Category Archives: Thoughts for the Day

Today in History (March 29th): Good Friday Dilbert 1790: Birthdays: John Tyler, 10th president of the United States. 1812: The first wedding was performed in the White House. Lucy Payne Washington, sister-in-law of U.S. President James Madison, married Supreme Court … Continue reading →

Today in History (March 28th): 1515: Birthdays: Roman Catholic St. Teresa of Avila. 1797: Nathaniel Briggs was awarded a patent for the washing machine. 1836: Birthdays: Brewer Frederick Pabst. 1862: Birthdays: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aristide Briand. 1868: Birthdays: Russian … Continue reading →

Today in History (March 27th): 1513: Ponce de Leon sighted America for the first time. 1813: Birthdays: Printmaker Nathaniel Currier, of Currier and Ives. 1845: Birthdays: German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen, discoverer of X-rays. 1868: Birthdays: Schoolteacher Patty Smith Hill, who … Continue reading →

Today in History (March 26th): First day of Passover 1830: The Book of Mormon was published. 1839: The first Henley Royal Regatta was held. 1874: Birthdays: Poet Robert Frost. 1904: Birthdays: Mythologist and writer Joseph Campbell. 1911: Birthdays: Playwright Tennessee … Continue reading →

Today in History (March 25th): 1634: The first colonists to Maryland at St. Clement’s Island on Maryland’s western shore and founded the settlement of St. Mary’s. 1655: Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. 1807: The English Parliament abolished the … Continue reading →

Today in History (March 23rd): 1765: The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act for taxing the American colonies, an action that became a major grievance for rebellious colonials. 1775: In a speech supporting the arming of the Virginia militia, Patrick … Continue reading →

Today in History (March 22nd): 1599: Birthdays: Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck. 1791: The U.S. Congress enacted legislation forbidding slave trading with foreign nations. 1887: Birthdays: Actor Leonard Chico Marx of the Marx Brothers comedy team. 1894: The first Stanley … Continue reading →

Today in History (March 21st): Dilbert 1413: Henry V was crowned king of England. 1617: Pocahontas died in England at about age 22. Three years earlier, she converted to Christianity, took the name Rebecca and married Englishman John Rolfe. 1685: … Continue reading →

Today in History (March 20th): First Day of Spring 43 B.C.: Birthdays: Roman poet Ovid. 1823: Birthdays: Adventurer and writer Edward Judson, originator of the dime novel, writing as Ned Buntline. 1828: Birthdays: Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. 1852: Harriet Beecher … Continue reading →