First Fireside Chat March 12, 1933 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first "Fireside Chat" radio broadcast, just eight days after taking office. Roosevelt felt that the fledgling new medium of radio would help him counter the conservative bias of newspapers of that time.

Great White Hurricane of 1888 March 11, 1888 One of the most famous snow storms in U.S. history, killing 400 people and creating 50-foot (15 m) snow drifts. It lasted for four days with snowfalls up to 58 inches (147 cm) in Saratoga Springs, New York. The destruction of telegraph lines led to their being placed undergr...

Civil War March 10, 1864 Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assumes command of the Union Army.

Bombing of Tokyo - Most Destructive Bombing in History March 9, 1945 Over the night of March 9-10, 1945, the U.S. executes a firebombing raid over Tokyo. This is regarded as the single most destructive bombing raid in human history, with 16 square miles (41 km2) of central Tokyo destroyed, 267,171 buildings destroyed, ...

Remember the Alamo March 6, 1836 Mexican forces led by Santa Anna defeat the 187 Texans - including Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie - who had declared their independence from Mexico in an effort to establish their own country.