📖🗣️ Notable Events

[KellytheBelly]

I found these historic events to be quite interesting, and just wanted to share!  🙂

Notable Events for October 21st:

[source: National Day Calendar - October 21 | Birthdays & Events]

1774 - The first flag to include the word "Liberty" is flown in Massachusetts.
1867 - The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed Great Plains Indian leaders, relocating the tribes to a reservation in Indian Territory.

[While the treaty did relocate some Plains tribes, it's important to note that it was a complex event with significant cultural and historical implications. The treaty process was often fraught with misunderstandings and unequal power dynamics.]
1869 - The first shipment of fresh oysters is delivered from Baltimore.
1871 - The first amateur outdoor athletic games begin in NY.
1879 - Thomas Edison applies for a patent for an incandescent light bulb.
1915 - The first radiotelephone message overseas is made from Arlington, VA to Paris, France.

[This was a significant milestone, but it's worth noting that wireless communication had been evolving for several decades before this point.]
1917 - The first U.S. troops see action on the front lines in WWI.
1921 - President Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. president in opposition of lynching in the South.

[While this was a significant step forward, it's important to recognize that lynching persisted in the South for many years after this speech.]
1940 - Ernest Hemingway's first novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls, is published.
1944 - American forces take the city of Aachen, Germany, after three weeks.

[This was a crucial battle, but it was part of a larger Allied offensive in Western Europe.]

1959 - The Guggenheim Museum opens to the public in NY.
1959 - President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA.
1964 - My Fair Lady, starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn, premieres in NY.
1967 - Fifty thousand people march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon in protest of the Vietnam War.

[This was a major event in the history of the anti-war movement, but it's important to note that there were many other protests and demonstrations against the war.]
1975 - Women are allowed to enroll in the Coast Guard Academy for the first time.
1986 - Journalist Edward Tracy is kidnapped in Beirut.

[This was a tragic event, and Tracy was eventually released after several years in captivity.]
1989 - Bertram Lee and Peter Bynoe become the first major sports team owners after they purchase the Denver Nuggets for $65 million.
1991 - Hostage Jesse Turner is released from captivity in Beirut after 5 years.
2019 - Facebook takes down disinformation campaigns from Iran and Russia.
2020 - Over 545 children are left without parents after being separated at the U.S./Mexican border.

[This was a highly controversial policy that led to widespread condemnation and legal challenges.]

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Notable Events for March 31st:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 31 | Birthdays & Events]

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1492 - King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile issue the Alhambra Decree, ordering the expulsion of Jews from Spain unless they convert to Christianity.
[This was a significant event in Spanish history, marking the end of a long period of Jewish presence in the country.]
1736 - Bellevue Hospital is founded in New York City and becomes the first public hospital in the U.S.
[While Bellevue Hospital has a long history, its origins trace back to an almshouse in the 1730s. It's more accurate to say that it evolved into the first public hospital in the U.S. later.]
1774 - The Boston Port Act is passed by the British Parliament, closing the port of Boston as a response to the Boston Tea Party. This act was one of the Intolerable Acts that fueled the American Revolution.
1776 - Abigail Adams writes to her husband, John, at the second Continental Congress about the proposed Declaration of Independence, 'Remember the ladies and be more favorable and generous to them than your ancestors.'
[Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her husband, John Adams, urging him and the Continental Congress to 'remember the ladies' when drafting the new nation's laws, highlighting early advocacy for women's rights.]
1840 - President Van Buren issues executive order establishing 10-hour workday for federal employees.
1854 - Commodore Matthew C. Perry signs Treaty of Kanagawa of friendship and trade with Japan.
[This event opened the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade and ending Japan's long period of isolation.]
1870 - Thomas Mundy Peterson (NJ) becomes the first Black to vote in the U.S. under the provisions of the 15th Amendment.
1880 - Wabash, Indiana, claims to be the first town to claim to use electric lighting throughout the town.
[It's more accurately stated that Wabash, Indiana, became the first incorporated community to be completely illuminated by electricity. Hence, Wabash, Indiana, becomes first incorporated community to be completely illuminated by electricity.]
1889 - The Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris, France.
[The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, was officially inaugurated, becoming an iconic symbol of the city and the country.]
1905 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany visits Tangier, Morocco, and declares his support for the Sultan of Morocco's independence, sparking the First Moroccan Crisis and increasing tensions between European powers.
1906 - The Intercollegiate Athletic Association is formed.
[It later become known as the National Collegiate Athletic Association.]
1917 - United States takes formal possession of Virgin Islands from Denmark.
1918 - The first daylight saving time goes into effect.
[Daylight Saving Time, greeted by opposition from farmers, goes into effect for first time.]
1923 - The first dance marathon is held in the U.S.
1930 - Longview Bridge (Lewis and Clark Bridge) opens in Washington/Oregon.
1931 - A devastating earthquake strikes Managua, Nicaragua, killing an estimated 2,000 people.
1933 - Act creating Civilian Conservation Corps for unemployed young men is signed by President FDR.
[President Franklin D. Roosevelt establishes the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as part of the New Deal, providing jobs to unemployed young men during the Great Depression.]
1939 - In the lead-up to World War II, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain pledges British military support to Poland if it was invaded by Nazi Germany.
1943 - Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma opens on Broadway.
[The groundbreaking musical 'Oklahoma!' premiered on Broadway, revolutionizing musical theatre.]
1945 - Towards the end of World War II, a defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1, the world's first operational jet fighter, to the Americans.
1948 - Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe.
[In 1948, the US Congress passed the Economic Cooperation Act, also known as the Marshall Plan, to provide economic aid to war-torn Western Europe, aiming to rebuild its infrastructure and economies, and to prevent the spread of communism.]
1949 - Newfoundland joins Canadian Federation as the tenth province.
[Newfoundland officially became the 10th province of Canada.]
1953 - The Department of Health, Education and Welfare established.
1959 - The Dalai Lama fleeing Chinese occupation of Tibet, is given political asylum by India.
[The Dalai Lama fled Tibet and was granted political asylum in India following the Chinese suppression of a national uprising.]
1964 - A military coup in Brazil marks the beginning of a 21-year military dictatorship.
1966 - The Soviet Union launches Luna 10, which becomes the first space probe to orbit the Moon.
1967 - NATO Supreme Military Headquarters formally opened in Casteau, Belgium.
1967 - Jimi Hendrix infamously burns his guitar in London.
[On March 31, 1967, Jimi Hendrix famously set his guitar on fire for the first time, during a performance at The Astoria Theatre in London. During a performance at the Astoria Theatre in London, Hendrix doused his guitar with fuel, lit it on fire, and then smashed it on stage. This was a groundbreaking moment in rock and roll history, as Hendrix's performance was a mix of showmanship and musical innovation.]
1968 - President Johnson authorizes a troop surge in Vietnam, increasing the number of soldiers to 549,500.
1968 - In a television speech, President Lyndon Johnson announces he would neither seek nor accept nomination for another term.
[President Lyndon B. Johnson announced that he would not seek re-election as President of the United States.]
1969 - Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, Slaughterhouse Five, is published.
1970 - The first U.S. satellite, Explorer 1, returns to the earth’s atmosphere more than 12 years after its launch.
[On March 31, 1970, the first U.S. satellite, Explorer 1, reentered Earth's atmosphere and burned up after remaining in orbit for over 12 years, having circled the Earth more than 58,000 times. Explorer 1, the first U.S.-built payload to enter Earth orbit, was launched on January 31, 1958, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a Jupiter-C rocket. It was in response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, marking the beginning of the U.S. Space Age.]
1971 - U.S. Army jury sentences Lt. William Calley to life imprisonment for murder of S. Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in 1968.
[He was sentenced to life imprisonment on March 29, 1971. The sentence was later reduced.]
1972 - The Beatles Fan Club is officially disbanded.
1976 - The New Jersey Supreme Court rules that the mechanical life sustaining system could be removed from Karen Ann Quinlan.
1982 - Team owners and the National Basketball Players Association agree on a four-year labor contract which introduced revenue sharing for players for the first time in professional sports.
1985 - The first WrestleMania is held in New York City, marking the beginning of a major annual event in professional wrestling.
1987 - New Jersey judge Harvey R. Sorkow awards custody of 'Baby M' to William and Elizabeth Stern and ruled that the surrogate parents’ contracts were 'constitutionally protected.'
[On March 31, 1987, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Harvey R. Sorkow awarded custody of 'Baby M' to William and Elizabeth Stern, upholding the surrogacy contract and ruling it 'constitutionally protected,' while terminating the parental rights of surrogate mother Mary Beth Whitehead.]
1990 - Large-scale riots erupts in London in protest against the newly introduced poll tax.
1991 - The Warsaw Pact, the military alliance between the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellite states, is formally disbanded.
1991 - Georgia holds a referendum where nearly 99% of voters support independence from the Soviet Union.
1992 - The USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, was decommissioned.  
1993 - Actor Brandon Lee tragically dies in an accidental shooting on the set of the film 'The Crow.'
1995 - Tejano music superstar Selena is murdered by the president of her fan club.  
1999 - The science fiction film 'The Matrix' is released in theaters, becoming a major cultural phenomenon.
1999 - A modernization of Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew' is released.
['10 Things I Hate About You.']
2005: The dwarf planet Makemake is discovered.
2016 - NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko return to Earth after a year-long mission.
[NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth after a year-long mission on the International Space Station.]
2017 - Crayola announces that the color dandelion would be retired from its 24-crayon pack to be replaced by a color in the blue family.
2022 - The city of Bucha, Ukraine, is liberated from Russian occupation, revealing evidence of extensive war crimes.
2023 - A significant tornado outbreak occurs in the American Midwest and South.

Other Observances:

Cesar Chavez Day
National Crayon Day
National Prom Day
National Tater Day
National Bunsen Burner Day
National Clams on the Half Shell Day
World Backup Day
International Transgender Day of Visibility
  
Born:

1596: René Descartes, French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician. [Died: February 11, 1650]
1621: Andrew Marvell, English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician. [Died: August 16, 1678]
1685: Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. [31 March [O.S. 21 March]] [Died: July 28, 1750]
1732: Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer. [Died: May 31, 1809]
1811: Robert Bunsen , German chemist. [Died: August 6, 1899]
1835: John La Farge, American artist. [Died: November 14, 1910]
1878: Jack Johnson, American boxer [Died: June 10, 1946]
1908: Kenneth "Red" Norvo, American musician, one of jazz's early vibraphonists, known as 'Mr. Swing.' [Died: April 6, 1999]
1914: Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat. [Died: April 19, 1998]
1927: William Daniels, American actor.
1927: Cesar Chavez, American labor leader and civil rights activist (founder of United Farm Workers). [Died: April 23, 1993]
1929: Liz Claiborne, American fashion designer and businesswoman. [Died: June 26, 2007]
1934: Shirley Jones, American actress and singer.
1934: Richard Chamberlain, American actor and singer. [Died: March 29, 2025]
1943: Christopher Walken, American actor.
1945: Gabe Kaplan, American actor, comedian, and professional poker player.
1948: Al Gore, American politician, businessman, and environmentalist. He served as the 45th Vice President of the United States, from 1993 to 2001, under President Bill Clinton.
1948: Rhea Perlman, American actress.
1971: Pavel Bure, Russian former professional ice hockey player.
1971: Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor.
1976: Josh Saviano, American lawyer and former child actor who played Kevin Arnold's best friend, Paul Pfeiffer, in the ABC television show The Wonder Years.

