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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

March 3 - This Day in History

March 3:  1887
Helen Keller meets her miracle worker
On this day in 1887, Anne Sullivan begins teaching six-year-old Helen Keller, who lost her sight and hearing after a severe illness at the age of 19 months. Under Sullivan's tutelage, including her pioneering "touch teaching" techniques, the previously uncontrollable Keller flourished, eventually... read more »
American Revolution
1776
Silas Deane embarks on secret mission to France »
Automotive
2009
Super-luxurious Maybach Zeppelin goes on sale »
Civil War
1865
Freedman's Bureau created »
Cold War
1952
Supreme Court rules on communist teachers »
Crime
1873
Congress bans sending obscene materials through the mail »
Disaster
1974
Faulty door dooms plane »
General Interest
1820
Congress passes the Missouri Compromise »
1863
Congress passes Civil War conscription act »
1918
Russia makes a separate peace »
1931
"The Star-Spangled Banner" becomes official »
1991
Police brutality caught on video »
Hollywood
1915
Birth of a Nation opens in New York »
Literary
1926
James Merrill is born »
Music
1875
George Bizet's Carmen premieres in Paris »
Old West
1879
United States Geological Survey created »
Presidential
1845
Congress overrides presidential veto for first time »
1877
Rutherford B. Hayes is inaugurated in a private ceremony »
Sports
1875
First indoor game of ice hockey »
Vietnam War
1965
U.S. jets bomb Ho Chi Minh Trail »
1971
U.S. 5th Special Forces Group withdraws »
World War I
1918
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk concluded »
World War II
1945
Finland declares war on Germany »

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