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This week in history
March 24, 1973 British Rock band Pink Floyd released the album “The Dark Side of the Moon”. The album was produced at the Beatles-famous Abbey Road Studios and has since sold over 50 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. March 25, 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono checked […]
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March 17,1762 The first New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade was held on lower Broadway, organized by homesick Irish ex-patriots and Irish military. In recent years, approximately 150,000 marchers participate in the parade; floats and automobiles are not permitted. March 18, 1967 The Beatles’ single “Penny Lane” reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot […]
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March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful bi-directional telephone call by saying, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” Bell is widely considered the pioneer of telephones because he was the first person to receive a patent for the invention. March 11, 1927 Entrepreneur Samuel Lionel Rothafel, nicknamed “Roxy”, […]
This week in history
February 3, 1960 The colony of Massachusetts issued the first paper money in America. With a paper note, a person could make a trade for two schillings from the British treasury. February 4, 2004 Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook — which he originally named “Thefacebook” — from his dorm room at Harvard University. As of 2012, […]