The cover of the first issue of Time featuring Speaker
of the House Joseph G. Cannon.
Time is an news magazine based in New York City. It
was published weekly for nearly a century. Starting in
March 2020, it transitioned to every other week. It was
first published in New York City on March 3, 1923, and
for many years it was run by its influential co-founder,
Henry Luce.
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(April 3, 1898 – February 28, 1967)
President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional act
making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official national
anthem of the United States on t his day in 1931.
On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key composed the
lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner” after witnessing
the massive overnight British bombardment of Fort
McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812. Key, an
American lawyer, watched the siege while under
detainment on a British ship and penned the famous
words after observing with awe that Fort McHenry’s
flag survived the 1,800-bomb assault.
Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843)
The Sound of Music is a 1965 musical drama film produced
and directed by Robert Wise from a screenplay written by
Ernest Lehman, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr,
and Eleanor Parker. The film is an adaptation of the 1959
stage musical, composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics
by Oscar Hammerstein II.
On March 2, 1807, the U.S. Congress passes an act to
“prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or
place within the jurisdiction of the United States…
from any foreign kingdom, place, or country.” It
would go into effect the following year.
Henry Dundas (1742 – 1811)
Dundas was among those who voted in
favor of the abolition of the slave trade.
He was the trusted lieutenant of British
of British prime minister William Pitt
and the most powerful politician in
Scotland in the late 18th century.
