History of All Kinds

[TLOC]

Today is Saturday, March 7, 2026

The History of Today

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell received a patent (U.S. Patent No. 174,465) for his telephone.

1906 - Finland granted women the right to vote.

1911 - Willis Farnworth patented the coin-operated locker.

1933 - The board game Monopoly was invented.

1939 - Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians recorded "Auld Lang Syne."

1985 - The song "We Are the World" was heard on the radio for the first time.

1987 - Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight titleholder when he beat James Smith in a decision during a 12-round fight in Las Vegas, NV.

 

[migalyto]

Mar 9, 1975

Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.

 

[TLOC]

Today is Monday, March 9, 2026

The History of Today

1454 - Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence, Italy. Matthias Ringmann, a German mapmaker, named the American continent in his honor.

1832 - Abraham Lincoln announced that he would run for a political office for the first time. He was unsuccessful in his run for a seat in the Illinois state legislature.

1905 - In Egypt, U.S. archeologist Davies discovered the royal tombs of Tua and Yua.

1964 - Production began on the first Ford Mustang.

1979 - ABC-TV aired the documentary "Heroes of Rock & Roll."

1985 - "Gone With The Wind" went on sale in video stores across the U.S. for the first time

 

[migalyto]

Mar 10, 2005

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter entered Mars orbit and began searching for signs of water on the planet.

 

[TLOC]

Today is Tuesday, March 10, 2026

The History of Today

1792 - John Stone patented the pile driver.

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful call with the telephone. He spoke the words "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."

1910 - Slavery was abolished in China.

1986 - The Wrigley Company, of Chicago, raised the price of its seven-stick pack of Wrigley’s chewing gum from a quarter to 30 cents

 

[RhB Michael]

I'm old enough to remember when that pack of gum was only five sticks and it was a dime. I'm sure some here can remember when it was a nickel.

 

[Iron Horseman]

Mar 2, 1901

US Steel Corporation organized under J. P. Morgan, Sr. through merger of Carnegie Steel Company, Federal Steel Company, and National Steel Company.

View attachment 259155

Was that not the largest purchase of a company ever? Carnegie sold out for the equivalent of today's $400 billion.

 

[Iron Horseman]

Mar 3, 1931

The Star-Spangled Banner, written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, was officially adopted as the national anthem of the United States by act of Congress.

It is too bad that 95% of American's only know the first verse "sports" event version of the anthem.

I tried like mad to get NASCAR to do the whole thing on their first race after 911 because the 3rd verse, "the Star Spangled Banner in triumph doth wave" was so fitting. But nope, TV time and $$$ wins over being proper.

 

[RhB Michael]

Of course it does. Greed is everything. Even above the country that allows it.

 

[trailrider]

"It is too bad that 95% of American's only know the first verse "sports" event version of the anthem."

"Then conquer we must,
when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto, "In God Is Our Trust"
And the Star -Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave,
O're the Land of the Free,
And the home of the brave!"

For those who ask, "Why?", I respond, a country that has already placed satellites in orbit, the only thing that precludes sending an ICBM would be if they had not solved the reentry problem. It also takes little more effort to enrich 60% Uranium to 90% (weapons grade). Even if not enriched beyond 60 %, all it would take would be to wrap a bunch of the 60% around high explosives to create a "dirty bomb" that would scatter enough radioactive material to mess up a fair area of a major city! (Think Chernobyl.) Worse, would be a full, high order nuke. In other words, we have had no choice!

 

[migalyto]

Mar 11, 1941

FDR signs Lend-Lease Bill, allowing US to provide material support to Great Britain's war effort in return for future use of land for US military bases in England.

 

[migalyto]

Mar 12, 1894

Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time in a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

A glass bottle called a Hutchinson used by Joseph A. Biedenharn to bottle Coca-Cola

 

[TLOC]

Today is Thursday, March 12, 2026

The History of Today

1609 - The Bermuda Islands became an English colony.

1789 - The U.S. Post Office was established.

1879 - The British Zulu War began.

1894 -

1933 - U.S. President Roosevelt presented his first presidential address to the nation. It was the first of the "Fireside Chats."

 

[migalyto]

Mar 12, 1852

On this day in 1852, the first popular and widespread image of Uncle Sam appeared in an American publication.. The cartoon is credited to Frank Bellew, an illustrator for The Lantern, who made “Raising the Wind”—the political cartoon in which Uncle Sam first appeared. An imposing whiskered gentleman with a top hat and striped trousers, he would serve as an symbol of the United States for years to come, especially in U.S. Army recruitment posters and fliers.

 

[Kusojiji]

Hooyah!!

 

[migalyto]

Mar 14, 1889

German military official Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin, received a U.S. patent for a “navigable balloon”; the first zeppelin made its initial flight the following year.

 

[TLOC]

Today is Saturday, March 14, 2026

The History of Today

1629 - A Royal charter was granted to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

1794 - Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin.

1900 - U.S. currency went on the gold standard with the ratification of the Gold Standard Act.

 

[TLOC]

Today is Sunday, March 15, 2026

The History of Today

1493 - Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after his first New World voyage.

1892 - New York State unveiled the new automatic ballot voting machine.

1937 - In Chicago, IL, the first blood bank was established at the Cook County Hospital.

1938 - Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia.

1956 - The musical "My Fair Lady" opened on Broadway.

1990 - The Ford Explorer was introduced to the public.

 

[migalyto]

Some automobile history today.

Mar 15, 1906

Britons Henry Rolls, Charles Royce and Claude Johnson formalize their existing partnership as Rolls Royce Ltd

https://www.onthisday.com/people/henry-royce


Mar 15, 1961

Jaguar head William Lyons debuts the first E-Type model at the Geneva International Motor Show, creating a sensation.

https://www.onthisday.com/people/william-lyons

 

[RhB Michael]

Some automobile history today.

Mar 15, 1906


https://www.onthisday.com/people/henry-royce


Mar 15, 1961

Jaguar head William Lyons debuts the first E-Type model at the Geneva International Motor Show, creating a sensation.

View attachment 260424
https://www.onthisday.com/people/william-lyons

My first cousin bought one of those in 1968, just like that one. His was baby blue, or powder blue though. When I was a little kid, he tried to get me clean those wire wheels. Didn't happen.