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Today is March 30th, there are 279 days remaining in the year. 1842 Anesthesia was used for the first time in an operation. 1856 The…

Today is March 29.  There are 280 days remaining in the year. 1848 For the first time in recorded history, Niagara Falls stopped flowing. An…

March 25, 2016.  There are 281 days left in this year. 1634 Maryland was founded by settlers sent by the late Lord Baltimore. 1894 Jacob…

March 24, 2016.  There are 282 days left in the year. 1603 Queen Elizabeth I died at age 69 after ruling England for more than…

Today is March 23, 2016.  There are 283 days left in the year. 1775 Patrick Henry declared “Give me liberty, or give me death.” 1806…

Today is March 22, 2016 1765 The Stamp Act was enacted on the American colonies by Britain. 1820 U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed…

March 18 1584 Russian czar Ivan IV, or Ivan “The Terrible,” died at age 53. 1766 After months of American protests, Britain repealed the Stamp…

1521 Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines. 1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter was published. 1926 The first liquid-fuel rocket was successfully launched by Prof.…

March 15 44 B.C. On the “Ides of March,” Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the senate house by a group of conspirators led…

Today in History, March 11 1861 The Confederate States of America adopted its constitution. 1888 A torrential rainstorm hit the East Coast. The rain turned…