Today in History

Listings for Monday, March 16, 2020.

Birthdays:


Events:
  • Return of long-billed curlews to Umatilla, Oregon
  • 1621 First Indian appears at Plymouth, Massachusets
  • 1802 Law signed to establish US Military Academy at West Point, NY
  • 1827 First US black newspaper, Freedom's Journal, New York
  • 1916 US and Canada sign Migratory Bird Treaty
  • 1926 Robert Goddard launches first liquid fuel rocket - 184 feet
  • 1935 Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty
  • 1966 Gemini 8 launched with 2 astronauts
  • 1975 US Mariner 10 makes 3rd, and final, fly-by of Mercury.

That's all for today.



Today In History