Upcoming Dates and Topics:
March 8, 1930 - Clue: An act of civil disobedience in India.
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi begins a boycott on salt to protest taxes imposed by the British who control India.
March 9, 1862 - Clue: The clash of the ironclads.
Answer: The Monitor and the Virginia battle in the first clash between two ironclad war ships.
March 10, 1876 - Clue: "Mr. Watson--Come here!"
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell makes the first "phone call" to his assistant, Watson.
March 11, 1302 - Clue: Two "star-crossed lovers" are married.
Answer: According to Shakespeare, the date Romeo and Juliet are married.
March 12, 1933 - Clue: Time for a "fireside chat."
Answer: Franklin Roosevelt delivers his first radio address, soon to be known as "fireside chats."
March 13, 1852 - Clue: The US gets a mascot.
Answer: The image of "Uncle Sam" is born.
March 14, 1794 - Clue: New technology changes the South.
Answer: Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin.
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