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03/05/2018

Women's History Month: March 5.
Today we honor labor activist Mother Jones, who fought for children's and worker's rights. Find out more here:

Mary Harris “Mother” Jones was a fearless fighter for workers’ rights. When she was mocked as the “grandmother of all agitators,” in the U.S. Senate, Mother Jones replied that she would someday like to be called “the great-grandmother of all agitators.” She helped to shape a spirit of ...

03/05/2018

Today in history: March 5, 1963. American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.
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From "The Glenn Reeves Show" on February 23rd, 1963.

03/04/2018

Today in history: March 4, 1917. Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives. This is noteworthy for the fact that women would not receive the right to vote until 1920.
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Jeannette Rankin’s life was filled with extraordinary achievements: she was the first woman elected to Congress, one of the few suffragists elected to Congress, and the only Member of Congress to vote against U.S. participation in both World War I and World War II. “I may be the first woman memb...

03/03/2018

March 4 in women's history: Today we honor Katharine Graham, publisher of the Washington Post, and the first woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Learn more here:

Katharine Graham was America’s first female Fortune 500 CEO. As the renowned publisher of 'The Washington Post,' she guided the newspaper to national prominence, most notably when it published The Pentagon Papers and reported on the Watergate scandal.

03/03/2018

March 3 in women's history: Today we honor Sally Ride, first American woman in space.
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Sally Ride was the first American woman to go into space.

03/03/2018

Today in history: March 3, 1913. Thousands of women march in a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.
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03/02/2018

March 2 in Women's history: Today we celebrate Barbara Jordan, first African-American congressperson from the Deep South.
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Barbara Jordan emerged as an eloquent and powerful interpreter of the Watergate impeachment investigation at a time when many Americans despaired about the Constitution and the country. As one of the first African Americans elected from the Deep South since 1898 and the first black Congresswoman eve...

03/02/2018

Today in history: March 2, 1961.
John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.
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On October 14, 1960, at 2 a.m., Senator John F. Kennedy spoke to a crowd of 10,000 cheering students at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor during a presidential campaign speech. In his improvised speech, Kennedy asked, "How many of you, who are going to be doctors, are willing to spend your day...

03/01/2018

Today in history: March 1, 1692. Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
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One town's strange journey from paranoia to pardon

03/01/2018

March 1: Women's History Month begins. Each day we will honor a woman or organization whose life and work impacted our world.
Today we celebrate Rosie the Riveter, the iconic World War II symbol of women contributing to the war effort. Learn more here:

With her stoic expression and flexed bicep, Rosie the Riveter really can do it. And for the women of the World War II generation, that meant anything from riveting to welding. But even Rosie's pert, polka-dotted headscarf scraped the glass ceiling.

02/28/2018

February 28: Today we honor Barack Obama, President of the United States.
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Find out more about the history of Barack Obama, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com

02/28/2018

Today in history: February 28, 1993. The Bureau of Alcohol, To***co and Fi****ms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four ATF agents and six Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
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Find out more about the history of Waco Siege, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com