On March 25, 1957, U.S. Customs officials confiscated over 500 copies of Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg as they arrived in San Francisco from a British printer. What began as a government seizure quickly became one of American literary history’s most important…
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On March 25, 1911, one of the worst industrial accidents in American history occurred at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City. 146 workers lost their lives from the fire, smoke inhalation, or simply jumping from the Asch Building in Manhattan trying…
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In the final months of World War II in Europe—when Nazi forces, though weakening, still held dangerous power—March 24, 1944, marked a bold act of resistance. On that night, seventy-six Allied prisoners escaped from Stalag Luft III, a German-run prisoner-of-war camp in Sagan, Lower…
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In 1721, Johann Sebastian Bach presented a compiled collection of six concertos to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. He called them “Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments (Six Concertos for several instruments). The works were so important to Bach that he wrote out the music…
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On March 23, 1933, the German Reichstag passed the Enabling Act (Gesetz zur Behebung der Not von Volk und Reich), granting Adolf Hitler the authority to enact laws without parliamentary approval. Voted into law under immense political pressure and threats of violence, this moment…
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In the 1960s, the United States and Russia were in a space race and NASA launched the Gemini program to bridge the work between the Mercury and Apollo programs. The goal of the program was to test equipment and mission procedures in Earth’s orbit…
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On March 22, 1312, Pope Clement V issued the papal bull Vox in excelso, officially dissolving the Order of the Knights Templar, a once-powerful religious-military institution that had long held significant sway across medieval Christendom. This decree marked the end of a calculated campaign…
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On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed a law that helped launch the American Revolution. Known as “Stamp Act,” The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History writes that it was enacted “to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years’…
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In 1804, legal history took a transformative turn with the adoption of the Napoleonic Code on March 21. Officially known as the Code civil des Français, this legal framework had a profound impact not only on France but also on the development of modern…
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Cleveland, Ohio is the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for a reason. Cleveland Magazine explains, “Many claim that the defining moment that makes Cleveland “the birthplace” of rock started back in the early 1950s, with help from radio disc jockey Alan Freed.…
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