Monthly Archives: March 2014

Today in History (March 3rd): 1606: Birthdays: English poet Edmund Waller. 1831: Birthdays: Industrialist George Pullman, inventor of the railway sleeping car. 1845: Florida was admitted to the United States as the 27th state. 1847: Birthdays: Telephone inventor Alexander Graham … Continue reading →

Today in History (March 2nd): 1769: Birthdays: Statesman DeWitt Clinton, chief sponsor of the Erie Canal project. 1793: Birthdays: Sam Houston, first president of the Republic of Texas. 1810: Birthdays: Pope Leo XIII. 1829: Birthdays: Journalist, politician and reformer Carl … Continue reading →

Today in History (March 1st): 1565: The city of Rio de Janeiro was established. 1692: The notorious witch hunt, The Salem Witch Trials began in the Salem village of the Massachusetts Bay colony, eventually resulting in the executions of 19 … Continue reading →