On this day in history..

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Feb 24, 1803, The U.S. Supreme Court ruled itself to be the final interpreter of all constitutional issues.

 

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Feb 25, 1793, The department heads of the U.S. government met with President Washington for the first Cabinet meeting on U.S. record.

 

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Feb 28, 1854, The Republican Party was organized in Ripon, WI.

 

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Mar 01, 1692, The Salem Witch Hunt begins as Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne and Tituba, an Indian slave from Barbados, are charged with the illegal practice of witchcraft in Salem Village, Massachusetts.

 

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Mar 02, 1807, The U.S. Congress passed an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States... from any foreign kingdom, place or country."

 

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Mar 04, 1634, Samuel Cole opened the first tavern in Boston, MA.

 

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Mar 05, 1750, King Richard III was performed in New York City. It was the first Shakespearean play to be presented in America.

 

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Mar 06, 1808, At Harvard University, the first college orchestra was founded.

 

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Mar 08, 1790, George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address.

 

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Mar 09, 1788, Connecticut becomes the fifth United State.

 

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Mar 12, 1755, In North Arlington, NJ, the steam engine was used for the first time.

 

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Mar 15, 1493, Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after his first New World voyage.

 

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Mar 18, 1673, Lord Berkley sold his half of New Jersey to the Quakers

 

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Mar 19, 1822, The city of Boston, Massachusetts, was incorporated.

 

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Mar 20, 1899, At Sing Sing prison, Martha M. Place becomes the first woman to be executed in the electric chair. She was sentenced to death for the murder of her stepdaughter.

 

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Mar 21, 1907, United States Marines land in Honduras to protect American interests in the war with Nicaragua.

 

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Mar 22, 1894, Montreal plays Ottawa in the first playoff competition for Hockeyýs grand prize, the Stanley Cup

 

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Mar 23, 1775, During a speech before the second Virginia Convention, revolutionary Patrick Henry responds to the increasingly oppressive British rule over the American colonies by declaring, "Give me liberty or give me death!"

 

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Mar 24, 1900, Mayor Van Wyck of New York breaks ground for a subway tunnel that will link Manhattan and Brooklyn.

 

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Mar 25, 1901, The Mercedes is introduced by Daimler at the five-day "Week of Nice" in Nice, France.