Mar 16, 1802 – The U.S. Congress established the West Point Military Academy in New York.
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St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2014: Top 10 Largest Parades; Schedules And Route Maps For New York, Boston, Chicago And More
While virtually every state, city, town and bar hosts its own St. Patrick’s Day celebration, we’ve compiled data to determine the 10 largest parades based on attendance and city population. As a bonus, we’ve also included the date, time and route map for cities like New York, Boston, Chicago and more.
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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.
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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.
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Mar 13, 1951 – The comic strip “Dennis the Menace” appeared for the first time in newspapers across the country. 
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Mar 12, 1894 – Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time.
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Mar 11, 1968 – Otis Redding posthumously received a gold record for his single, “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”.
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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.”
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Mar 9, 1454 – Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence, Italy. Matthias Ringmann, a German mapmaker, named the American continent in his honor.
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Mar 8, 1964 – The Dave Clark 5 made their first appearance on the “Ed Sullivan Show”.
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