This Day in History

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 22. In 1893, the first women’s collegiate-level basketball game is held at Smith College in Massachusetts. It was between the college’s freshman and sophomore classes, having been played with a soccer ball instead of a basketball. The first game

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 21. In 1804, the Napoleonic Code is ratified in France. It served as a complete redraw of French legislature within the fields of civil, criminal, and commercial law. Some of the more notorious laws include the removal of most

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 20. In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel about a slave and his family finding their way to freedom is published. Titled Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the book was a sensation in the northern half of the country, where the majority

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 19. In 1931, Nevada lawmakers legalize commercial gambling as a last-ditch effort to recover from the economic meltdown of the Great Depression. This is the state’s second time passing the measure following its ban in 1909. At this point,

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 18. In 1766, the British empire’s Stamp Act on the American colonies is repealed following months of protests and boycotts. The Act served as a tax on all publications, newspapers, and legal documents in circulation across the New World.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 17. In 461, the priest named after this iconic day of Irish celebration, Saint Patrick, dies. It is unknown what led to his death. He is believed to have been the first ordained bishop to

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 16. Note: content may be disturbing to some readers. In 1850, American novelist Nathanial Hawthorne publishes The Scarlett Letter, becoming one of the first written works to be mass-published in the United States. It tells the story of a

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 15. In 44 BC, Roman dictator Julius Caesar failed to “beware the Ides of March” and gets stabbed to death by his fellow statesmen in the Roman Senate house. Over 60 conspirators, led by Marcus Brutus and Gaius Longinus,

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, March 14. In 1794, the cotton gin is patented. Its inventor, Eli Whitney, was inspired by English inventors Lewis Paul and John Wyatt, who developed the Rolling Spinning machine to mass produce cotton-made products. Its only issue was that the

Here’s a brief look back in time for this day, March 13. In 1813, Uncle Sam, the cartoon icon that’ll later be plastered on military recruitment posters across America, is first printed on an edition of the New York Lantern Weekly. Initially developed by Frank Bellew, it’s commonly attributed to