Month: March 2024
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On this day in history, German pianist and composer Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna at age 56. March 26, 1827.
Image: Ludwig van Beethoven (Public Domain) On this day in history, March 26, 1827, German pianist and composer Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna at 56. He is widely deemed one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time. His groundbreaking compositions blended vocals and instruments, expanding the sonata, symphonies, concertos, and quartets range. His…
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Nine young black men were taken off the Southern Railway line in Paint Rock, Alabama, and arrested for throwing a group of white teens off the train further up the line. March 25, 1931
Image: Scottsboro Boys and Juanita Jackson Mitchell, 1936. (Public Domain) On this day in history, March 25, 1931, nine young black men were taken off the Southern Railway line in Paint Rock, Alabama, and arrested for throwing a group of white teens off the train further up the line. Two white women aboard the train,…
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On this day in history, Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft is arrested by Nazi Police at a military checkpoint in Haarlem, Netherlands. March 21, 1945
Image: Hannie Schaft (Public Domain) On this day in history, March 21, 1945, Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft is arrested by Nazi Police at a military checkpoint in Haarlem, Netherlands. Early in the war, Schaft became an active member of a Communist resistance cell, hiding and assisting Jews who were being rounded up for “resettlement”…
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German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein is born in the city of Ulm, in the Kingdom of Wurttemberg in the German Empire. March 14, 1879.
Image: Albert Einstein during a lecture in Vienna in 1921. (Public Domain) On this day in history, March 14, 1879, German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein is born in the city of Ulm, in the Kingdom of Wurttemberg in the German Empire. The son of a Jewish electrical engineer, Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity…
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Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, better known as “The Lonely Hearts Killers,” were executed by electric chair at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York, for the murder of Janet Fay, 66, of Long Island, New York. March 8, 1951.
Raymond Fernandez mugshot On this day in history, March 8, 1951, Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, better known as “The Lonely Hearts Killers,” were executed by electric chair at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York, for the murder of Janet Fay, 66, of Long Island, New York. The couple had conspired to seduce, rob,…
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On this day in history, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his invention of the telephone. March 7, 1876.
Image: Alexander Graham Bell, his wife Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, and their daughters Elsie (left) and Marian ca. 1885. (Public Domain) On this day in history, March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his invention of the telephone. Born from his work on the harmonic telegraph – a device that allowed multiple messages…
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Anne Sullivan began teaching six-year-old Helen Keller, who lost her hearing and sight after a dreadful illness at the age of 19 months. March 3, 1887.
Image: Helen Keller (left) in 1899 with lifelong companion and teacher Anne Sullivan (right). Photo taken by Alexander Graham Bell at his School of Vocal Physiology and Mechanics of Speech. (Public Domain). On this day in history, March 3, 1887, Anne Sullivan began teaching six-year-old Helen Keller, who lost her hearing and sight after a…
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