Thursday, March 9, 2017

DAY 68 - This day in legal and military history

March 9
 

NATIONAL Panic Day
 

NATIONAL Barbie Day
 

NATIONAL Crabmeat Day
 

NATIONAL Get Over It Day
 

NATIONAL Meatball Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1788 Connecticut becomes the fifth state admitted into the Union
 

1862 The first battle between two ironclad ships, the Monitor (Union) and Merrimack (Confederate) occurred, revolutionizing naval warfare

1864 General Ulysses Grant is appointed commander-in-chief of the Union forces
 

1933 The special session of Congress known as the "100 days" opened, launching FDR's New Deal
 

1953 US vs. Reynolds was a landmark ruling that formally established the government’s “state secrets” privilege
 

1959 The Barbie doll is unveiled at a toy fair in New York City

1964 The first Ford Mustang rolls off the Ford assembly line
 

1964 The US Supreme Court, in its New York Times v. Sullivan decision, ruled that public officials who charged libel could not recover damages for defamatory statements related to their official duties unless they proved actual malice on the part of the news organization
 

1974 Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrendered, 29 years after World War II ended
 

1976 The first female cadets were accepted to West Point Military Academy

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