Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 TODAY IN HISTORY: 1628 - The Massachusetts colony was founded by Englishmen. 1644 - 200 members of the Peking imperial family/court committed suicide. 1702 - Upon the death of William III of Orange, Anne Stuart, the sister of Mary, succeeds to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland. 1748 - The English Naturalization Act passed granting Jews right to colonize in the U.S. 1775 - Poland & Prussia signed a trade agreement. 1822 - The city of Boston, MA, was incorporated. 1831 - The first bank robbery in America was reported. The City Bank of New York City lost $245,000 in the robbery. 1859 - The opera Faust by Charles Gounod premiered in Paris. 1865 - The Battle of Bentonville took place. The Confederates retreated from Greenville, NC. 1866 - The immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sank in Liverpool killing 738. 1895 - The Los Angeles Railway was established to provide streetcar service. 1900 - U.S. President McKinley asserted that there was a need for free trade with Puerto Rico. 1903 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Cuban treaty, gaining naval bases in Guantanamo and Bahia Honda. 1915 - Pluto was photographed for the first time. However, it was not known at the time. 1917 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Adamson Act that made the eight-hour workday for railroads constitutional. 1918 - The U.S. Congress approved Daylight-Saving Time; A German seaplane was shot down for the first time by an American pilot. 1920 - The U.S. Senate rejected the Versailles Treaty for the second time maintaining an isolation policy. 1931 - The state of Nevada legalized gambling. 1945 - About 800 people were killed as Japanese kamikaze planes attacked the U.S. carrier Franklin off Japan. 1945 - Adolf Hitler issued his Nero Decree which ordered the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands as German forces were retreating. 1947 - Chiang Kai-Sheks government forces took control of Yenan, the former headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party. 1949 - The Soviet Peoples Council signed the constitution of the German Democratic Republic, and declared that the North Atlantic Treaty was merely a war weapon. 1953 - The Academy Awards aired on television for the first time. 1954 – First televised prize fight 1957 - Elvis Presley bought the mansion he called Graceland 1962 - Bob Dylan released his self-titled debut album 1965 - Indonesia nationalized all foreign oil companies; Rembrandts Titus sold for $7,770,000. 1968 - Students at Howard University students seized an administration building. 1972 - India and Bangladesh signed a friendship treaty. 1982 - Randy Rhoads died at the age of 25 in a plane crash. 1984 - A Mobile oil tanker spilled 200,000 gallons into the Columbia River. 1987 - Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned from the PTL due to a scandal involving Jessica Hahn 1990 - Latvias political opposition claimed victory in the republics first free elections in 50 years. 1994 - The largest omelet in history was made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: William Bradford 1590 (Baptism date) - Founder and Governor of Plymouth Colony Wyatt Earp 1848 - American gambler, sheriff and Deputy Town Marshal of Tombstone, AZ, he took part in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Gene Taylor 1929 - Jazz double bassist Ornette Coleman 1930 - Jazz saxophonist Paul Atkinson 1946 - Musician (The Zombies) Ruth Pointer 1946 - Singer (The Pointer Sisters) Glenn Close 1947 - Actress Chris Brubeck 1952 - Musician, composer Bruce Willis 1955 - Actor (Die Hard, The Sixth Sense) Derek Longmuir 1955 - (The Bay City Rollers) Terry Hall 1959 - (Specials) Gert Bettens 1970 - Musician (Ks Choice) Zach Lind 1976 - Musician (Jimmy Eat World)
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