Died:

1621: Philip III of Spain, King of Spain from 1598 until his death in 1621.
1850: John C. Calhoun, American statesman and former Vice President of the United States.
1931: Knute Rockne, American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame.
1945: Anne Frank, German diarist and Holocaust victim.
[German-born Jewish girl who kept a diary documenting her life in hiding amid Nazi persecution during the German occupation of the Netherlands.]
1972: Meena Kumari, Indian actress and poet, who worked in Hindi films.
1980: Jesse Owens, American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.
1993: Brandon Lee, American actor.
1995: Selena, Mexican-American singer-songwriter.
2004: Scott Helvenston, American security contractor and former United States Navy SEAL.
2005: Frank Perdue, president and CEO of Perdue Farms.

2005: Terri Schiavo, a woman in an irreversible persistent vegetative state. [died after a national controversy about the legality of terminating her medical life-support system.]
2013: Bob Clarke, American illustrator whose work appeared in advertisements and MAD Magazine.

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Notable Events for March 30th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 30 | Birthdays & Events]

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Early History:

598 - During the Avar-Byzantine wars, the Avars lifted their siege of the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis.
1282 - The Sicilian Vespers began as the people of Sicily rebelled against the Angevin king Charles I.
1296 - Edward I of England sacked Berwick-upon-Tweed during conflict with Scotland.

17th to 19th Century:

1791 - President Washington proclaims boundary of new capital city on Potomac River.
1822 - Florida Territory is created in the U.S.
1842 - Ether anesthesia is used for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long.
[Dr. Crawford Long of Jefferson, GA, placed an ether-soaked towel over the face of James Venable and removed a tumor from his neck. This was the first recorded use of anesthesia.]
1856 - The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the Crimean War.
1858 - Hyman Lipman receives the patent for a pencil with an attached eraser.
[H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, patented the first pencil with eraser. This was a significant step in the development of the modern pencil.]
1867 - Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million.
[America bought Alaska from Russia due to pressure from Secretary of State William Seward (Seward’s Folly). The price was $7.2 million, or slightly more than $0.02 an acre.]
1870 - Texas becomes last Confederate state readmitted to Union.
[Marking the last of the Confederate states to be readmitted.]
1870 - Congress adopts the 15th Amendment, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race.
[The 15th Amendment was adopted in 1870.]

20th Century:

1909 - Queensboro Bridge, the first double-decker, opens in New York City.
1910 - The University of Southern Mississippi is founded.
1912 - Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
1918 - The bloody March Events begins in Baku, Azerbaijan and other locations in the Baku Governorate.
1919 - Mahatma Gandhi starts protesting against the Rowlatt Act.
1923 - The Cunard liner RMS Laconia becomes the first passenger ship to circumnavigate the globe.
1939 - The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record.
1939 - The comic strip 'Detective Comics' issue #27 is released, which featured the first appearance of Batman.
1945 - The Soviet Union invades Austria during World War II.
1950 - Bell Telephone Laboratories announces the invention of the phototransistor, a transistor operated by light.
[This invention had significant implications for the future of electronics.]
1954 - Official opening of Canada’s first subway (Toronto).
1956 - Woody Guthrie’s song This Land is Your Land is copyrighted.
1961 - The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City to begin regulation on drugs for medical and scientific use.
[This international treaty was signed in New York City.]
1964 - Jeopardy! game show makes its television debut.
1972 - The last rum ration is issued in the Royal Canadian Navy.
[The Royal Canadian Navy ended the daily rum ration.]
1972 - The Easter Offensive begins in the Vietnam War as North Vietnamese forces crossed into South Vietnam.
1975 - As the Vietnam War nears its end, Communist forces occupy the city of Da Nang.
1976 - Palestinians observe the first Land Day to protest against Israeli land expropriation.
1981 - President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded outside a Washington, D.C., hotel.
1987 - An anonymous buyer pays over $39 million for Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers.

21st Century:

2000 - Possible UFO seen at Little Fox Lake, Yukon Territory.
[Accuracy cannot be definitively confirmed. While there may have been reports, the existence of a UFO sighting is not a confirmed historical fact.]
2007 - Superathletes Kirill Shimko and Pavel Soroka pulls five railway cars more than 20 feet.
[Accuracy cannot be definitively confirmed. While this may have been reported, it's not a widely recognized historical event.]
2012 - The Mega Millions lottery hits a world record jackpot of $640 million.
2018 - The Israeli Army kills a number of Palestinians during Land Day protests in Gaza.  
2023 - A Manhattan grand jury votes to indict former U.S. President Donald Trump on charges related to hush-money payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Other Observances:

National Doctors' Day
World Bipolar Day
National Pencil Day
National Virtual Vacation Day
National I Am In Control Day
National Take A Walk In The Park Day
National Turkey Neck Soup Day

Born:

1820: Anna Sewell, English novelist. [Died: April 25, 1878]
1853: Vincent van Gogh, Influential Dutch Post-Impressionist painter. [Died: July 29, 1890]
1880: Sean O'Casey, Irish dramatist and memoirist. [Died: September 18, 1964]
1883: Jo Davidson, American sculptor. [Died: January 2, 1952]
1937: Warren Beatty, American actor and filmmaker.
1945: Eric Clapton, English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
1962: MC Hammer, American rapper.
1964: Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter.
1968: Celine Dion, Canadian singer.
[Foaled] 1970: Secretariat, champion American thoroughbred racehorse. [Died: October 4, 1989]
1979: Norah Jones, American singer-songwriter and pianist/musician.
1983: Scott Moffatt, Canadian musician.
1984: Anna Nalick, American singer-songwriter.

Died:

2002: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952, as the wife of King George VI. She was also the last Empress of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved on 15 August 1947. [Britain’s beloved “Queen Mum” was the mother of Queen Elizabeth II.]
2004: Timi Yuro, American singer.

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Notable Events for March 29th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 29 | Birthdays & Events]

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1461 - The Battle of Towton, one of the bloodiest battles of the Wars of the Roses, took place in England. Edward IV defeated Henry VI, securing his claim to the throne.
1638 - Swedish Lutherans become the first permanent (white) settlement in Delaware.
[This event is generally accepted as the establishment of the first permanent European settlement in Delaware, known as Fort Christina.]
1806 - First federal highway, the Great National Pike, is authorized.
[The authorization of the National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road or the Great National Pike) occurred in 1806.]
1806 - National Road, the first federally funded road, is authorized.
[This is another way of stating the same event as the previous entry.]
1807 - Vesta, brightest asteroid, is discovered.
[Vesta was discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers on March 29, 1807.]
1812 - The first White House wedding takes place.
[Lucy Payne Washington, sister-in-law of President James Madison, married Supreme Court Justice Thomas Todd.]
1847 - Gen. Winfield Scott formally occupies Vera Cruz, Mexico.
[General Winfield Scott's forces occupied Veracruz in March 1847 during the Mexican-American War.]
1848 - Due to ice jam, Niagara Falls stopped flowing for the first time in recorded history.
[This unusual event occurred on March 29, 1848, due to an ice jam on Lake Erie blocking the water flow to the Niagara River.]
1852 - Ohio makes it illegal for women and children (under 18) to work more than 10 hours a day.
[Ohio passed this legislation in 1852, marking an early effort in labor reform.]
1867 - The British North America Act was passed by the British Parliament, creating the Dominion of Canada.
1882 - The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization, was chartered in Connecticut.
1886 - The first batch of Coca Cola is brewed over a fire in a backyard in Atlanta.
[John Pemberton created the concoction as a hangover cure, and it was advertised as brain tonic. Cocaine was an ingredient of Coke until 1904 when Congress banned it.]
1919 - First performance of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
[The combined Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus premiered in 1919.]
1927 - Sunbeam 1000 HP becomes first car to exceed 200 mph.
[The Sunbeam 1000 HP, driven by Henry Segrave, achieved a land speed record exceeding 200 mph.]
1929 - President Hoover has the first telephone installed in the Oval Office.
1932 - Jack Benny's radio show premieres.
1943 - Meat, butter and cheese are rationed as part of the war effort (WW II).
[World War II food rationing began. While some rationing began earlier, meat, butter, and cheese were added to the list of rationed items.]
1951 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of conspiring to convey atom bomb secrets to Soviet agents.
1961 - The 23rd Amendment is ratified to allow Washington, D.C. residents to vote in Presidential elections.
1971 - Lt. William Calley Jr. is convicted for massacre of civilians at My Lai, S. Vietnam.
[William Calley Jr. was convicted for his role in the My Lai Massacre.]
1973 - The last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam, marking the end of direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.
1973 - After protesting—in song—that they were never featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show get their wish. A week later, the band’s single Cover of the Rolling Stone went gold.
[Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show's song 'Cover of the Rolling Stone' did lead to them being featured on the cover of the magazine, and the single went gold.]
1974 - Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
[Mariner 10 made its first flyby of Mercury.]
1974 - Farmers in China discovered the Terracotta Army, an incredible collection of thousands of life-sized terracotta figures depicting warriors and horses from the Qin Dyna
1976 - The film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest wins five Academy Awards.
[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest won five major Academy Awards at the 48th Academy Awards ceremony.]
1988 - Madonna makes her stage debut in David Mamet’s Speed the Plow in NYC.
[Madonna made her Broadway debut in David Mamet's play Speed-the-Plow.]
1989 - First Soviet hockey player signs with the NHL.
[While several Soviet players had previously played in the NHL, 1989 marked a significant shift with more players being allowed to leave the Soviet Union.]
1993 - Catherine Callbeck becomes the first woman to be elected premier (P.E.I.) in Canada.
[Catherine Callbeck became the Premier of Prince Edward Island in 1993, the first woman to hold that position in the province.]
2004 - Ireland became the first country in the world to implement a nationwide ban on smoking in all workplaces, including bars and restaurants.
2006 - Tom Jones is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
2007 - Bono of U2 is crowned a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in an informal ceremony in the Dublin home of British Ambassador David Reddaway.
[Bono received his honorary knighthood in an informal ceremony at the British Ambassador's residence in Dublin.]
2007 - Shiveluch volcano erupts in Kamchatka, Russia.
[The Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka experienced a significant eruption.]

Other Observances:

National Vietnam War Veterans Day
National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
National Pita Day
National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day
National Nevada Day

Born:

1790: John Tyler (10th U.S. President.) [Died January 18, 1862.]
1867: Cy Young (Major League Baseball pitcher, with the most career wins.) [Died November 4, 1955.]
1874: Lou Henry Hoover (American philanthropist, geologist, and U.S. First Lady from 1929-1933.) [Died January 7, 1944.]
1895: Ernst Jünger (German author, highly decorated soldier, philosopher, and entomologist.) [Died February 17, 1998.]
1918: Sam Walton (American businessman/founder of Walmart.) [Died April 5, 1992.]
1918: Pearl Bailey (American actress, singer, comedian and author.) [Died August 17, 1990.]
1936: Judith Guest (American novelist and screenwriter.)
1943: Eric Idle (English actor, comedian, musician, playwright, screenwriter and songwriter.)
1943: Sir John Major (British politician/Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.)
1944: Dennis McLain (American former professional baseball player.)

1954: Karen Ann Quinlan, patient on life-support whose parents fought for her right to die. [Died June 11, 1985.]
1956: Kurt Thomas (American Olympic gymnast and part-time actor.) [Died June 5, 2020.]
1964: Elle Macpherson (Australian model, businesswoman, and television host.)
1968: Lucy Lawless (New Zealand actress and director.)
1976: Jennifer Capriati (American former professional tennis player.)

Died:

1772: Emanuel Swedenborg (Swedish scientist and theologian.)
1888: Charles-Valentin Alkan (French composer and pianist.)
1912: Robert Falcon Scott (British Royal Navy officer and explorer.)
1924: Charles Villiers Stanford (Irish composer/music teacher/conductor.)
2005: Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. (American attorney - civil rights and police brutality.)
2016: Patty Duke (American actress.)
2018: Anita Shreve (American writer.)

