Today in History
Listings for Thursday, March 7, 2019.
Birthdays:
- 1824 D. Codazzi --1873
- 1849 Luther Burbank, plant breeder
- 1872 Pieter Mondriaan
- 1875 Maurice Ravel, "Bolero"
- 1875 Maurice Ravel
- 1930 Lord Snowdon
- 1934 Willard Scott
- 1940 Daniel J. Travanti
- 1942 Tammy Faye Bakker
- 1960 Ivan Lendl
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.