A bit of March 26th history…
127 - Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy begins his observations of the heavens (pictured)
1484 - William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop’s Fables
1812 - Earthquake measuring 7.7 on Richter scale destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela and kills 15,000 - 20,000 people
1820 - Future Mormon church leader Joseph Smith has his “First Vision” in wooded area of NY, according to Mormon scholars
1845 - Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precursor of band-aid
1942 - 1st “Eichmann Transport” to Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps
1997 - 39 bodies found in the Heaven’s Gate cult suicides
2020 - US charges Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and other officials with “narco-terrorism by flooding the US with drugs
A bit of March 26th history… 127 - Greek astronomer and...