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I did a search, and there are many thread titles that are similar to this, but Im wanting to do a thread unlike the others.
In the past the others have been about a specific day and that's it...well, yeah, this will sort of too. But, difference is that I want to keep it rolling.

When I was in college I had to do a semester of student teaching (basically I did the job but no pay! lol) but before that I had to go to a different school and observe other teachers. One of those that I observed was a vet that taught when I was in high school (it was neat being back in the school that I graduated from), and he did a powerpoint each day with tidbits of information each day, bits of history from that day. Now, much of it was HISTORY like I teach in my class, but some was just fun stuff like Jordan winning his 6th championship or something, something to hook the kids, get a conversation started.
I loved it and I do it now.

Why not share some stuff here and get conversation going here too.
I might miss some days here and there, or maybe you have/know something I dont post - TELL ME!

But, yeah, lets roll!

March 27th
First cherry blossom trees are planted in DC, gifts from Japan - 1912.
Massacre of Texans by the Mexican army at Goliad - 1836.
 
Huh! I did a history search for today and discovered Pope Clement V excommunicated the entire city of Venice (the entire population) in 1309.

In a war with Venice and their Doge Pietro Gradeningo over political control of Ferrara in Italy, Pope Clement V issued an excommunication of the entire city of Venice on 27 March 1309 – an ecclesiastical penalty that would not be lifted until 17 February 1313.

Clement decreed not only that the Venetians were to be considered outside of the Church but also annulled trade agreements and religious services. When the excommunication failed to convince Venice to accept Papal control of Ferrara, a crusade against Venice would be ordered a few months later.

At this time, ecclesiastical penalties such as excommunication or interdict, the prohibition on the celebration of sacraments in a particular area, were seen as effective means of encouraging a population to persuade its leaders to change their ways and accept papal demands.

Due to the problems caused by the animosity of the papacy and the threats of other Italian city states who wished to take advantage of the pope’s crusade, the citizens of Venice rebelled against their Doge/leader. However, attempts to overthrow the Venetian government failed and contributed to the establishment of the Council of Ten as an emergency, but eventually permanent, government for the city state.

The death of the Doge and willingness of the new Venetian leadership to accept Papal control over Ferrara brought about the lifting of the excommunication. Indeed, when Doge Pietro Gradeningo died religious burials were prohibited by the excommunication and he would be laid in an unmarked grave.
 
Salvation Army organized in US, 1885.
Nazis order a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools, 1933.
Dwight D Eisenhower dies, 1969.
Three Mile Island meltdown in PA, 1979.
 
John Tyler, 10th US President, born 1790.
Cy Young born one of the best pitchers ever, 1867.
US buys Alaska from Russia for $7.2M, 1867.
Coca Cola first goes on sale, at a drugstore in ATL, 1886.
The 23rd amendment, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to vote for president, is ratified, 1961.
 
I have a book on Naval history that lists "this day" by dates for notable US Navy events.

March 29, 1985: Navy awards McDonnel-Douglas contract for F/A-18

March 19, 1844: Uriah Levy, first Jewish captain and flag officer, promoted to captain. Notable for abolishing flogging, also court-martialed 6 times due to antisemitism in the Navy. Outside of the Navy, he bought and restored Monticello in 1834.
 
Vincent Van Gogh born, 1853.
Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patents the pencil with an eraser attached on one end, 1858.
The 15th amendment, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race, passes, 1870.
The German Afrika Korps under General Erwin Rommel begins its first offensive against British forces in Libya, 1941.
President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded in Washington, D.C. by John W. Hinckley Jr, 1981.
Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers is bought for $39.85 million, 1987.
 
Chuckman said:
I have a book on Naval history that lists "this day" by dates for notable US Navy events.

March 29, 1985: Navy awards McDonnel-Douglas contract for F/A-18

March 19, 1844: Uriah Levy, first Jewish captain and flag officer, promoted to captain. Notable for abolishing flogging, also court-martialed 6 times due to antisemitism in the Navy. Outside of the Navy, he bought and restored Monticello in 1834.
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Uriah Levy was quite the man.
 
April 2, US Navy history:

1781
During the American Revolution, the Continental frigate Alliance, commanded by John Barry, captures the British privateers Mars and Minerva off the coast of France.

1916
Lt. R.C. Saufley sets an altitude record for a Navy aircraft, 16,072 feet in a Curtiss pusher type hydroplane at Pensacola, Fla., bettering the record he set on March 29 that was set with a record of 16,010 feet.

1951
Two F9F-2B Panthers of VF-191, each loaded with four 250- and two 100-pound general-purpose bombs, are catapulted from USS Princeton (CV 37) for an attack on a railroad bridge near Songjin, North Korea. This mission is the first US Navy use of a jet fighter as a bomber.
 
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The Winners write the spel-chek programs!
 
