Every Year ST. URHO’S DAY 1630s 1630: FIRST RECORDED FIRE IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 1730s BORN 1739: GEORGE CLYMER (MERCHANT) 1750s BORN 1750: CAROLINE HERSCHEL (ASTRONOMER) BORN 1751: JAMES MADISON (4TH U.S. PRESIDENT ) 1770s BORN 1774: MATTHEW FLINDERS (NAVIGATOR & EXPLORER) 1780s BORN 1789: GEORG […]

IDES OF MARCH The Ides of March has long been considered an ill-fated day. Julius Caesar was assassinated on March 15, 44 B.C. Historians note that it is likely that a soothsayer named Spurinna had warned Caesar that danger would occur by the ides of […]

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS ON SUNDAY AT 2:00 A.M. Today is the beginning of Daylight Saving Time, time for moving the clocks one hour ahead. The exceptions are Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. Credit for Daylight Saving Time belongs to […]

The Cincinnati Reds are excited to welcome fans back to Great American Ball Park this year, and also returning are the popular Reds Fan Cutouts. To celebrate Reds Opening Day on April 1, the Reds Community Fund is offering an exclusive Fan Cutout MVP Package […]

1630s 1639: HARVARD UNIVERSITY WAS NAMED FOR CLERGYMAN JOHN HARVARD 1730s BORN 1733: JOSEPH PRIESTLEY (SCIENTIST) 1750s 1759: HALLEY’S COMET REACHED PERIHELION 1780s 1781: THE PLANET URANUS WAS DISCOVERED BY ENGLISH ASTRONOMER SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL 1790s BORN 1798: ABIGAIL FILLMORE (U.S. FIRST LADY) 1850s 1852: […]

1710s BORN 1710: THOMAS AUGUSTINE ARNE (COMPOSER) 1780s 1789: UNITED STATES POST OFFICE WAS ESTABLISHED 1790s BORN 1795: WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE (POLITICIAN) 1800s BORN 1806: JANE MEANS APPLETON PIERCE (U.S. FIRST LADY) 1830s BORN 1831: CLEMENT STUDEBAKER (WAGON, CARRIAGE, & AUTO MANUFACTURER) BORN 1835: SIMON […]

JOHNNY APPLESEED DAY Celebrating John Chapman, legendary American pioneer and folk hero who planted apple trees across the American Frontier. Chapman was born in Massachusetts, September 26, 1774, but Johnny Appleseed Day is celebrated on March 11th. Chapman earned his nickname because he planted small […]

1450s BORN 1452: FERDINAND V (KING OF ARAGON) 1780s 1785: THOMAS JEFFERSON BECAME U.S. MINISTER TO FRANCE 1790s BORN 1791: ANGEL DE SAAVEDRA (POET, DRAMATIST) 1797: THOMAS JEFFERSON PRESENTED A PAPER ON THE MEGALONYX (WHICH WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE AN EXTINCT GIANT GROUND SLOTH) […]

Every Year BELIZE: BARON BLISS DAY ST. FRANCES OF ROME: FEAST DAY 1450s BORN 1454: AMERIGO VESPUCCI (MERCHANT & NAVIGATOR) 1790s 1796: NAPOLEON BONAPARTE MARRIED JOSEPHINE DE BEAUHARNAIS IN PARIS–HE ARRIVED TWO HOURS LATE FOR THE WEDDING225 Years Ago 1800s BORN 1806: EDWIN FORREST (SHAKESPEAREAN […]

Every Year INTERNATIONAL (WORKING) WOMEN’S DAY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 1700s DIED 1702: KING WILLIAM III 1790s BORN 1799: SIMON CAMERON (PENNSYLVANIA POLITICAL BOSS, U.S. SENATOR, SECRETARY OF WAR) 1840s BORN 1841: OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES (SUPREME COURT JUSTICE) 1850s 1855: FIRST TRAIN CROSSED NIAGARA RAILWAY SUSPENSION […]

1830s BORN 1837: HENRY DRAPER (ASTRONOMER) 1840s 1842: QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY HELD ITS FIRST CLASSES, KINGSTON, ONTARIO BORN 1849: LUTHER BURBANK (HORTICULTURIST) 1870s BORN 1875: JOSEPH MAURICE RAVEL (COMPOSER) 1876: ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL RECEIVED A PATENT FOR HIS TELEPHONE 1878: TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE INCORPORATED 1890s 1897: […]

1470s BORN 1475: MICHELANGELO DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI (PAINTER & SCULPTOR) 1520s 1521: GUAM DISCOVERED BY FERDINAND MAGELLAN 1640s 1646: FIRST MACHINE PATENT ISSUED IN NORTH AMERICA WAS GRANTED TO JOSEPH JENCKES OF MASSACHUSETTS 1800s BORN 1806: ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (POET) 1810s 1819: U.S. SUPREME […]

1770s 1770: BOSTON MASSACRE. FIVE AMERICAN RIOTERS KILLED IN SKIRMISH WITH BRITISH TROOPS DIED 1770: CRISPUS ATTUCKS (FIRST CASUALTY OF BOSTON MASSACRE) 1830s BORN 1835: WILLIAM STEINWAY (PIANO MANUFACTURER) 1840s 1849: ZACHARY TAYLOR WAS INAUGURATED AS THE 12TH U.S. PRESIDENT; MILLARD FILLMORE BECAME VICE PRESIDENT […]

Every Year VERMONT ADMISSION DAY 1670s BORN 1678: ANTONIO VIVALDI (COMPOSER) 1680s 1681: WILLIAM PENN WAS GIVEN A CHARTER FOR LANDS IN THE NEW WORLD BY KING CHARLES II 1750s BORN 1754: BENJAMIN WATERHOUSE (PHYSICIAN) 1780s 1789: THE FIRST CONGRESS MET IN NY 1790s 1791: […]

1810s 1812: FIRST U.S. FOREIGN AID BILL AUTHORIZED $50,000 FOR RELIEF OF VICTIMS OF AN EARTHQUAKE IN VENEZUELA 1820s 1820: MISSOURI COMPROMISE WAS PASSED BY U.S. CONGRESS, ADMITTING MAINE AS A FREE STATE AND MISSOURI AS A SLAVE STATE 1830s BORN 1831: GEORGE MORTIMER PULLMAN […]

TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY Texas Independence Day celebrates the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836, in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas. The document listed grievances against the Mexican government by the citizens of this Mexican territory, and then declared Texas a “free, sovereign, and […]

ST. DAVID’S DAY This day commemorates the patron saint of Wales, St. David, who was born in the sixth century at Henfynw, Cardigan. St. David’s Day also celebrates the Welsh victory over the Saxons in 640. Legend has it that the clever Welsh farmers pinned […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has called her “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement”. […]

FULL SNOW MOON Usually the heaviest snows fall in February. Hunting becomes very difficult, and hence to some Native American tribes this was the Hunger Moon. 1770s 1776: DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, LOYALISTS WERE DEFEATED IN THE BATTLE OF MOORES CREEK BRIDGE, NORTH CAROLINA […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 – October 19, 1806) was a free African-American almanac author, surveyor, landowner and farmer who had knowledge of mathematics and natural history. Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, to a free African-American woman and a former slave, Banneker had little or no formal education and was largely self-taught. He became known for assisting Major […]