This Day in History Mar. 26

Mar. 26

1790 Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency
1804 Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana
1804 Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase
1845 Joseph Francis, New York NY, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat
1845 Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid
1862 Battle of La Glorieta Pass New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch)
1863 Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves
1872 Thomas J Martin patents fire extinguisher
1885 Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan
1895 King Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day
1917 First Battle of Gaza ? British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance
1934 Driving tests introduced in Britain
1937 Spinach growers of Crystal City TX, erect statue of Popeye
1943 1st woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott)
1943 Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean
1944 705 British bombers attack Essen
1945 Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima
1945 Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto
1945 US 7th Army crosses Rhine
1951 USAF flag approved
1953 Dr Jonas Salk announces new nnalert to prevent polio [myelitis]
1956 Medic Alert Foundation forms
1958 US Army launches America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III"
1969 Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched
1982 Ground-breaking in Washington DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial
1987 NASA launches Fltsatcom-6
1989 1st free elections in USSR: 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins

Do they still grow spinach and does the statue of Pope eye still stand in Cystal city Tx. ?

In 1958 my baby brothers "the twins" were born.