March 14 1492
Isabella Issues Ultimatum
Queen Isabella of Spain orders 150,000 Jews out of the country unless they accept Christian baptism.
1794
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin, which automatically removes the seeds from cotton and revolutionizes the industry.
1836
Beeton Born
Isabella Beeton, author of Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, is born. She helped run her husband’s magazines while reinventing the recipe book (you know, by adding such useful items as actual precise quantities).
1885
A Wandering Minstrel I...
Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado premieres at the Savoy Theatre in London.
1964
Ruby Guilty
A Dallas jury finds Jack Ruby guilty of the murder of accused JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.
1991
Birmingham Six Released
An appeals court in Britain orders the Birmingham Six released after finding their conviction for the 1974 IRA Birmingham pub bombings “unsafe and unsatisfactory”.
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