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Joe's Daily U.S. History Lesson -- March 13
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Publish Date: 2018-03-13 00:09:23
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MARCH 13 1942 – Secretary of War Robert Patterson approves the US army’s latest weapon: dogs! Now, our canine friends have been man’s best friends since the dawn of time itself, but on March 13 1942 the US made the bond official as the Army launched K-9 corps. Dogs for Defense was a civilian organization started by members of the American Kennel Club as an idea to use sentry dogs for supply depots. The Quartermaster Corps began experimenting and the experiment was a huge hit. The list of dog breeds that would become part of the corps would be German Shepards, Belgian sheep dogs, Doberman Pinschers, collies, Siberian Huskies, Malumutes and Eskimo dogs. Their proved to be quite useful in WWII, acting as sentry, scout, patrol, messenger and mine dogs. Our canine friends were sent to war to fight. Legend has it, during the latter days of the pacific theater, the Japanese never ambushed or attacked a patrol led by war dogs. According to the army’s website, the courage and loyalty of these dogs have continued to save lives and prevent injuries since the creation of the K-9 Corps. 1887 – Chester Greenwood patents earmuffs. Why? Because he from Maine and it’s fricking cold over there. He was a grammar school dropout who liked to go iceskating but got tired of holding hands to his ears to keep them warm. He tried wrapping a scarf around his head but it was too ichy and it never stayed on. So he grabbed some wire and made two ear shaped loops and asked his grandma to sew fur on them. He took this idea and became a kajillionaire through the ZGreenwood ear protection factory. The earmuff, everyone. You’re welcome world!

1836 – Sam Houston begins his retreat. Otherwise known as the Runaway Scrape, this occurred between the disastrous Battle of the Alamo and Battle of Jacinto where Sam Houston began a series of retreats from the Mexican army to buy him time to train and properly equip his men with guns and food. Just over a week before this, Texas had announced its independence from Mexico, and Mexican general Santa Anna. For nearly a month after the Alamo fell, Houston led his men on one retreat after another, seemingly running away from the Mexican army but in fact he was buying himself some time to train his soldiers. As Santa Anna continued his pursuit, he burned down the towns of Harrisburg and New Washington, scaring away thousands of Texas residents. But on April 21, Houston told his men to remember the Alamo, turned around and faced a surprised Mexican army that was practically twice the size of Houston’s now disciplined soldiers. The Mexican army attempted a disorganized retreat, but were captured by Houston’s men. Among those captured were Santa Anna himself who was forced to sign an agreement of immediate withdrawal of all Mexican troops from the Texas land. The Mexicans never seriously threatened the people of Mexico after that.

BASKETBALL: 1960 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA playoff record with 53 points 1965 Boston Celtics become the 1st NBA team to win 61 games in a season – will end with 62 1996 #13 seeded Princeton beats defending champion UCLA 43-41 in the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament
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