Friday, March 25, 2011

ON THIS DAY

1970 Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)
1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama
1807 British Parliament abolishes slave trade
1133 William the Conqueror orders 1st Domesday Survey of England
708   Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope
421   Friday at 12 PM - city of Venice founded
31    First Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus

Happy Birthday!!!!: Aretha Franklin,

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