Women's History Month
The year American women were granted the right to vote
1920
On March 4th, this president delivered his first inaugural address hoping to restore hope during the Great Depression, stating the famous line, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself..."
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
On March 3rd, 1931, this song officially became the US national anthem.
The Star Spangled Banner
On March 4th, 1918, the first case of this sickness was reported, eventually becoming the deadliest pandemic in recent history.
The Spanish Flu.
March 12, 1894, marked the first day this drink was sold in a glass bottle.
Coca-Cola
This day is International Women's Day
March 8
In March of 1961, this President established the Peace Corps to send young American volunteers to developing countries to assist with human needs.
President John F. Kennedy
On March 5th, 1770, this violent clash occurred between British soldiers and colonists, killing five and wounding six.
The Boston Massacre.
On March 8th, 1957, Egypt reopened this canal to international traffic.
The Suez Canal
On March 8th, 1971, this boxer met Joe Frazier for the "Fight of the Century" at Madison Square Garden.
Muhammad Ali.
Seneca Falls, New York
On March 30, this president was shot in his left lung with a 22-caliber bullet while walking toward his limo, later joking, "I should have ducked."
President Ronald Reagan.
On March 3, 1820, Congress passed this compromise, drawing a line across the 36th parallel, dividing the nation into competing halves of free and slave states.
The Missouri Compromise
On March 5th, 1946, this person delivered the "Iron Curtain" speech to describe the boundary in Europe between free countries of the West and nations under Soviet Russia's control in the East.
Winston Churchill
On March 11, 1997, this British singer-songwriter was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
Sir Paul McCartney
This is the year March became Women's History Month.
1987
On March 5, 1868, the Senate began impeachment proceedings for this US President, eventually failing to do so by just one vote.
President Andrew Johnson.
Puerto Rico.
On March 12th, 1938, German troops marched into this neighboring country to annex it for the Third Reich.
Austria
On March 4th, 1952, this author finished his novel The Old Man and the Sea.
The first US state to grant women suffrage.
Wyoming
On March 1, 1872, this president signed the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act into law, establishing the US's first national park.
President Ulysses S. Grant
On March 1, 1974, seven former high-ranking officials of the Nixon White House were indicted for conspiring to obstruct the investigation into this infamous scandal
Watergate
On March 14th, 1990, Mikhail ______ was elected president of the Soviet Union, eventually serving as their last leader.
Gorbachev
On March 1, 1932, this famous baby was kidnapped from his family's home in Hopewell, New Jersey.
Charles Lindbergh, Jr.