TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – MARCH 4
1461 Henry VI is deposed and the Duke of York is proclaimed King Edward IV.
1634 Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts
1681 England’s King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn for an area that later became the state of Pennsylvania.
1766 The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, the cause of bitter and violent opposition in the colonies
1789 The first Congress of the United States meets in New York and declares that the Constitution is in effect.
1791 Vermont is admitted as the 14th state. It is the first addition to the original 13 colonies.
1794 The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress. The Amendment limited the jurisdiction of the federal courts to automatically hear cases brought against a state by the citizens of another state. Later interpretations expanded this to include citizens of the state being sued, as well.
1801 Thomas Jefferson is the first US President to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C
1829 Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball
1861 The Confederate States of America adopt the “Stars and Bars” flag.
1902 American Automobile Association (AAA) founded in Chicago
1908 The New York board of education bans the act of whipping students in school.
1911 Victor Berger (Wisconsin) becomes 1st socialist congressman in US
1912 The French council of war unanimously votes a mandatory three-year military service.
1914 Doctor Fillatre of Paris, France successfully separates Siamese twins.
1918 First recorded case of Spanish flu at Funston Army Camp, Kansas; start of worldwide pandemic killing 50-100 million
1924 “Happy Birthday To You” published by Claydon Sunny
1954 In Boston, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital reported the first successful kidney transplant.
1959 US Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artificial planet
1960 Lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz
1970 Fifty-seven people are killed as the French submarine Eurydice sinks in the Mediterranean Sea.
1987 President Reagan takes full responsibility for the Iran-Contra affair in a national address.
1994 Four Muslim fundamentalists were found guilty in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York.
1997 President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research
1998 The U.S. Supreme Court said that federal law banned on-the-job sexual harassment even when both parties are the same sex.
2009 International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur becoming the first sitting head of state to be indicted
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