Tag Archives: Vocabulary

Today in History (March 10th): 515 B.C.: The rebuilding of the great Jewish temple in Jerusalem was completed. 1628: Birthdays: Italian scientist Marcello Malpighi. 1862: The U.S. Treasury issued the first American paper money, in denominations from $5 to $1,000. … Continue reading →

Today in History (March 9th): 1454: Birthdays: Explorer Amerigo Vespucci. 1824: Birthdays: Leland Stanford, railroad builder and founder of California’s Stanford University. 1841: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, with one dissent, that the African slaves who seized control of the … Continue reading →

Today in History (March 8th): 1817: The New York Stock Exchange was established. 1841: Birthdays: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. 1859: Birthdays: Scottish writer Kenneth Grahame, author (The Wind in the Willows). 1865: Birthdays: American printer and … Continue reading →

Today in History (March 7th): 1792: Birthdays: English astronomer John Herschel. 1802: Birthdays: English painter Edwin Henry Landseer. 1841: Birthdays: U.S. newspaper publisher and philanthropist William Rockhill Nelson. 1849: Birthdays: American botanist Luther Burbank. 1869: The Suez Canal opened, connecting … Continue reading →

Today in History (March 6th): 1475: Birthdays: Italian painter and sculptor Michelangelo. 1619: Birthdays: French dramatist Cyrano de Bergerac. 1806: Birthdays: English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 1820: The Missouri Compromise was enacted allowing Missouri to join the United States as … Continue reading →

Today in History (March 4th): 1681: To satisfy a debt, England’s King Charles II granted a royal charter, deed and governorship of Pennsylvania to William Penn. 1746: Birthdays: Polish-born American patriot Tadeusz Kosciuszko. 1789: The U.S. Congress met for the … Continue reading →

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 →

Today in History (February 28th): 1533: Birthdays: French essayist Michel de Montaigne. 1784: The Methodist Church was chartered by John Wesley. 1827: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was chartered. 1844: An explosion rocked the war steamer USS Princeton after it … Continue reading →