April 4, 896 the pope, Formosus, dies after being pope for four years! I feel as though that was a short time for being pope. April 5, 456 Saint Patrick returns to Ireland after being a missionary bishop. April 6, 46 B.C. Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato during the battle of Thapsus! April 7, 1957 New York's last electric trollies complete their last run ever! :( April 8, 1994 smoking finally gets banned in the Pentagon and every other U.S. military base! April 9, 1667 the first public art exhibition opens in the palace, Palais-Royale in Paris. April 10, 1825 the very first hotel in Hawaii opens! Today, there is over 500 hotels down there!
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March 28, 1990 was the day president Bush awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
March 29, 2013 Today's Good Friday everyone! Have a wonderful day! March 30, 240 B.C. was the first time ever recorded that Halley's comet reaches the point where it is closest to the sun! March 31, 1918 The very first time daylight savings went into effect. April 1, 2013 is April Fools day!! Anyway, I wanted to explain how April Fools day got started, but it is a little lengthy so... if you want to know here is a link to what I thought was a good explanation of the holiday. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aprilfools1.html April 2, 2012, at the Oikos University, in Oklahoma seven people killed at a shooting with 3 other people injured. April 3, 1961 EDIE MURPHY is born! If by any chance you see him or are in contact with him please wish him a happy birthday, because I adore him:)! March 19, 1831 the very first bank robbing in the U.S. occurred! March 20, 1852 the great Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is published! March 21, 1788 a fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana. March 22, 1990 the older version of "Les Miserables" opens in Shunert Theater, Boston. March 23, The very first World League American Football games occur. At the end of the games London wins! March 24, 1973 is a special day for all of those Big Bang Theory Lovers, it's Jim Parson's birthday!! March 25, 31 A.D. is the very first Easter, at least according to calender-marker Dionysus Exiguous! March 26, 1926 the very first lip-reading contest was held in America! Cool right? March 27, 1914 the very first successful blood transplant took place in Brussels! This both makes me lose my appetite and interests me... March 11, 1302, according to Shakespeare, today is Romeo and Juliet's wedding day! Make sure you wish them a congratulation in spirit! March 12, 2012 the United States Census Bureau reports that the world has officially 7 billion people. March 13, 1790 the first American-born actor, John Martin, preforms in Philadelphia. March 14, 1903 the very first national bird reservation is created in Sebastian, Florida. March 15, 44 B.C. 55-year-old Julius Caesar (one of Roman's political and military figures) is stabbed to death. BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH!!!!! March 16, 1912 Pat Nixon is born. Later in life she then becomes married to President Richard Nixon. March 17, 1762 the first Saint Patrick's Day parade is presented in New York City. March 18, 1931 the very first electric shaver goes on sale in the U.S.!! March 3, in Japan every year since 1687 they have celebrated Hinamatsuri or girls day, which is obviously the day they celebrate girls. March 4, 1923 "Time" magazine gets published for the first time! March 5, 1900 the American Hall of Fame gets founded. March 6, 1808 the first college orchestra gets founded at Harvard. March 7, 322 B.C. the famously brilliant Aristotle dies. He was a Greek philosopher who has permanently left his footprint in human history. I suggest that today will be a day to mourn that loss. March 8, 1911 the first international Women's Day is founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin (the leader of Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany). March 9, 1796 Napoleon Bonaparte gets married to Josephine de Beauharnais. March 10, 1946 a train derailment kills 185 people near Aracaju, Brazil. February 24th, 1945 Egypt and Syria declare war on Germany during the second world.
February 25th, 1751 the first monkey preforms in America, New York City. The best part was that the admission only cost 1 cent! February 26th, 1870 the very first New York subway opens! Now a days, there are around 24. February 27th, 2012 The cruise ship Allegra is left floating in the Indian Ocean, after a engine room fire. February 28th, 364 Valentinian the First becomes the Romain Emperor. March 1st, 752 B.C. Romulus (the first king of Rome) celebrates the first Roman victory over the Caeninenses. March 2nd, 1992 Moldova (in Europe) joins the United Nation! GO UN! I LOVE new weeks! February 17th, 1959 the very first weather satellite was launched! It was called Vanguard 2. February 18th, 1735 the first opera, of many, was preformed in Charleston, South Carolina. How I envy the days before operas were around! February 19th, 2007, in Guatemala, three Salvadorian deputies of the Central American Parliament and their driver are murdered as they make their way to a meeting. February 20th, 1811 Austria declares that it is bankrupt. Therefore, it is fair to say that on this day you should try to be smart with your money! February 21st, 2012 is a day where fans of One Direction, Adele, Coldplay, and Ed Sheeran will remember. It was the beautiful day in Great Britain where they each got their own Brit Award! February 22nd, 1994, the old movie of "Les Miserables" comes out in Chunichi theater, which is located in Nagoya, Japan. February 23rd, 2011 the death toll in Libya is estimated to be 1,000. This is a day to remember those poor people who where just standing up for themselves. Okay, so in this coming week many exciting dates will occur!
February 10th, 1958 Elvis Presley's song "Don't" finally reached #1 on the U.S. charts. This was his 9th #1 out of an ending total of 17 #1 hits. February 11th, 1852 the first female toilet opens in Great Britain on Bedford Street in London. February 12th, 1793 the first U.S. fugitive slave law gets past, which requires all escaped slaves to be returned to their owner. February 13th, 1692 the Massacre of Glencoe occurs ending with 78 people dying when they do not properly pledge allegiance to their new king, William of Oran February 14th, 1929 the Valentine's Day Massacre occurs in which 7 gangsters get killed in Chicago. This was caused from a never ending rivalry between Al Capone and George Moran. February 15th, 1903 the first teddy bear gets introduced to the American people by Morris and Rose Michtom. February 16th, 1741 Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine begins publication. It's name was Pennsylvania Gazette. |
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