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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