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					1 1848—Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-born American sculptor, born 1862—Emily Dickinson's “Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers” is published 1781—The Articles of Confederation is formally ratified more	2 1807—Congress prohibits the importation of slaves effective January 1, 1808 1793— Sam Houston born 1904—Theodore Geisel, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss, is born
3 1820—Missouri Compromise 1931—Congress makes “Star Spangled Banner” official national anthem 1913—The National Woman Suffrage Parade 1913	4 1917—Suffragist Jeanette Rankin elected to U.S. House of Representatives 1865—Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address 1933—Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins becomes the first woman cabinet officer more	5 1770—Boston massacre 1946—Winston Churchill delivers “Iron Curtain” speech 1694—1694, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is forced to give up her writing	6 1933—Roosevelt declares a four-day bank holiday 1857—Dred Scott decision, U.S. Supreme Court 1806—Elizabeth Barrett Browning is born more	7 1923—Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” published 1850—Daniel Webster delivers speech in support of Union and Constitution 1965—“Bloody Sunday” march in Selma, Alabama	8 1983—President Ronald Reagan delivers “evil empire” speech 1911—International Women's Day 1884—Susan B. Anthony addresses House in favor of amendment granting women right to vote	9 1841—"Amistad" court case 1959—Barbie doll debuts at New York American Toy Fair
10 1913—Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad conductor, dies 1850—Hallie Quinn Brown, women's right activist, is born	11 1941—President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act 1959—Lorraine Hansbury's Raisin in the Sun opens on Broadway	12 1933—FDR's First Fireside Chat 1922—Jean-Louis “Jack” Kerouac, American “Beat Generation” writer and poet, born 1947—President Harry Truman announces Truman Doctrine for Greece and Turkey	13 1865—Confederacy approves use of black soldiers 1907—Stock market plunges and economic depression begins 1852—“Uncle Sam” appears as symbol of United States in “New York Lantern” cartoon	14 1793—Eli Whitney obtains a patent for the cotton gin 1879—Albert Einstein, groundbreaking physicist, is born in Germany 1989—Pi Day	15 —Andrew Jackson, American president, is born —Ides of March, Julius Caesar is assassinated 1965—Lyndon Johnson delivers “We Shall Overcome” speech	16 1751—James Madison born 1850—Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” is published 1991—National Quilting Day more
17 1941—FDR accepts National Gallery of Art building and collections on behalf of the People of the United States 1431—Last day of Joan of Arc's examination at her trial 1762—Saint Patrick’s Day — first parade held in New York by Irish soldiers serving in the British army	18 1932—American author John Updike born 1766—Parliament repeals Stamp Act 1893—Wilfred Owen, British poet and WWI soldier, is born	19 1920—The Senate fails to ratify the Versailles Treaty, ending World War I and establishing a League of Nations	20 1852—Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin 1811—George Caleb Bingham, American painter, is born	21 1965—Reverend Martin Luther King leads civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama 1999—World Poetry Day 1863—Frederick Douglass delivers "Men of Color, To Arms" speech more	22 1765—British Parliament enacts Stamp Act	23 1940—Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo is born 1806—Lewis and Clark reach Pacific coast 1775—Patrick Henry proclaims, “Give me liberty or give me death”
24 1874—Harry Houdini, the magician and escape artist, is born 1765—Britain enacts Quartering Act in American colonies	25 1925—Flannery O’Connor, American author, born 1911—Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York 1635—The colony of Maryland is founded by Catholic and Protestant settlers sent by Lord Baltimore	26 1924—George Bernard Shaw’s play, “St Joan,” premiers in London 1874—Robert Frost, American poet, is born 1930—Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice, is born more	27 1924—Sarah Vaughan, American jazz singer, is born 1912—First cherry trees planted at Tidal Basin in Washington, DC	28 1941—Novelist and critic Virginia Woolf drowns herself at age 59 1969—Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, dies	29 1951—Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage	30 1867—The U.S. government purchases Alaska from the Russian Empire 1870—The 15th amendment to the Constitution, giving black men the right to vote, declared in effect 1981—President Ronald Reagan shot
31 1776—Abigail Adams writes her famous "Remember the ladies" letter 1945—“The Glass Menagerie” opens on Broadway 1621—English metaphysical poet and Parliamentarian Andrew Marvell born more

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