Today in history.

[Bugman]

1766. Parliament repeals The Stamp Act.

1852. Wells Fargo and Company established.

1911. Irving Berlin copyrights "Alexander's Ragtime Band," which sold millions of copies in sheet music form and became one of the most popular pop songs of the early twentieth century.

1937. A natural gas explosion destroys The Consolidated School in New London Texas, killing almost 300 children.

1950. Nationalist Chinese forces invade the Chinese mainland.

I am intrested in many things, and enjoy learning about them. But learning about history will always be my first love. I can't get enough. 😀

 

[paracarl44]

TODAY, a date that we should remember.

March 19, 2003: The US started a War with Iraq by bombing Baghdad and various radar facilities around the countryside. President Bush called it "Operation Iraqi Freedom" and the main purpose was to eliminate Saddam Hussein from his power over Iraq.

 

[jhop220]

1831 > The first bank robbery in America occurs in New York.

1931 > Nevada legalizes gambling.

1949 > East Germany approves its new constitution.

1953 > First Academy Awards are broadcast.

 

[paracarl44]

This should make Maniac Tickler Happy.

The Republican party was founded in 1854.

 

[ElanKane]

1988 - Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title.

 

[voided9]

March 20, 1991 - Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records

 

[ticklishscribe]

1943 - In a strange coincidence of the sea, the fishing schooner Adventure rammed and sank the fishing schooner Adventure II in a fog in Boston harbour.

 

[PhilipRJ_UK]

1963- Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was closed, leaving behind a twenty-nine legacy of criminality and brutality in which gangsters and murderers including Al Capone, Robert Stroud and Alvin Karpis played a prominent role.

 

[Bugman]

My thanks to everyone who has posted.

1685. Johann Sebastian Bach is born.

1788. A massive fire destroys over eight hundred buildings in New Orleans.

1790. Thomas Jefferson assumes the office of Secretary of State under George Washington.

1918. The Second Battle of The Somme begins.

 

[Bugman]

1963- Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was closed, leaving behind a twenty-nine legacy of criminality and brutality in which gangsters and murderers including Al Capone, Robert Stroud and Alvin Karpis played a prominent role.

Have you ever seen the 1962 film Birdman of Alcatraz starring Burt Lancaster? The title itself is misleading, because Stroud kept his birds at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary; they were taken away from him on Alcatraz. And the real Robert Stroud was nothing at all like the sympathetic portrait of him painted in that film. But, that's Hollywood for you.

 

[ticklishscribe]

On this day in 1964, the Beatkles performed on Britain's hit tv show "Ready, Steady, Go," and they performed with Alma Cogen, Marvin Gaye and Dusty Springfield.

 

[PhilipRJ_UK]

Have you ever seen the 1962 film Birdman of Alcatraz starring Burt Lancaster? The title itself is misleading, because Stroud kept his birds at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary; they were taken away from him on Alcatraz. And the real Robert Stroud was nothing at all like the sympathetic portrait of him painted in that film. But, that's Hollywood for you.

Yeah, and the birds also caused problems for the staff and authorities at Leavenworth. Apparently his cell was filthy and his personal hygiene was terrible, because of his involvement with the birds inside the cell, and apparently he also made a lot of requests for medical equipment and more space so that he could treat them. And I've only seen sections of the film, but from what I've read, you're absolutely correct, in that it was a totally inaccurate portrayal of Stroud. On the other hand, I've seen 'Escape from Alcatraz' and I thought it was really good!

 

[ticklishscribe]

The Beatles began shooting the concert scenes for their first feature film, "A Hard Day's Night."

And yes, Paul's grandfather was really clean.

 

[paracarl44]

March 27, 2013.

The FDA approved the use of Viagra on this date fifteen years ago.

 

[paracarl44]

March 28, 1979.

On this date one of the reactors at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania started to overheat.
The controllers decided to override the automatic cooling system and the reactor started to melt down. Governor Thornburgh finally called for an evacuation of children and pregnant women living within a five mile radius of the plant. Finally President Jimmy Carter came to the scene when a large hydrogen bubble had built up and could have exploded.
Today the cooling towers still stand as A Monument To Man's Stupidity.

 

[ChapInTheHat]

March 29th. On this day in 1461, the largest battle on English soil, the Battle Of Towton, took place. With around 35,000 participants on each side, the Houses of York and Lancaster clashed in the middle of an enormous blizzard, with around 28,000 dead by the days end.

 

[Bugman]

March 29th. On this day in 1461, the largest battle on English soil, the Battle Of Towton, took place. With around 35,000 participants on each side, the Houses of York and Lancaster clashed in the middle of an enormous blizzard, with around 28,000 dead by the days end.

Very intresting. Thanks for posting it. 🙂

 

[paracarl44]

March 30, 1981.

President Reagan is shot in the lung outside of a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley.

 

[C.A.B.]

President Reagan is shot in the lung outside of a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley.

President Reagan to the surgical staff as he was being wheeled into the trauma operating room,
'I hope you are all Republicans"
The chief surgeon replied,
"We are today, Sir."

 

[Bugman]

President Reagan to the surgical staff as he was being wheeled into the trauma operating room,
'I hope you are all Republicans"
The chief surgeon replied,
"We are today, Sir."

From what I've read we came close to losing another sitting American President that day so John Hinckley, Jr., in his deeply disturbed mind, could impress actress Jodie Foster. I remember that day well.

 

[paracarl44]

Eiffel Tower Dedicated / Knute Rochne dies.

March 31, 1889 The Eiffel Tower then the largest man-made structure was dedicated in Paris, France.

March 31, 1931 Knute Rockne a legendary football coach at Notre Dame was killed in an airplane crash near Baazar, Kansas.

 

[paracarl44]

Pope John Paul II dies on...........................

April 2, 2005. He was known as The Polish Pope.

 

[paracarl44]

Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated on this day................................

on April 4, 1968 at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray was finally convicted for King's murder after he fired the fatal shot and escaped to another country.

 

[paracarl44]

THREE BIG EVENTS HAPPENED ON APRIL 12TH.

1. 1861: The firing on Fort Sumter in South Carolina was the start of The Civil War in the United States.

2. 1945: The death of President Franklin Roosevelt happened while he was at Warm Springs, Georgia. Elected four times to office he never saw the finally victory of WW II.

3. 1961: The first man into space was a Russian Cosmonaut named Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin who orbited the earth.

 

[paracarl44]

THREE EVENTS TODAY..............................

1. 1865: President Abraham Lincoln is shot while attending Ford's Theater in Washington
D. C. by John Wilkes Booth.

2. 1912: The RMS Titanic hits an iceberg on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.

3, 1935: Country Singer Loretta Lynn is born today in a place called Butcher Hollow, Kentucky.