by Matilda Cruz | Mar 10, 2024 | History
On March 10, 1862, the United States government made a momentous leap into modern finance. It introduced paper money for the first time, in the form of $5, $10, and $20 bills. These were United States Notes or Legal Tender Notes, representing a radical departure from...
by Matilda Cruz | Mar 9, 2024 | History
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was born on March 9, 1934, to Anna Timofeyevna and Alexei Ivanovich Gagarin in Klushino, a small village in western Russia. He grew up on a collective farm. Yuri became fascinated with aviation after seeing a Yak fighter plane unexpectedly...
by Matilda Cruz | Mar 8, 2024 | History
On March 8, 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in McCollum v. Board of Education declared that state-sponsored religious education in public schools violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, reinforcing that church and state should be...
by Matilda Cruz | Mar 7, 2024 | History
On March 7, 2009, a 17-year-old Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior stepped onto the pitch for the first time as a professional footballer. Playing for Santos FC, his debut against Oeste in the Campeonato Paulista marked the beginning of a career that would take him to the...
by Matilda Cruz | Mar 6, 2024 | History
On March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite, the legendary anchor of CBS Evening News, delivered his final broadcast. After nearly two decades at the helm, the man known as “the most trusted man in America” signed off with his famous farewell: “And that’s the way it is,” A...
