To illustrate the depth one can access in our collections, we have compiled relevant archival imagery to frame a diverse cultural, political and chronological retrospective of noteworthy anniversaries. Be sure to bookmark this section as the calendar is a work in progress and will continue to expand.
| March | Year | Anniversary | Event |
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| 1 | 1692 | 318th | The Salem Witch Hunt begins in Massachusetts |
| 1 | 1872 | 138th | Yellowstone Park becomes the first National Park in the world |
| 1 | 1917 | 93rd | Zimmerman Telegram, a coded message from Germany saying it will declare war on the U.S., is published |
| 1 | 1932 | 78th | Charles and Anne Lindbergh's baby kidnapped from their home |
| 2 | 1807 | 203rd | U.S. Congress makes African slave trade illegal |
| 2 | 1867 | 143rd | First Reconstruction Act passed by U.S. Congress |
| 2 | 1877 | 133rd | Rutherford B. Hayes wins long disputed presidential election and Reconstruction ends |
| 2 | 1917 | 93rd | Desi Arnaz, singer, actor, and husband of Lucille Ball, born |
| 3 | 1847 | 163rd | Alexander Graham Bell, inventor, born |
| 3 | 1877 | 133rd | Pres. Rutherford Hayes inaugurated in a private ceremony of five men |
| 4 | 1877 | 133rd | First performance of "Swan Lake" by the Russian Imperial Ballet |
| 4 | 1952 | 58th | Ronald Reagan, an actor, and Nancy Davis, an actress, marry |
| 4 | 1987 | 23rd | Ronald Reagan accepts responsibility for Iran-Contra Affair (on his 35th wedding anniversary) |
| 5 | 1997 | 13rd | North and South Korea meet for peace talks for the first time in 25 years |
| 6 | 1857 | 153rd | U.S. Supreme Court rules against Dred Scott, denying citizenship to black slaves |
| 7 | 1777 | 233rd | Five letters are exchanged between John Adams, at the Continental Congress, and Abigail Adams, in Massachusetts |
| 7 | 1862 | 148th | At the Battle of Pea Ridge, Union Gen. Curtis defeats Confederates Van Dorn and McCulloch |
| 8 | 1862 | 148th | The Battle of Hampton Roads begins as the Confederate ironclad "Virginia" (or "Merrimac") attacks the Union Navy |
| 8 | 1917 | 93rd | U.S. Senate votes to limit filibusters (also called "Samrandallisms") |
| 9 | 1847 | 163rd | U.S. forces led by Gen. Winfield Scott land at Vera Cruz, Mexico |
| 9 | 1862 | 148th | The Confederate ironclads "Virginia" or "Merrimac" and the U.S.S. Monitor fight to a draw |
| 10 | 1902 | 108th | Thomas Edison loses his suit over invention of the movie camera |
| 11 | 1862 | 148th | Lincoln removes McClellan from command, promoting Halleck and Fremont |
| 11 | 1942 | 68th | General MacArthur declares "I shall return" to the Philippines |
| 11 | 1957 | 53rd | Richard Evelyn Byrd, U.S. aviator and explorer, dies |
| 11 | 1912 | 98th | Juliette Gordon Low of the U.K. founds the Girl Guides, later the Girl Scouts |
| 12 | 1947 | 63rd | President Harry Truman establishes the "Truman Doctrine" |
| 13 | 1852 | 158th | "Uncle Sam" debuts as a regular cartoon character in "The Lantern" |
| 14 | 1862 | 148th | Union Gen. Burnside defeats Confederate Gen. Branch at the Battle of New Bern |
| 14 | 1967 | 43rd | John F. Kennedy's body moved to Arlington Cemetery |
| 15 | 1767 | 243rd | Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. President, born |
| 15 | 1917 | 93rd | Czar Nicholas II, the last Russian czar, abdicates his throne |
| 16 | 1802 | 208th | U.S. Military Academy established at West Point, New York |
| 17 | 1782 | 228th | John C. Calhoun, senator, cabinet member and vice president of the U.S., is born |
| 17 | 1862 | 148th | The U.S. Treasury sanctions printing of "greenbacks," or paper money |
| 18 | 1837 | 173rd | Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th U.S. president, born |
| 18 | 1942 | 68th | The War Relocation Authority is established, creating "relocation camps" for Japanese-Americans |
| 18 | 1962 | 48th | France ends its colonial war with Algeria |
| 19 | 1687 | 323rd | French explorer Robert La Salle murdered by his own men in Texas |
| 20 | 1852 | 158th | Harriet Beecher Stowe's bestseller, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," is published |
| 21 | 1967 | 43rd | North Vietnam rejects President Johnson's overtures |
| 22 | 1817 | 193rd | Braxton Bragg, Confederate general, is born |
| 22 | 1882 | 128th | U.S. Congress outlaws polygamy, practiced in the U.S. by Mormons |
| 22 | 1947 | 63rd | Pres. Harry Truman orders "loyalty checks" of federal employees during the Red Scare |
| 23 | 1862 | 148th | Gen. Stonewall Jackson defeated by Gen. Nathaniel Banks at the Battle of Kernstown |
| 23 | 1942 | 68th | The U.S. Army moves Japanese-Americans to internment camps |
| 24 | 1862 | 148th | Wendell Phillips is pelted with tomatoes and rocks by pro-slavery Northerners in Cincinnati |
| 25 | 1967 | 43rd | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads a March against the Vietnam War in Chicago |
| 25 | 1907 | 103rd | Grover Cleveland addresses Princeton students in his New Jersey home |
| 27 | 1912 | 98th | First Lady Helen Herron Taft plants the famous cherry trees along the Potomac River |
| 28 | 1862 | 148th | The Confederate invasion of New Mexico halted at the Battle of Glorieta Pass |
| 29 | 1812 | 198th | First White House wedding joins Dolly Madison's sister with Judge Thomas Todd |
| 30 | 1822 | 188th | Florida becomes a U.S. territory |
| 30 | 1867 | 143rd | Secretary of State William Seward purchases Alaska, dubbed "Seward's Folly" |
| 31 | 1732 | 278th | Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer, born |