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Notable Events for March 28th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 28 | Birthdays & Events]

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845 - Viking raiders sack Paris. This was a significant raid that caused considerable damage and fear in Western Europe.
1384 - Cat eating is condemned by England’s Richard II.
[This event is documented.]
1797 - Nathaniel Briggs receives the patent for a washing machine.
[While there were earlier patents for devices resembling washing machines, Nathaniel Briggs is often credited with one of the early U.S. patents.]
1804 - Ohio passes a law restricting the movement (trade) of Blacks.
[Ohio was one of the states that enacted Black Laws during this period.]
1834 - The U.S. Senate expresses disapproval of President Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of U.S.
[The U.S. Senate voted to censure President Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the U.S. - The Senate did censure Jackson for this action.]
1866 - The first ambulance goes into service for the community in Ohio.

[Likely accurate, but needs more specific context. While ambulance services were developing in the US around this time, pinpointing the very first community ambulance in Ohio on this specific date requires more localized historical records. It's plausible, but not definitively confirmed without further details.]
1885 - The Salvation Army is officially organized in the U.S.
1891 - First world weightlifting championships is held in London.
[This marks the beginning of formal international competition in the sport of weightlifting.]
1910 - Henri Fabre makes the first successful seaplane flight, taking off from water in Martigues, France. This was a significant milestone in aviation history.
1915 - Emma Goldman gives a shocking speech (on contraception) to an audience in NYC.
[She was arrested and given a choice of paying a $100 fine or going to jail for 15 days. She chose jail. This event and the consequences are well-documented.]
1920 - Mary Pickford, 'America's Sweetheart,' marries actor Douglas Fairbanks.
[This was a major celebrity event of the time, uniting two of Hollywood's biggest stars.
1935 - Robert Goddard uses a device to measure and maintain angular velocity (gyroscopes) to control a rocket.
1946 - The U.S. State Department releases a report outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power (Acheson-Lilienthal Report).
1951 - U.S. and U.N. officials signs an agreement permitting the U.N. to issue its own postage stamps.
1957 - The first National Curling Championship is held in Illinois.
[This was the first men's championship; the women's started later.]
1963 - Alfred Hitchcock's thriller film "The Birds" is released in the United States.
1964 - A tsunami in Alaska, strikes Port Alberni, British Columbia, causing significant damage.
[This was a significant event caused by the Alaska earthquake.]
1968 - The rock musical Hair opens at the Biltmore Theater in New York City.
[This was its Broadway debut.]
1973 - Basketball’s Wilt Chamberlain plays his last professional game. In 14 years, 1,045 games, he never fouled out of a game.
[His last game was on this date, and the statistic about not fouling out is a well-known fact about his career.]
1977 - Rocky, starring Sylvester Stallone, wins the Academy Award for Best Picture.
[This was at the 49th Academy Awards.]
1979 - Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in southeastern Pennsylvania seriously malfunctions, raising fears of a meltdown of the reactor’s core, causing the evacuation of thousands and creating widespread concern about the safety of such facilities.
[A partial meltdown in the U.S. Three Mile Island nuclear plant causes the release of radioactive gas and iodine into the atmosphere.]
1982 - El Chichon volcano in Mexico begins series of eruptions, killing and injuring hundreds.
1982 - The 12th Easter Seal Telethon raises $19,500,000.
1983 - Mt. Kilauea, Hawaii, erupts.
[Kilauea has had many eruption periods, and one began around this time.]
1990 - Michael Jordan scored 69 points in a game.
[This was against the Cleveland Cavaliers.]
1992 - The PBA National Championship is won by Eric Forkel.
[Eric Forkel wins the PBA National Championship in bowling.]
1993 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin claims victory after surviving attempts by the Russian Congress to depose him.
[This refers to the outcome of a referendum on confidence in Yeltsin.]
2005 - A major earthquake strikes off the west coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island.
2019 - Around 6:15 a.m. EDT, a fireball is seen in the northeastern United States.
[This event was widely reported.]

Other Observances:

National Weed Appreciation Day
Respect Your Cat Day
National Black Forest Cake Day
National Triglycerides Day
National Something on a Stick Day

Born:

William Byrd (satirist) – 1674
August Anheuser Busch Jr. (brewer) – 1899
Rudolf Serkin (pianist) – 1903
Marlin Perkins (zookeeper) – 1905
Nelson Algren (novelist) – 1909
Edmund Muskie (politician) – 1914
Freddie Bartholomew (actor) – 1924
Dianne Wiest (actress) – 1948
Reba McEntire (country singer) – 1955
Vince Vaughn (actor) – 1970
Julia Stiles (actress) – 1981
Lady Gaga (entertainer) – 1986

Died:

Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible – 1584
Virginia Woolf – 1941

Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer) – 1943
[Russian composer, pianist, and conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff died on March 28, 1943, at his home in Beverly Hills, California, four days before his 70th birthday, from melanoma.]
Dwight D. Eisenhower (34th U.S. president) – 1969
Maria von Trapp (singer) – 1987
Eugene Ionesco (playwright) – 1994
Peter Ustinov (actor, playwright, novelist, & director) – 2004
Art James (television game show host and announcer) – 2004
Richard Griffiths (actor) – 2013
James Noble (actor) – 2016
Peggy Fortnum (illustrator) – 2016

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Notable Events for March 27th:

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March 27th is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 279 days remaining until the end of the year.

1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León sights North America, specifically the peninsula of Florida, though he didn't go ashore until April 2nd. The exact location of his first sighting is debated, but it was somewhere along the northeastern coast of present-day Florida.
1776 - British General William Howe, his troops, and many Tories, sail from Boston’s outer harbor for Halifax, Nova Scotia, after evacuating the city.
1794 - The U.S. Government establishes a permanent Navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
[This act provided the foundation for the United States Navy.]
1841 - The first steam fire engine is tested in New York City.
1841 - A corkscrew is patented by M.L. Byrn of New York City.
1866 - Andrew Rankin receives a patent for the urinal.
1866 - President Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866, but his veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passed.
1871 - The first international rugby football match is played between Scotland and England in Edinburgh, with Scotland winning 1-0.
1883 - Regina becomes capital of North-West Territories.
1912 - First cherry trees, a gift from Japan, are planted on Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C.
1912 - First Lady Helen Taft and the Japanese ambassador wife Viscountess Chinda plant two Yoshino cherry trees near the Potomac River, sparking the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
1915 - Typhoid Mary (typhoid carrier) is put in permanent quarantine.
[Mary Mallon, known as 'Typhoid Mary,' the first asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever identified in the United States, is placed under permanent quarantine for the second time. She remained quarantined until her death in 1938.]
1917 - Seattle Metropolitans becomes first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup – 1917
1955 - Steve McQueen makes his debut on a Goodyear Playhouse episode called 'The Chivington Raid.'
1958 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union in addition to first secretary of the Communist Party.
1964 - The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history with a magnitude of 9.2, strikes Southcentral Alaska, causing widespread damage and tsunamis, resulting in over 130 deaths.
1973 - Marlon Brando turns down an Oscar for his performance in 'The Godfather' as a gesture of support for the Indians occupying the Wounded Knee reservation in South Dakota.
1977 - A Dutch KLM 747 collides on takeoff with a Pan American 747 at Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 582 people.
[The Tenerife airport disaster occurs when two Boeing 747s, a KLM and a Pan Am, collide on the runway, resulting in 583 fatalities. This is the deadliest accident in aviation history.]
1980 - Mt. St. Helens erupts after 123-year dormancy, starting a series of events that led to a cataclysmic eruption on May 18th.
[Incorrect. The major eruption of Mount St. Helens occurred on May 18, 1980. There was increased seismic activity and small steam eruptions starting in March, but the large eruption was in May.]
1980 - The oil rig Alexander L. Kielland in the North Sea capsizes in high winds, killing 123 of the 212 people on board.
1998 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves Viagra, the first oral treatment for male impotence.
2004 - X-43A Scramjet flys at Mach 7.
2010 - 25-pound 2-ounce burbot is caught in Lake Diefenbaker, Saskatchewan.
2017 - 50-pound carp is caught in MacArthur Park Lake in Los Angeles, California.
2019 - Almost 800 students of the Pike County Elementary School in Zebulon, Georgia, wish janitor Haze Mabry a happy '80th' birthday.
2022 - At the Academy Awards ceremony, Will Smith slaps Chris Rock on stage after Rock made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Smith later won the award for Best Actor.
2023 - A mass shooting occurs at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, resulting in the deaths of three nine-year-old children and three adults.

Other Observances:

National Scribble Day
National Spanish Paella Day
National Joe Day

Born:

Nathaniel Currier (lithographer) – 1813
Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist who discovered X-rays and won the Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1901. – 1845
Henry Royce (automobile manufacturer) – 1863
Patty Smith Hill (educator) – 1868
Gloria Swanson (actress) – 1899
Snooky Lanson (singer) – 1914
Sarah Vaughan (American jazz singer) – 1924
David Janssen (actor) – 1930
Michael York (actor) – 1942
Quentin Tarantino (American film director, screenwriter, and producer) – 1963
Mariah Carey (American singer, songwriter, and actress) – 1970
Stacy 'Fergie' Ferguson (singer) – 1975
Brenda Song (actress) – 1988

Died:

Pope Gregory XI – 1378
Wilhelm Beer (astronomer) – 1850
Yuri Gagarin (first man in space) – 1968
Easley Blackwood (bridge game expert) – 1992
Ferry Porsche (automobile manufacturer) – 1998
Dudley Moore (actor) – 2002
Billy Wilder (Oscar-winning filmmaker) – 2002
Milton Berle (comedian) – 2002
Edward J. Piszek (once made too many crab cakes for a local bar and threw the extras in a freezer, an accident that led to a frozen seafood empire, Mrs. Paul’s Kitchens) – 2004

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Notable Events for March 26th:

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March 26th is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (86th in leap years), with 280 days remaining until the end of the year.

1790 - Congress passed the Naturalization Act, requiring a two year residency in the country before applying for citizenship.
[The Naturalization Act of 1790 did require a two-year residency.]

