- 1888] The Blizzard of '88: Referred to as 'The Great White Hurricane", the blizzard shuts down communication and transportation along the Atlantic Seaboard and more than 400 will die...
- 1901] Man of Steel: U.S. Steel is forged when industrialist J.P. Morgan purchases the Carnegie Steel Corporation. The sale makes Andrew Carnegie the world's richest man...
- 1927] Debuted on this date: Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the world-famous Roxy Theatre in Manhattan...1930] President William Howard Taft becomes our first president to be buried in Arlington's National Cemetery...1969] Levi-Strauss begins selling bell-bottom jeans...1989] The reality-based "Cops" debuts on Fox where it still resides on Saturday nights...
- 1942] Big Mac: With Japanese forces advancing in the Pacific during WWII, General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines for Australia vowing "I Shall Return". He does...
- 1986] Stick it: Popsickle announces its plan to end the traditional twin-stick Popsicle for a one-stick model. How do you split one stick?...
- 1993] Confirmation day: Janet Reno is confirmed by the Senate to be the nation's first female attorney general...
- 1995] Picabo, I see you: Picabo Street becomes the first U.S. woman to win a gold medal in downhill at the world championships in Spain...
- 1996] Cleveland sits Shiva: The city of Cleveland mourns the decision made by NFL owners to allow Art Modell to move the Browns to Baltimore where they become the Ravens. Cleveland gets revenge by keeping the Browns name, a new team to replace the original one and a lifetime supply of gift-certificates to Modell's...
- 2002] Lighting up the night: Two columns of light reach to the heavens from ground zero in Manhattan as a temporary memorial to the victims of 911. The search lights could be seen in all 5 boroughs. What a sight!...
- 2004] Terror in Spain: Bombs explode in quick succession across the commuter rail system in Madrid killing 191 and wounding more than 2,000 as terrorists linked to al-Qaida strike...For more on March 11th:
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