National Earmuff Day, celebrated on March 13, honors the man who found a better way to keep our ears warm all winter long. Read on to find out who invented earmuffs on this day and many other historical moments of this date.
- 1877 – American Chester Greenwood patented earmuffs.
- 1881- Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in the city of St. Petersburg.
- 1905- Mata Hari first performance of her dance act at the Guimet Museum, Paris
- 1915 – A special military service award was given to the French leader, General Michael Maunoury.
- 1920 – Improvements in the type and quality of beef were proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- 1930 – Clyde Tombaugh, an astronomer at the Lowell Observatory, discovered the ninth planet Pluto.
- 1938 – Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded the hit “When the Saints Go Marching In.”
- 1949 – Imperial Records was created in Los Angeles, California.
- 1950 – General Motors Corporation reported record net earnings of $656,434,232.
- 1957 – Over 10,000 church pilgrims witnessed the 18th Anniversary celebration of the date that Pope Pius XII was crowned.
- 1965 -British guitarist Eric Clapton quit the Yardbirds.
- 1969 -The Love Bug, a popular Disney movie, was released.
- 1970 -The first election in the UK after the lowering of the voting age from 21 to 18, took place in the Bridgwater by-election.
- 1972 -Freddie Hart and Loretta Lynn won the 7th Academy of Country Music Awards.
- 1982 -Men’s Figure Skating Champions in Copenhagen, won by Scott Hamilton (USA).
- 1987– John Gotti, was acquitted of racketeering.
- 1990- An off-duty policewoman and her dog were picked up by a tornado.
- 2005– Bob Iger was named CEO of Walt Disney International.
- 2006-Construction began on the memorial and museum to commemorate the victims of the 9/11 attacks.
- 2008-Gold reached a landmark of $1,000 per ounce for the first time.