A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 26th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 26, 1812, the first use of the term “gerrymander” appeared in the Boston-Gazette in conjunction with a political cartoon making fun of the ridiculous boundaries drawn for new Massachusetts Senate election districts. On March 26, 1934, the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland instituted their first ever practical examination of automobile drivers’ competence in order to be issued a…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 25th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 25, 1811, Percy Bysshe Shelley was booted from the University of Oxford (England) for the publishing of a pamphlet titled The Necessity of Atheism, a continuation of a long history of discrimination and persecution of atheists and agnostics by religious believers. On March 25, 1865, the long drawn out series of battles known to us as The Siege of Petersburg…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 24th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 24, 1199, while fighting in France at Limousin, an administrative region in the South-Central part of France that is now Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the King of England known as Richard I, the Lionheart, was struck in the shoulder by a bolt launched by a crossbow, leading to the King’s death on April 6, 1199. On March 24, 1944, the hard work of…

A Brief History Today, Friday, March 24th, 2023, one of the most covered news stories are the possible consequences of arresting a former president.  You may wonder if a U.S. president had ever been arrested prior to 2023?  The answer is yes and at least once. Digging Deeper It is possible that two US Presidents have been arrested while in office, although the first, Franklin Pierce, may not have suffered the indignity at all.  The arrest of Pierce allegedly happened in 1853 while he was still President, with a drunken Pierce supposedly running over an old woman with his carriage. …

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 23rd.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry delivered a speech that may well have led to the successful formation of the United States. On March 23, 1801, some of the Russian nobility and military officers that had been fired expressed their discontent in the time-honored tradition of killing the monarch! On March 23, 1857, Elisha Otis installed the first of his elevators at…