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13th March 1942: Julia Flikke, the commander of the Army Nurse Corps, became the first female Colonel in the United States

Although her rating was only temporary, it marked in important step towards the Army-Navy Nurse Act of 1947 that made such appointments ...

12th March 1947: Truman Doctrine established when the President asks for aid to Greece and Turkey

In a program that won broad support, America committed to providing $400 million in assistance to Greece and ...

8th March 1971: Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier faced each other in the ‘Fight of the Century’

The match went all the way to the 15th round before Frazier was declared the winner by unanimous ...

3rd March 1857: The largest ever sale of enslaved people in the United States, known as the Weeping Time

When the two-day sale ended on 3 March, 429 slaves had been ...

27th February 1973: Oglala Lakota and members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee

Approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee, South Dakota, for 71 ...

26th February 1917: The Original Dixieland ‘Jass’ Band makes the first commercially released jazz recording

The resulting record was released in May, and went on to sell hundreds of thousands of ...

25th February 1870: Hiram Rhodes Revels becomes the first African-American U.S. Senator

After intense debate Senators voted 48 to 8 to seat Revels as the first African-American in the United States ...

23rd February 1836: The Siege of the Alamo begins, lasting for thirteen days before the final battle

Having received few reinforcements by the time the Mexicans attacked on 6 March, the Alamo’s defenders suffered a decisive defeat that is believed to have killed every soldier in the ...

21st February 1885: the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. was dedicated

The 555-foot tall Washington Monument was dedicated at a ceremony featuring President Chester Arthur alongside fellow politicians, engineers and ...

15th February 1946: ENIAC, the world’s first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer, formally dedicated

ENIAC was soon put to use running calculations to help build a hydrogen bomb, and continued to operate until ...