March 12 marks the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the Girl Guides, which would later become the Girl Scouts of the USA. Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Guides after meeting Robert Baden-Powell, who …
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March 11: Blizzard of 1888
March 11th marks the 128th anniversary of the start of the Great Blizzard of 1888. As much as 60 inches of snow fell over parts of New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts …
Continue readingMarch 10: Invention of the telephone
On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call, speaking the words “Mr. Watson — Come Here — I want to see you,” to his assistant in another room. Later that …
Continue readingMarch 9: Birth of the Barbie doll
March 9th marks the 56th birthday of one Barbara Millicent Roberts, better known as Barbie. The first Barbie doll was introduced at the American International Toy Fair by the Mattel company in 1959. About 350,000 …
Continue readingMarch 8: Founding of the New York Stock Exchange
March 8th is the 198th anniversary of the founding of the New York Stock Exchange. Originally located in a coffee shop on Wall Street, the exchange moved to several locations before settling at its current …
Continue readingMarch 7: Bloody Sunday
March 7th is the 50th anniversary of the first Selma-to-Montgomery March, also known as “Bloody Sunday.” In February, 1965, a march in Perry County, Alabama, resulted in the shooting death of protester Jimmie Lee Jackson …
Continue readingMarch 6: Periodic table of elements
March 6th is the 146th anniversary of the publication of Dmitri Mendeleev’s periodic table of elements. Mendeleev, a Russian professor of chemistry, is recognized as the first person to use a periodic table to predict …
Continue readingMarch 5: Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech
March 5th marks the 69th anniversary of Winston Churchill coining the phrase “Iron Curtain” to describe the Soviet Union’s influence on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe following World War II. Initially, Churchill’s speech …
Continue readingMarch 4: Chicago skyscrapers
On March 4, 1837, the city of Chicago was incorporated. Chicago is the third-largest city in the United States behind New York and Los Angeles, and ahead of Houston and Philadelphia. Chicago is known for …
Continue readingMarch 3: Time magazine is founded
On March 3, 1923, Time magazine published its first issue, featuring former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Joseph G. Cannon, a republican from Illinois on its cover. In addition to covering hard news, …
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