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Show S The first stagecoach with mail for Cherry Creek, Colorado and outlying settlements left Leavenworth, Kansas, March 9, 1859. Gandhi was first arrested on a civil disobedience charge, March 10, 1922. California suffered an earthquake, March 10, 1933. Hitler took over Czecho slovakia, March 10, 1939. Congress passed act to establish navy, March 11, 1794. President F. D. Roosevelt signed the Lend Lease bill, March 11, 1941. Congress established the U.S. Post Office, March 12, 1789. Mrs. Juliette Low formed Girl Scouts organization, March 12, 1912. A treaty was made with Great Britain to suppress slave trade, March 13, 1824. Standard time was generally adopted in the U.S. March 13, 1884. Employment of women by federal offices was authorized, March 14, 1864. Albert Einstein (1879) and Johann Strauss (1804) were born on March 14. The American Legion was founded March IS, 1919. |