On This Day In History
This week in Ukraine, 25 works by revered national artist Maria Prymachenko were apparently burned, along with other contents of the Ivankiv Historical Museum. "I bow down before the artistic miracle of this brilliant Ukrainian," said Picasso. https://t.co/Kh0rfGbMdT pic.twitter.com/1UPgdHJt5l
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) March 3, 2022
On this day in 1819, Congress allocated funds to "civilize" Native American people and force Native children to replace their tribal cultures with white Christianity. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/dJvEIDCjb8
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) March 3, 2022
March 4th
1238 Battle of the Sit River: Mongol forces of Batu Khan overcome Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal near Yaroslavl in Russia, ending Russian resistance
1801 Thomas Jefferson is the first US President to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
1861 Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the 16th US President
1902 American Automobile Association (AAA) founded in Chicago
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated as 32nd US President, pledges to pull US out of the Depression, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself”
1936 1st flight of the airship Hindenburg at Friedrichshafen, Germany
2009 International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur becoming the first sitting head of state to be indicted
Did You Know?
"Happy Birthday To You" published by Claydon Sunny
Today in History in 1924
Would You Believe?
US President Zachary Taylor delays his swearing-in and inauguration ceremony for one day due to religious reasons, rising to the false belief by some that Senator David Atchison (President pro tempore) technically assumed the office of President for one day
Today in History in 1849
This day 215 years ago – 4 March 1804 – the Castle Hill convict rebellion took place in New South Wales (present-day Australia).
233 prisoners – led by Philip Cunningham – escaped and tried to sail to Ireland.
Nine rebel leaders were executed after the rebellion was suppressed. pic.twitter.com/onTNmRkTkE
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) March 4, 2019
On #WorldEngineeringDay we remember Alice Parker, inventor of a central heating system fuelled by gas. Patented in 1919, it was a precursor to the systems widely used in the US today. https://t.co/kCNd2CisrS pic.twitter.com/vtGijbm2Fe
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) March 4, 2022
On this day in 1921, a white lynch mob hunting a Black man saw a different Black man walking down a road and killed him instead. The mob claimed mistaken identity and faced no punishment. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/rZjQ9JD8kQ
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) March 4, 2022
March 5th
363 Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign that brings about his own death
1046 Persian scholar Naser Khosrow begins the 7 year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama
1496 English King Henry VII grants John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) a commission to explore for new lands
1770 Boston Massacre (Incident on King Street): British soldiers kill 5 men in a crowd throwing snowballs, stones and sticks at them. African American Crispus Attucks 1st to die; later held up as early black martyr. Massacre galvanizes anti-British feelings.
1946 Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech in Fulton, Missouri, popularizes the term and draws attention to the division of Europe
Did You Know?
Smoking tobacco introduced into Europe by Spanish physician Francisco Fernandes
Today in History in 1558
Would You Believe?
1st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11
Today in History in 1841
This day 152 years ago - 5 March 1867 - risings took place in Dublin, Cork city and Limerick, organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood and Fenian Brotherhood.
In Tallaght, hundreds of Fenians clashed with members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, ending in a firefight. pic.twitter.com/ndvUKbwEyh
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) March 5, 2019
In March 2020, Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari was awarded the Jane Drew prize for her humanitarian work. After the Pakistan earthquake of 2005, the retiree returned to work to focus on 'barefoot social architecture' for poor communities. https://t.co/6k5o0EByhO
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) March 5, 2022
On this day in 1959, twenty-one Black teenagers burned to death in a building fire at a segregated and neglected “reform” school in Arkansas, after being left alone and locked inside their dorm. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/fMwHK8yJWO
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) March 5, 2022
March 6th
1479 Treaty of Alcaçovas: Portugal gives the Canary Islands to Castile in exchange for claims in West Africa
1836 Battle of the Alamo: After 13 days of fighting 1,500-3,000 Mexican soldiers overwhelm the Texan defenders, killing 182-257 Texans including William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett
1857 Dred Scott Decision: US Supreme Court rules Africans cannot be US citizens
1869 Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table of the elements to the Russian Chemical Society
1899 "Aspirin" (acetylsalicylic acid) patented by Felix Hoffmann at German company Bayer
Did You Know?
World's oldest message in a bottle found in Western Australia, thrown from German ship Paula 132 years ago (12 June 1886)
Today in History in 2018
Would You Believe?
Police in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, issue an edict requiring Women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee
Today in History in 1921
This day 17 years ago – 6 March 2002 – Irish voters narrowly rejected - by 50.42% - a proposal to remove the threat of suicide as grounds for legal abortion.
Had it passed, abortion would have only been allowed if the woman's life was at risk “other than by self-destruction.” pic.twitter.com/YKgiS9mHyX
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) March 6, 2019
This day 102 years ago – 6 March 1918 – John Redmond died, aged 61.
Though opposed to partition, which he described as “an abomination,” Redmond faced criticism for encouraging Irishmen to fight in the First World War, “for the future welfare and integrity of the Irish nation.” pic.twitter.com/2NFHBmpFnT
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) March 6, 2020
This day 86 years ago – 6 March 1935 – Ronnie Delany was born in Arklow, Co Wicklow.
Delany is considered by many to be Ireland's greatest Olympian, after winning a gold medal in the 1,500 metres at Melbourne Cricket Ground in December 1956, setting a new record in the process. pic.twitter.com/rGQPzHYDs6
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) March 6, 2021
In March 1999, excavations in London uncovered the lead coffin of a woman buried there in the late 4th century CE. Brought up in Rome itself and buried with expensive silks and perfumes, the unnamed woman is by far the highest-status burial known from Roman Londinium. pic.twitter.com/6CDY2telFA
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) March 6, 2022
On this day in 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Black people were not American citizens and could not sue in American courts of law. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/YmyqmfUGR7
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) March 6, 2022
Georgia O'Keeffe: Born November 15 1887. Died March 6 1986.
The trailer for the new “Georgia O’Keeffe” exhibition is out.
The exhibition highlights O’Keeffe’s way of looking at her surroundings and translating them into new and hitherto unseen images of reality – at times almost abstract, at times close to their model in nature. pic.twitter.com/7Tjxb7WfP8
— Fondation Beyeler (@Fond_Beyeler) January 27, 2022