1804 - Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana.
[Inaccurate. While the concept of Indian removal was developing, the major legislative push and implementation happened later. The Louisiana Purchase did open up land west of the Mississippi, but a specific congressional order for removal to Louisiana in 1804 is not accurate.]
1804 - Territory of Orleans organizes in Louisiana Purchase.
[The Territory of Orleans was established in 1804 as part of the Louisiana Purchase.]
1812 - The term "gerrymander" is used for the first time in a political cartoon in the Boston-Gazette.
[The term originated from a political cartoon published in the Boston Gazette in March 1812.]
1821 - North West Company merges with Hudson’s Bay Company.
[The North West Company merged with the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821.]
1830 - The Book of Mormon is first published in Palmyra, New York.
1845 - Joseph Francis patents a sheet-iron lifeboat apparatus.
[Joseph Francis received a patent for his corrugated iron lifeboat in 1845.]
1872 - Thomas Martin receives a patent for a pipe and valve fire extinguisher system.
[Thomas Martin received a patent for a fire extinguisher in 1872.]
1872 - An estimated 7.4-magnitude earthquake occurs in Owens Valley, California.
[A significant earthquake occurred in Owens Valley in 1872.]
1878 - The Sabi Game Reserve, the first official game reserve in the world, opens in South Africa.
[It later became part of Kruger National Park.]
1885 - The Eastman Film Company manufactures the first commercial motion picture film.
1926 - The first lip-reading tournament is held in the U.S.
[The first national lip-reading tournament was held in the U.S. in 1926.]
1931 - Swissair, the national airline of Switzerland, is founded.
1937 - Popeye statue unveiled during spinach festival, Crystal City, Texas.
[A statue of Popeye was unveiled in Crystal City, Texas, during their spinach festival in 1937.]
1942 - A deadly dynamite explosion occurs in quarry, in Sandts Eddy, Pennsylvania.
[A deadly dynamite explosion occurred at a quarry in Sandts Eddy, Pennsylvania, in 1942.]
1943 - Elsie S. Ott becomes the first woman to be awarded the U.S. Air Force Medal.
[Inaccurate. Elsie S. Ott was the first woman to receive an Air Medal, but the U.S. Air Force was not yet an independent branch in 1943 (it was part of the Army Air Forces).]
1945 - The Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II officially ends with the island secured by American forces.
1945 - Allies led by the Marine Corps raise the flag at Iwo Jima.
[U.S. Marines raised the flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, in 1945.]
1946 - The U.N. Security Council meet for the first time in New York.
[Inaccurate. The first meeting of the UN Security Council was in London on January 17, 1946. They later moved to New York.]
1951 - The Air Force flag is officially adopted by President Truman.
[President Truman approves the design for the United States Air Force flag.]
1953 - Dr. Jonas Salk announces the development of a polio vaccine.
[Dr. Jonas Salk announced the development of his polio vaccine in 1953.]
1956 - The Medic Alert Foundation is formed.
[The Medic Alert Foundation was established in 1956.]
1958 - The U.S. Army launches Explorer III, its third successful satellite.
1964 - Perpetrators of the Great Train Robbery are convicted in London.
[Several individuals were convicted in London in 1964 for their involvement in the Great Train Robbery.]
1971 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan, becoming Bangladesh. This marked the beginning of the Bangladesh Liberation War.
1975 - North Vietnamese take Hue (Vietnam War).
[North Vietnamese forces captured Hue in 1975.]
1975 - The Biological Weapons Convention come into force, prohibiting the development, production, and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons.
1979 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C., ending 30 years of war between the two countries.
1982 - Groundbreaking ceremonies take place in Washington, D.C., for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a memorial dedicated to honor American armed forces members killed in the Vietnam War, which was completed and dedicated on November 13, 1982.

1987 - The U.S. government sells its 85% ownership of Conrail, one of the nation’s largest rail systems, and earned $1.6 billion in one of the largest stock offerings in history.
[The Conrail privatization was a significant event in 1987.]
1989 - The post-perestroika Soviet Union holds its first nationwide multiparty, multicandidate elections.
[The Soviet Union held its first contested elections in 1989.]
1991 - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the Southern Common Market.
1991 - A 2-pound 5-ounce yellow hybrid bass is caught in the Kiamichi River of Oklahoma.
[This fish catch is recorded.]
1997 - Thirty-nine bodies are discovered in the Heaven's Gate cult mass suicides in San Diego, California.
1999 - Melissa macro computer virus [or the 'Melissa worm,' a mass-mailing computer virus], is released, begins to spread, affecting/disrupting Microsoft Word and email systems worldwide.
[The Melissa virus caused significant disruption in 1999.]
1999 - A 12-pound walleye is caught with fly tackle in Manistee River, Michigan.
[This fishing record is documented.]
2000 - Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia.
2024 - The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapses after being struck by a container ship.

Other Observances:

National Nougat Day
National Spinach Day
Epilepsy Awareness Day  (Purple Day)
National Little Red Wagon Day  (Last Wednesday in March)
Manatee Appreciation Day  (Last Wednesday in March)

Notable Birthdays for March 26th:

William Blount (1749-1800) - Founding father of the U.S. and signer of the Constitution.
Benjamin Thompson (1753-1814) - Inventor of the kitchen stove.
Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838) - Considered the founder of modern maritime navigation.
Edward Bellamy (1850-1898) - Utopian visionary and author.
Robert Frost (1874-1963) - Considered one of the best poets of all time.
H. Radclyffe Roberts (1906-1982) - Entomologist who studied grasshopper taxonomy.
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) - Considered one of the best playwright in the 20th Century.
Christian B. Anfinsen (1916-1995) - Biochemist and academic who made significant advancements in the study of ribonuclease.
Edwin Turney (1929-2008) - Co-founder of Advanced Micro Devices.
Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015) - Famous for playing the character Spock in Star Trek.
James Caan (1940-2022) - Actor known for his ruthless character Sonny Corleone in The Godfather.
Nancy Pelosi (1940-Still Living) - American politician, Speaker of the House
Diana Ross (1944-Still Living) - Lead singer for the Supremes.
Steven Tyler (1948-Still Living) - Lead singer for Aerosmith.
Vicki Lawrence (1949-Still Living) - Actress and comedian known for working side-by-side to Carol Burnett.
Fran Sheehan (1949-Still Living) - Bass player for the rock band Boston.
Teddy Pendergrass (1950-Still Living) - R&B singer.
Gary Ruvkun (1952-Still Living) - Molecular biologist who discovered microRNA.
Curtis Sliwa (1954-Still Living) - Founder of the crime prevention organization Guardian Angels.
Charly McClain (1956-Still Living) - Country music singer best known for her hit song Sleepin' with the Radio On.
Chris Hansen (1959-Still Living) - Reporter and correspondent for Dateline NBC: To Catch A Predator.
Jennifer Grey (1960-Still Living) - Actress who played Baby in Dirty Dancing.
Kenny Chesney (1968-Still Living) - Country music singer and guitarist.
Larry Page (1973-Still Living) - Co-founder of Google.
Jonathan Groff (1985-Still Living) - Voice of Sven in the animation Frozen.

Deaths:

1827: Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770)
1892: Walt Whitman, American poet (b. 1819)
1973: Noël Coward, English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899)
1995: Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A.) (b. 1963)

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Notable Events for March 25th:

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March 25th is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

421 - The city of Venice is traditionally founded with the dedication of the first church, San Giacomo di Rialto.
1306 - Robert the Bruce is crowned King of Scotland.
1524 - Italian explores Giovanni da Verrazano arrived off Outer Banks of North Carolina.
1584 - Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
[Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent by Queen Elizabeth I to establish a colony in Virginia.]
1634 - The first settlers found the Maryland colony.
[The Maryland colony was founded in 1634.]
1655 - Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
1775 - George Washington plants pecans at Mount Vernon.
1776 - Congress authorizes first U.S. medal for Gen. George Washington, for forcing British army to evacuate Boston.
1807 - The Slave Trade Act is passed in the United Kingdom, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.
1863 - The first Army Medal of Honor award is given to six soldiers.
[The first Medals of Honor were awarded in 1863 to six soldiers.]
1882 - The first pancake making demonstration takes place in a New York City department store.
[Likely inaccurate. While department stores did demonstrations, it's difficult to verify if this was the first pancake making demonstration. It's possible, but hard to confirm definitively.]
1900 - Socialist Party of the United States organizes at Indianapolis, Indiana.
1902 - Irving Colburn patents the first sheet glass drawing machine.
[Irving Colburn did patent a sheet glass drawing machine in 1902.]
1911 - The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City kills 146 garment workers, leading to significant labor reforms.
1919 - The League of Nations begins.
[The League of Nations was formally established in 1919. The Covenant of the League of Nations is adopted at the Paris Peace Conference, though the organization itself would officially begin in 1920.]
1937 - Washington D.C.’s Daily News is the first U.S. newspaper to have a perfume ad.
1943 - The Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore Show premieres on the radio. The duo replaced the popular Abbott and Costello.
1949 - The Soviet Union begins a mass deportation of over 90,000 people from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to Siberia.
1954 - The first color television set is manufactured by RCA, featuring a 12.5-inch screen to be sold for $1,000.
[RCA's first color TV, the CT-100, was released in 1954 with a 12.5-inch screen and a price around $1000.]
1957 - The European Economic Community (EEC) is established by six European nations, a precursor to the European Union.
1958 - Sugar Ray Robinson wins world’s middleweight boxing championship by defeating Carmen Basilio, in Chicago.
1965 - Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists complete their march march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
[The Selma to Montgomery marches culminated in the final march ending on March 25, 1965.]
1966 - The Supreme Court rules a "poll tax" (tax per "head" in a household) is unconstitutional.
[The Supreme Court case Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections in 1966 declared poll taxes unconstitutional in state elections.]
1972 - Multinational agreement to coordinate efforts to control trade in narcotic drugs is signed in Geneva.
1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia is assassinated by his nephew.
1987 - The Supreme Court rules that gender-based workplace affirmative action plans do not constitute discrimination.
[The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an employer may voluntarily act to redress imbalances in the workforce through affirmative action programs for women. It was the first time that the court specifically addressed such programs for women.]
1995 - WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, is launched by Ward Cunningham.
1996 - The U.S. issues a newly-redesigned $100 bill.
[A redesigned $100 bill was issued in 1996.]
2017 - Residents of Innisfail, Australia, set a new Guinness record for longest banana split - 26,377 feet 11.4 inches long and included 40,000 bananas, more than 2,000 gallons of ice cream and 528 gallons of toppings.
2019 - Apple introduces Apple TV+, Apple News+ and an Apple credit card.
2019 - NASA has to cancel an all-female spacewalk because it didn't have enough space suits to fit the women astronauts.
[A planned all-female spacewalk in March 2019 was canceled due to a lack of properly sized spacesuits.]

Other Observances:

Maryland Day: A state holiday in Maryland commemorating the arrival of the first European settlers.
Tolkien Reading Day: A day for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien to read and celebrate his works.
International Waffle Day is a glorious occasion that hails from Sweden. It started as 'Våffeldagen,' which, thanks to linguistic quirks, sounds suspiciously like 'Värfrudagen [the Feast of the Annunciation].

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Notable Events for March 24th:

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March 24th is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

1603 - Queen Elizabeth I of England dies, marking the end of the Tudor dynasty.
1644 - Roger Williams grants charter for colony Rhode Island.
1868 - The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is formed.
1874 - The magician Harry Houdini is born.
1882 - German scientist Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. This day is now observed as World Tuberculosis Day.
1896 - Clement Hardy is issued a patent for a rotary disk plow.
1900 - Ground is broken for the new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad," linking Manhattan and Brooklyn.
[Construction on the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT), which would connect Manhattan and Brooklyn, began in 1900.]
1942 - The U.S. government begins moving native-born citizens with Japanese ancestry into detention centres (Executive Order 9066) in order to prevent acts of espionage during the war.
[President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 in 1942, leading to the internment of Japanese Americans.]
1944 - Nicholas Alkemade survives an 18,000-foot fall from a plane.
1944 - A total of 76 allied prisoners of war break out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.
[This event, known as 'The Great Escape,' involved 76 prisoners.]
1945 - British, US & Canadian paratroopers participate in the largest one-day airborne operation of all time to land in Northern Germany.
[This refers to Operation Varsity, the largest single airborne operation in history.]
1947 - Congress proposes a two-term limit for the Presidency.
[The 22nd Amendment, which formalized the two-term limit, was proposed by Congress in 1947 and ratified in 1951.]
1955 - The Tennessee Williams play 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' opens on Broadway, with Barbara Bel Geddes as Maggie, Ben Gazarra as Brick, and Burl Ives as Big Daddy.
1958 - Elvis Presley joins the Army.
[Elvis Presley was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1958.]
1965 - Senator Robert Kennedy is the first to reach the summit of Mt. Kennedy in Yukon Territory.
1965 - U.S. spacecraft Ranger 9 crash-lands precisely on target in the Alphonsus crater of the moon after transmitting to Earth 5,814 photographs of the crater region.
1966 - Selective Service gives college deferments based on academic performance.
[The Selective Service began using academic performance as a factor in granting deferments in 1966.]
1975 - The beaver becomes a symbol of Canadian sovereignty.
1977 - Lily Tomlin becomes the first woman to sing a solo on Broadway.
[Incorrect. While Lily Tomlin is a celebrated actress and comedian, she is not known for being the first woman to sing a solo on Broadway. Broadway musicals have featured female soloists since their inception.]
1987 - French premier Jacques Chirac signs a contract to build the first Disneyland-type amusement park in Europe, on the outskirts of Paris.
1989 - Exxon tanker 10.8 million gallons of crude oil in Prince William Sound (AK).
[The Exxon Valdez oil spill, which released approximately 10.8 million gallons of crude oil, occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska.]
1999 - NATO begins air strikes against Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War.
2002 - Halle Berry and Denzel Washington both win Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively.
[Denzel Washington was the second African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, following Sidney Poitier for 1963's 'Lilies of the Field.' Halle Berry became the first, and only [as of 2023], African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. Denzel Washington won for Best Actor for 'Training Day,' and Halle Berry won for Best Actress for her role in 'Monster's Ball.']
2003 - An 18.7-inch-long goldfish sets a world record.
2018 - U.S. military use drones for the first time to bomb Al-Qaeda.
[Incorrect. The U.S. military has been using drones for targeted strikes against Al-Qaeda and other militant groups for many years prior to 2018. Drone warfare became a significant aspect of U.S. military operations in the early 2000s.]

