March

• 1 1781 - American Articles of Confederation enacted to form a loose association of states with no central government.
  
• 6 1953 - Josef Stalin died. Yay!
  
• 8 1958 - William Faulkner says U. S. schools have degenerated to babysitters.
  
• 14 1900 - The Gold Standard Act enacted/
  
• 17 1766 - Britian repeals Stamp Act.
  
• 22 1457 - Gutenberg Bible first printed book.
  
• 27 1968 - Yuri Gagarin died in a plane crash.
  
• 28 1948 - Tax Freedom Day (Are you noticing a trend about these days?)
  

April

• 2 1770 - American colonists reject all British duties except tea tax.
  
• 5 1856 - Booker T. Washington, champion of education and self-reliance, is born.
  
• 6 1991 - Iraq agrees to UN conditions ending Persian Gulf War. But US/UK continue to bomb military and civilian targets inside Iraq for next twelve years anyway.
  
• 11 1763 - Lord Bute is driven from office by Parlimentary revolt against cider tax.
  
• 12 1961 - Space Day, commemorating first manned space flight of Yuri Gagarin.
  
• 13 1743 - Thomas Jefferson born.
  
• 14 1865 - President Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
  
• 15 Official shakedown deadline in US.