Seward's Icebox

 On 30 March 1867, US Secretary of State William Henry Seward signed a treaty to buy Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million - less than 2 cents an acre. However, it took 6 months to persuade Congress to ratify the treaty. Some people called it Seward's Icebox.

Easter 2024

  Happy Easter to all my readers!  😊 

Alaska Earthquake

 On 27 March 1964 (local time) Alaska was struck by an earthquake It measured 9.2 on the Richter Scale and killed 131 people. Earthquake Damage Pics from Earthquakes.usgs.gov

Whitby

 My friend wrote a history of Whitby 

The Slave Trade Ends

On 25 March 1807 Britain abolished the slave trade. (The first country to abolish it was Denmark in 1792).

Hungover

You sometimes read that we say 'hungover' because drunk people slept hung over ropes. It's not true. That is not the origin of the term hungover. 

Tea Bag

 According to legend Thomas Sullivan invented the tea bag in 1908. But it seems that tea bags gradually developed and it's difficult to say who first invented them.