March 31 in Pop Culture History
March 31 in Pop Culture History 1492 - Queen Isabella of Castille issued the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion....
“In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb” Expression Meaning
Many rhymes, expressions, riddles, idioms, and songs exist to describe certain phases of the calendar year. Some of the most common examples are “April showers bring May flowers” and the...
Detective Comics Number 27 The Debut of Batman
On breezy early spring day in New York City a young boy about ten years old ran out on to the street from the apartment he shared with his family....
March 30 in Pop Culture History
March 30 in Pop Culture History 1842 - Ether anesthesia was used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon, Dr. Crawford Long. 1867 - Alaska is...
March 29 in Pop Culture History
March 29 in Pop Culture History 1638 - Swedish colonists established the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden. 1867 - Queen Victoria gave Royal Assent to the...
March 28 in Pop Culture History
March 28 in Pop Culture History 1783 (Earthquake) Calabria, Italy 1920 - Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford got married; it was the first high profile celebrity wedding. 1949 - Fred...
March 27 in Pop Culture History
March 27 in Pop Culture History 1886 - Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrendered to the US Army. 1899 - Guglielmo Marconi's radio transmitted across the English Channel from Boulogne, France, to...
March 26 in Pop Culture History
March 26 in Pop Culture History 1169 - Saladin became the emir of Egypt. 1812 - A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coined the term "gerrymander" (named after Governor...
March 25 in Pop Culture History
March 25 in Pop Culture History 421 - The city of Venice was founded. 1655 - Saturn's largest moon, Titan, was discovered by Christiaan Huygens. 1807 - The Slave Trade...
March 24 in Pop Culture History
March 24 in Pop Culture History 1707 - The Acts of Union 1707 was signed, officially uniting the Kingdoms and parliaments of England and Scotland to create the Kingdom of...
March 23 in Pop Culture History
March 23 in Pop Culture History 893 (Earthquake) Iran 1775 - Patrick Henry delivered his 'Give me liberty, or give me death!' speech at St. John's Episcopal Church, in Richmond,...
March 22 in Pop Culture History
March 22 in Pop Culture History Year Unknown - Diana of Themyscira, Wonder Woman, Born (made of clay) 1630 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlawed the possession of cards, dice,...
March 21 in Pop Culture History
March 21 in Pop Culture History 1617 - Pocahontas (Rebecca Rolfe) died of either small pox or pneumonia while in England with her husband, John Rolfe. 1788 - The Great...
March 20 in Pop Culture History
March 20 in Pop Culture History 1345 - According to scholars at the University of Paris, the Black Death was created today, from what they called "a triple conjunction of...
March 19 in Pop Culture History
March 19 in Pop Culture History 1649 - The House of Commons of England abolished the House of Lords, declaring it 'useless and dangerous to the people of England'. 1842...
March 18 in Pop Culture History
March 18 in Pop Culture History 37 - Caligula was declared emperor of Rome. 1834 - The first US railroad tunnel was completed between Hollidaysburg and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 1850 -...
Saint Patrick The Man and The Legend
Very Little is actually known about Saint Patrick. His tale is shrouded in mystery and legend. What we do know comes to us by his own writing. There are two...
March 17 in Pop Culture History
March 17 in Pop Culture History 461 - Saint Patrick died in Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland. 1762 - The first Saint Patrick Parade was held by Irish soldiers serving in the...
March 16 in Pop Culture History
March 16 in Pop Culture History 1850 - Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter was published.1926 - American Robert H. Goddard launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket at Auburn, Massachusetts. It...
March 15 in Pop Culture History
March 15 in Pop Culture History 44 BC - Gaius Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate house, by 60 conspirators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and...
March 14 in Pop Culture History
March 14 in Pop Culture History 44 BC - Casca and Cassius decided that Mark Antony should stay alive durng the Caesar assassination the next day. 1794 - Eli Whitney...
March 13 in Pop Culture History
March 13 in Pop Culture History 1639 - Formerly 'New College," Harvard College was renamed after clergyman John Harvard. 1781 - German-born English astronomer William Hershel discovered Uranus. 1862 -...
March 12 in Pop Culture History
March 12 in Pop Culture History 1894 - Coca-Cola bottles were sold to the public for the first time, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. 1912 - The Girl Guides (later renamed the...
March 11 in Pop Culture History
March 11 in Pop Culture History 105 - Ts'ai Lun invented paper, in China. 1818 - Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by 21-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, was published. It is...
March 10 in Pop Culture History
March 10 in Pop Culture History 1804 - In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony was conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States,...
March 9 in Pop Culture History
March 9 in Pop Culture History 1611 - Johannes Fabricius, a Dutch astronomer, discovered sunspots. 1822 - Charles M. Graham of NY was issued the first US Patent (#X03472) for...
March 8 in Pop Culture History
March 8 in Pop Culture History 1618 - Johannes Kepler formulated his Third Law of Planetary Motion. 1669 - Mount Etna, on the island of Sicily, began erupting and over...
March 7 in Pop Culture History
March 7 in Pop Culture History 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell received his patent (#174,465) for the telephone. 1897 - Dr. John Kellogg served the world's first cornflakes to his...
March 6 in Pop Culture History
March 6 in Pop Culture History Silly Putty was introduced as a toy March 6, 1950 by Peter Hodgson. But was invented in 1943 by James Wright, who was working...
5 Non-Alcoholic St. Patrick’s Day Activities
While many people view St. Patrick’s Day as an excuse to wear green and overdrink, the holiday has stronger religious overtones in the U.S. which is a strongly Catholic country....
March 5 in Pop Culture History
March 5 in Pop Culture History 1223 BC - The oldest recorded eclipse occurred, in modern day Syria. 1558 - The tobacco plant was introduced into Spain by Francisco Fernandes,...
March 4 in Pop Culture History
March 4 in Pop Culture History 1519 - Hernán Cortés arrived in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth. 1789 - The federal government under the US...
World Wildlife Day, March Third
World Wild Life Day is a day that both wild plants and animals are celebrated and also a day to be aware of what human beings are doing to endanger...
March 3 in Pop Culture History
March 3 in Pop Culture History 1873 - US Congress passed the 'Comstock Law', making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail. 1885 -...
March 2 in Pop Culture History
March 2 in Pop Culture History 1657 - The Great Fire of Meireki in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, caused more than 100,000 deaths, and lasted three days 1807 - The...
The Peace Corp Established March 1, 1961
The Peace Corp was established by the Executive Order of President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961. It was authorized by congress on September 21 of the same year....
March 1 in Pop Culture History
March 1 in Pop Culture History 1692 - In Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba, an Indian slave from Barbados, were accused of...
Michelangelo Born March 6, 1475
Michelangelo Di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on March 6 1475 in Caprese Italy. His father worked for the government was called, soon after, to work in Florence and it...