art, Literature and Film History 1564 Christopher Marlowe is baptized INVENTIONS & SCIENCE 1974 Nike receives patent for waffle-soled trainers—invented in a waffle iron Latin American History 1990 Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections Middle Eastern History 1984 Last U.S. Marines leave Beirut U.S. Government and Politics 1919 Grand Canyon is designated a national park Vietnam War 1968 Mass graves discovered in Hue World War I 1917 President Wilson learns of Zimmermann Telegram World War II 1935 Hitler authorizes the founding of the Reich Luftwaffe 1945 U.S. troops recapture Philippine island of Corregidor

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 27 1973 AIM occupation of Wounded Knee begins On the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota some 200 members of the Oglala Lakota tribe, led by members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), occupy Wounded Knee, the site of the infamous 1890 massacre of 300 Lakota by the U.S. Seventh Cavalry. The AIM members, some of them armed, took 11 residents of the historic Oglala Siou... read more   Sign up for Video of the Day Get a FREE featured video sent right to your inbox, every weekday. Tune in to history with a mix of short videos and fascinating documentaries. Sign Up 19th CENTURY 1827 New Orleanians take to the streets for Mardi Gras 1844 Dominican Republic declares independence as a sovereign state Art, Literature and Film History 1935 6-year-old Shirley Temple receives special miniature Oscar 1980 “I Will Survive” wins the first—and last—Grammy ever awarded for Best Disco Recording Landmarks 1964 Italian government seeks aid to fix Leaning Tower of Pisa Sports 1960 U.S. Olympic hockey team beats Soviet Union 2006 Effa Manley becomes first woman elected to Baseball Hall of Fame U.S. Presidents 1860 Mathew Brady photographs presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln Women’s History 1922 Supreme Court defends women’s voting rights World War II 1942 U.S. aircraft carrier Langley is sunk

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 28 1953 Chemical structure of DNA discovered On February 28, 1953, Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick announce that they have determined the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule containing human genes. The molecular biologists were aided significantly by the work of another DNA researcher, Rosalind Fr... read more 19th CENTURY 1861 Congress creates Colorado Territory 1990s 1993 ATF raids Branch Davidian compound 1994 First NATO military action American Revolution 1784 John Wesley charters first Methodist Church in U.S. Art, Literature and Film History 1982 Getty Museum endowed 1983 Final episode of M*A*S*H airs Cold War 1987 Gorbachev calls for nuclear weapons treaty Religion 2013 Pope Benedict resigns Sports 1986 MLB commissioner suspends players in drug scandal U.S. Presidents 1844 Tyler narrowly escapes death on the USS Princeton World War II 1944 Test pilot Reitsch pitches suicide squad to Hitler

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY February 29 1940 Hattie McDaniel becomes first African American actress to win Oscar On February 29, 1940, Gone with the Wind is honored with eight Oscars by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. An epic Southern romance set during the hard times of the Civil War, the movie swept the prestigious Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Art Direction, F... read more 1960s 1968 Kerner Commission Report released Colonial America 1704 Deerfield settlement razed in Queen Anne's War World War I 1916 Two ships sink in North Sea battle

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY March 1 1932 Lindbergh baby kidnapped On March 1, 1932, in a crime that captured the attention of the entire nation, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., the 20-month-old son of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, is kidnapped from the family's new mansion in Hopewell, New Jersey. Lindbergh, who became an international celebrity when he flew the first ... read more 19th CENTURY 1872 Yellowstone, America's first national park, established American Revolution 1781 The Articles of Confederation are ratified after nearly four years BLACK HISTORY 1864 Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes first Black woman to earn a medical degree Colonial America 1692 Salem Witch Hunt begins HISPANIC HISTORY 1968 Thousands of Chicano students stage school walkouts in East L.A. Natural Disasters & Environment 1910 Two trains buried by massive avalanche Space Exploration 1966 Soviet probe crashes into Venus Sports 1969 New York Yankees star Mickey Mantle retires U.S. Presidents 1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps Vietnam War 1971 War protesters set off bomb in U.S. Capitol building World War I 1917 Zimmermann Telegram published in United States

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY March 02 1955 Fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin refuses to give up her seat on a segregated bus A full nine months before Rosa Parks's famous act of civil disobedience, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin is arrested on March 2, 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery, Alabama bus. Colvin was traveling home from scho... read more 19th CENTURY 1836 Texas declares independence American Revolution 1776 Washington begins bombardment of British-held Boston Art, Literature and Film History 1904 Dr. Seuss born CIVIL WAR 1861 Texas secedes Cold War 1969 Soviet Union and Chinese armed forces clash CRIME 1978 Reports surface of grave robbers stealing Charlie Chaplin's body Inventions & Science 1966 Ford celebrates 1 millionth Mustang Slavery 1807 Congress abolishes the African slave trade Space Exploration 1972 Pioneer 10 launched to Jupiter Sports 1962 Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points U.S. GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 1929 President Coolidge signs the Jones Act, targeting bootleggers Vietnam War 1967 Bobby Kennedy proposes plan to end the war World War I 1917 Puerto Ricans become U.S. citizens, are recruited for war effort World War II 1943 The Battle of the Bismarck Sea begins 1944 More than 500 train passengers mysteriously suffocate

