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MARCH 15 — 1767 Happy Birthday Andrew Jackson; 1892 Jesse Reno patents escalator; 1999 Brides of March begin in San Francisco; 1978 Happy birthday Coney Island hot dog eating legend Takeuru Kobyashi MARCH 15  1767 Happy Birthday Andrew Jackson; 1892

MARCH 14 — 1950 J. Edgar Hoover debuts FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list; 1800 Happy Birthday James Bogordus (invented cast-iron building); 1794 Eli Whitney patents cotton gin; 1776 Alexander Hamilton names commander of artillery company; MUSIC: Michael Jackson performs last

MARCH 13 — 1798 Happy birthday First Lady Abigail Fillmore; 1962 McNamara reject Operation: Northwood;  BASKETBALL: 1960 Wilt Chamberlin gets 53 points, 1965 Boston Celtics become 1st NBA team to win 61 games in one season, 1996 Princeton upsets UCLA

MARCH 12 — 1947 Truman Doctrine announced; 2005 Monty Reed breaks record for greatest distance travelled with an exoskeleton; 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act; 1972 Creedence Clearwater split up MARCH 12 1947 – Truman Doctrine is announced. With this doctrine, President

MARCH 11 — 1862 Lincoln relieves Gen. McLellan of command as General-In-Chief; 1888 Great Blizzard of 1888; 1901 “Chief Tokohama” signed to Baltimore Orioles; 1941 FDR signs Lend Lease Act; SPORTS: Weber State beats N. Carolina in 1st round of

MARCH 10 — 1933 Long Beach Earthquake;  INVENTION/PATENTS: 1902 U.S. Appellate Court rules Edison did not invent movie camera, 1903 Harry Gammeter develops early copy machine, 1891 Almon Strowger patents telephone circuit switching, 1849 Lincoln becomes only president to file

MARCH 9 — 1847 Siege of Veracruz; INVENTIONS/PATENTS: 1858 Albert Potts patents mailbox, 1822 Charles Graham invents dentures; 1974 Ihroo Onada surrenders to Allied powers 29 years after WWII; 1970 Happy Birthday Barbie Doll; 1995 Jazz trumpeter Don Cherry dies

MARCH 9 — 1995 Ed Barneys, convinced Amcerica bacon and eggs are healthy, dies at 103; 1820 Missouri Compromise passed; 1970 Happy Birthday Barbie Doll; 1995 Jazz trumpeter Don Cherry dies MARCH 9 1995 Bernays, The Father of Public Relations,

MARCH 8 — 1971 Rainer uncovers FBI’s COINTELPRO; 1962 CSS Virginia wreaks havoc on Union Navy; 1817 NY Stock Exchange founded; SPORTS: 2006 New Orleans Pelicans play for first time since Katrina, 1999 R.I.P. Joe DiMaggio MARCH 8 1971 –

MARCH 7 -1999 RIP Director Extraordinaire Stanley Kubrick; INVENTION/PATENTS: 1985 R.I.P. William Farris (papermilk carton), 1854 Charles Miller (sewing machine buttonholes), 1876 Bell patents telephone; 1850 Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850; 1985 a-ha becomes first Norwegian band to top