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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 18th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 18, 1850, the future financial services giant American Express Company was founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo, 2 years before those business partners founded Wells Fargo and Company. On March 18, 1915, the Allied naval operation at the Dardanelles, the straits that provide entry to the Black Sea from the Mediterranean, ended in one of the worst defeats of…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 17th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 17, 1891, a civilian ocean liner, the steamship SS Utopia of the Anchor Line ran into the moored battleship, HMS Anson in Gibraltar Bay, causing the ill-fated steamer to sink taking 562 of the 880 passengers to Davy Jones Locker! On March 17, 1947, the North American B-45 Tornado, a fine but often forgotten plane, made its first flight and was fielded…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 16th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 16, 1621, only about 4 months after landing at Plymouth Rock and setting up their new colony in what was then called Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts and Maine) the Pilgrims that had traveled across the Atlantic on the Mayflower had their first friendly contact with a Native person, and that contact came as quite a shock! On March 16, 1945,…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 15th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 15, 44 BC, the Dictator of the Roman Republic (contrary to popular belief, he was not the Emperor, as that post did not exist at this time), Gaius Julius Caesar, was assassinated by Roman senators and political rivals (as many as 60 of them!), brutally stabbed to death. On March 15, 493, Ravenna, Italy was a scene right out of…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 14th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper March 14, 1757 was a sad, black day in the annals of the Royal Navy for on that day, Admiral Sir John Byng was executed by firing squad on the deck of HMS Monarch. On March 14, 1794, American inventor Eli Whitney patented his greatest invention. On March 14, 1945, a British Lancaster heavy bomber dropped a bomb known as the “Grand…