TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – MARCH 1
1692 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are arrested for the supposed practice of witchcraft in Salem, Mass.
1711 “The Spectator” begins publishing (London)
1776 French minister Charles Gravier advises his Spanish counterpart to support the American rebels against the English.
1780 Pennsylvania becomes the first U.S. state to abolish slavery.
1790 The U.S. Congress authorized the first census.
1803 Ohio becomes the 17th state to join the Union.
1845 President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas
1867 Nebraska became the 37th state in the United States.
1872 Yellowstone became the world’s first National Park.
1875 Congress passes the Civil Rights Act, which is invalidated by the Supreme Court in 1883.
1896 Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity
1913 Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment)
1919 The Korean coalition proclaims their independence from Japan.
1932 The Lindbergh baby is kidnapped from the Lindbergh home near Princeton, New Jersey.
1941 “Captain America” appears in a comic book
1947 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is formed
1954 US explodes Castle Bravo, 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll – most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the US
1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring 5 Representatives
1960 1,000 Black students pray and sing the national anthem on the steps of the old Confederate Capitol in Montgomery, Ala.
1961 President John F. Kennedy signed a signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps.
1962 K-Mart opens
1967 House of Representatives expels Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116)
1971 Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC
1974 A grand jury indicts seven of President Nixon’s aides for the conspiracy on Watergate.
1977 Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards
1981 IRA member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike in Maze Prison; he would die 65 days later.
1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data
1985 The Pentagon accepts the theory that an atomic war would block the sun, causing a “nuclear winter.”
1993 Authorities in Waco TX negotiate with Branch Davidians
1994 Senate rejectes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution
1995 Internet giant Yahoo! is incorporated
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