Post by MacBeth on Mar 4, 2009 7:01:48 GMT -5
In 1681, England's King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn for an area of land that later became Pennsylvania.
In 1789, the Constitution of the United States went into effect as the first Federal Congress met in New York. (The lawmakers then adjourned for lack of a quorum.)
In 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
In 1809, James Madison was sworn into office as the fourth president of the United States. (The occasion marked the first time an inaugural ball was held the evening after the swearing-in.)
In 1858, Sen. James Henry Hammond, D-S.C., declared "Cotton is king" in a speech to the U.S. Senate.
In 1861, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States. The "Stars and Bars" is formally adopted as the flag of the Confederate States of America.
In 1902, the American Automobile Association was founded in Chicago.
In 1909, William Howard Taft took the oath of office as the 27th president of the United Sates.
In 1917, Republican Jeanette Rankin of Montana took her seat as the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 1929, Herbert Hoover was inaugurated as the 31st president of the United States.
In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt took office as America's 32nd president; the start of President Roosevelt's first administration brought with it the first woman to serve in the Cabinet: Labor Secretary Frances Perkins.
In 1987, President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation on the Iran-Contra affair, acknowledging his overtures to Iran had "deteriorated" into an arms-for-hostages deal.
In 1989, Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. announced plans for a huge media merger.
In 1991, the U.S. Army destroys an Iraqi bunker holding 7 tons of sarin nerve gas. It is later determined that 24,000 troops in the 82nd Airborne may have been adversely affected by this toxin release.
In 1997, President Bill Clinton barred spending federal money on human cloning.
In 1999, outraging Italian authorities, a military jury in North Carolina cleared a Marine pilot of charges he was flying recklessly when his jet sliced through a ski gondola cable in the Alps, sending 20 people plunging to their deaths.
In 2004, Mounir el Motassadeq, convicted in Germany in connection with the 9/11 attacks, won a retrial from an appeals court. (El Motassadeq was later convicted of helping three of the suicide hijackers and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, the maximum possible under German law.)
In 2008, Republican John McCain clinched his party's presidential nomination. Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton won primary victories in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island, while Barack Obama prevailed in Vermont.
In 1789, the Constitution of the United States went into effect as the first Federal Congress met in New York. (The lawmakers then adjourned for lack of a quorum.)
In 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
In 1809, James Madison was sworn into office as the fourth president of the United States. (The occasion marked the first time an inaugural ball was held the evening after the swearing-in.)
In 1858, Sen. James Henry Hammond, D-S.C., declared "Cotton is king" in a speech to the U.S. Senate.
In 1861, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States. The "Stars and Bars" is formally adopted as the flag of the Confederate States of America.
In 1902, the American Automobile Association was founded in Chicago.
In 1909, William Howard Taft took the oath of office as the 27th president of the United Sates.
In 1917, Republican Jeanette Rankin of Montana took her seat as the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 1929, Herbert Hoover was inaugurated as the 31st president of the United States.
In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt took office as America's 32nd president; the start of President Roosevelt's first administration brought with it the first woman to serve in the Cabinet: Labor Secretary Frances Perkins.
In 1987, President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation on the Iran-Contra affair, acknowledging his overtures to Iran had "deteriorated" into an arms-for-hostages deal.
In 1989, Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. announced plans for a huge media merger.
In 1991, the U.S. Army destroys an Iraqi bunker holding 7 tons of sarin nerve gas. It is later determined that 24,000 troops in the 82nd Airborne may have been adversely affected by this toxin release.
In 1997, President Bill Clinton barred spending federal money on human cloning.
In 1999, outraging Italian authorities, a military jury in North Carolina cleared a Marine pilot of charges he was flying recklessly when his jet sliced through a ski gondola cable in the Alps, sending 20 people plunging to their deaths.
In 2004, Mounir el Motassadeq, convicted in Germany in connection with the 9/11 attacks, won a retrial from an appeals court. (El Motassadeq was later convicted of helping three of the suicide hijackers and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, the maximum possible under German law.)
In 2008, Republican John McCain clinched his party's presidential nomination. Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton won primary victories in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island, while Barack Obama prevailed in Vermont.