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  1. #: (C) Copyright 1990-1991 The Software Construction Co., All Rights Reserved.
  2. #:
  3. #: Monthly stuff
  4. 3:National Peanut Month
  5. #: Events depending on weekdays
  6. S(3/7) :Iditarod race begins (1st Saturday).
  7. #: Normal events
  8. 3/1      :National Pig Day.
  9. 3/2/1789 :Law prohibiting theatrical performances repealed (PA).
  10. 3/3/1875 :1st organized hockey match (Montreal).
  11. 3/4/1774 :1st recorded observation of the Orion Nebula (William Herschel).
  12. 3/5/1770 :Boston Massacre (5 killed, 6 injured).
  13. 3/6/1831 :Edgar Allen Poe was expelled from West Point.
  14. 3/7/-322 :Aristotle died.
  15. 3/8/1894 :1st dog-licensing law enacted in the nation.
  16. 3/9/1822 :1st patent for false teeth (C. Graham).
  17. 3/10/1862:1st US paper money issued.
  18. 3/11/1892:First publicly played basketball game.
  19. 3/12/1877:1st department store opened (Wanamaker's, Philadelphia).
  20. 3/13/1877:Earmuffs patented (Chester Greenwood).
  21. 3/14/1794:Cotton gin (removes seeds) patented (Eli Whitney).
  22. 3/15     :Buzzards return to Hinckley Ohio.
  23. 3/16/1830:Slowest trading day on the NY Stock Exchange (31 shares).
  24. 3/17/1845:Rubber band patented.
  25. 3/18/1909:1st ham radio broadcast (Einar Dessau, Denmark).
  26. 3/19/1831:1st recorded US bank robbery (City Bank, NYC - $245,000).
  27. 3/20/1899:First woman executed by electrocution (M.M. Place, NY).
  28. 3/21/1788:Fire in New Orleans (800 buildings destroyed).
  29. 3/22     :National Goof-off Day.
  30. 3/23/1957:Last US Army homing pigeons sold off.
  31. 3/24/1898:First US automobile sold.
  32. 3/25/1954:RCA began producing color TV sets.
  33. 3/26/1827:Ludwig Van Beethoven, German composer, died.
  34. 3/27/1955:1st coast to coast color TV broadcast.
  35. 3/28/1797:Patent for the 1st washing machine awarded (Nathaniel Briggs).
  36. 3/29/1886:Coca-Cola introduced.
  37. 3/30/1858:Pencil with eraser patented.
  38. 3/31/1840:10 hr workday established for federal public works employees.
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