This Day in History

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 10. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell makes the first phone call a couple of days after receiving his patent for the telephone. This ability to talk with electricity was something originally thought impossible. His first call was to his

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 9. In 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of a group of Africans who seized the Spanish slave ship La Amistad (The Friendship in Spanish) a couple of years prior as part of a mutiny. As previously

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 8. In 1782, 96 Native American members of the Delaware tribe are murdered by Pennsylvania militiamen towards the end of the American Revolution in Ohio Country. According to the Equal Justice Initiative, men, women, and children were bludgeoned to

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 7. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell receives his first patent for a method of transmitting “speech by telegraphy”, aka the telephone. Heavily inspired by the telegraph, Bell strived to make line-by-line transmission more efficient by introducing simultaneous two-way communication.

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 6. In 1836, the Battle of the Alamo comes to a bloody conclusion after a two-week siege from the Mexican Army. The volunteer regiment held at the garrison were unable to hold their own, having only 200 members compared

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 5. In 1770, around 400 colonists begin surrounding British soldiers near the Customs House in Boston, MA. This was a result of the Townshend Acts in combination with the Stamp Act, which were a series of British taxes imposed

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 4. In 1789, the 1st U.S. Congress and House of Representatives convene for their first session under the Constitution. Certain rights had yet to be formalized into law however, such as checks and balances; acts considered crimes; and even

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 3. In 1820, Congress passes the Missouri Compromise: a bill dividing the slave states from free states. In this bill, Missouri was admitted as a slave state, and Maine as a free state to maintain an equal number on

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 2. In 1807, the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves is passed by Congress. The bill effectively banned the international import and export of slaves to and from foreign countries. According to the National Archives, “a domestic trade in slaves

It’s the first day of March! Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 1. In 1781, Maryland becomes the final colony to ratify the Articles of Confederation, establishing the United States of America’s first set of formal laws. At this time, the U.S. consisted of thirteen