Picture History : Anniversaries

Anniversaries

To illustrate the depth one can access in our collections, we have compiled relevant archival imagery to frame a diverse cultural, political and chronological retrospective of noteworthy anniversaries. Be sure to bookmark this section as the calendar is a work in progress and will continue to expand.

March	Year	Anniversary	Event
1	1692	321st	The Salem Witch Hunt begins in Massachusetts
1	1872	141st	Yellowstone Park becomes the first National Park in the world
1	1917	96th	Zimmerman Telegram, a coded message from Germany saying it will declare war on the U.S., is published
1	1932	81st	Charles and Anne Lindbergh's baby kidnapped from their home
2	1807	206th	U.S. Congress makes African slave trade illegal
2	1867	146th	First Reconstruction Act passed by U.S. Congress
2	1877	136th	Rutherford B. Hayes wins long disputed presidential election and Reconstruction ends
2	1917	96th	Desi Arnaz, singer, actor, and husband of Lucille Ball, born
3	1847	166th	Alexander Graham Bell, inventor, born
3	1877	136th	Pres. Rutherford Hayes inaugurated in a private ceremony of five men
4	1877	136th	First performance of "Swan Lake" by the Russian Imperial Ballet
4	1952	61st	Ronald Reagan, an actor, and Nancy Davis, an actress, marry
4	1987	26th	Ronald Reagan accepts responsibility for Iran-Contra Affair (on his 35th wedding anniversary)
5	1997	16th	North and South Korea meet for peace talks for the first time in 25 years
6	1857	156th	U.S. Supreme Court rules against Dred Scott, denying citizenship to black slaves
7	1777	236th	Five letters are exchanged between John Adams, at the Continental Congress, and Abigail Adams, in Massachusetts
7	1862	151st	At the Battle of Pea Ridge, Union Gen. Curtis defeats Confederates Van Dorn and McCulloch
8	1862	151st	The Battle of Hampton Roads begins as the Confederate ironclad "Virginia" (or "Merrimac") attacks the Union Navy
8	1917	96th	U.S. Senate votes to limit filibusters (also called "Samrandallisms")
9	1847	166th	U.S. forces led by Gen. Winfield Scott land at Vera Cruz, Mexico
9	1862	151st	The Confederate ironclads "Virginia" or "Merrimac" and the U.S.S. Monitor fight to a draw
10	1902	111st	Thomas Edison loses his suit over invention of the movie camera
11	1862	151st	Lincoln removes McClellan from command, promoting Halleck and Fremont
11	1942	71st	General MacArthur declares "I shall return" to the Philippines
11	1957	56th	Richard Evelyn Byrd, U.S. aviator and explorer, dies
11	1912	101st	Juliette Gordon Low of the U.K. founds the Girl Guides, later the Girl Scouts
12	1947	66th	President Harry Truman establishes the "Truman Doctrine"
13	1852	161st	"Uncle Sam" debuts as a regular cartoon character in "The Lantern"
14	1862	151st	Union Gen. Burnside defeats Confederate Gen. Branch at the Battle of New Bern
14	1967	46th	John F. Kennedy's body moved to Arlington Cemetery
15	1767	246th	Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. President, born
15	1917	96th	Czar Nicholas II, the last Russian czar, abdicates his throne
16	1802	211st	U.S. Military Academy established at West Point, New York
17	1782	231st	John C. Calhoun, senator, cabinet member and vice president of the U.S., is born
17	1862	151st	The U.S. Treasury sanctions printing of "greenbacks," or paper money
18	1837	176th	Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th U.S. president, born
18	1942	71st	The War Relocation Authority is established, creating "relocation camps" for Japanese-Americans
18	1962	51st	France ends its colonial war with Algeria
19	1687	326th	French explorer Robert La Salle murdered by his own men in Texas
20	1852	161st	Harriet Beecher Stowe's bestseller, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," is published
21	1967	46th	North Vietnam rejects President Johnson's overtures
22	1817	196th	Braxton Bragg, Confederate general, is born
22	1882	131st	U.S. Congress outlaws polygamy, practiced in the U.S. by Mormons
22	1947	66th	Pres. Harry Truman orders "loyalty checks" of federal employees during the Red Scare
23	1862	151st	Gen. Stonewall Jackson defeated by Gen. Nathaniel Banks at the Battle of Kernstown
23	1942	71st	The U.S. Army moves Japanese-Americans to internment camps
24	1862	151st	Wendell Phillips is pelted with tomatoes and rocks by pro-slavery Northerners in Cincinnati
25	1967	46th	Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads a March against the Vietnam War in Chicago
25	1907	106th	Grover Cleveland addresses Princeton students in his New Jersey home
27	1912	101st	First Lady Helen Herron Taft plants the famous cherry trees along the Potomac River
28	1862	151st	The Confederate invasion of New Mexico halted at the Battle of Glorieta Pass
29	1812	201st	First White House wedding joins Dolly Madison's sister with Judge Thomas Todd
30	1822	191st	Florida becomes a U.S. territory
30	1867	146th	Secretary of State William Seward purchases Alaska, dubbed "Seward's Folly"
31	1732	281st	Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer, born