Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor (Far North, Days of Heaven), born (1943)

Patricia K. Kuhl, speech and hearing scientist who researched language learning development, born (1946)

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Vivien Leigh, Academy Award-winning actress (Gone with the Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire), born (1913)

Susan B. Anthony was arrested for registering to vote (1875)

• Women of Accomplishment: An Internet Scavenger Hunt
  Neglected for years, the historical contributions of women are celebrated during March, the official National Women's History Month. Supplement your textbooks with the other half of history -- the achievements of women -- by posing a question about women's history during every school day of the month!

USSR tanks crushed Hungarian revolt (1956)

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt re-elected to an unprecedented 3rd term (1940)

• Great Sites for Teaching about…Election 2000
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First issue of the New York Weekly Journal was published by John Peter Zenger, a colonial American printer and journalist (1733)

• Ten Great Activities: Teaching With the Newspaper
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Sinclair Lewis became the first American writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (1930 )

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Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to Congress (1968)

• Ten Activities Celebrate Achievements of African Americans!
  With the assistance of the Web, you too can incorporate activities that reflect the positive impact black Americans have had on our nation's history