This Week in History

MARCH 9

Mary Boyle was born.

Gertrude Hendry was born. Nicole Moriarty was born.

1841 - The Supreme Court ruled that the Amistad slaves were free. 1990 - Dr. Antonia Novello was sworn in as both the first Hispanic and woman to be U.S. surgeon general.

MARCH 10

John Dwinell was born. Jo Anne Alessi was born.

1864 - U. S. Grant became commander of the Union armies during the Civil War. 1876 - The first telephone call ("Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.") was made by Alexander Graham Bell.

MARCH 11

Jeanne Ferriola was born. Joe Miller Sr. was born. Kristian DeRosa was born John Courtney was born

1895 - Mikhail Gorbachev became head of the Soviet Union following the death of Konstantin Chernenko.

1942 - General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines saying, "I shall return."

MARCH 12

Peter Brady was born.

Brian Gillen was born.

Mitch Coutu was born.

1930 - Mohandas Gandhi began his 200mile march to protest the British salt tax. 1933- President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the first of his nation-wide "fireside chats" on radio.

MARCH 13

Theresa Estes was born. Argirios “Mister Softee” Kostaras was born.

Ray Otton was born. Casey Gallagher was born.

1868 - The Senate began President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial. 2012 - The Encyclopaedia Britannica discontinued its print edition after 244 years.

MARCH 14

Meaghan Edwards was born. Mary McManus was born.

1964 - Jack Ruby was found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy.

MARCH 15

Tom Murphy was born.

44 BC - On the “Ides of March,” Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the senate house by a group of conspirators led by Cimber, Casca, Cassius, and Marcus Junius Brutus.