We Will Begin With The
Month of March
21st
Alcatraz prison emptied prisoners by the order of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, 1963
22nd
The Stamp Act was approved by Parliament, 1765
Congress outlawed polygamy, 1882
The first movie shown to an audience occurred in Paris, 1895
23rd
Patrick Henry's Give me Liberty speech occurred, 1775
The United States Mint produced its first coins made by a press, 1836
24th
The Germans attacked the British in North Africa during WWII, 1941
Largest oil spill in United States history happened in Alaska, 1989
25th
Maryland was founded, by English colonists sent by the second Lord Baltimore (Maryland Day), 1634
RCA first produced color televisions, 1954
26th
Congress passed Naturalization Act, 1790
Corrugated lifeboat was patented, 1845
27th
Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida, 1513
President George Washington and Congress created United States Navy, 1794
First long distance telephone call made from Boston to New York, 1884
28th
Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patented the washing machine, 1797
30th
The Queensboro Bridge, linking Manhattan and Queens opened, 1909
Former President Reagan was shot in chest & wounded in Washington, D.C., during an assassination attempt, 1981
31st
The first of the Intolerable Acts passed Parliament, 1774
Wabash, Indiana was the first town to be illuminated by electric lights, 1880
Now We Will Explore The
Month of April
1st
Nazi Germany began its persecution of Jews with a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses, 1933
World War II invasion of Okinawa began, 1945
United States launched its first weather satellite, 1960
2nd
Juan Ponce de Leon discovered Florida, 1513
Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the establishment of the United States Mint, 1792
3rd
First Pony Express began its route between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, 1860
American's Creed accepted, 1918
Jesse James, killed by Robert Ford, a member of his own gang, 1882
4th
Martin Luther King, Jr., assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, 1968
Henry "Hank" Aaron tied Babe Ruth 's Home Run record of 714, 1974
5th
American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia, 1614
Booker T. Washington was born in Franklin County, Virginia, 1856
6th
Civil War Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, 1862
Robert Perry & Matthew Hensen became the first men to reach the North Pole, 1909
United States declared war on Germany, 1917
8th
Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain, 1513
Baseball's Henry "Hank" Aaron hit his 715 home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth's record, 1974
Frank Robinson, major league baseball's first black manager, managed his first game for the Cleveland Indians, 1975
9th
Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, 1865
The American Civil War ended in the East, 1865
10th
The first patent law was passed, 1790
11th
Congress proclaimed the end of the Revolutionary War, 1783
Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of France, and was banished to the island of Elba, 1814
Jackie Robinson, entered Major League Baseball,1947
Apollo 13 mission began, 1970
12th
The catcher's mask was first used in a baseball game, 1877
Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt died, 1945
13th
Pennsylvania Railroad received its charter, 1847
Fort Sumter surrendered, 1861
Former President Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial, 1943
14th
Former President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., 1865
First motion picture public showing, 1894
15th
Former President Lincoln died at 7:22 a.m., in Washington, D.C., 1865
The Titanic struck and iceberg and sank, 1912
Former President Roosevelt buried at Hyde Park, New York, 1945
16th
A bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia became law, 1862
17th
Benjamin Franklin died, 1790
Ford Motor Company unveiled its Mustang automobile, 1964
Apollo 13 astronauts splashed down safely, 1970
18th
Midnight ride of Paul Revere & William Dawes in Boston, Massachusetts, 1775
19th
The American Revolutionary War began with the battles of Lexington & Concord, 1775
Spanish-American War began, 1898
A truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Bldg., in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 and injuring 500, 1995
20th
The Territory of Wisconsin was established by Congress, 1836
The State Board of Education, first in United States, was established in Massachusetts, 1837
Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria, 1889
The Eleanor Roosevelt Foundation was created, 1963
Amazed At The Variety Of Events? Well I Was, Especially The Beginning and Ending Of Many Wars and Lives Of Well Known People!
ALL IN THE SEASON OF THE RAM!!!