Recent Memorial Pages by This_Day_In_History, 201-220

• Today In History- March 29

  Construction authorized of Great National Pike becoming the first United States federal highway.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 159 views

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• Today In History- March 28

  Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 156 views

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• Today In History- March 27

  Andrew Jackson is censured by the U.S. Senate for his actions regarding the U.S. National Bank.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 112 views

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• Today In History- March 26

  World War II: In Poland, Auschwitz receives its first female prisoners.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 263 views

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• Today In History- March 25

  The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 158 views

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• Today In History- March 24

  The United Kingdom imposes "Direct Rule" over Northern Ireland.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 140 views

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• Today In History- March 23

  The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of one of the first successful airplanes.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 213 views

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• Today In History- March 22

  Margaret Thatcher puts down Early Day Motion censuring the government, leading to disolving Labour Party.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 141 views

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• Today In History- March 21

  World War I: Second Battle of the Somme begins.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 192 views

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• Today In History- March 20

  Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 176 views

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• Today In History- March 19

  The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 166 views

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• Today In History- March 18

  American Revolution: British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 121 views

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• Today In History- March 17

  President Eisenhower signs National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 129 views

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• Today In History- March 16

  The United States Military Academy at West Point is established.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 123 views

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• Today In History- March 15

  Tsar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian throne and his brother the Grand Duke becomes Tsar.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 118 views

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• Today In History- March 14

  The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 128 views

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• Today In History- March 13

  Scopes Trial: A law in Tennessee prohibits the teaching of evolution.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 122 views

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• Today In History- March 12

  The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 176 views

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• Today In History- March 11

  World War II: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 155 views

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• Today In History- March 10

  Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 132 views

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