Other Observances:

National Cocktail Day
National Cheesesteak Day
National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day

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Notable Events for March 23rd:

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1775 - Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death" in his speech showing support for Virginian troops to join the Revolutionary War.
[Patrick Henry delivered this famous speech at the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, advocating for the arming of militias in Virginia, which was a precursor to the Revolutionary War.]
1801 - Tsar Paul I of Russia is assassinated in his bedroom.
1806 - After reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark begin their journey home.
1839 - The use of "OK" (oll korrect) is used for the first time by Boston's Morning Post.
[The term 'OK' is widely believed to have originated as an abbreviation of 'oll korrect,' a humorous misspelling of 'all correct,' and its first documented use was in the Boston Morning Post in March 1839.]
1840 - John Draper takes the first successful photo of the Moon in the U.S.
[John W. Draper took what is generally considered the first successful daguerreotype of the moon in the United States on March 23, 1840.]
1848 - The ship John Wickliffe arrives in New Zealand carrying the first Scottish settlers to Dunedin, marking the founding of the Otago province.
1857 - The first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
[Mostly Accurate. While elevators existed before this, Elisha Otis installed his safety elevator at 488 Broadway in New York City in 1857. The key here is the safety feature, which prevented the elevator from falling if the cable broke, making them much more practical and widely adopted.]
1858 - The streetcar is patented by E.A. Gardner.
[Inaccurate. While there were patents related to streetcars around this time, E.A. Gardner doesn't appear to be credited with a foundational patent in 1858. The development of the streetcar was a gradual process with contributions from many inventors. You might be thinking of a specific improvement or patent, but the general concept of the streetcar predates this.]
1862 - The First Battle of Kernstown, the opening battle of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign, is fought during the American Civil War.
1888 - The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time in England.
1903 - The Wright brothers file their first patent for a flying machine.
[The Wright brothers filed their patent application for their flying machine on March 23, 1903.]
1909 - Former President Roosevelt leaves for an African safari.
[Theodore Roosevelt left for his famous Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition in March 1909, shortly after leaving office.]
1919 - Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy.
1933 - The German Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, granting Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers.
1956 - Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world.
1957 - The Army sell the last last homing pigeons.
[The U.S. Army officially disbanded its Pigeon Service and sold off its last homing pigeons in March 1957, as their role in communication had been superseded by technology.]
1965 - NASA launches Gemini 3, the first crewed mission in the Gemini program, carrying Gus Grissom and John Young.
1977 - Elvis Presley begins his final concert tour.
[Elvis Presley began his final concert tour on March 23, 1977, in Tempe, Arizona.]
1998 - The film Titanic wins 11 Academy Awards, tying the record set by Ben-Hur.
2001 - The Russian space station Mir re-enters Earth's atmosphere and crashes into the Pacific Ocean.
2010 - U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Affordable Care Act into law.
2021 - The container ship Ever Given becomes stuck in the Suez Canal, causing a major disruption to global shipping.
2023 - Utah becomes the first state to limit social media for minors.
[In March 2023, Utah passed legislation requiring parental consent for minors to use social media and imposing other restrictions, making it the first state to enact such comprehensive regulations.]

Other Observances:

National Near Miss Day

National Chip And Dip Day
National Melba Toast Day
National Puppy Day
National Chia Day

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Notable Events for March 22nd:

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1621 - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit, the sachem of the Wampanoag tribe.
1622 - The Jamestown Massacre occurs, where Algonquian Native Americans kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia.
1631 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of gambling paraphernalia (cards, dice, and gaming tables).
1638 - Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for causing conflict on her differing religious view of the times.
1765 - The Stamp Act is passed on American colonies.
[The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, which imposes a tax on printed materials in the American colonies. ]
1778 - Captain James Cook sees WA state for the first time.
[Inaccurate. Captain James Cook made his third and final voyage to the Pacific in 1778, exploring the coast of what is now the state of Oregon, not Washington. He did explore the Pacific Northwest coast during this voyage.]
1790 - Thomas Jefferson becomes the first Secretary of State.
1794 - The Slave Trade Act of 1794 is passed to ban the export of slaves and import of slaves into the U.S.
[Partially Accurate. The Slave Trade Act of 1794 specifically prohibited the carrying of slaves from the United States to any foreign country. It did not ban the import of slaves into the U.S. That happened later with the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves in 1807.]
1822 - The NY Horticultural Society is founded.
1841 - Orlando Jones receives a patent for his method for alkali starch extraction , which was later applied to corn to make cornstarch.
1861 - The first nursing school is chartered in the U.S.
[This refers to the Boston Training School for Nurses.]
1874 - The Young Men's Hebrew Association is organized in NY City.
1894 - The first playoff game for hockey's Stanley Cup is held in Montreal, Canada. The Montreal Hockey Club defeated the Montreal Victorias 3-2.
1933 - President Roosevelt signs the Cullen–Harrison Act (Amendment to the Volstead Act) to legalize the manufacture and sale of of beer containing 3.2% alcohol (by volume) and light wines.
1941 - James Stewart becomes the first major movie star to be inducted into the Army.
1944 - James Stewart flies leads the 2nd Bomb Wing in an attack on Berlin, making the flight his 12the combat mission.
1945 - The Arab League is founded in Cairo, Egypt.
1960 - Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
1963 - The Beatles release their first album, 'Please Please Me,' in the United Kingdom.
1972 - The U.S. Congress approves the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) but sends it to the states for ratification.
1993 - Intel releases the first Pentium microprocessor.  
1997 - Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest female figure skating world champion at the age of 14.

Other Observances:

National Health Care Rights Day
National Goof Off Day
National Bavarian Crepes Day
National West Virginia Day

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Notable Events for March 21st:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 21 | Birthdays & Events]

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1642 - Georgeana (York) in Maine becomes the first incorporated city in America.
[This is incorrect. St. Augustine, Florida, founded in 1565, is widely considered the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement and often referred to as the 'Nation's Oldest City.' While York, Maine, is one of the oldest towns in the U.S., it wasn't the first incorporated city.]
1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach, one of the most famous and influential composers of the Baroque period, is born on 31 March [O.S. 21 March], in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany.
[Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer, died on July 28th, 1750. He is a cornerstone of Western classical music, his legacy encompassing his profound influence on subsequent composers and his mastery of Baroque musical forms, particularly the fugue.] 
1692 - The Salem Witch Trials begin after Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates.
[The Salem Witch Trials officially began in March 1692 with the examination of these three women.]
1768 - [Jean-Baptiste] Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist, is born on March 21st, 1768, in Auxerre, France.
[Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist, died on May 16th, 1830. He is remembered as a brilliant mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to both science and society.]
1785 - The Promotion of Agriculture is organized.
[This is incorrect. The US Department of Agriculture was established much later, in 1862. It's possible you're thinking of an earlier agricultural society, but 'The Promotion of Agriculture' as a specific organization in 1785 needs verification.]
1788 - A devastating fire begins in New Orleans, Louisiana.

[Destroying most of the city's buildings.]
1790 - The first U.S. census is authorized.
1803 - Ohio becomes 17th state to join the Union.
[This is incorrect. Ohio officially became the 17th state on March 1st, 1803.]
1804 - The Napoleonic Code is approved in France.
[This was a new legal framework enacted by Napoleon Bonaparte, which provided post-revolutionary France with its first coherent set of laws regarding property, colonial affairs, the family, and individual rights.]
1806 - Benito Pablo Juárez García, Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer, is born on March 21st, 1806, in the village of San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, located in the mountain range since named for him, the Sierra Juárez.
[Benito Pablo Juárez García was a Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. He died on July 18th, 1872.] 
1857 - A massive earthquake strikes Tokyo, Japan, resulting in the deaths of approximately 100,000 people.
1864 - Rebecca Lee becomes the first Black woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S.
[Rebecca Lee Crumpler earned her medical degree in 1864.]
1867 - Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr., American Broadway impresario, is born on March 21st, 1867, in Chicago, Illinois. 
[Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. was an American Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies (1907–1931), inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris. He also produced the musical Show Boat. He was known as the 'glorifier of the American girl.' Ziegfeld is a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame. He died on July 22nd, 1932.]
1871 - Journalist Henry Morton Stanley began his famous expedition into Africa to find the missing British explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone.
1872 - Yellowstone National Park becomes the world's first national park.
[Yellowstone was established as the first national park in the United States and the world on March 1st, 1872.]
1879 - The Library of Hawaii is founded.
[This is incorrect. While the roots of the Library of Hawaii go back to the Honolulu Library and Reading Room Association founded in 1879, the Library of Hawaii itself was officially established in 1909.]
1909 - The first university school of nursing is established in Minnesota.
[The University of Minnesota School of Nursing was established in 1909 and is considered the first university-affiliated nursing program.]
1918 - During World War I, the German army launch a major offensive on the Western Front, known as the Second Battle of the Somme or the 'Michael Offensive.'
[This was their first large-scale attack in two years, aiming to break through Allied lines.]
1925 - The Butler Act is enacted in Tennessee, prohibiting the teaching of human evolution in public schools.
1935 - The Shah of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi, formally requested that the international community refer to Persia by its native name, Iran.
1937 - The first permanent license plates for an automobile are issued in Connecticut.
[This is incorrect. While states started issuing license plates earlier, the move towards permanent plates happened later and wasn't specifically in Connecticut in 1937.]
1940 - Solomon Vincent McDonald Burke, American singer-songwriter, is born [James Solomon McDonald] on March 21st, 1940 [sometimes listed as 1936 or 1939. On his headstone, his birth year is 1940); in the upper floor of his grandmother Eleanor Moore's home, a row house in West Philadelphia.
[Solomon Burke died on October 10th, 2010. He was an American singer who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s. He's been called 'a key transitional figure bridging R&B and soul,' and was known for his 'prodigious output.']
1943 - A plot by German Army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler using a suicide bomb fails.
1945 - Towards the end of World War II, British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma.
1946 - Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett, British actor, is born on March 21st, 1946, in Colwyn Bay, Wales.
[Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett is a British actor who became internationally famous for his portrayal of James Bond in the 1987 and 1989 films 'The Living Daylights' and 'Licence to Kill.' He also voiced Mr. Pricklepants in Toy Story 3.] 
1958 - Gary Leonard Oldman, English-British actor, is born on March 21st, 1958, in New Cross, London.
[Gary Oldman, English actor and filmmaker, is known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three British Academy Film Awards, and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. His films have grossed over $11 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.] 
1960 - The Sharpeville massacre occurs in South Africa. Police opens fire on a group of unarmed Black South African demonstrators protesting against apartheid pass laws, killing 69 people.
1962 - Matthew Broderick, American actor, is born on March 21st, 1962, in Manhattan/New York City, New York.
1962 - Rosie O'Donnell, American comedian, actress, and television personality, was born on March 21st, 1962, in Commack, New York.
1963 - Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a notorious prison located on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes its doors after nearly three decades of housing some of America's most dangerous criminals.
1965 - Civil rights demonstrators, led by Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., begin their third and ultimately successful march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, under the protection of U.S. Army and National Guard troops.
1970 - The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, the Mayor of San Francisco.
1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States would boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow to protest the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.  
1990 - Namibia gains independence from South Africa after 75 years of rule.
1998 - The Titanic film grosses over $1 billion worldwide.
[Titanic was released in 1997 and became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide in 1998.]
1999 - Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first people to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
2006 - Jack Dorsey sends the first public message on a new social media platform called Twitter, writing 'just setting up my twttr.'

