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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 2014
Page
17
On March 9 to 15 notable anniversaries include 1847 Veracruz amphibious assault in Mexico. 1959 Barbie debut at the New York Toy Fair. 2004 John Allen Muhammad sentenced to death in Virginia. 2011 space shuttle Discovery final flight completion.
On March 10 1864 Lincoln signed Ulysses S Grant to command the U S Army. In 1876 Bell spoke the first intelligible telephone words Mr Watson come here I want to see you. In 1969 James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to MLK assassination. In 1971 the Senate passed the 26th Amendment lowering voting age to 18.
Key events include William Herschel’s discovery of Uranus in 1781, Eli Whitney's cotton gin patent in 1794, and the 1900 Gold Standard Act signing by McKinley. Other items mark the 1865 Confederate use of slave troops, 1925 Tennessee bans on teaching evolution, the 1942 start of the War Dog Program, the 1950 FBI Ten Most Wanted list, Bush’s 1989 assault rifle ban, and Gorbachev’s 1990 Soviet presidency.
In 1861 delegates from seven states adopt the Constitution of the Confederate States of America. The Great Blizzard of 1888 kills 400 across the Northeast. In 2004 terrorist bombs explode on Madrid commuter trains, killing 191 during rush hour.
On this date in 44 B C Julius Caesar fell to Brutus and others in Rome. In 1820 Maine joined the United States as the 23rd state. In 1916 Woodrow Wilson ordered troops into Mexico to pursue Pancho Villa. In 1985 Symbolics registered the first Internet domain name. In 1989 the Veterans Administration became the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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