A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 19th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 19, 1941, the U.S. Army Air Corps activated the famed African-American aviation unit known as the Tuskegee Airmen. On March 19, 1943, Frank Nitti, the successor to Al Capone’s crime empire, was drunk and despondent over a pending Grand Jury appearance. On March 19, 1945, the Essex class aircraft carrier USS Franklin while on station off the coast of Japan,…

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 Today, March 17, 2023, I, Dr. Zar, wish all of my family, friends, colleagues, students, and subscribers a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Digging Deeper As Saint Patrick is considered the foremost patron saint of Ireland and March is also Women’s History Month, here are some notable American women with Irish ancestry: Maureen Dowd (born 1952) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, currently writing for The New York Times. Eileen Collins (born 1956), a retired astronaut and United States Air Force colonel, was the first woman to command a Space Shuttle mission. Stephanie McMahon (born 1976), a retired professional wrestler, currently serves…

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, 1945, the Ludendorf Bridge over the Rhine River fell 10 days after the US Army seized the span allowing…

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,…