Today in History

[Uncle-A]

22 February 1980

USA Olympic Hockey Team defeated the USSR Hockey team In the "Miracle On Ice" game.

 

[Erik Timmerman]

March 1, 1973

Dark Side of the Moon is released.

 

[Uncle-A]

March 2, 1973

Dark Side of the Moon is released.

But today is the first of March unless you are on the other side of the International Date Line.

 

[James]

March 2, 1973

Dark Side of the Moon is released.

“…actually, it’s all dark”

 

[neonorchid]

1692 Salem Witch Hunt Begins

...and clearly were unsuccessful

 

[Uncle-A]

1 March 1961

USA established The Peace Corp by an Executive Order signed by President Kennedy

 

[Erik Timmerman]

But today is the first of March unless you are on the other side of the International Date Line.

oops, typo!

 

[Uncle-A]

6 March 1853

My favorite opera La Traviata premiered in Venice Italy.

 

[James]

6 March 1475
Michelangelo is born.

 

[kitchener]

Not today, but yesterday was the anniversary of Samuel Adams' successful provoking of the Brits in Boston, prompting his desired "Massacre."

 

[James]

Today.

Dick Fosbury, 76, Whose ‘Flop’ Transformed the High Jump, Is Dead​

 

[Uncle-A]

15 March 44 BC
Julius Caesar stabbed to death by friends and fellow Romans.

 

[Turoa Kiwi]

The First Cell Phone
The first portable cell phone was invented in 1973 by Motorola. On April 3, 1973, Motorola engineer Martin Cooper made the first-ever cell phone call on the DynaTAC 8000X. The prototype he used weighed 2.4 lb (1.1 kg) and measured 9.1 x 5.1 x 1.8 in (23 x 13 x 4.5 cm). This clunky device offered a talk time of just 30 minutes and required 10 hours to recharge. Before this, owning a car phone was the closest that one could get to not being tied to a landline.

The DynaTAC phone was priced at $3,995, equivalent to $10,000 today.

Ironically, I had been out and purchased an i Phone 14 today before I knew this history of cell phones

 

[Uncle-A]

3 April 1973

It was 50 years ago today the very first Cell Phone call was made in NYC.

 

[James]

It’s ironic that NYC was very late to cell phone use. Similar to widespread quality coffee- late. Not sure cell ownership was even 50% in 2001.

 

[Uncle-A]

It’s ironic that NYC was very late to cell phone use. Similar to widespread quality coffee- late. Not sure cell ownership was even 50% in 2001.

I wonder what cell ownership was nation wide in 2001?

 

[Uncle-A]

5 April 1791

The First Amendment to the US Constitution was approved. Freedom of Speech is the law of our land.

 

[Turoa Kiwi]

55 years ago inside Wellington Harbour, New Zealand, my home town https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/wahine-disaster
I was 8 years old and remember it well

 

[noncrazycanuck]

Sunday April 9 1917 Canadians capture Vimy Ridge.

Not far away the Anzac forces emerged from the Wellington Tunnel complex for their part in the Battle of Arras.

both locations are unforgettable sights preserved and honored by our governments and the people of France

 

[cantunamunch]

April 12, 1934 - The Big Wind.

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