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FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2024 Good Morning! On this date in 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies and one of the … Continue reading Friday, March 22, 2024

THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2024 Good Morning! On this date in 1980, someone shot J.R. Ewing in perhaps the greatest season cliffhanger in TV history. Ninety million people tuned in to … Continue reading Thursday, March 21, 2024

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024 Good Morning! On this date in 1854, the Republican Party was founded in Ripon, Wisconsin, by former members of the Whig Party who opposed the spread … Continue reading Wednesday, March 20, 2024

TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2024 Good Morning! On this date in 1863, the Confederate ship SS Georgiana was destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo then valued at over $1,000,000. … Continue reading Tuesday, March 19, 2024

  MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2024 Good Morning! On this date in 1850, American Express was formed by Henry Wells and Bill Fargo as a horse-drawn express mail delivery company, two … Continue reading Monday, March 18, 2024

Saturday, March 16, 2024 Happy Saturday! On this date in 1926, Robert H. Goddard, the father of American rocketry, launched his first liquid rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts. It went 41 … Continue reading Saturday, March 16, 2024

FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 2023, the very first edition of The Flyover landed in forty-seven inboxes.  We made it to the one-year mark! The Editor can … Continue reading Friday, March 15, 2024

THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2024 Good Morning! On this date in 1794, inventor Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin, making cotton production highly profitable for large slave-holding plantations and altering the … Continue reading Thursday, March 14, 2024

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2024 Good Morning! On this date in 1915, legendary spy Mata Hari performed her last exotic dance show in Paris before turning to espionage as a WWI … Continue reading Wednesday, March 13, 2024

TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2024 Good Morning! On this date in 1894, a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi, became the first to sell Coca-Cola in glass bottles. Up until then, Coke … Continue reading Tuesday, March 12, 2024