Everyday Life & Interests - History Lovers #6 ~ Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story?

**sunnykerr** · 02-28-2021, 10:49 AM

HISTORY LOVERS #6

**sunnykerr** · 02-28-2021, 10:49 AM

February 28, 1953 ~ Francis Crick and James Watson discover the chemical structure of DNA-molecule (double-helix polymer).

Of course, they don't mention Rosalind Franklin without whose work this discovery would have been impossible.

**Firecrest** · 03-02-2021, 01:28 AM

March 1, 752 BC - Romulus, first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following the Rape of the Sabine Women

**sunnykerr** · 03-02-2021, 04:33 PM

March 2, 1807 ~ U.S. Congress bans the slave trade within the US, effective January 1, 1808.

**Firecrest** · 03-05-2021, 02:29 AM

March 4, 1790 - France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.

**sunnykerr** · 03-06-2021, 09:33 AM

March 6, 1834 ~ Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor.

**Firecrest** · 03-16-2021, 12:45 AM

March 15, 1812 - 1st Russian settlement in California at Russian River

**sunnykerr** · 03-16-2021, 01:45 PM

March 16, 1690 ~ French King Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland.

**Firecrest** · 04-01-2021, 01:19 AM

March 31, 307 - Roman Emperor Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the Emperor Maximian, later murdering her in 326

**sunnykerr** · 04-01-2021, 11:12 AM

April 1, 1748 ~ Ruins of Pompeii rediscovered by Spaniard Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.

**Firecrest** · 04-03-2021, 01:53 AM

April 2, 1982 - Several thousand Argentine troops seize the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands from Great Britain

**sunnykerr** · 04-03-2021, 10:59 AM

April 3, 2016 ~ Panama Papers published - 11.5 million confidential documents from offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca expose widespread illegal activities including fraud, kleptocracy, tax evasion and the violation of international sanctions by the world's elite in the world's largest ever data leak,

**Firecrest** · 04-05-2021, 01:40 AM

April 4, 1850 - 1850 - The city of Los Angeles was incorporated.

**sunnykerr** · 04-05-2021, 11:18 AM

April 5, 1722 ~ Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island / Rapa Nui in the southeastern Pacific.

**Firecrest** · 04-06-2021, 01:24 AM

April 5, 1987 - Fox TV network premieres showing "Married With Children" and "The Tracey Ullman Show"


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