This Week in History

MARCH 6

Michelle Gunn was born.

Mike McMahon was born.

1981 – Walter Cronkite, “the most trusted man in America,” retired from the CBS Evening News and was replaced by Dan Rather.

1997 – Queen Elizabeth II launched the first royal website.

MARCH 7

Joe Miller was born.

Kathy Stathis was born.

Anna Wolfe was born.

Lisa Kellachan was born.

1876 – Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone.

1945 – During World War II, U.S. troops crossed the bridge at Remagen, the first incursion into Germany by Allied forces.

MARCH 8

Gerry Casey was born.

Sharon Powell was born.

Patricia Murray was born.

1948 – The Supreme Court ruled that religious instruction in public schools violated the Constitution.

1965 – First U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam.

MARCH 9

Mary Boyle was born.

Rachel Tubridy was born.

Nicole Moriarty was born.

1841 – The Supreme Court ruled that the Amistad slaves were free.

MARCH 10

John Dwinell was born.

Jo Anne Alessi was born.

1864 – Ulysses S. Grant became commander of the Union armies during the Civil War.

1876 – The first telephone call (“Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.”) was made by Alexander Graham Bell.

MARCH 11

Jeanne Ferriola was born.

Joe Miller Sr. was born.

John Courtney was born.

1942 – General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines saying, “I shall return.”

1985 – Mikhail Gorbachev became head of the Soviet Union following the death of Konstantin Chernenko.

MARCH 12

Peter Brady was born.

Brian Gillen was born.

Mitch Coutu was born.

Peter Touros was born.

Brian Flanigan was born.

1930 – Mohandas Gandhi began his 200-mile march to protest the British salt tax.

1933 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the first of his nation-wide “fireside chats” on radio.