Back in the Dayz

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Back in the Dayz

• March 1

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• Puerto Rican nationalists shot five members of
  Congress in the US House of Representatives as a
  protest in 1954. The Puerto Ricans sought
  independence for their country.

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• March 2

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• The Jones Act was passed on this day in
  Washington, D.C., in 1917. The act granted
  United States citizenship to people in Puerto
  Rico.

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• March 3

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• Jeannette Rankin began her term in 1917 as the
  first woman elected to the House of
  Represent-atives. She served as an at-large
  member of Con-gress from the state of Montana.
  Her term ended in 1919. She was elected

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• to another single term in 1940. During her first
  term, she voted against the entry of the U.S.
  into W.W.I. During her second term, she was the
  only member to vote against U.S. entry into
  World War II.

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• March 4

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• Crispus Attucks was killed in the infamous Boston
  Massacre in 1770. Attucks, a runaway slave, was
  part of a group of men who, along with most of
  the colonists in Boston, resented the presence of
  British soldiers in their city.

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• March 5

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• In 1857, a decision by the US Supreme Court
  seemingly guaranteed the continued existence of
  slavery. In the case of Dred Scott v Sanford, an
  enslaved African named Dred Scott sued to gain
  his freedom after his masters death. Scotts
  lawsuit was based on the fact that, having lived
  in the proslavery state of Missouri, Sanford took
  Scott to Illinois and Wisconsin, states where

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• slavery was illegal. After his masters death,
  antislavery lawyers helped Scott file his
  lawsuit. The suit basically said that Scott was
  a free man. However, the US Supreme Court ruled
  against Scott with Chief Justice Roger B. Taney
  saying that Africans, whether enslaved or free,
  had no rights which the white man was bound to
  respect.

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• March 7

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• On this day in 1943, the first class of Japanese
  American seniors graduated from Manzanar High
  School --a school in the Manzanar Relocation camp
  in California. The graduating class was made up
  of 43 seniors.

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• March 8

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Alexander Graham Bell secured his place in
history on this day in 1876. Bell trans-mitted
the first clear tele-phone message to his
assistant, Thomas A. Watson. Bells words to
Watson were, Come here, Watson, I need you.
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• March 9

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Actor-activist Jane Fonda and 13 Native Americans
were arrested in this week in 1970 in Fort Lewis,
near Seattle, Washington. The
Native Americans were
attempting to
take over an area
army post and turn it
into a Native American
culture center.
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• March 11

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The play A Raisin in the Sun opened to a
favorable review on Broadway in New York City in
1959. The play by Lorraine Hansberry described
the challenges confronting an African American
family from the inner city who, having lived in
the slums, tried to improve their lives by
leaving the city for a suburban area in the U.S.
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• March 12

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General Fulgencio Batista seized power in Cuba on
this day in 1952 when a coup under his direction
ousted the government of President Carlos Prio
Socarras. The coup was similar to that which had
brought Socarras into power in 1933.
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• March 13

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The play Zoot Suit opened on Broadway in 1979.
Written and directed by Luis Valdez, the play was
the first written by a Mexican American to
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open on Broadway. The play was based on a
real-life incident, the Sleepy Lagoon
murder case in 1942.
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• March 15

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In 1493, Columbus returned to Spain. After more
that seven months, he arrived in Palos, Spain,
along with his crew, natives (whom Columbus
dubbed En Dios) from the lands he visited, gold
and other treasures. Upon his return, King
Ferdinand and Queen Isabella gave Columbus many
honors, including the titles admiral of the
ocean, viceroy and governor of the newly
discovered territories.
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• March 16

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During this week in 1966, Bill Russell was named
head coach of the Boston Celtics, An NBA team.
He was the first African American to be named an
NBA coach.
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• March 17

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In celebration of the traditions of their
homeland, Irish Americans nationwide celebrate
St. Patricks Day. The traditional celebration
includes parades and the wearing of green
throughout the country. In New York City, the
annual celebration is marked with a parade down
Fifth Avenue. In 1989, a 229-year tradition was
broken when Dorothy Hayden Cudahy became the
first woman to serve as Grand Marshal of the
parade.
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• March 18

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During this week in
1949, architect Frank
Lloyd Wright won the
American Institute of
Architects (AIA) Gold Medal
Award. One structure
Wright is well
known for is the Guggenheim Museum in New
York City.
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• March 19

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During this week in 1889,
President Benjamin Harrison
opened the former
Native American Territory of
Oklahoma to settlement by European Americans,
further reducing Native American settlements.
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• March 20

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The spiritual lead of Buddhist Tibetans, the
Dalai Lama, was reported missing on this day in
1959. Rumors suggested that the Dalai Lama might
have been arrested by the Chinese forces
occupying Tibet at the time. Most people,
however, believed that the Dalai lama had escaped
to India to seek political asylum.
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• March 21

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Mexican Americans celebrate the birthday of
Benito Juarez. Juarez served in the Mexican
House of Representatives, as president of the
Supreme Court of Justice, and later as president
of Mexico (1858). He was born in 1806.
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• March 22

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African American inventors Latimer and Tregonin
received a patent for a globe support for
electric lamps in 1882. This was one of two
patents received by the inventor team. Latimer
is also the sole inventor and holder of three
other patents.
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• March 23

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In 1942, General DeWitt issued Civilian Exclusion
Order 1, calling for the
removal
of persons of
Japanese
ancestry from Bainbridge
Island, in
Washington state.
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• March 24

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In 1942, General DeWitt issued Civilian Exclusion
Order 1, calling for the removal of persons of
Japanese ancestry from Bainbridge Island,
Washington.
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• March 24

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Italian American civil rights leader Viola Gregg
Luizzo was killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan
(KKK) while transporting participants of the
Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march of 1965.
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• March 25

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In 1985, Dr. Haing S. Ngor was awarded an Oscar
for Best Supporting Actor in the
movie The Killing Fields.
He was the first person
to win an Oscar for a
first acting performance.
Tragically, he was murdered by three gang
members in Los Angeles on February 25, 1996.
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• March 26

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When Native American Javier Pereira died at
Montaria, Colombia in 1956, he was believed to be
the worlds oldest man. The four-foot tall
Pereira claimed to be 168 years old. Experts
said there was no way to verify or refute his
claim.
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• March 28

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In 1834, 234 Polish immigrants arrived in New
York Harbor. The Poles, who were exiled from
Austria following uprisings there, formed the
Polish Committee in America, while en route to
their new home. The committee was the first
Polish American organization in the US.
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• March 29

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In 1967, the US Post Office issued an air-mail
stamp commemorating the purchase of the state of
Alaska. The stamp featured line art of a totem,
a symbol in many Native American cultures.
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• March 30

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On this day in 1980,an assassination attempt was
made on the life of President Ronald Reagan by
John Hinkley. Regan was shot once in the ribs,
but recovered from the gun wound.
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• March 31

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On this day in 1927,Mexican American Civil Rights
leader Cesar Chavez was born. He founded and led
the successful United Farm Workers union, the
first of its kind in the U.S. On April 23, 1993,
he died at the age of 66. In 2001, California
made Cesar Chavez day a state holiday.