Today in History

Listings for Saturday, March 7, 2020.

Birthdays:


Events:
  • 1778 James Cook first sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay
  • 1848 In Hawaii, the Great Mahele (division of lands) is signed.
  • 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.
  • 1912 Roald Amundsen announces the discovery of the South Pole
  • 1926 First transatlantic telephone call (London-New York)
  • 1933 The game "Monopoly" is invented.
  • 1936 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland
  • 1962 US Orbiting Solar Observatory is launched.
  • 1981 Walter Cronkite's final CBS anchor appearance. Still unequaled.

That's all for today.



Today In History