On this day in history...

[jcc522]

Should have started this thread on 1/1 but lets try to post something everyday for the rest of the year. I'll start.

On this day in 1851, Congress authorized the 3-cent piece. It was the smallest U.S. silver coin.

[K270]

On this day in 1873 Congress bans sending obscene materials through the mail.

[Tiduwho]

Originally Posted by K270

On this day in 1873 Congress bans sending obscene materials through the mail.

Didn't they think to include email?

[LadyMadonna68]

1982 - jessica biel was born

[snow1868]

On this date in 1845, Florida became the 27th state admitted into the union.

[sheldonlevene]

On this date in 1991, Rodney King incident occurred.

[KevinTH]

On this day in 1931 President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional act making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official national anthem of the United States.

[dobyblue]

On this day in 1986 Metallica released Master of Puppets.

\m/ \m/

[scrock25]

Originally Posted by snow1868

On this date in 1845, Florida became the 27th state admitted into the union.

Ooooh, no shit! This is a good one!!

[YouNeverKnow25]

pretty sure LM has the best one

[snow1868]

Originally Posted by scrock25

Ooooh, no shit! This is a good one!!

I had no idea until I saw a tweet about it from one of the local news stations. I have no sense of Florida's state history.

[jcc522]

On this day, 1966, The London Evening Standard publishes a quote by John Lennon stating that "We're more popular than Jesus now." This prompted Beatles Bonfires and the banning of their music by radio stations.

[scrock25]

Can't really deny that was probably true at that point

[spoot388]

1941 - Chicago Blackhawks' goalie Samuel LoPresti stopped a record 80 of 83 Boston Bruins' shots. Game was tied 2-2 late in the 3rd when Boston scored the deciding goal. Frank ‘Mister Zero’ Brimsek was the Boston netminder that night. Brimsek faced only 20 shots the entire game, while LoPresti stopped 27 pucks in the first period alone, followed by 31 in the second and 22 in the third, totalling 80 saves.

[K270]

1953 - Joseph Stalin dies.

[daveshookme]

2015: Harrison Ford crash lands his Ryan PT-22 Recruit on a Golf Course in Santa Monica. He was the only occupant, and sustained a head laceration, a broken Pelvis and a jacked up hip. His quick thinking saved some lives. Cheers to that

[chadizzy1]

4 years ago today, William Alvin Moody, known as Percival Pringle III, but best known to wrestling fans as Paul Bearer, died of a heart attack in his hometown of Mobile, Alabama. He was 58.

[space_raven]

1792: Oranges were introduced to Hawaii.

[justink]

Originally Posted by Tiduwho

Didn't they think to include email?

something something, second amendment lefties?

[K270]

1953 (March 6th) ~ Georgi Malenkov succeeds Stalin

[justink]

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo

All of which ironically started when Mexico closed it's borders to Americans.

But as history will show... General Same Houston, with calls of "REMEMBER THE ALAMAO! REMEMBER GOLIAD!", led the Texian Army to the "W" in overtime.

[GSUdawg521]

Michelangelo born

[space_raven]

1521: Magellan discovers Guam.

[BTCS_JTR]

1946: David Gilmour was brought into this world.

[BTBaboon]

Both Missouri Compromise and Dred Scott; 37 years apart

[K270]

1876 ~ Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone

[Gene Parmesan]

2016 - This woman captures Houston's heart

http://www.click2houston.com/news/na...wy-290-traffic

[mr. testaverde]

the first trans-Atlantic phone call was made on 3/7/1926, between London and New York

[mr. testaverde]

on 3/7/1981, an 18 year old was stabbed to death at Disneyland

[space_raven]

1933: The game of "Monopoly" was invented.