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY March 03 1887 Helen Keller meets Anne Sullivan, her teacher and “miracle worker” On March 3, 1887, Anne Sullivan begins teaching six-year-old Helen Keller, who lost her sight and hearing after a severe illness at the age of 19 months. Under Sullivan’s tutelage, including her pioneering “touch teaching” techniques, Keller flourished, eventually graduating from college and becomin... read more 1990s 1991 LAPD officers beat Rodney King on camera 19th CENTURY 1879 United States Geological Survey created Art, Literature and Film History 1915 “Birth of a Nation” opens in New York 1931 "The Star-Spangled Banner" becomes official U.S. national anthem Civil War 1863 Congress passes Civil War Conscription Act 1865 Freedmen’s Bureau created Cold War 1952 Supreme Court rules on communist teachers Natural Disasters & Environment 1974 Faulty door dooms plane Slavery 1820 Congress passes the Missouri Compromise Sports 1875 First indoor game of ice hockey ends in brawl U.S. Presidents 1845 Congress overrides presidential veto for first time 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes is inaugurated in a private ceremony Vietnam War 1965 US jets bomb Ho Chi Minh Trail World War I 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk concluded World War II 1945 Finland declares war on Germany

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY March 04 1933 FDR inaugurated On March 4, 1933, at the height of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States. In his famous inaugural address, delivered outside the east wing of the U.S. Capitol, Roosevelt outlined his “New Deal”—an expansion of the federal government... read more American Revolution 1776 American forces occupy Dorchester Heights Art, Literature and Film History 1952 Ernest Hemingway finishes "The Old Man and the Sea" 1960 Lucille Ball files for divorce from Desi Arnaz 1966 John Lennon sparks his first major controversy 1994 John Candy dies Civil War 1861 Abraham Lincoln inaugurated Crime 1944 Louis “Lepke” Buchalter, the head of Murder, Inc., is executed 2005 Martha Stewart is released from prison EARLY U.S. 1789 Government under the U.S. Constitution begins Sports 1990 College basketball star Hank Gathers collapses on court, dies 2004 Mianne Bagger becomes first transgender athlete to play in pro golf tournament U.S. Presidents 1829 Andrew Jackson holds “open house” at the White House 1952 Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis marry World War I 1918 First cases reported in deadly 1918 flu pandemic

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY March 05 1770 The Boston Massacre On the cold, snowy night of March 5, 1770, a mob of American colonists gathers at the Customs House in Boston and begins taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. The protesters, who called themselves Patriots, were protesting the occupation of their city by British troops, who were sent ... read more 1960s 1960 Iconic photo of Che Guevara taken Art, Literature and Film History 1839 Charlotte Brontë declines marriage 1966 Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler hits #1 with “Ballad of the Green Berets” Cold War 1946 Churchill delivers Iron Curtain speech Crime 1969 Jim Morrison is charged with lewd behavior at a Miami concert Inventions & Science 1929 David Buick dies 1963 Hula Hoop patented Sports 1966 Marvin Miller elected first full-time MLB Players Association executive director U.S. Presidents 1868 Impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson begins World War II 1953 Joseph Stalin dies

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY March 06 1899 Bayer patents aspirin The German company Bayer patents aspirin on March 6, 1899. Now the most common drug in household medicine cabinets, acetylsalicylic acid was originally made from a chemical found in the bark of willow trees. In its primitive form, the active ingredient, salicin, was used for centuries in folk medici... read more   Sign up for Video of the Day Get a FREE featured video sent right to your inbox, every weekday. Tune in to history with a mix of short videos and fascinating documentaries. Sign Up 1980s 1981 Walter Cronkite signs off as anchorman of "CBS Evening News" 1987 Ferry sinks in Belgium, 188 people drown 19th CENTURY 1836 The Battle of the Alamo comes to an end American Revolution 1776 New York demands Sandy Hook lighthouse be dismantled Art, Literature and Film History 1475 Michelangelo is born 1982 Controversial writer-philosopher Ayn Rand dies 1986 Georgia O'Keeffe dies 2001 The death spiral of Napster begins Cold War 1951 The espionage trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins 1953 Georgy Malenkov succeeds Stalin European History 1983 Helmut Kohl elected West German chancellor Sports 1902 Real Madrid founded U.S. Government and Politics 1857 Supreme Court rules in Dred Scott case U.S. Presidents 1820 President Monroe signs the Missouri Compromise World War II 1945 Dutch Resistance ambushes SS officer

