Todays Highlights in History: 1603 - Scottish king James VI son of Mary Queen of Scots, becomes King James I of England in succession to Elizabeth I, thus joining the English and Scottish crowns. 1721 – Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Christian Ludwig, margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg concertos, 1832 – In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith. 1900 – Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground Rapid Transit Railroad that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn. 1920 - 1st US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) 1958 – RockNRoll idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army. 1962 - Mick Jagger & Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue & Blue Boys 1964 - Kennedy half-dollar issued 1972 - Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:19:19 +0000
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