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Notable Events for March 19th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 19 | Birthdays & Events]

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1649 - The Long Parliament of England abolishes the House of Lords.  
1815 - Napoleon enters Paris after escaping exile on Elba, beginning his 'Hundred Days' rule.
1918 - Congress approves daylight saving time.
[The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time; The Standard Time Act of 1918 introduced daylight saving time to the United States.]
1920 - The U.S. Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles.
[The U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles in November 1919, with the final vote failing to reach the necessary two-thirds majority in March 1920.]
1931 - Nevada makes gambling legal.
[Nevada legalized wide-open gambling in 1931.]
1932 - The Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia is officially opened.
1945 - World War II: Adolf Hitler issues the "Nero Decree," ordering the destruction of all German infrastructure as Allied forces advance.
1942 - President FDR orders all men between ages 45 and 64 to register for non-military duty.
[Inaccurate. President Roosevelt issued an executive order in 1942 requiring men aged 20 to 44 to register for potential non-military service.]
1942 - The Thoroughbred Racing Association is formed in the U.S.
[The Thoroughbred Racing Association of America was formed in 1942.]
2003 - President George W. Bush announces the invasion of Iraq.
[The United States and its allies begin the invasion of Iraq.]
2011 - The United Nations Security Council authorizes military intervention in Libya to protect civilians from Muammar Gaddafi's forces.

Other Observances:

National Let's Laugh Day
National Backyard Day

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Notable Events for March 18th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 18 | Birthdays & Events]

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1813 - David Melville patents an apparatus for making coal gas.
[This is generally considered accurate. David Melville did innovate in gas lighting, and while his patents were spread over time, he was indeed working on and patenting apparatuses related to coal gas around this period.]
1818 - Congress approves the first pensions for government service.
[Congress did pass legislation in 1818 providing pensions for Revolutionary War veterans.]
1834 - The first railroad tunnel is completed in Pennsylvania.
[The Allegheny Portage Railroad, which included tunnels, was completed around this time. The Staple Bend Tunnel is often cited as the first railroad tunnel in the U.S.]
1850 - American Express is founded.
1870 - California opens the first National Wildlife Preserve.
[This is generally accurate. Lake Merritt Wildlife Refuge in Oakland, California, established in 1870, is considered one of the earliest, if not the first, wildlife refuges in the United States.]
1892 - Lord Stanley of Preston pledges to donate a challenge cup [the Stanley Cup] for the best ice hockey team in Canada.
1911 - North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law.
[North Dakota was indeed a pioneer in hail insurance legislation.]
1938 - New York becomes the first state to require serological blood tests of pregnant women.
[New York State did enact legislation in 1938 mandating blood tests for syphilis in pregnant women.]
1942 - The War Relocation Authority is established in the U.S. to take Japanese Americans into custody.
[President Roosevelt established the War Relocation Authority (WRA) by Executive Order 9102, which was responsible for the forced relocation and internment of Japanese Americans.]
1952 - The first plastic lens for cataract treatment is fitted in patients.
[Sir Harold Ridley is credited with pioneering intraocular lens implants, and by 1952, he was implanting plastic lenses in cataract patients.]
1959 - The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law to allow Hawaii to join the Union.
[President Eisenhower signed the Hawaii Admission Act on March 18, 1959, and Hawaii officially became a state on August 21, 1959.]
1962 - The Évian Accords are signed, ending the Algerian War.
1965 - Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov becomes the first person to perform a spacewalk.

1990 - East Germany holds its first and only free parliamentary elections.

Other Observances:

National Biodiesel Day
National Sloppy Joe Day
National Awkward Moments Day
National Agriculture Day  [changes annually]
National Supreme Sacrifice Day

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for March 16th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 16 | Birthdays & Events]

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44 BC - While March 15th is famously known as the 'Ides of March,' and the date of Julius Caesar's assassination, it's worth noting the immediate aftermath and the political turmoil that followed would have been significant on March 16th.
37 AD - Death of the Roman Emperor Tiberius; Caligula is proclaimed emperor.  
455 - Emperor Valentinian III is assassinated in the Campus Martius in Rome.
597 - Pope Gregory I (the Great) begins his pontificate.
1190 - Massacre of Jews in York, England.  
1521 - Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines.
1527 - The Emperor Babur defeats the Rajputs at the Battle of Khanwa, establishing Mughal dominance in Northern India.
1660 - The Long Parliament is dissolved in England, paving the way for the Restoration.  
1792 - King Gustav III of Sweden is shot and mortally wounded at a masked ball in Stockholm.
1802 - The United States Military Academy (West Point) is established by an Act of Congress, signed into law by President Thomas Jefferson.
1802 - The Library of Congress is formally established.
1815 - Prince Willem Frederick of Orange proclaims himself Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands.
1850 - Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel, The Scarlet Letter, is published.
1861 - Edward Clark becomes Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston who refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.
1915 - The First Battle of Champagne begins during World War I.
1916 - The U.S. launches punitive expeditions into Mexico against Pancho Villa.
1918 - Estonia declares independence from Russia.
1924 - The Rome Treaty annexes Fiume to Italy.
1926 - Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, a significant step in rocketry and space exploration.
1926 - The film 'Ben-Hur' premieres in New York City.
1931 - The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film 'Trader Horn' is released.
1933 - The first concentration camp in Nazi Germany, Dachau, opens.
1935: Adolf Hitler breaks the military terms of the Treaty of Versailles by ordering the rearming of Germany and resuming military conscription.  
1939 - Germany occupies the rest of Czechoslovakia.
1945 - The Battle of Iwo Jima ends with an American victory.
1950 - The Soviet Union announces that it has the atomic bomb.
1960 - Alfred Hitchcock's iconic suspense film, 'Psycho,' premieres in the United States.
1961 - The British Commonwealth of Nations admits Cyprus as a member.
1968: The My Lai Massacre occurs in Vietnam.  
[The My Lai Massacre occurred during the Vietnam War, where U.S. Army soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians.]
1978 - Super Tuesday in the United States sees Jimmy Carter win several key primaries.
1978 - Aldo Moro, former Prime Minister of Italy, is kidnapped by the Red Brigades.
1984 - William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, is kidnapped by Hezbollah militants.
1985 - Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson is kidnapped in Beirut, where he would be held hostage for nearly seven years.
1988 - A poison gas attack kills thousands of civilians in the Kurdish town of Halabja, Iraq, likely ordered by Saddam Hussein.
2003 - Rachel Corrie, an American activist, is killed by an Israeli Defense Forces bulldozer in Rafah, Gaza Strip.
2005 - The World Health Organization confirms the first human cases of bird flu in Vietnam.
2014 - The Crimean status referendum takes place.
2016 - President Barack Obama nominates Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court following the death of Antonin Scalia.

In addition:

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[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for March 15th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 15 | Birthdays & Events]

[+ Generic AI Search Results]/[Other sources: WIKI, and Days of the Year.]

44 BC - Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator, is assassinated by a group of senators on the Ides of March.
933 - Henry the Fowler, the German King, defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade.
1493 - Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first voyage to the New World.
1820 - Maine is admitted as the twenty-third U.S. state.
1892 - New York unveils the automatic voting machine.
[While there were earlier patents, the voting machine widely attributed as the first successful automatic one was used in Lockport, New York, in 1892.]
1917 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the throne, marking the end of the Romanov dynasty.
[This event is a pivotal moment in history as it marked the end of the Romanov dynasty, which had ruled Russia for over 300 years, and paved the way for the Russian Revolution and the rise of the Soviet Union.]
1937 - The first blood bank opens in Chicago.
[The first blood bank in the United States opened at Cook County Hospital in Chicago in March 1937.]
1939 - Germany occupied Czechoslovakia.
1965 - T.G.I. Friday's opens their first restaurant in N.Y.
[The first T.G.I. Friday's restaurant opened in Manhattan, New York City, in 1965.]
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses a joint session of Congress, calling for legislation to guarantee voting rights, which led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
1972 - Francis Ford Coppola's film "The Godfather" premieres.
1985 - The first Internet domain (symbolics.com) is registered.
[Symbolics.com was the first domain name registered on March 15, 1985.]
1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.  
2011 - The Syrian Civil War began.
2012 - Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich begins serving his prison sentence for corruption.
2018 - A pedestrian bridge under construction in Miami collapses, killing six people.
2019 - A gunman kills 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Here are some other events, holidays, and observances associated with March 15th:

National Quilting Day (Third Saturday in March)
National Shoe The World Day
Everything You Think is Wrong Day
National Pears Helene Day

National Kansas Day

Brutus Day
Buzzards Day
Dumbstruck Day
Ides of March
International Day Against Police Brutality  
International Day of Action Against Canadian Seal Slaughter
International Day to Combat Islamophobia  
International Eat an Animal for PETA Day
International Sports Car Racing Day (Third Saturday in March)  
Maple Syrup Saturday (Third Saturday of March)
National Corndog Day (Third Saturday of March)
National Peanut Lovers Day
National VO Day
Play the Recorder Day (Third Saturday of March)
Save the Panther Day (Third Saturday in March)
True Confessions Day
World Consumer Rights Day
World Contact Day
World Essential Workers Day  
World Speech Day
Worldwide Quilting Day (Third Saturday in March)
  
Weekly Holidays that include March 15th:

Brain Awareness Week (March 10-16, 2025)
Campfire USA Birthday Week (March 9-15, 2025)
Down's Syndrome Awareness Week (March 15-21, 2025)
Endometriosis Awareness Week (March 4-19, 2025)
Fairtrade Fortnight (March 3-16, 2025)
Girl Scout Week (March 9-15, 2025)
International Brain Awareness Week (March 10-16, 2025)  
Lent (Begins on Ash Wednesday - March 5 - April 17, 2025)
Make Mine Chocolate (Campaign kicks off annually on Feb 15, and ends on Easter which is April 20, 2025)
MS Awareness Week (March 9-15, 2025)  
National Bubble Gum Week (March 9-15, 2025)
National Green Week (February 4 - April 30, 2025)
National Older Workers Employment Week (March 9-15, 2025)
National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week (March 9-15, 2025)
National Sleep Awareness Week (March 9-15, 2025)
Nutrition and Hydration Week (United Kingdom) (March 10-16, 2025)
Orthodox Lent (Begins on Ash Wednesday - March 3, 2025 - April 19, 2025)
Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 9-15, 2025)
Ramadan (Evening of February 28, 2025 - Evening of March 30, 2025)

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for March 14th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 14 | Birthdays & Events]

1794 - Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
1900 - The Gold Standard Act is passed by the U.S. Congress, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
1903 - President Roosevelt establishes the first wildlife refuge.

[Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge.]
1923 - President Warren G. Harding becomes the first U.S. President to file and pay income taxes.
1939 - Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope Pius XII.
1942 - The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is established.
1942 - Anne Miller becomes the first patient to be treated with penicillin in the U.S.
[Incorrect. Stating Anne Miller was the first patient is not definitively accurate and often sources point to earlier uses on men. However, on March 14, 1942, doctors in Connecticut administered penicillin (antibiotic) to a woman named Anne Miller, who was deathly ill with streptococcal septicemia. She made a full recovery, and became the first patient cured with penicillin.]
1950 - The FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list is created.
2019 - Emma Haruka Iwao, a Google employee, breaks the world record for calculating pi to 31.4 trillion digits using Google Cloud on Pi Day.

Other [Recurring] Observances:

✨   National Learn About Butterflies Day

✨   National Write Your Story Day

✨   National Potato Chip Day

✨   National Children's Craft Day

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for March 13th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 13 | Birthdays & Events]

1781 - Discovery of Uranus: Astronomer William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
[This is a major event in the history of astronomy.]
1862 - The Prohibiting the Return of Slaves Act is passed by Congress, setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
[The 'Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves' was indeed passed in 1862. It was a significant step towards the Emancipation Proclamation, as it prevented Union forces from returning escaped slaves to their owners.]
1897 - San Diego State University is founded.
[San Diego State University was founded in 1897 as the San Diego Normal School.]
1942 - Julia Flikke becomes first woman colonel in U.S. army.
[Julia C. Flikke was the first woman to be a colonel in the U.S. Army.]
1970 - The Digital Equipment Corp introduces the PDP-11 minicomputer.
[The PDP-11 was a very influential minicomputer.]
2013 - Election of Pope Francis: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected Pope, taking the name Francis.
[This was a historically significant election, as he's the first pope from the Americas.]
2023 - Vinyl records outsell CDs for the first time since 1987 in the U.S.
[Vinyl record sales have seen a resurgence, and in 2023, they did indeed outsell CDs in the U.S.]

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for March 12th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 12 | Birthdays & Events]

1664 - New Jersey becomes an English colony.
[In 1664, the English took control of the area that is now New Jersey from the Dutch.]
1755 - The first steam engine is installed to pump water from a mine.
[This is generally accurate. Steam engines were indeed used for this purpose in that era. However pinpointing "the first" is very difficult. Early steam engines development was a progressing process. But it is true that in the middle 1700's they were being used to pump water from mines.]
1884 - Mississippi establishes the first state college for women.
[Mississippi established the Industrial Institute and College (now Mississippi University for Women) in 1884. It is recognized as the first state-supported college for women in the United States.]
1894 - Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
[1894 was the year Coca-Cola began to be bottled and sold.]
1904 - Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund.
[The Carnegie Hero Fund was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1904.]
1912 - The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts) is founded.
[Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts (originally Girl Guides) in the United States in 1912.]
1945 - New York becomes the first state to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment.
[New York did pass legislation in 1945 prohibiting discrimination in employment.]
1970 - The voting age in the U.S. is lowered from 21 to 18.
[The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1971, lowered the voting age to 18. However, congress did pass legislation in 1970 that lowered the voting age in federal elections. So 1970 is the start of the change.]

Other Notable Occurrences:

✨   National Girl Scout Day

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for March 9th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 9 | Birthdays & Events]

1776 - Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations.
['An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations' was indeed published in 1776.]
1842 - Gold in California is documented for the first time.
[While the most famous gold discovery that sparked the California Gold Rush happened in 1848, there were earlier documented findings. So, it is correct that gold was documented before 1848. There were discoveries prior to the more famous one.]
1858 - Albert Potts receives the patent for the street mailbox.
[This is generally accurate. Street mailboxes began to be patented and put into use around this time. So that date is within the correct time frame.]
1931 - The electron microscope is invented by German physicist Ernst Ruska.
1933 - President Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act.
[President Franklin D. Roosevelt did submit the Emergency Banking Act in 1933, during the Great Depression.]
1959 - The Barbie doll makes its debut.
[Barbie debuted at the American Toy Fair in New York City on March 9, 1959.]
1961 - The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 9, carrying a dog and a human dummy, paving the way for human spaceflight.
1986 - NASA announces searchers found the remains of Challenger astronauts.
[The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred in January 1986, and the recovery of the crews' remains took place in the following months.]
2011 - Space Shuttle Discovery completes its final mission, landing at Kennedy Space Center.

Other Notable Occurrences:

Daylight Saving Time Begins  [second Sunday in March]

National Observances:

✨   National Meatball Day

✨   National Get Over It Day

✨   National Crab Meat Day

✨   National Barbie Day

✨   National I AM Day  [second Sunday in March]

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for March 8th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 8 | Birthdays & Events]

💪🏻💜💪🏻  International Women's Day:  This is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

1817 - The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
[While the roots of the NYSE go back to the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement, the organization was formally constituted as the 'New York Stock & Exchange Board.' It became the New York Stock Exchange in 1863. Therefore the answer here is a little bit misleading. So I would not say it is completely accurate.]
1884 - Susan B. Anthony addresses the House Judiciary Committee advocating for a woman's right to vote.
[This is generally accurate. Susan B. Anthony was a tireless advocate for women's suffrage, and she did address congressional committees on multiple occasions.]
1910 - Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
1934 - Edwin Hubble shares a photo galaxies larger than the amount of stars found in the Milky Way.
[Edwin hubble made many contributions to the science of Cosmology. One of those contributions, was his discovery of Galaxies outside of our own. That the universe was bigger than previously thought. The statement is accurate in that Edwin Hubble expanded our knowledge of galaxies and the scale of the universe.]
1945 - The first International Women's Day is observed around the world.
[This is inaccurate. International Women's Day has a complex history, with its roots in socialist movements of the early 20th century. While it gained widespread recognition in the mid-20th century, it was not 'first observed around the world' in 1945. It's origins stem from the early 1900's.]
1965 - The first U.S. combat forces arrive in Vietnam.
[This is generally accurate. While there were U.S. military advisors in Vietnam prior to 1965, the deployment of significant combat forces escalated in that year.]
1971 - In the 'Fight of the Century,' Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali.
1978 - The first episode of the radio comedy 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' is broadcast.

Other Observances:

✨   National Oregon Day

✨   National Proofreading Day

✨   National Peanut Cluster Day

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for March 7th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 7 | Birthdays & Events]

1778 - Captain James Cook sees the Oregon coast for the first time.
[Captain James Cook did indeed sight the Oregon coast in 1778. Specifically, on March 7, 1778, he made landfall and named Cape Foulweather.]
1801 - Massachusetts enacts first voter registration law.
[Massachusetts was a very early state to implement voter registration laws.]
1876 - Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for his telephone.
1929 - The first nonstop flight from America to Asia across the Bering Strait is made by Noel Wien and Calvin Cripe.
1945 - The 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany and crosses Rhine.
[The capture of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen by the 9th Armored Division in March 1945 was a significant event in World War II.]
1965 - 'Bloody Sunday' in Selma, Alabama, where police violently attack civil rights marchers.  
1971 - A speech by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman helps spark the Bangladesh War of Independence.

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for March 6th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 6 | Birthdays & Events]

1646 - Joseph Jenckes receives the first patent for making scythes (hand held crop cutters).
[This is largely accurate. Joseph Jenckes did receive the first machine patent in North America in 1646. This patent covered a water-driven machine for making scythes, sawmill saw blades, and other edged tools. He also later did get a patent for an improved scythe in 1655. So he was very involved in scythe development.]
1808 - The first college orchestra is founded at Harvard.
[This is generally accepted. Harvard is credited with having the first college orchestra.]
1831 - Edgar Allan Poe is court-martialed and dismissed from West Point for gross neglect of duty and disobedience of orders.
[Edgar Allan Poe's time at West Point ended with a court-martial and dismissal.]
1836 - The Battle of the Alamo: The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege. This pivotal event in the Texas Revolution resulted in the deaths of numerous Texan defenders, including Davy Crockett.
1857 - Dred Scott Decision: The U.S. Supreme Court issued the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, ruling that enslaved people were not citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in territories. This decision significantly deepened the divide leading to the Civil War.
1869 - Mendeleev's Periodic Table: Dmitri Mendeleev presented his first version of the periodic table of elements to the Russian Chemical Society.
1886 - The Nightingale become the first nurses' magazine to be printed in the U.S.
[It is difficult to verify that it was the absolute first. But there where nursing journals that where being published around this time. So while it may not be able to be confirmed as the absolute first, there where nursing publications being produced.]
1933 - First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt becomes to first First Lady to hold a press conference.
[Eleanor Roosevelt did pioneer the practice of First Ladies holding regular press conferences.]
1944 - The U.S. Army Air Forces begins bombing Berlin in the daylight.
[The U.S. Army Air Forces conducted daylight bombing raids on Berlin.]
1957 - Ghana Independence: Ghana gained its independence from British colonial rule, becoming the first sub-Saharan African nation to do so.
1967 - Stalin's Daughter Defection: Joseph Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defected to the West, causing an international sensation.

Recurring Observances:

✨   National Oreo Cookie Day

✨   National Dress Day

✨   National Dentist's Day

✨   National Frozen Food Day

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for March 5th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 5 | Birthdays & Events]

1770 - The Boston Massacre: This pivotal event in the lead-up to the American Revolution occurred, where British troops fired on a crowd, killing five.  
1836 - The first pistol (36-caliber "Texas" model) is manufactured.
[This is largely accurate. It refers to the Colt Paterson revolver. Samuel Colt patented his design in 1836, and it was produced in Paterson, New Jersey. The .36 caliber 'Texas' model became particularly well-known, especially due to its use by the Texas Rangers.]
1836 - The Alamo: During the Texas Revolution, the Alamo fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege.
1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes the 12th President of the U.S.
[Zachary Taylor was sworn in as the 12th President of the United States.]
1933 - President Roosevelt proclaims a 10-day bank holiday to restore confidence in the U.S. caused by the Great Depression.
[In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a 'bank holiday' shortly after taking office, as a crucial part of his response to the Great Depression.]
1935 - The first premature baby health law is enacted in Illinois.
1953 - Death of Joseph Stalin: The Soviet Union's longtime leader, Joseph Stalin, died on this day.
1960 - Che Guevara Photograph: Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph of Che Guevara, Guerrillero Heroico.
1963 - Country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash.
[A tragic plane crash that took the lives of these country music legends.]

Recurring Observances:

Ash Wednesday: In 2025 March 5th is Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of lent.
National Cheese Doodle Day: A day to celebrate the popular cheesy snack.
National Absinthe Day: A day to recognize the historic liquor.
National Multiple Personality Day: A day to bring awareness to Dissociative identity disorder.

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for March 4th:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 4 | Birthdays & Events]

1789 - The first Congress meets to put the Constitution into effect.
[The First Congress of the United States convened in 1789. This was a crucial step in establishing the new government under the Constitution.]
1791 - Vermont becomes the 14th state to join the Union.
[Vermont joined the United States in 1791.]
1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes the first President to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
1809 - James Madison becomes first President to be inaugurated in American-made clothes.
1841 - President Harrison delivers the longest Presidential Inauguration Speech with 8,443 words.
[William Henry Harrison's 1841 inaugural address is indeed the longest on record.]
1901 - President McKinley is inaugurated as President for the second time.
[William McKinley was inaugurated for his second term in 1901.]
1913 - The Congress forms the Department of Labor.
[The Department of Labor was established in 1913.]
1913 - The first law regulating the shooting of migratory birds is passed.
[The Weeks-McLean Act was passed in 1913, which was the first federal law that regulated the shooting of migratory birds.]
1929 - Republican Charles Curtis becomes the first Native American to be VP of the U.S.
[Charles Curtis, who had Kaw Native American ancestry, became Vice President in 1929.]
1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President.
1944 - The U.S. conducts their first bombing of Berlin.
[1944 was the year that the US conducted it's first bombing raids on Berlin.]
1957 - The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced.
1985 - The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection.

