Zebulon Montgomery Pike, U.S. army officer and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado was named (1779)

• The American West
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• Great Sites for Teaching About…Explorers
  Best sites on the web for teaching about explorers.

Diane Keaton, American Academy Award-winning actress (Annie Hall, Looking for Mr. Goodbar), born (1946)

Konstantin Stanislavsky, Russian actor/director who developed the system of acting called the Stanislavsky method, born (1863)

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Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss playwright and novelist (Visit), born (1921)

Robert Duvall, American Academy Award-winning actor (Tender Mercies, The Apostle) born (1931)

George Washington Carver, Black American agricultural chemist and experimenter, died at 81 (1943)

• 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.
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National Association of Audubon Societies founded (1903)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his "Four Freedoms" speech (1941)

• Great Sites for Teaching About…Presidents of the United States
  Best sites on the web for teaching about the presidents.

Nellie Tayloe Ross, first female U.S. governor inaugurated in Wyoming (1925)

• March Into Women's History Month!
  Planning a March project to celebrate Women's History Month? Join us as we explore some of the best Web sites for and about women.

First U.S. school of librarianship opened at Columbia University (1887)

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German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen first publicly demonstrated x-rays (1896)

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San Francisco-Hawaii telegraph cable opened for public (1903)