On March 13, 1639 Cambridge New College, Massachusetts was renamed Harvard in honor of clergyman John Harvard....
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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,...
On March 6, 1836, the Battle of the Alamo ended, after 13 days of fighting. 1,500 to...
Today is the 75th birthday of Texas singer/songwriter Willis Alan Ramsey. He was born March 5th, 1951. ...
On March 4, 1774: The first sighting of the Orion nebula by William Herschel. — March 4,...