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1954 - WNBT-TV (now WNBC-TV), in New York, broadcast the first local color television commercials. The ad was Castro Decorators of New York City.
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On March 10, 1933, Nevada became the first U.S. state to regulate drugs...
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That's interesting. Booze, gambling and hookers, great! Little pot? Fuck you go to jail. |
On March 11, 1847, John Chapman, 'Johnny Appleseed,' died in Allen County, Indiana. This day became known as Johnny Appleseed Day...
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On March 12, 1985, Larry Bird, of the NBA’s Boston Celtics, scored a club-record 60 points against the Atlanta Hawks...
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ive never even noticed this thread before.
what the hell is wrong with me? pretty interesting stuff. gatta wait 3 days to see what happened to my special day though. |
On March 13, 1781, Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus...
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On March 14, 1914, Henry Ford announced the new continuous motion method to assemble cars. The process decreased the time to make a car from 12½ hours to 93 minutes...
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oh kickass. i knew that the assembly line made the production of cars faster, but i had no idea it was such an increase.
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On March 15, 1820, Maine was admitted as the 23rd state of the Union...
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On March 16, 1950, Congress voted to remove federal taxes on oleomargarine...
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On march 16th...
1802- Congress authorized the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. 1968- The My Lai Massacre occurred in Vietnam. 2006- A judge in Redwood City, Calif., sent Scott Peterson to death row for the slaying of his pregnant wife, Laci. 2007- Iraq's new parliament met briefly for the first time; lawmakers took the oath but did no business and adjourned after just 40 minutes. |
1968- The My Lai Massacre occurred in Vietnam.
what a monumental fuck-up... |
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Roger that. Oliver Stone is making a film about it, Pinkville. No doubt it will be historically accurate. |
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16 March 1964
Canada's first peacekeepers arrive in Cyprus to help calm tensions between hostile Greek Cypriots and the Turkish minority. 16 March 1704 A French-Indian force attacks and massacres the Massachusetts settlement of Deerfield, resulting in 47 killed and 111 taken prisoner. 16 March 1649 Twelve hundred Iroquois warriors make a dawn raid on the French mission at St. Ignace (just south-east of Midland, Ont.). The Hurons lose 400 men, women, and children for 10 Iroquois killed. |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1051718/ You'd think a a guy this stoned would come up with better stuff... Oliver Stone - Filmmaker of renowned movies JFK, Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July, pulled over by police officers for driving erratically and subsequently arrested when hash and painkillers were found in his car. - Source: San Francisco Chronicle, August 25, 1999 http://www.martyangelo.com/arrests_rich.htm |
On March 17, 1970, the U.S. Army charged 14 officers with suppression of facts in the My Lai massacre case...
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On March 18, 1909, Einar Dessau of Denmark used a short wave transmitter to become the first person to broadcast as a "ham" operator...
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1766- After months of American protests, Britain repealed the Stamp Act.
Proof that protests work? |
On March 19,1918, the U.S. Congress approved Daylight-Saving Time...
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On March 20, 1792, in Paris, the Legislative Assembly approved the use of the guillotine...
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On March 21, 1826, the Rensselaer School in Troy, NY, was incorporated. The school became known as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was the first engineering college in the U.S...
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On March 22, 1894, the first playoff competition for the Stanley Cup began. Montreal played Ottawa...
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On March 23, 1972, Evel Knievel broke 93 bones after successfully jumping 35 cars...
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On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez spilled 240,000 barrels (11 million gallons) of oil in Alaska's Prince William Sound after it ran aground...
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On March 25, 1901, the Mercedes was introduced by Daimler at the five-day "Week of Nice" in Nice, France...
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On March 26, 1885, Eastman Kodak (Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co.) produced the first commercial motion picture film in Rochester, NY...
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1885? Seriously? Would not have been the my guess. I wouldn't have even got the century correct. |
On March 27, 1884, the first long-distance telephone call was made from Boston to New York...
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On March 28, 1922, Bradley A. Fiske patented a microfilm reading device...
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On March 29, 1932, Jack Benny made his radio debut...
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On March 30, 1950, the invention of the phototransistor was announced...
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On March 31, 1831, Quebec and Montreal were incorporated as cities...
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On April 1, 1826, Samuel Mory patented the internal combustion engine...
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On April 2, 1972, Burt Reynolds appeared nude in "Cosmopolitan" magazine...
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On April 3, 1946, Lt. General Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed in the Philippines...
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this was all anyone had? bataan death march,aye? time for me to get a quick history lesson. |
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