This Time in thise Years in History
March 15th
44 BC – On the “Ides of March,” Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the senate house by a group of conspirators led by Cimber, Casca, Cassius, and Marcus Junius Brutus.
March 16th
1521 – Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines
March 17th
1762 – The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in New York City.
March 18th
1965 – Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov made the first spacewalk.
March 19th
1953 – The Academy Awards were first televised.
March 20th
1602 – The Dutch East India Company was established. During its 196-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies.
March 21st
1965 – Martin Luther King, Jr., led the start of a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
March 22nd
1765 – The Stamp Act was enacted on the American colonies by Britain.
March 23rd
1919 – Benito Mussolini founded his own party in Italy, the Fasci di Combattimento.
March 24th
1882 – Robert Koch announced the discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus.
March 25th
1957 – The European Economic Community was established by the Treaty of Rome.
March 26th
1971 – East Pakistan proclaimed its independence, taking the name Bangladesh.
March 27th
1884 – The first long-distance telephone call was made, between Boston and New York.
March 28th
1930 – The cities of Constantinople and Angora changed names to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey.
March 29th
1848 – For the first time in recorded history, Niagara Falls stopped flowing. An ice jam in the Niagara River above the rim of the falls caused the water to stop.
March 30th
1842 – Anesthesia was used for the first time in an operation.
March 31st
1889 – The Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opened.
April 1st
1960 – The first U.S. weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched from Cape Canaveral.
April 2nd
1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida.
April 3rd
1860 – First pony express service began.(Pony Express is a relay mail service with Stations where the riders changed horses were roughly 10 to 15 mi (16–24.1 km) apart. After a rider had covered a certain distance, the mail was turned over to another rider; this continued until the destination was reached.
April 4th
1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated.
Birthdays
March 15th – Ranganadhan Francis , Field Hockey Olympic Gold (1948,52,56)
March 16th – James Madison – 4th American President (1809-1817)
March 17th – Nat “King” Cole – Singer
March 18th – Grover Cleveland – American President
March 19th – David Livingstone – Missionary & Explorer
March 20th – Henrik Ibsen – Norwegian Dramatist & Poet
March 21st – Johann S Bach – German Composer & Organist
March 22nd – Anthony Van Dyck – Flemish portrait, religious painter and etcher
March 23rd – Akira Kurosawa – Japanese Film Director
March 24th – Georgius Agricola – Father of Mineralogy
March 25th – Elton John – Musician , Songwriter and Singer
March 26th – Robert Frost – American Poet
March 27th – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe – German American Architect
March 28th – Maxim Gorky – Writer
March 29th – John Tyler – American President
March 30th – Vincent Van Gogh – postimpressionist painter
March 31st – Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
April 1st – William Harvey - Physicist
April 2nd – Frederic Auguste Bartholdi – Sculptor of Statue of Liberty
April 3rd – Marlon Brando – Actor
April 4th – Wiiliam H Jackson – painter artist and pioneer photographer
44 BC – On the “Ides of March,” Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the senate house by a group of conspirators led by Cimber, Casca, Cassius, and Marcus Junius Brutus.
March 16th
1521 – Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines
March 17th
1762 – The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in New York City.
March 18th
1965 – Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov made the first spacewalk.
March 19th
1953 – The Academy Awards were first televised.
March 20th
1602 – The Dutch East India Company was established. During its 196-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies.
March 21st
1965 – Martin Luther King, Jr., led the start of a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
March 22nd
1765 – The Stamp Act was enacted on the American colonies by Britain.
March 23rd
1919 – Benito Mussolini founded his own party in Italy, the Fasci di Combattimento.
March 24th
1882 – Robert Koch announced the discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus.
March 25th
1957 – The European Economic Community was established by the Treaty of Rome.
March 26th
1971 – East Pakistan proclaimed its independence, taking the name Bangladesh.
March 27th
1884 – The first long-distance telephone call was made, between Boston and New York.
March 28th
1930 – The cities of Constantinople and Angora changed names to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey.
March 29th
1848 – For the first time in recorded history, Niagara Falls stopped flowing. An ice jam in the Niagara River above the rim of the falls caused the water to stop.
March 30th
1842 – Anesthesia was used for the first time in an operation.
March 31st
1889 – The Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opened.
April 1st
1960 – The first U.S. weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched from Cape Canaveral.
April 2nd
1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida.
April 3rd
1860 – First pony express service began.(Pony Express is a relay mail service with Stations where the riders changed horses were roughly 10 to 15 mi (16–24.1 km) apart. After a rider had covered a certain distance, the mail was turned over to another rider; this continued until the destination was reached.
April 4th
1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated.
Birthdays
March 15th – Ranganadhan Francis , Field Hockey Olympic Gold (1948,52,56)
March 16th – James Madison – 4th American President (1809-1817)
March 17th – Nat “King” Cole – Singer
March 18th – Grover Cleveland – American President
March 19th – David Livingstone – Missionary & Explorer
March 20th – Henrik Ibsen – Norwegian Dramatist & Poet
March 21st – Johann S Bach – German Composer & Organist
March 22nd – Anthony Van Dyck – Flemish portrait, religious painter and etcher
March 23rd – Akira Kurosawa – Japanese Film Director
March 24th – Georgius Agricola – Father of Mineralogy
March 25th – Elton John – Musician , Songwriter and Singer
March 26th – Robert Frost – American Poet
March 27th – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe – German American Architect
March 28th – Maxim Gorky – Writer
March 29th – John Tyler – American President
March 30th – Vincent Van Gogh – postimpressionist painter
March 31st – Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
April 1st – William Harvey - Physicist
April 2nd – Frederic Auguste Bartholdi – Sculptor of Statue of Liberty
April 3rd – Marlon Brando – Actor
April 4th – Wiiliam H Jackson – painter artist and pioneer photographer
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