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MARCH 61820 – President Monroe signs the Missouri Compromise. According to the Library of Congress, In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri

MARCH 5 — 1770 Boston Massacre; ;1804 New Orleans Gov. Calvo warns New Spain about Lewis and Clarke;  2011 Patriotic concert at Madison Square Garden MARCH 5 1770 – The Boston Massacre. Back in 1765 when the Stamp Act was

MARCH 5 — 1770 Boston Massacre;1804 President Washington retires from office, opens world’s largest whiskey distillery; 2008Gilroy Gardens purchased by its California city MARCH 5 1770 – The Boston Massacre. Back in 1765 when the Stamp Act was enforced into

MARCH 4 — 1850 The Great Triumvirate (Clay, Calhoun, Webster) debate slavery; Pre-1933 Inauguration Day: 1933 FDR elected first term; 1829 Andy Jackson’s inaugural community event at White House; 1841 Pres. William Henry Harrison gives deathly boring inaugural speech (literally);

MARCH 4 — Pre-1933 Inauguration Day: 1933 FDR elected first term; 1829 Andy Jackson’s inaugural community event at White House; 1841 Pres. William Henry Harrison gives deathly boring inaugural speech (literally) + + MARCH 4 Big Inauguration Day. I know

MARCH 3 — 1931 Star Spangled Banner becomes America’s national anthem; I1884 Legal Tender Act is upheld in Juliard V Greenman; 1847 Happy Birthday Alexander Graham Bell; 1887 Helen Keller meets Anne Sullivan; 1999 Music professor tries to sue Smashing

MARCH 2 -1749 Happy birthday Revolution Spy Austin Roe (the Paul Revere of Long Island); 1769 Happy birthday politician DeWitt Clinton (Eerie Canal mastermind) 11877 Compromise gives 1876 Presidential Election to Rudd Hayes;  SPORTS: 1951 1st NBA All-Star game; 1962

MARCH 1 — 1833 Pres. Jackson and South Carolina come to a head in the Nullification Crisis; 1964 Comic character Winter Soldier is killed; 1803 Ohio joins Union as 17th state; SPORTS: 1996 Lenny Wilkins sets NBA record, 1986 Earle

FEBRUARY 29 — 1932 Alfalfa Murray appears on cover of Time Magazine; 1960 Hugh Hefner opens Playboy Mansion in Chicago; 1780 Benjamin Franklin opens Omicron Delta Omega fraternity; MUSIC: Bing Crosby teams up with Mills Bros, 1980 Items from Buddy

FEBRUARY 28 –1754 Happy birthday Revolutionary spy Benjamin Tallmadge; 1893 Edward Acheson patents carborundum; 1867 U.S. and Vatican sever ties FEBRUARY 28