March 31st ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 1889: The Eiffel Tower opened : The Eiffel Tower was dedicated in Paris on the 31st March 1889, in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower's designer, and attended by French Prime … Continue Reading ››
March 30th ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 1981: President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by a deranged drifter named John Hinckley Jr. on the 30th March 1981. The president had just finished addressing a labor meeting at the Washington … Continue Reading ››
March 29th ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 1973:U.S. withdraws from Vietnam : Two months after the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement, the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam as Hanoi freed the remaining American prisoners of … Continue Reading ››
March 28th ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 1979: Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island: The worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry began when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile … Continue Reading ››
March 27th ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 1998: FDA approved Viagra: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of the drug Viagra, an oral medication that treats impotence, on the 27th March 1998. Sildenafil is the chemical name for Viagra, the artificial compound that was originally synthesized and studied to … Continue Reading ››
March 26th ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 1979: Israel-Egyptian peace agreement signed: In a ceremony at the White House, Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed a historic peace agreement on the 26th March 1979, ending three decades of hostilities between Egypt and Israel and establishing diplomatic … Continue Reading ››
March 25th ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 1911: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York City: One of the darkest moments of America's industrial history happened on the 25th March 1911 when the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burnt down, killing 145 workers. The tragedy led to the development of a … Continue Reading ››
March 24th ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 1839: OK enters national vernacular: The initials "O.K." were first published in The Boston Morning Post on the 24th March 1839. It was meant as an abbreviation for "oll correct", a popular slang misspelling of "all correct" at the time, OK steadily made its way into the everyday speech … Continue Reading ››
March 23rd ~ This Day in History video by Associated Press ~ Patrick Henry declares, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" | German parliament granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers | President Reagan proposed the anti-nuke 'Star Wars' program | The movie 'Titanic' won 11 Oscars on the 23rd March