
Mar 17, 0461 – Bishop Patrick, St. Patrick, died in Saul. Ireland celebrates this day in his honor.
Mar 16, 1802 – The U.S. Congress established the West Point Military Academy in New York.

Mar 15, 1960 – The first underwater park was established as Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve. Later that year, the Florida Governor renamed the preserve John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.

Mar 14, 1914 – Henry Ford announced the new continuous motion method to assemble cars. The process decreased the time to make a car from 12½ hours to 93 minutes.

Mar 13, 1951 – The comic strip “Dennis the Menace” appeared for the first time in newspapers across the country. 
Mar 12, 1894 – Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time.

Mar 11, 1968 – Otis Redding posthumously received a gold record for his single, “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”.

Mar 10, 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful call with the telephone. He spoke the words “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.”

Mar 9, 1454 – Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence, Italy. Matthias Ringmann, a German mapmaker, named the American continent in his honor.

Mar 8, 1964 – The Dave Clark 5 made their first appearance on the “Ed Sullivan Show”.

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