Today is the beginning of Daylight Saving Time, time for moving the clocks one hour ahead. The exceptions are Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. Credit for Daylight Saving Time belongs to Benjamin Franklin, who first suggested the idea in 1784. The idea was revived in 1907, when William Willett, an Englishman, proposed a similar system in the pamphlet The Waste of Daylight. The Germans were the first to officially adopt the light-extending system in 1915 as a fuel-saving measure during World War I. The British switched one year later, and the United States followed in 1918, when Congress passed the Standard Time Act, which established our time zones. This experiment lasted only until 1920, when the law was repealed due to opposition from dairy farmers (cows don’t pay attention to clocks). During World War II, Daylight Saving Time was imposed once again (this time year-round) to save fuel.
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Sunday, March 14, 2027
Born
- Johann Strauss, the Elder (composer) –
- Lucy Hobbs Taylor (first U.S. woman dentist) –
- John Luther "Casey" Jones (railroad engineer) –
- Albert Einstein (physicist) –
- Lester Brown (bandleader) –
- Max Shulman (novelist) –
- Hank Ketcham (cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace) –
- Frank Borman (astronaut) –
- Michael Caine (actor) –
- Quincy Jones ( musician and producer) –
- Billy Crystal (actor) –
- Kirby Puckett (baseball player) –
- Steph Curry (basketball player) –
- Simone Biles (Olympic gymnast) –
Died
- Emile Erckmann (novelist) –
- Henry Woods (federal judge) –
- Thomas Winship (editor of the Boston Globe from 1965-1984, Pulitzer Prize winner) –
- Peter Graves (actor) –
- Stephen Hawking (physicist) –
Events
- Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin –
- U.S. Congress adopted the gold standard –
- Pelican Island (Fla.) became first National Wildlife Refuge in the United States –
- Women granted the right to vote in Saskatchewan –
- Germany began retreat to Hindenburg Line (WWI) –
- First U.S. concrete seagoing ship, S.S. Faith, launched, Redwood City, California –
- U.S. President Warren G. Harding became the first chief executive to file an income tax report –
- Shirley Temple left her footprints and handprints in the wet cement at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood –
- The U.S. Army Air Corp began bombing Osaka, Japan (WWII) –
- Possible UFO sighted in Healdsburg, California –
- Gordie Howe second player in NHL history to score 500 career goals –
- Jack Ruby was found guilty in Dallas of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy –
- Batman, starring Adam West and Burt Ward, aired its last episode –
- OPEC agreed to lower the benchmark price for crude oil by 15%. It marked the first price cut since the group’s formation in 1960 –
- Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge founded in Manteo, North Carolina –
- Marc Garneau chosen as first Canadian astronaut to go into space –
- Lebanese hijacker, Fawaz Younis, brought to U.S. to stand trial, found guilty of air piracy in 1985 hijacking –
- The Soviet Congress elected Mikhail Gorbachev to the country’s presidency, one day after clearing the post –
- Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Darlene Love, Tom Waits, Jac Holzman, Art Rupe, and Leon Russell were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame –
Weather
- Red snow and hail fell in parts of Italy and present-day Slovenia –
- A tornado swept through Nashville, Tennessee –
- At the end of a four-day storm, a record for the state of Iowa was set in Iowa City, 27.2 inches of snowfall –
- A storm lasting several days dropped 27.2 inches of snow on Iowa City, Iowa. –