March 8. New York Stock Exchange is founded in 1817.
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March 8, 1917 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded. • Trade card for Kerr’s thread featuring a NYSE cartoon scene, c.1885.
March 7. Wireless signals first sent to shore, 1900.
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March 7, 1900 Wireless signals first sent to shore from the German ship SS Kaiser Wilhelm. • Postcard of wireless station in Fort Myer, Virginia, circa 1910.
March 6. Incorporation of York, Upper Canada as Toronto, 1834.
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March 6, 1834 – Incorporation of York, Upper Canada as Toronto. • Real photo postcard featuring scenes from the YMCA in York, Ontario, circa 1910.
March 5. FDR announces a bank holiday during the Depression in 1933.
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March 5, 1933 – During the Great Depression in 1933, President Roosevelt declares a bank holiday, halting all financial activities. • FDR cartoon cover for Judge magazine, the September 1938…
February 29. Child labor laws reformed in South Carolina.
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Feb 29, 1916 – The age for child laborers in South Carolina raised from 12 to 14 years. • Stereo view of two young chimney sweeps from Savannah, Georgia, taken around…
February 26. Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from his imprisonment on the island of Elba, 1815.
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Feb. 26, 1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from his imprisonment on the island of Elba. • Postcard from Germany with a painting of Napoleon in uniform from about 1910.
February 25. Italian-American tenor and actor Enrico Caruso born, 1873.
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Feb. 25, 1873 – Italian-American opera tenor and actor Enrico Caruso born. • Photographic postcard of Enrico Caruso from Leipzig, Germany promoting the production “Girl of the Golden West,” from…
February 24. The National Socialist Party is founded in Germany, 1920.
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Feb. 24, 1920 – The National Socialist Party is founded in Germany. • Photo of a model for part of the Nazi Monumental Plaza plans by Albert Speer.
February 21. Dedication day for the newly completed Washington Monument, 1885.
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Feb. 21, 1885 – Dedication Day for the recently completed Washington Monument in D.C. • Sheet music, NOT for iconic tower in Washington, but for a statue of America’s first…
February 20. Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball in 1951
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Feb. 20, 1952 – After authorization as a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball. • Wire photograph of Emmett Ashford in action in…
February 19. The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison, 1878.
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Feb. 19, 1878 – The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison. • Advertising trade card for Edison phonographs, published around 1892.
February 15. US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases, 1879.
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Feb. 15, 1879 – A blow for Women’s Rights – President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill into law allowing female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court of…
February 13. Knights gather for the Challenge of Barletta, 1503.
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Feb. 13, 1503 – Date for the Challenge of Barletta –when a tournament arranged between 13 Italian and 13 French knights was held near Barletta, Italy. • Crate label for ‘Royal…
February 11. BBC Television produces The world’s first ever science fiction program in 1938.
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Feb. 11, 1938 – The world’s first ever science fiction TV program is produced by BBC Television, which was an adaptation of the Karel Capek play “R.U.R.,” where the term “ROBOT” was invented. • Cover…
February 10. Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf in round 13 of a boxing match, 1933.
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Feb 10, 1933 – Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf in round 13 of a boxing match at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Schaaf dies four days later. • Portrait of Primo Carnera.
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