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY March 07 1965 Civil rights protesters beaten in “Bloody Sunday” attack On March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama, a 600-person civil rights demonstration ends in violence when marchers are attacked and beaten by white state troopers and sheriff’s deputies. The day's events became known as "Bloody Sunday." The demonstrators—led by civil rights... read more American Revolution 1777 Five letters pass between Abigail and John Adams Art, Literature and Film History 1923 Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is published 1988 Writers Guild of America strike begins 1999 Stanley Kubrick dies 2010 Kathryn Bigelow becomes the first female director to win an Oscar Civil War 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern), Arkansas begins Crime 2002 Defense rests in Andrea Yates trial Inventions & Science 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone World War II 1936 Hitler reoccupies the Rhineland, violating the Treaty of Versailles 1941 British forces arrive in Greece

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY March 08 1917 February Revolution begins, leading to the end of czarist rule in Russia In Russia, the February Revolution (known as such because of Russia’s use of the Julian calendar) begins on March 8, 1917 when riots and strikes over the scarcity of food erupt in Petrograd. One week later, centuries of czarist rule in Russia ended with the abdication of Nicholas II, and Russia took... read more 21st CENTURY 2014 Malaysia Airlines flight vanishes with more than 200 people aboard African History 1957 Egypt begins to reopen the Suez Canal after crisis American Revolution 1782 Pennsylvania militiamen murder Patriot allies Art, Literature and Film History 1993 "Beavis and Butt-Head" premieres on MTV Crime 1951 The Lonely Hearts Killers are executed European History 1918 Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party Inventions & Science 1950 VW bus, icon of counterculture movement, goes into production Natural Disasters & Environment 1981 Japanese power plant leaks radioactive waste Sports 1971 Ali battles Frazier in "Fight of the Century" for heavyweight championship U.S. Presidents 1983 Reagan refers to U.S.S.R. as "evil empire," again Vietnam War 1965 U.S. Marines land at Da Nang

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY March 09 1959 The Barbie doll makes its debut On March 9, 1959, the first Barbie doll goes on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City. Eleven inches tall, with a waterfall of blond hair, Barbie was the first mass-produced toy doll in the United States with adult features. The woman behind Barbie was Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel... read more American Revolution 1781 Spanish siege of Pensacola begins Art, Literature and Film History 1996 Comedian George Burns dies at age 100 Civil War 1862 U.S.S. Monitor battles C.S.S. Virginia Crime 1997 Rapper Notorious B.I.G. is killed in Los Angeles EARLY 20th CENTURY U.S. 1916 Pancho Villa attacks Columbus, New Mexico Inventions & Science 1985 First Adopt-a-Highway sign goes up Slavery 1841 Supreme Court rules on Amistad slave ship mutiny case Sports 1979 Lawsuit prompts MLB to allow locker room access to female reporters U.S. Presidents 1954 President Eisenhower criticizes Senator Joseph McCarthy Vietnam War 1970 Marines hand over control of I Corps region World War I 1916 Germany declares war on Portugal World War II 1945 Firebombing of Tokyo

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY March 10 1959 Tibetans revolt against Chinese occupation On March 10, 1959, Tibetans band together in revolt, surrounding the summer palace of the Dalai Lama in defiance of Chinese occupation forces. China’s occupation of Tibet began nearly a decade before, in October 1950, when troops from its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) invaded the country, barely on... read more 19th CENTURY 1864 Montana vigilantes hang Jack Slade 1876 First speech transmitted by telephone Art, Literature and Film History 1988 Disco sensation Andy Gibb dies at the age of 30 1997 “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” premieres on the WB ASIAN HISTORY 1922 Mohandas Gandhi Arrested for Sedition Cold War 1948 Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk dies under strange circumstances Crime 1993 Dr. David Gunn is murdered by anti-abortion activist European History 1906 Mine explosion kills 1,060 in France Sports 2006 Cuba plays in World Baseball Classic U.S. Presidents 1864 President Lincoln signs Ulysses S. Grant’s commission to command the U.S. Army Vietnam War 1970 Army captain charged with My Lai war crimes World War I 1917 Turkish troops begin evacuation of Baghdad

[phkrause]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY March 11 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan causes massive devastation, and the ensuing tsunami decimates the Tōhoku region of northeastern Honshu. On top of the already-horrific destruction and loss of life, the natural disaster also gives rise to a nuclear disaster at the Fuku... read more 21st CENTURY 2020 President Trump addresses the nation on COVID-19; announces travel ban American Revolution 1779 Congress establishes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Art, Literature and Film History 1903 Lawrence Welk is born Black History 1959 “A Raisin in the Sun” debuts on Broadway Civil War 1861 Confederate states adopt new constitution Cold War 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev picked to succeed Konstantin Chernenko Crime 1989 “Cops” makes TV debut 2004 Terrorists bomb trains in Madrid European History 1997 Paul McCartney knighted Gay Rights 1973 The first PFLAG meeting Inventions & Science 2009 Toyota sells 1 millionth hybrid in U.S. Natural Disasters & Environment 1669 Mount Etna begins rumbling 1888 Great Blizzard of ’88 hits East Coast World War II 1942 General MacArthur leaves Corregidor