1872
Jan 22
| 1872 • A conscription law, modeled on the French version, is issued in Japan. |
1910
Mar 31
Age: 38y
birth of childMadeline Ella Ford Lawson, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • The electric streetcars of Austria-Hungary, France, Germany and Great Britain are carrying 6.7 million riders per year. |
1910
Mar 31
Age: 38y
birth of childMadeline Ella Ford Lawson, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • Emperor Sunjong of the Korean Empire abdicates and the country's monarchy is abolished. |
1947
Mar 6
Age: 75y
| 1947 • McCarthyism: The United States House of Representatives votes 346 – 17 to approve citations of Contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten" after the screenwriters and directors refuse to co-operate with the House Un-American Activities Committee concerning allegations of communist influences in the movie business. The ten men are blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios on the following day.Waldorf Statement. |