3 Mar
1776 Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
1807 Congress bans the importation of slaves effective Jan 1, 1808
1836 Texas declares independence from Mexico [See Births, 1793]
1859 Paddle steamer USS 'Saginaw' commissioned, the first American warship built on the West Coast, at Mare Island
1867 Congress abolishes peonage in New Mexico
1867 First Reconstruction Act passed by Congress
1867 The James gang robs a bank in Savannah, Mo, 1 k
1867 US Navy Civil Engineering Corps founded
1938 15th Infantry leaves China after 26 years in garrison at Tientsin & Peking.
1942 Action South of Java: USS 'Pillsbury' (DD-227) sunk by Japanese heavy cruisers
1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea: Japanese convoy attacked by USAAF aircraft
1944 Philippines: US troops capture Momote on Los Negros
BORN
1793 Samuel P. Houston, President of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44)
1824 Henry Beebee Carrington, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1912
1828 Jefferson Columbus Davis, Brig Gen, U.S., unindicted murderer of Maj.Gen. William "Bull" Nelson, d. 1879
1829 Carl Schurz, "Red '48-er", Maj Gen, U.S., Senator, d. 1906 at 77
1904 "Dr. Seuss" -, who fought Nazis with a pen, and amused generations of children, d. 1991
1932 Frank Peterson, USMC aviator and general, d. 2015
DIED
1939 Howard Carter, 64, who found Tut's tomb in 1922, allegedly dead by an ancient curse, albeit a slow acting one
1977 Edgar Mowrer, Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and author, at 84 -- Learn More
1987 Randolph Scott, 89, AEF mortarman, actor ("Gung Ho!")
2015 Dean Hess, 97, USAF "Flying Preacher" with 300 combat missions
1776 Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
1807 Congress bans the importation of slaves effective Jan 1, 1808
1836 Texas declares independence from Mexico [See Births, 1793]
1859 Paddle steamer USS 'Saginaw' commissioned, the first American warship built on the West Coast, at Mare Island
1867 Congress abolishes peonage in New Mexico
1867 First Reconstruction Act passed by Congress
1867 The James gang robs a bank in Savannah, Mo, 1 k
1867 US Navy Civil Engineering Corps founded
1938 15th Infantry leaves China after 26 years in garrison at Tientsin & Peking.
1942 Action South of Java: USS 'Pillsbury' (DD-227) sunk by Japanese heavy cruisers
1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea: Japanese convoy attacked by USAAF aircraft
1944 Philippines: US troops capture Momote on Los Negros
BORN
1793 Samuel P. Houston, President of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44)
1824 Henry Beebee Carrington, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1912
1828 Jefferson Columbus Davis, Brig Gen, U.S., unindicted murderer of Maj.Gen. William "Bull" Nelson, d. 1879
1829 Carl Schurz, "Red '48-er", Maj Gen, U.S., Senator, d. 1906 at 77
1904 "Dr. Seuss" -, who fought Nazis with a pen, and amused generations of children, d. 1991
1932 Frank Peterson, USMC aviator and general, d. 2015
DIED
1939 Howard Carter, 64, who found Tut's tomb in 1922, allegedly dead by an ancient curse, albeit a slow acting one
1977 Edgar Mowrer, Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and author, at 84 -- Learn More
1987 Randolph Scott, 89, AEF mortarman, actor ("Gung Ho!")
2015 Dean Hess, 97, USAF "Flying Preacher" with 300 combat missions