THIS MONTH IN HISTORY ( MARCH )

• March 1: Yellowstone becomes the U.S.'s first national park.  (1872)
• March 2:  Texas declared its independence from Mexico.  (1836)
• March 3:  The Star Spangled Banner becomes the National Anthem.  (1931)
• March 4:  The Constitution of the United States of America goes into effect.  (1789)
• March 5:  The Boston Massacre occurred.  (1770)
• March 8:  President Ronald Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire"  (1983)
• March 10:  The U.S. government issues paper money for the first time.  (1862)
• March 11:  The most famous storm in American history begins...the Blizzard of 1888.  (1888)
• March 13:  Senate begins impeachment trial of President Andrew Jackson.  (1868)
• March 15:  "The ides of March" Julius Caesar is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus. (44 B.C.) 
• March 16:  The Mai Lai Massacre takes place in Vietnam.  (1968)
• March 19:  Congress approves Daylight Savings Time.  (1918)
• March 23:  Patrick Henry declares "Give me liberty, or give me death!"  (1775)
• March 30:  The 15th amendment goes into effect giving black men the right to vote.  (1870)