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March 18, 2024, Newsletter

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Monday. March 18, 1974: Most of the Arab oil-producing nations ended their embargo against the United States.  Go to article >> March 18, 2020: US President Donald Trump & Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau closed the […]

March 15, 2024, Newsletter

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday, the Ides of March. March 15, 1985: The world’s first internet domain name , symbolics.com, is registered by the Symbolics Computer Corporation of Massachusetts.  Go to article >> Julius Caesar, d.44 BC. Czar Nicolas II […]

March 14, 2024, Newsletter

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday Eve. March 14, 1794: Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin machine revolutionizing the cotton industry in the southern US states. March 14, 1900: Congress ratified the Gold Standard Act. Go to article >> George Frederick […]

March 13, 2024, Newsletter

Dear Friends, Tangents: March 13, 1781: Planet Uranus discovered by Sir William Herschel.  Go to article >> March 13, 1877: American Chester Greenwood patents earmuffs after inventing them at age 15. March 13, 1986: Microsoft offers its first shares to […]

March 12, 2024, Newsletter

Dear Friends, Tangents: March 12, 1755: 1st steam engine in U.S. installed, to pump water from a mine. March 12, 1938: Hitler invades Austria.  The occupation of Hitler’s homeland is know as Anschluss, which is the German word for annexation. […]