On This Day, Mar 9, 1942
On This Day, March 9, 1942, amid the fraught circumstances of World War II, construction officially began on an ambitious infrastructure project – the Alaska … Read more
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On This Day MAR 8, 1957
On This Day March 8, 1957, Egypt regained full control over the Suez Canal following the withdrawal of Israeli, British and French forces after the … Read more
On This Day, Mar 7, 1965
On This Day, March 7, 1965, a day that would go down in history as “Bloody Sunday,” hundreds of non-violent civil rights activists gathered in … Read more
On This Day, Mar 6, 1475
On This Day, March 6, 1475, Michelangelo Buonarroti, one of the towering figures of the Italian Renaissance, was born in the small village of Caprese, … Read more
On This Day, Mar 5, 1963
On This Day, March 5, 1963, Arthur “Spud” Melin, co-founder of Wham-O, secured a patent for the Hula Hoop, a toy that quickly became an … Read more
On This Day, Mar 4, 1918
On This Day, March 4, 1918, the first cases of what would become known as the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic were reported. This deadly influenza … Read more
On This Day, Mar 3, 1879
On This Day, March 3, 1879, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) was created, a pivotal moment in the development of scientific research and natural … Read more
On This Day, Mar 2, 1819
On This Day, March 2, 1819, the United States passed its first immigration law, the Steerage Act of 1819, also known as the Manifest of … Read more
On This Day, Mar1, 1692
On This Day, March 1, 1692, the Salem witch trials, a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts, began. … Read more