🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Saturday, March 21. Today we're looking into the Napoleonic Code, Henry Morton Stanley's famous expedition, Hitchcock's Rebecca, the closing of Alcatraz, the age of the universe, and a bunch of other cool stuff—quick and to the point!
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🚀 Time Machine
-1804
After four years of debate and planning, France adopted the Napoleonic Code, which emphasized clear, accessible law.
-1871
Journalist Henry Morton Stanley starts his famous expedition to Africa.
-1940
"Rebecca," based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, premieres in Miami, Florida.
-1952
Cleveland hosts history's first rock-and-roll show: the Moondog Coronation Ball.
-1963
San Francisco's Alcatraz Prison closes and transfers its last prisoners.
-1984
New data from the European Space Agency shows the universe is 13.82 billion years old.
-2014
Russia formally annexed Crimea amid international condemnation.
-2024
Elon Musk's Neuralink company posts a video of a patient playing chess online with a brain implant.
📸 Snapshot
Newsboys returning Sunday papers, out since 5 or 6 a.m. Hartford, Connecticut, 1909
🗨️ Last Words
“No noise, no music, no bohemia!”