On This Day March 3rd

 OTD

March 3rd is the Sixty-third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 302 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

1585 – The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.

1776 – American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.

1799 – The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison.

1820 – The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.

1845 – Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.

1861 – Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.

1875 – The first ever organized indoor ice hockey game was played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.

1923 – Time publishes its first issue.

1931 – The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.

1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.

2005 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop worldwide solo without refueling.

 

Birthdays

1583 – Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English-Welsh soldier, historian, and diplomat (d. 1648)

1606 – Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (d. 1687)

1803 – Thomas Field Gibson, English manufacturer who aided the welfare of the Spitalfields silk weavers (d. 1889)

1831 – George Pullman, an American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (d. 1897)

1847 – Alexander Graham Bell, a Scottish-American engineer and academic, invented the telephone (d. 1922)

1882 – Charles Ponzi, Italian businessman (d. 1949)

1923 – Doc Watson, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2012)

1945 – George Miller was an Australian director, producer, and screenwriter.

1949 – Ron Chernow, American historian, journalist, and author

1968 – Brian Cox, English keyboard player and physicist

1991 – Park Cho-rong, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress

 

Holiday Spotlight

PEACH BLOSSOM DAY

The peach blossoms come from the peach tree native to China. Historians and archaeologists think this plant has existed for more than 2,500 years. They’ve found literature and text that mentions peaches and even little fossilized peach stones as evidence of this fact. There is also evidence that the Chinese particularly revered the flowers of the peach tree, as peach blossoms were a part of most significant celebrations. The Chinese believed (and still do) that peach blossoms can ward off evil spirits and increase vitality in a person. Soldiers walked before Emperors, carrying peach blossoms, and people all over the country would hang peach blossoms on their front doors to kick off the New Year.

The Latin name, ‘Prunus persica,’ which translates to ‘Present from Persia,’ refers to when Persians introduced this fruit to the Romans. When Alexander the Great conquered Persia in 334 B.C., he took the seeds of this plant to Europe, and soon, explorers were taking peaches all over the world.

By the 16th century, the peach came to the U.S. via Spanish explorers. It traveled to England from there, becoming a rare and prized delicacy.

Colonists began domesticating the peach tree in America. By the 1800s, peaches were commercially grown in the U.S. Farmers in Maryland, Delaware, Georgia, and Virginia grew the first peaches for sale. Today, the peach blossom has found a place in popular culture, appearing in art, paintings, and even folk tales.

 

Others Include.

33 Flavors Day

Bonza Bottler Day

Canadian Bacon Day

Daughter's and Son's Day

Finisher's Medal Day

I Want You to Be Happy Day

If Pets Had Thumbs Day

International Tripawd Awareness Day

International Ear Care Day

Namesake Day

National Anthem Day

National Cold Cuts Day

National Mulled Wine Holiday

Navy Reserves Birthday

Peach Blossom Day

Simplify-Your-Life Day

Soup it Forward Day

Talk in Third Person Day

TB-303 Appreciation Day

U.S. Navy Medical Corps

World Birth Defects Day

World Hearing Day

World Wildlife Day

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