March 16, 1802: The first US Military Academy at West Point was established through a Congressional act....
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After a multi-month restocking hiatus, we are again taking orders at Elk Creek Company. Here are our...
On March 14, 1899, German Ferdinand von Zeppelin received a US patent for a “Navigable Balloon”. —...
On March 13, 1639 Cambridge New College, Massachusetts was renamed Harvard in honor of clergyman John Harvard....
March 12, 1850: The first US $20 gold piece (dubbed the Liberty Head, Coronet, or “Double Eagle”)...
On March 11, 1708, Queen Anne withheld Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill. This was the...
On March 10, 1831, the French Foreign Legion was established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war...
On March 9, 1776, Adam Smith published the influential economics book “The Wealth of Nations”. — March...
Richard “Dick” Hyman turns 99 today! (He was born March 8, 1927.) Dick Hyman is a jazz...
On March 7, 1644 Massachusetts established the first two-chamber legislature in the American colonies. — March 7,...