On March 31, 1854, Commodore Matthew Perry signed a peace and trade agreement with Japan. On March 31, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to decrease unemployment in America.
On March 25, 1931, Civil Rights leader, journalist, and suffragette Ida B. Wells died at the age of 68.
On March 20, 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was first published in America.
On March 19, 1941, the War Department ordered the creation of the the 99th Pursuit Squadron, better known as the Tuskegee Airmen.
On March 17, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt presided over the opening of the National Gallery of Art.
On March 15, 1820, Maine became America’s 23rd state.
William Howard Taft was born September 15, 1857, near Cincinnati, Ohio.
On March 4, 1791, Vermont was admitted to the Union.
Ohio became a state on March 1, 1803, and Nebraska joined the union 64 years later on the same day.