Volume 13 , Issue 11

This Day In History (March 14)

On this day in history, March 14, 1900, Congress rectified the Gold Standard Act. President McKinley signed the Financial Bill using a new gold pen.

Washington, March 14 -- At fourteen minutes before 1 o'clock this afternoon the President affixed his signature to the Financial bill, thus making it a law of the land. Mr. Overstreet of Indiana, who had the bill in charge, arrived at the White House about five minutes before that time, and was shown into the Cabinet room, where he was joined by the President, who after inquiring if the bill had been compared with care affixed his signature to it.

At the same time he recalled to those who stood by the fact that many of the important financial bills which had been passed by Congress had been approved on the 14th of the month. He spoke of the Sherman act, the Resumption act, and now the bill which was before him. In signing the bill the President used a new gold pen and holder, which Mr. Overstreet had brought with him for the purpose.

On this day in history, March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and one of the great thinkers of the ages, was born. Following his death on April 18, 1955, his obituary appeared in The Times

Also On This Date, March 14:
1743 - The first recorded town meeting in America was held, at Faneuil Hall in Boston.

1794 - Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin.

1883 - Political philosopher Karl Marx died at age 64.

1900 - Congress ratified the Gold Standard Act.

1939 - The Republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, opening the way for Nazi occupation.

1951 - United Nations forces recaptured Seoul during the Korean War.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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