On this day in 1778 the Stars and Stripes was carried to a foreign port, in France, for the first time. It was aboard the American ship Ranger.
In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell filed an application for a patent for the telephone. It was officially issued on March 7, 1876.
In 1889, in Los Angeles, CA, oranges began their first trip to the east.
In 1912 the first diesel engine submarine was commissioned in Groton, CT.
In 1929 the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” took place in Chicago, IL. Seven gangsters who were rivals of Al Capone were killed.
And in 1989 the first satellite of the Global Positioning System was placed into orbit around Earth.
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Quote of the Day
1 Corinthians 13
¹If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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Since it’s all about love today, I guess the music should be too. 🙂
On this day in 1633 Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before the Inquisition.
In 1741 “The American Magazine,” the first magazine in the U.S., was published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 1935, in Flemington, New Jersey, a jury found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of the kidnapping and death of the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Hauptmann was later executed for the crimes.
In 1945, During World War II, the Soviets captured Budapest, Hungary, from the German army. Allied aircraft also began bombing the German city of Dresden.
In 1955 Israel acquired 4 of the 7 Dead Sea scrolls.
And in 2000 Charles M. Schulz’s last original Sunday “Peanuts” comic strip appeared in newspapers. Schulz had died the day before.
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Quote of the Day
“Christ told his disciples not to be anxious about tomorrow, but he never said not to consider tomorrow. Intelligent problem solving demands careful consideration of the future effects of present solutions.”
R. C. Sproul
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On this day in 1867 Johann Strauss’ magnificent “Blue Danube Waltz” was played for the first time at a public concert in Vienna, Austria.
It’s Tennessee Ernie Ford’s birthday. So here’s Mr. Ford and Mr. Cash.
On this dayin 1752 The Pennsylvania Hospital opened as the very first hospital in America.
In 1808 Judge Jesse Fell experimented by burning anthracite coal to keep his house warm. He successfully showed how clean the coal burned and how cheaply it could be used as a heating fuel.
In 1812 the term “gerrymandering” had its beginning when the governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, signed a redistricting law that favored his party.
In 1936 pumping began the process to build San Francisco’s Treasure Island.
Today is also composer Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf’s. From bartje11, who has like 2,000 videos. 😯
These guys performed their first US concert in D.C. today in 1964, 2 days after their Ed Sullivan Show US debut. Warning! It’s hard to hear the first 2 minutes with all the teenage girls losing their minds.
On this dayin 1693 a charter was granted for the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA.
In 1802 Simon Willard patented the banjo clock.
In 1861 The Confederate States of America was formed.
In 1910 William D. Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America.
In 1918 “The Stars and Stripes” newspaper was published for the first time.
And in 1973 U.S. Senate leaders named seven members of a select committee to investigate the Watergate scandal.
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Quote of the Day
“I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.”
On this day in 1795 the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment clarifies judicial power over foreign nationals and limits the ability of citizens to sue states.
In 1922 DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace offered 5,000 copies of “Reader’s Digest” magazine for the first time.
In 1940 “Pinocchio” world premiered at the Center Theatre in Manhattan.
In 1943 the U.S. government announced that shoe rationing would go into effect in two days. Women were hardest hit by the news. 🙂
And in 1962 the U.S. government banned all Cuban imports and re-export of U.S. products to Cuba from other countries.
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Quote of the Day
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”
“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.”
On this day in 1846 “The Oregon Spectator”, based in Oregon City, became the first newspaper published on the Pacific coast.
In 1881 Phoenix, AZ, was incorporated.
In 1952, in New York City, four signs were installed at 44th Street and Broadway in Times Square that told pedestrians “don’t walk.”
In 1953 the Walt Disney’s film “Peter Pan” opened at the Roxy Theatre in New York City.
And in 1988 a pair of indictments were unsealed in Florida, accusing Panama’s military leader, Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, of bribery and drug trafficking.
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Quotes of the Day
“I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man.”
“Faith makes all things possible… love makes all things easy.”
Wandering Views 