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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 2nd.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 2, 1657, the city of Tokyo, Japan, then known as Edo, suffered a catastrophic fire that lasted 3 days and killed 100,000 Japanese people, a death toll greater than either of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. On March 2 and 3, 1859, the largest sale of African slaves in the United States came to a…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 1st.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 1, 1790, the first census in the history of the United States was authorized, with some interesting results. On March 1, 1805, the United States government was reeling from a never to be repeated political power play! On March 1, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, returned to France from exile on the island of Elba to reclaim his…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 29th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 29, 1940, for her portrayal of Mammy in the classic motion picture, Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award, better known as an Oscar. On February 29, 1992, American Idol Season 13 finalist Majesty Rose was born. On February 29, 2020, the American Trump administration and the Afghan Islamist group known…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 28th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 28, 1844, a steam powered, sail and propeller (screw) driven US Navy corvette, the USS Princeton, one of the newest and most modern ships in America’s fleet, was sailing on the Potomac River with a large retinue of US Government officials aboard including the President of the United States when she experienced one of those terrible maritime experiences we at…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 27th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 27, 1807, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Maine, going on to a career in education and especially poetry, becoming the most prominent American poet of his day. On February 27, 1902, a British firing squad carried out the execution of convicted war criminal, Australian Lt. Harry “Breaker” Morant. On February 27, 1943, a most unusual event took place in…