It is also of note that due to the passing of the 20th amendment, Presidential inaugurations now take place on January 20th.
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There are many 'National Days' that take place on March 4th.

These include, but are not limited to:

✨  National Grammar Day  
✨  National Pound Cake Day
✨  Paczki Day
✨  Fastnacht Day
✨  National Sons Day
✨  National Hug a G.I. Day
✨  Marching Music Day
✨  National Pancake Day - IHOP  [changes annually]
✨  Fat Tuesday

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for March 3rd:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 3 | Birthdays & Events]

1634 - The first tavern is opened in Boston, Massachusetts.
[This is generally considered accurate.]
1791- The first Internal Revenue Act is implemented taxing taxing distilled spirits & carriages.
[This act is famous for sparking the Whiskey Rebellion.]
1842 - The first child labor law regulating working hours is passed in Massachusetts.
[Massachusetts was indeed a pioneer in early child labor legislation.]
1845 - Florida becomes the 27th to join the Union.
[Florida becomes the 27th state of the United States.]
1849 - Congress establishes the U.S. Home Department (Department of the Interior).
1863 - The first wartime military draft bill is enacted.
[The Enrollment Act of 1863.]
1863 - The Idaho Territory is split from the Dakota, Nebraska, and Washington territories.
1871 - Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent.
[This is a simplification of a complex legal shift. In 1871, Congress passed the Indian Appropriations Act, which ended the practice of treating tribes as independent nations with whom the U.S. government made treaties. This effectively made them wards of the federal government. So, while it is a simplified statement, it is a generally accurate representation of the shift in federal policy. The 1871 Indian Appropriations Act is the one that changed the tribes status to wards of the federal government.]
1871 - The Civil Service system is established by Congress.
[The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act was passed in 1883. While efforts towards civil service reform were ongoing, the formal system was established in 1883, not 1871.]
1873 - The U.S. Congress passes the Comstock Law, which prohibits the distribution of 'obscene' materials through the mail.
1879 - Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood becomes the first female lawyer heard by the Supreme Court.
1885 - AT&T becomes a company.
1885 - Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act making Indians wards of federal government.
[As explained above, The 1871 act is the main act that shifted the status of the tribes. the 1885 act did not change the tribes status to wards, that was already done, but continued appropriations and control of the tribes.]
1889 - President Harrison opens 1.9 million-acres of Indian Territory for settlement.
[This was the Oklahoma Land Run.]
1891 - The Shoshone National Forest becomes the first national forest in the world.
1891 - Congress creates the Office of Superintendent of Immigration (later to become the Treasury Department).
1891 - The Office of Immigration is opened by Congress.
[This is redundant to the previous point, but accurate.]
1899 - George Dewey becomes the first Admiral of the Navy.
1903 - NC becomes the first state to require the registration of nurses.
1905 - The Forest Service forms in the U.S.
1913 - The Woman's Suffrage Movement protests through Washington, D.C.
[This was a significant march. Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C., advocating for voting rights.]
1915 - The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) is created, later becoming NASA.
1923 - Time Magazine is published for the first time.
[The first issue of Time magazine is published.]
1931 - 'The Star-Spangled Banner' is officially adopted as the national anthem of the United States.
1956 - Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley) hits #1 on the Billboard Charts.
1991 - Footage of the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers is recorded, leading to widespread outrage.

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for March 2nd:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 2 | Birthdays & Events]

1807 - Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, making it illegal to import slaves into the U.S.
[The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves was passed in 1807, and it took effect on January 1, 1808. It made the importation of slaves into the United States illegal.]
1819 - Congress passes its first immigration law.
[The Immigration Act of 1819 was the first U.S. federal legislation designed to regulate immigration.]
1836 - Texas declares its independence from Mexico.
1866 - The first company in the U.S. begins making sewing needles by machine.
[To verify this level of very specific manufacturing history would require very deep dives into manufacturing history. However, the period of the mid to late 1800's was a period of rapid industrialization, and it is very believable that this type of manufacturing would have begun at this time.]
1867 - The Department of Education is created by Congress.
[This is mostly accurate. In 1867, Congress established the Department of Education. However, it was initially a department that gathered information, it did not have the same functions as the modern Department of Education.]
1867 - Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act to help determine how the southern states will reenter the Union.
[This is generally accurate. The Reconstruction Acts were a series of acts, with the first one being passed in 1867. These acts did set the conditions for the Southern states to re-enter the Union.]
1901 - The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment, which limited the autonomy of Cuba.
1901 - The United States Steel Corporation is founded.
1925 - The U.S. begins marking and numbering roads across the country.
[The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1925 authorized the creation of a national numbering system for highways, which led to the marking and numbering of roads across the U.S.]
1933 - The film 'King Kong' premieres in New York City.
1939 - Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and took the name Pius XII.
1962 - In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in an NBA game, a record that still stands.
1965 - The US and Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
1969 - The Anglo-French Concorde conducts its first test flight. 
1970 - Rhodesia declares itself a republic.
1972 - The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched.  
1983 - Compact discs and players are released in the United States.

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for February 28th:

[source: National Day Calendar -  February 28 | Birthdays & Events]

1787 - The charter establishing the the University of Pittsburgh is granted.
[This is largely accurate. The University of Pittsburgh was founded as the Pittsburgh Academy in 1787. So, the charter for the beginning of what is now the University of Pittsburgh was granted in 1787. It is important to note that the name of the institution changed over time.]
1810 - The first fire insurance company is organized.
[To verify this would require a more specific location. There were many early fire insurance companies, and their founding dates vary depending on location. Therefore it is hard to say if that is a universal fact. More specific area information would be needed.]
1909 - The first National Woman's Day is observed in the U.S.
[This is generally correct. The first National Woman's Day in the United States was observed on February 28, 1909.]
1956 - Engineer Wright Forrester is issued a patent for computer core memory.
[It is more commonly known that Fredrick Forrester developed core memory. But looking into Wright Forrester, it is possible that he also had patents in that area. More research would be needed to fully verify this. Core memory development had many contributors.]
1977 - The first killer whale is born in captivity in California.
[This warrants some nuance. While killer whales had been born in captivity before, 1977 saw the birth of the first killer whale to survive in captivity at SeaWorld San Diego. So, the statement is generally accurate, but the detail of survival is important.]

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for March 1st:

[source: National Day Calendar - March 1 | Birthdays & Events]

1642 - Georgeana (York) in Maine becomes the first incorporated city in America.
[This is generally considered accurate. York, Maine, then known as Georgeana, holds the distinction of being the first incorporated city in what would become the United States.]
1692 - The Salem Witch Trials begin after Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates.
[This event marks the beginning of the infamous Salem Witch Trials.]
1785 - The Promotion of Agriculture is organized.
[This is a little vague. It is true that agricultural societies were being formed at this time. To be more precise, agricultural societies were beginning to form in the late 1700's to promote better farming practices. So the general idea is correct.]
1790 - The first U.S. census authorized.
[The first United States census is authorized.]
1803 - Ohio becomes 17th state to join the Union.
1864 - Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first Black woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S.
1872 - Yellowstone National Park becomes the world's first national park.
[Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park. Yellowstone's designation as a national park was a landmark event.]
1879 - The Library of Hawaii is founded.
1909 - The first university school of nursing is established in Minnesota.
[To make this more precise, the University of Minnesota School of Nursing was one of the earliest university-based nursing programs in the United States.]
1932 - The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped.
1937 - The first permanent license plates for an automobile is issued in Connecticut.
[Connecticut did indeed pioneer the use of 'permanent' license plates in 1937. These plates used annual inserts to indicate the current registration year.]
1961 - President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
1974 - Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
1992 - Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1998 - The Titanic film grosses over $1 billion worldwide.
[The film 'Titanic' becomes the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide. James Cameron's 'Titanic' was a massive box office success. The film surpassed the $1 billion mark, in 1998.]

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for February 27th:

[source: National Day Calendar -  February 27 | Birthdays & Events]

1801 - Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress after the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 is passed.
[The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 did indeed place the District of Columbia under the control of the U.S. Congress.]
1813 - The first federal vaccination legislation enacted.
[During this time period, there was legislation enacted regarding vaccinations.]
1827 - Mardi Gras is celebrated in New Orleans for the first time.
[While Mardi Gras traditions where present before this date, 1827 is the date of the first recorded street processions in New Orleans, Louisiana.]
1919 - The American Association for Hard of Hearing is formed in NYC.
[The organization that would become the Hearing Loss Association of America was indeed founded in New York City, in 1919.]
1933 - Reichstag Fire: Germany's parliament building, the Reichstag, is set on fire.
[This event in Germany, where the Reichstag building was set ablaze, was a pivotal moment in the rise of Nazi power. Adolf Hitler used the fire as a pretext to suppress civil liberties and consolidate his control, and used it as a pretext to suppress political opposition.]
1942 - Battle of the Java Sea: During World War II, this naval battle saw Imperial Japanese forces achieve a decisive victory over the Allies.
1951 - 22nd Amendment Ratified: The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which limits a president to two terms in office, is ratified.
1972 - Nixon's Visit to China: President Richard Nixon and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai issues the Shanghai Communiqué, marking a significant step towards normalizing relations between the United States and China.
1973 - American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee.
1991 - Gulf War: U.S. President George H.W. Bush announces that 'Kuwait is liberated.'
[U.S. President George H.W. Bush announces the liberation of Kuwait and the end of the Gulf War.]
2010 - Chile Earthquake: A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Chile, causing widespread damage and triggering a tsunami.
2019 - The House of Representatives passes a new law requiring federal background checks before purchasing a firearm.
[This is generally accurate. In February 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives did pass H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, which aimed to expand federal background check requirements for firearm purchases.]

[KellytheBelly]

Notable Events for February 26th:

[source: National Day Calendar -  February 26 | Birthdays & Events]

747 BC - According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. This is significant for historical chronology.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the island of Elba, leading to his 'Hundred Days' return.
1848 - The 'Communist Manifesto' by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is published.
1909 - The first public demonstration of Kinemacolor, an early color motion picture process, takes place in London.
1914 - The New York Museum of Science & Industry is created.
[It's important to note that this museum had a history and evolved over time.]
1914 - The launch of the HMHS Britannic at the Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast.
[This was the sister ship to the RMS Titanic.]
1919 - The Grand Canyon National Park is created after President Wilson signs the Act from Congress.
[President Woodrow Wilson did sign the act establishing Grand Canyon National Park on February 26, 1919.]
1930 - The first red and green traffic lights are installed in NYC.
[While traffic lights were evolving during that period, it would be difficult to say those where the absolute first. But traffic light technology was advancing in that time period.]
1936 - The February 26 Incident in Japan: a failed coup d'état attempt by young military officers.
1954 - The first photo engraving is used in Massachusetts.
[This type of very specific local event is hard to generally verify. There is a lot of photogravure history that is complicated, so this could be correct, at a local level.]
1973 - Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.
[Secretariat did not win the triple crown on February 26th. The Triple Crown races take place in May and June. Secretariat won the triple crown in 1973, but those races occurred in the spring.]
1975 - The first televised kidney transplant is aired on the Today Show (NBC).
[It appears that the statement regarding the first televised kidney transplant airing on the Today Show (NBC) in 1975 is generally accepted. However, it's important to understand the nuances of how 'televised' can be interpreted.]
1991 - Tim Berners-Lee introduces WorldWideWeb, the first web browser.
1993 - The World Trade Center bombing: a terrorist attack in New York City where a truck bomb explodes in the parking garage.  
2009 - Former Serbian president Milan Milutinovic was acquitted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia regarding war crimes during the Kosovo War.