On April 2, 1792 The Coinage Act passed, establishing the United States Mint and authorizing the $10...
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On April 1, 1515, the Portuguese fleet under Afonso de Albuquerque recaptured the Persian fortress of Hormuz...
On March 31, 1917, the Danish West Indies were officially ceded to the US for $25 million...
On March 30, 240 BC, Halley’s Comet made its first recorded perihelion passage. (Photo courtesy of NASA,...
On March 29, 845, a 5,000-strong army of Danish Vikings invaded Frankish lands and only retreated after...
On March 28, 1535, the Cistercian Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) in Friesland was attacked and destroyed by a group...
On March 27, 196 BC, the Rosetta Stone and others like it were ordered to be inscribed...
On March 26, 1636, the University of Utrecht had its opening ceremony. Pictured is the university’s Academiegebouw...
On March 25, 1306, Robert the Bruce was crowned Robert I, King of Scots, soon after he...
March 24th is the birthday of Dr. Art Robinson, who was born in 1942. He has done...