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🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Wednesday, March 18. Today, we're taking a fun look at the First Council of the Lateran, the start of Wells Fargo, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” the Tri-State Tornado, the end of the Algerian War, the first spacewalk, and a bunch more—short, sweet, and to the point!
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🚀 Time Machine
-1123
The First Council of the Lateran (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome, and the Concordat of Worms is ratified.
-1314
Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, was burned at the stake by King Philip IV of France.
-1852
Henry Wells and William G. Fargo started their business in New York City, which is now one of the world's biggest banks.
-1890
German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck resigned after 19 years in office over a dispute with Kaiser Wilhelm II.
-1911
Composer Irving Berlin copyrighted “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” a hit that transformed American popular music into a global phenomenon.
-1922
British magistrates in India sentenced Mahatma Gandhi to six years' imprisonment for disobedience.
-1925
"Tri-State Tornado," the deadliest in U.S. history, struck Eastern Missouri, Southern Illinois, and Southern Indiana, killing 695, injuring 13,000, and causing $17 million in damage.
-1940
Benito Mussolini meets Adolf Hitler at the Brenner Pass, where he agrees to join Germany's war effort in the west.
-1962
France and the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) signed a peace agreement, ending the seven-year Algerian War and 130 years of French colonial rule in Algeria.
-1965
Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov conducts the first spacewalk, exiting his Voskhod 2 spacecraft for 12 minutes.
-1985
Capital Cities Communications Inc. acquires ABC for $3.5 billion in the first transfer of ownership of a TV network.
-1990
Over $500 million in art was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in the largest art heist in US history.
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📸 Snapshot
The airline industry's first flight attendants are ready for Boeing Air Transport, 1930
🗨️ Last Words
“I am in a cold sweat. Is it the sweat of death? How are you going to tell my father?”