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Joe's Daily U.S. History Lesson

Apr 1, 2021

MARCH 27 -- Happy Birthday Dad!; Happy Anniversary Joey and Theresa!; 1978 Hunt Bros. Lose It All on Silver Thursday; 1998 FDA approves Viagra; 1964 Good Friday Earthquake strikes Alaska; 1865 Abraham Lincoln meets with Grant and Sherman; 1965 Happy Birthday Deb Hoffman, owner of world's largest Winnie the Pooh collectino


Mar 9, 2021

MARCH 2 -1749 Happy birthday Revolution Spy Austin Roe (the Paul Revere of Long Island); 1769 Happy birthday politician DeWitt Clinton (Eerie Canal mastermind) 11877 Compromise gives 1876 Presidential Election to Rudd Hayes;  SPORTS: 1951 1st NBA All-Star game; 1962 Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points, 1982 Happy Birthday...


Mar 9, 2021

1973 American Indian Movement takes a knee; 1859 Daniel Sickles kills Daniel Keys; 1902 Happy birthday John Steinbeck; 2010 First monster truck backflip


Mar 9, 2021

FEBRUARY 26 -- 1929 Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park; 1953 Allen Dulles becomes first director of the CIA; 1993 Al Quaeda tries to blow up WTC in New York; 1996 John Stockton gets 11,000 assist


Mar 9, 2021

FEBRUARY 24 -- 1868 Andrew Johnson impeached; 1993 DNA Identification Act infroduced; 1988 1st Amendment protected in People Vs. Larry Flynt; 2005 Ray Charles gets post office dedicated in his honor