This Day in History — March 25

• 90% College-educated Womben initiate Divorce

~why do we think that is? 🤔

• w/ 70% Womben intitiating ALL divorces

~i feel so bad for the olden womben who werent allowed to divorce their “husbands” and were often treated worse (or about the same) than womben today

—————————————————————————————National Days:

- Annunciation or Lady Day

- Whole Day for Whole Grain (last Wednesday of March)

- Manatee Appreciation Day (last Wed in Mar)

- Little Red Wagon Day (last Wed in Mar)

- Medal of Honor Day

- Tolkien Reading Day

- Lobster Newburg Day

—————————————————————————————

What Happened:

— 451 - Venice was founded

~according to tradition

— 1305 - The Arena (or Scrovegni) Chapel was consecrated in Padua, Italy.

~containing frescoes by Giotto

— 1306 - Robert the Bruce crowned Scottish king at Scone

~won the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 which freed Scotland of English rule

~obtained Scottish independence in the Treaty of Northampton in 1328

— 1524 - Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano arrived off Outer Banks of North Carolina

— 1584 - Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.

— 1634 - The first settlers found the Maryland colony.

— 1655 -Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.

~Dutch mathematician and astronomer

— 1776 - Gen. George Washington receives first U.S. medal for forcing British army to evacuate Boston

— 1807 - The British Parliament abolished the slave trade in the British West Indies.

— 1807 - the first fee-paying passenger railway began operating in Wales.

~It was eventually known as Mumbles Railway and it became the longest-running locomotive line in the world. ~After World War II, decreasing passenger demand could no longer justify costs of operating the line. A funeral w/ an empty coffin was held for the line on January 4, 1960.

— 1863 - The first Army Medal of Honor awarded to six soldiers for their bravey during the Great Locomotive Chase of the Civil War 1862

~explains the national day

— 1882 - The first pancake demonstration takes place in a NY City department store.

~Greeks and Romans made them first on hot stones during the Stone Age

~1889: Pearl Milling Company, formerly Aunt Jemima, introduced the first instant pancake mix

~why is today not National Pancake Day??

— 1894 - Jacob S. Coxey’s army of jobless men began march from Ohio to Washington, D.C.

~to demand relief measures from Congress

— 1900 - Socialist Party of the U.S. organized in Indianapolis, Indiana

~(the rich have had enough time to plan out their way “around” socialism. Socialism is bad and only helps the rich gain more control over the poor. If we want to fix things. We need a COMPLETE clean slate, no more 1% rich ppl, including government, Hollywood, politicians, bloodline Rich’s, etc. & to actually ban together for change AGAINST rich ppl trying to tell us how to live😑)

— 1902 - Irving Colburn patents the first sheet glass drawing machine.

— 1911 - 148 womben killed & trapped by locked fire escape doors in Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in NYC

~prompting the creation of health and safety legislation

~👃🏽🐟🐠🐡 (y were the doors locked?!??)

— 1919 - The League of Nations begins

~an intergovernmental organization founded as part of the Treaty of Versailles

1. to promote international cooperation

2. prevent future wars through collective security and negotiation.

~replaced by the United Nations in 1946

~the U.S. NEVER joined

— 1954 - The first color television set is manufactured by Radio Corporation of America (General Electric)

~featured a 12.5-inch screen & sold for $1,000

— 1966 - The Supreme Court rules poll tax or head tax/capitation is unconstitutional.

~a fee required in U.S. before a person could vote based on “heads” of a household

— 1987 - The Supreme Court rules that gender-based affirmative action plans in workplaces do not constitute discrimination.

~”ruled that an employer may voluntarily act to redress imbalances in the workforce through affirmative action programs for women” -Britannica

— 1996 - The U.S. issues a newly-redesigned $100 bill

— 2019 - NASA cancels an all-female spacewalk

~it didn't have enough space suits to fit the women astronauts

~(Yeah right)

—————————————————————————————

Birth/Death:

— John Barry (Mar. 1745-1803): Naval officer

~the Father of the U.S. Navy.

— William Bell Wait (Mar. 1839-1916): Educator of the blind who invented the NY Point system

~precursor to the braille

— Gutzon Borglum (Mar. 1867-1941): Sculptor who designed Mount Rushmore.

— Gloria Steinem (Mar. 1934-Still Living): Co-founder of the Women's Media Center & Ms. Magazine

— Tom Monaghan (Mar. 1937-Still Living): Founder of Domino's Pizza.

— Aretha Franklin (Mar. 1942-2018): Soul singer

~the Queen of Soul

—————————————————————————————

Sources: nationaldaycalendar, farmersalmanac, Britannica

#thisdayinhistory #march25 #ravenseyrie