On This Day:
Monday March 31, 2014 This is the 90th day of the year, with 275 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: English muffins English muffins were not invented in England but rather by an English baker, Samuel Bath Thomas, who immigrated to America in 1875 with his recipe for a specialty bread. After apprenticing at an established bakery until he could afford his own, Thomas opened up shop in New York City and began to bake his specialty bread in 1880. "Thomas' English Muffins" quickly became popular and demand grew rapidly by word of mouth. After Thomas died in 1919, his daughters and nephews expanded the company and it was eventually sold to a conglomerate. English muffins should not be sliced with a knife but split in two with a fork to retain the proper texture.
Holidays Feast day of St. Benjamin, St. Balbina, St. Acacius, and St. Guy of Pomposa.
Malta: National Day / Freedom Day (from Great Britain, 1964).
U.S. Virgin Islands: Transfer Day
Events 1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued an edict expelling Jews from Spanish soil, except those willing to convert to Christianity.
1836 - The first monthly installment of "The Pickwick Papers" by Charles Dickens was published in London.
1880 - The first electric street lights installed by a municipality are turned on in Wabash, Indiana.
1889 - The Eiffel Tower officially opened in Paris. It was designed by French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.
1896 - The first zip fastener was patented in the U.S. by its inventor, Whitcomb Judson.
1916 - U.S. General John Pershing and his army routed Pancho Villa's army in Mexico.
1917 - The United States purchased the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million.
1918 - Daylight Saving Time went into effect throughout the United States for the first time.
1923 - The first U.S. dance marathon was held, in New York City.
1933 - Congress authorized the Civilian Conservation Corps, to relieve unemployment.
1940 - La Guardia Airport in New York officially opened to the public.
1949 - Newfoundland became Canada's 10th province.
1954 - The U.S. Air Force Academy was established at Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1959 - The (14th) Dalai Lama reached India after fleeing Chinese suppression in Tibet, was granted political asylum and began his exile.
1968 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson stunned the country by announcing he would not run for another term of office.
1976 - The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that coma patient Karen Anne Quinlan could be disconnected from her respirator. (Quinlan, who remained comatose, died in 1985.)
1995 - Baseball players agreed to end their 232-day strike after a judge granted a preliminary injunction against club owners.
Births 1596 - René Descartes, French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician.
1732 - Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer.
1811 - Robert Bunsen, German chemist.
1915 - Henry Morgan (Von Ost, Jr.), American comedian, actor.
1927 - Cesar Chavez, American labor leader.
1928 - Gordie (Gordon) Howe, American hockey Hall of Famer.
Deaths 1980 - Jesse Owens, American track and field athlete, winner of four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
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