What was the year that put the Ides of March on the calendar?
It was in 44 B.C. that Julius Caesar was assassinated.
The date was March 15, the Ides of March.
The following are on denominations of U.S. paper currency: One dollar—George Washington Two dollars—Thomas Jefferson Five dollars—Abraham Lincoln Ten dollars—Alexander Hamilton Twenty dollars—Andrew Jackson Fifty dollars—Ulysses S. Grant One hundred dollars—Benjamin Franklin
Yes and no, the U.S. and France almost went to war with each other. From 1798 to 1800, the U.S. and France clashed in a series of naval hostilities but never formally declared war. At issue was France’s resentment at what it viewed as American partiality to France’s enemy Britain. The U.S. was angry because…
Ten million Americans were employed in the health care field in 1992, an increase of 43 percent in four years. This vigorous growth contrasts with an increase of only 1 percent in private employment overall during the same period. The Commerce Department expects health spending in the U.S. to exceed $1 trillion in 1994.
The Heisman Trophy has been awarded since 1935 by the Downtown Athletic Club of New York City to the country’s top college football player.
Fifty-one nations, including the U.S., signed the U.N. charter in 1945, to join the United Nations. The charter was framed at a conference in San Francisco.
The Massachusetts militiamen won the Battle of Lexington and Concord when they forced the British to retreat from Concord back to Boston. This was the first battle of the War of Independence The British were trying to confiscate colonial arms from a depot at Concord. The battle, which took place on the night of April…