A bit of March 1st history…

752 BC - Romulus, 1st king of Rome, celebrates the 1st Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following the Rape of the Sabine Women (pictured)

1781 - Continental Congress officially adopts the Articles of Confederation, the 1st constitution of the USA

1870 - War of the Triple Alliance finally ends with the Battle of Cerra Cora and the death of Paraguayan Dictator Lopez after 5 years of bloodshed between Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay

1872 - Yellowstone becomes world’s 1st national park

1896 - Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity

1932 - The “Lindbergh Kidnapping”, 20 month old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh kidnapped from home in NJ; found dead 12 May

1954 - US explodes Castle Bravo, a 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll, which accidentally became the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the US 

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A bit of July 12th history…

1630 - New Amsterdam’s governor buys Gull Island from the natives for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, later known as Ellis Island

1843 - Mormon leader Joseph Smith says God allows polygamy

1909 - 16th Amendment passed by congress - power to tax income (pictured)

1933 - US Congress passes 1st minimum wage law - 33 cents per hour

1979 - “Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey Park; fans go wild destroying disco records and cause White Sox to forfeit game

2013 - Malala Yousafzai addresses UN and calls for worldwide access to education

2017 - World’s largest iceberg breaks away from Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, about 6000 sq km in length