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Dates That Matter

Upcoming Dates and Topics:

March 16, 1968 - Clue: A massacre in Vietnam.
Answer: Lt. William Calley leads his troops in killing 300 Vietnamese villagers in My Lai.

March 17, 432 - Clue: A slave is carried to Ireland.
Answer: A man who would later be known as "St. Patrick" is taken to Ireland as a slave.

March 18, 1850 - Clue: A financial giant is founded.
Answer: The American Express company is founded.

March 19, 1918 - Clue: Congress changes time in the United States.
Answer: The US Congress enacts the Standard Time Act and establishes geographic time zones.

March 20, 1852 - Clue: A novel pushes the US closer to a civil war.
Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

March 21, 1891 - Clue: A family feud finally comes to an end.
Answer: A longstanding "family feud" is over when a Hatfield marries a McCoy in West Virginia.

March 22, 1972 - Clue: Congress sends a potential Constitutional amendment to the states.
Answer: Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification; the amendment has never passed.