1876
Alexander Graham Bell received the official patent for the Telephone, an invention that greatly changed how people communicate across long distances.
1936
Adolf Hitler sent German military forces into the Rhineland, breaking the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and increasing tensions in Europe before World War II.
1965
The first protest of the Selma to Montgomery Marches began in Selma, Alabama, where civil rights demonstrators were violently confronted by police in an event remembered as Bloody Sunday.
1969
Golda Meir took office as the Prime Minister of Israel, becoming one of the earliest female leaders of a national government.
1985
The charity single We Are the World, performed by the group USA for Africa, was released worldwide to collect funds for famine relief efforts in Ethiopia.
Nurturing Creativity – Keekli Charitable Trust, Shimla
