This Week in History

MARCH 2

1962 – Philadelphia Warriors’ center, Wilt Chamberlain, scored an NBA-record 100 points in a basketball game.

2001- The Taliban began the destruction of ancient Buddha statues in Afghanistan.

MARCH 3

Joseph Manno was born.

Brian Blum was born.

Katelyn Lawler was born.

Lee Ann Ferriola was born.

1845 – Florida became the 27th state.

1931 – The “Star-Spangled Banner” was adopted as the national anthem.

MARCH 4

Joan Roughneen Donohue was born.

Ed Wilkinson was born.

1789- The Constitution of the United States went into effect.

1861 – Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated.

MARCH 5

1770 – The Boston Massacre, a pre-Revolutionary incident that grew out of anger towards British troops, occurred. Five anti-British rioters were killed.

1933 – In the last free elections in Germany until after World War II, the Nazi Party received 44% of the vote.

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.

1950 – The Soviet Union claimed to be in possession of the atomic bomb.

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