🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Saturday, March 14. Today we’re checking out the French Wars of Religion, the cotton gin, the first movie theater, the first Gold Record, Judy Chicago's "The Dinner Party," the Birmingham Six, and a lot more — all quick, easy to digest, and straightforward.
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🚀 Time Machine
-1590
During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV beat the Catholic League at the Battle of Ivry.
-1794
Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin, revolutionizing the cotton industry in the southern states.
-1900
Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries rediscovered Gregor Mendel's laws of heredity.
-1900
Congress put US currency on the gold standard after passing the Gold Standard Act.
-1931
The first theater built for rear projection opened in NYC.
-1950
FBI publishes its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for the first time.
-1958
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awards its first official Gold Record to Perry Como for his hit single “Catch A Falling Star.”
-1964
Jack Ruby was sentenced to death for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald—accused of assassinating President John F. Kennedy—the first televised courtroom verdict in U.S. history.
-1979
Judy Chicago's art installation "The Dinner Party" debuts at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art—feminist art's most famous and controversial work.
-1991
British authorities release the "Birmingham Six," six Irishmen imprisoned for 16 years for the 1974 pub bombings in Birmingham, amid growing doubts about their guilt.
-2013
Xi Jinping became President of the People's Republic of China.
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📸 Snapshot
Operation Babylift: The US plan to save orphaned babies airlifted before Saigon's fall was placed in file boxes, 1975
🗨️ Last Words
“Now comes the mystery.”