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Establishment of the World's First National Park, Yellowstone National Park

US President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act on 1 March 1872, thereby formally creating the world’s first national park. One day earlier, on 28 February 1872, the United States Congress had approved the bill. With the President’s signature, the area was perma...

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March 3, 1845, marks the date when Florida became the 27th state of the United States.

Prior to Florida’s admission, the United States consisted of 26 states. Its elevation to statehood was driven in part by the need to preserve the delicate political balance between slave holding and free states. As a southern territory that permitted slavery, Florida’s admission was paired with ...

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The United States Congress Approves the Annexation of Texas

The United States Congress gave final legislative approval to the Joint Resolution providing for the annexation of Texas, marking a decisive moment in American territorial expansion. The process had begun a day earlier, on 27 February, when the Senate passed the resolution by a narrow margin of 27 t...

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Bombay was handed over to the East India Company

The Mumbai we see today was not the same in 1668. At that time, it was not a single organised city but a cluster of seven separate islands, with seawater flowing between them. There were marshes, salt flats, and moving from one island to another was itself a difficult task. On March 27 1668, unde...

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Jews Were Denied the Right to Acquire Land for a House of Worship in America

There was a time when Jews in what is now the United States were deprived of the right to establish their own place of worship. On 13 March 1656 the colonial administration of Governor Peter Stuyvesant issued an order declaring that the Jewish community could not purchase or hold land in the city...

Read More > 13 March 1665

Birth of André Le Nôtre Founder of the modern concept of gardens, parks and landscape design

On 12 March 1613 André Le Nôtre was born in Paris France. He came from a family that had been connected with the management and care of royal gardens for several generations. His father Jean Le Nôtre served as the superintendent of the royal gardens of the French court, and his grandfather had al...

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