| Year | Description | Perspective | Preview | Score |
| 3/3/1842 | 1st
|
Narrative of a child whose family works in a textile mill | MA passes law | 368
words, 2.9 readability |
| 3/3/1868 | Jesse
Chisholm, who blazed one of the West's most famous trails, dies in OK |
A narrative from a teenager who drove cattle the first time down the Chisholm Trail | Down the Chisholm trail | 439
words, 7.1 readability |
| 3/5/1770 | Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd; Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom | A narrative from a young man participating in the protest against British troops in the mob at the time | I was at the Boston Massacre | 343
words, 4.7 readability |
| 3/11/1665 | New York approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights | Narrative of child worried about the Church of England taking over New Amsterdam | New rights at Church | 429
words, 4.6 readability |
| 3/29/1943 | Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WWII | Child
growing up in |
Watching what we eat | 442
words, 4.1 readability |
| Year | Description | Perspective | Score |
| 3/3/1883 | Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in US navy | A narrative from a teenager getting ready to work on a steel ship, whose dad worked on wooden ships | 410 words, 5.1 readability |
| 3/4/1826 | 1st US RR
chartered, Granite
Railway in |
A narrative of a
child whose
father quarries granite for the first railroad |
451 words, 4.8 readability |
| 3/6/1930 | Brooklyn's Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food | Narrative of child who shops with her Mom | 359 words, 4.4
readability |
| 3/7/1857 | Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs | Narrative from child whose father plays semi-pro baseball | 404 words, 4.5 readability |
| 3/15/1937 | 1st blood bank
is established
( |
Narrative of a child who receives a transfusion from the first blood bank | 417 words, 4.6 readability |
| 3/19/1918 | Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time | Child in 1900 |
379 words, 4.7 readability |
| 3/22/1861 | 1st |
Narrative of a child whose mother is going to first nursing school | 335 words, 4.2 readability |
| 3/23/1957 | US army sells last homing pigeons | Narrative of a child whose dad took care of pigeons | 348 words, 5.0 readability |
|
Day |
Year |
Description |
Perspective |
Links |
Score |
|
3/3 |
1842 |
1st US child labor
law regulating working hours passed (Massachusetts) |
Narrative of a
child whose family works in a textile mill |
368 words, 2.9
readability |
|
|
3/4 |
1868 |
Jesse Chisholm,
who blazed one of the West's most famous trails, dies in OK |
A narrative from a
teenager who drove cattle the first time down the Chisholm Trail |
439 words, 7.1
readability |
|
|
3/5 |
1770 |
Boston Massacre,
British troops kill 5 in crowd; Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to
die for American freedom |
A narrative from a
young man participating in the protest against British troops in the
mob at the time |
343 words, 4.7
readability |
|
|
3/11 |
1665 |
New York approves
new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights |
Narrative of child
worried about the Church of England taking over New Amsterdam |
429 words, 4.6
readability |
|
|
3/16 |
1827 |
1st US black
newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (New York NY), begins publishing |
Narrative of a
child proud to deliver this newspaper |
406 words, 4.4
readability |
|
|
3/20 |
1861 |
Willie and Tad
Lincoln get the measles |
Narrative of a
child who plays with Lincoln kids, describing scourge that measles was |
371 words, 4.3
readability |
|
|
3/29 |
1943 |
Meat, butter
& cheese rationed in US during WWII |
Child growing up
in Los Angeles during rationing in World War II |
442 words, 4.1
readability |
|
Day |
Year |
Description |
Perspective |
Links |
Score |
|
3/3 |
1842 |
1st US child labor
law regulating working hours passed (Massachusetts) |
Narrative of a
child whose family works in a textile mill |
368 words, 2.9
readability |
|
|
3/4 |
1868 |
Jesse Chisholm,
who blazed one of the West's most famous trails, dies in OK |
A narrative from a
teenager who drove cattle the first time down the Chisholm Trail |
439 words, 7.1
readability |
|
|
3/5 |
1770 |
Boston Massacre,
British troops kill 5 in crowd; Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to
die for American freedom |
A narrative from a
young man participating in the protest against British troops in the
mob at the time |
343 words, 4.7
readability |
|
|
3/11 |
1665 |
New York approves
new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights |
Narrative of child
worried about the Church of England taking over New Amsterdam |
429 words, 4.6
readability |
|
|
3/16 |
1827 |
1st US black
newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (New York NY), begins publishing |
Narrative of a
child proud to deliver this newspaper |
406 words, 4.4
readability |
|
|
3/20 |
1861 |
Willie and Tad
Lincoln get the measles |
Narrative of a
child who plays with Lincoln kids, describing scourge that measles was |
371 words, 4.3
readability |
|
|
3/29 |
1943 |
Meat, butter
& cheese rationed in US during WWII |
Child growing up
in Los Angeles during rationing in World War II |
442 words, 4.1
readability |