Boss Tweed born
Marlon Brando born
Union forces occupy Confederate capital in Richmond, 1865
Jesse James killed, 1882
Killer of Lindbergh baby is executed
Marshall Plan signed, 1948
 
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@HMP , I really enjoy these thread. Thanks! BB
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Sir I do it daily with my kids, try to use it for a jumping off point in class.
Even for the kids who dont care about history, we can find something they'll find interesting (a musician's birth, sports legend or something)
 
born:
Thaddeus Stevens
Dorthea Dix
Maya Angelou

President William Henry Harrison, aged 68, becomes the first president to die in office, just a month after being sworn in, 1841
MLK assassinated
Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's record
 
Raphael born, 1483
Sacajawea born, 1786
Merle Haggard, 1937

1862 - Confederate forces attack Grant at Shiloh
1917 - US declares war on Germany, enters WW1
 
1607: An expedition led by Captain Christopher Newport* arrived at the Spanish colony of Puerto Rico for supplies before continuing on their journey. On May 14, they went ashore and founded Jamestown, Virginia, as the first permanent English colony in America. (*point of trivia: Newport is a relative).

1789: The first U.S. Congress began regular sessions at the Federal Hall in New York City.

1830 - Joseph Smith and five others organized the Mormon Church in western New York. (I did not know that it was founded in New York).

1862: Naval gunfire from gunboats Tyler and Lexington protect the advanced river flank of Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army at the Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing), kicking off the battle of Shiloh.

1865 - At the Battle of Sayler's Creek, a third of Lee's army was cut off by Union troops pursuing him to Appomattox.

1896 - The first modern Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece.

1909 - Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson claimed to be the first men to reach the North Pole.

1938 - The United States recognized the German conquest of Austria.

1941 - German forces invaded Greece and Yugoslavia.

1965 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorized the use of ground troops in combat operations in Vietnam.

1968: USS New Jersey (BB 62) is recommissioned for shore bombardment duty at Vietnam.
 
Chuckman said:
1830 - Joseph Smith and five others organized the Mormon Church in western New York. (I did not know that it was founded in New York).
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Same, but I knew they moved to Illinois, faced persecution there (Smith was killed there) and then traveled further westward to Utah where most will reside.
 
HMP said:
Same, but I knew they moved to Illinois, faced persecution there (Smith was killed there) and then traveled further westward to Utah where most will reside.
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What I know about Mormons and the CLDS would fit in a thimble. I also recently found out that the CLDS holds the largest genealogy research archive/database in the world, and not 'just' for Mormons, but for everyone.
 
Chuckman said:
What I know about Mormons and the CLDS would fit in a thimble. I also recently found out that the CLDS holds the largest genealogy research archive/database in the world, and not 'just' for Mormons, but for everyone.
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Interesting, didnt know that.
I kne a little, very, because we mention the Mormon trail in school.
But I had a friend, coworker, at Home Depot, Alan, he was Mormon, and I learned a little through him...not much though, I didnt pry and he wasnt the type to just ramble about religion.
Good guy. He left Winston and moved out to Nebraska for a while (His family moved out there), then he moved to, take a WILD guess..., UTAH! ha
He's out in Utah now, married (to one woman, theyve pretty much all given up the polygamy thing), and just finished up his college degree in construction management and working on construction sites and riding dirtbikes.
Good dude, wish he was still around. He liked to tinker and stuff and we'd chat about that, that and books.
 
HMP said:
Same, but I knew they moved to Illinois, faced persecution there (Smith was killed there) and then traveled further westward to Utah where most will reside.
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I'm pretty sure Smith's prophecy is where the phrase "Talking out of your hat" came from.
 
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WHO formed, 1948
Teapot Dome Scandal begins - Albert Fall starts leasing gov lands/oil fields to a private company, 1922
US recovers lost hydrogen bomb in the Mediterranean Sea after three were dropped from a plane in a mid-air crash, 1966
Beginning of the Rwandan Genocide, 1994
 
17thA ratified, 1913
Hank Aaron breaks Ruth's record, 715 home runs, 1974.
 
Chuckman said:
What I know about Mormons and the CLDS would fit in a thimble. I also recently found out that the CLDS holds the largest genealogy research archive/database in the world, and not 'just' for Mormons, but for everyone.
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Which is, in part, how Ancestry started. It's a little convoluted but lots of Mormons involved. There was a genealogy side, which the CLDS has always had. And a company that wanted to digitize the CLDS records. They merged and took on the Ancestry name.
 
I had to go to work today.
Bummer.

Hugh Hefner born

1731 - start of War of Jenkin's Ear
1865 - Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse
1970 - Paul McCartney announces the breakup of the Beatles
 
Francis Perkins born, 1880
Jackie Robinson becomes first black man to play major league ball, 1947.
Titanic begins it's voyage, 1912
 
Sad thing is, there probably won’t be one damned word mentioned about it on any of the local newscasts.

I shot an email to my local stations, asking if they were going to cover this in their evening newscast...I ain’t holding my breath.:mad:

EDIT: Well, well, well...WGHP Fox 8 said it will be covered in their 6:00 newscast.
 
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