WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016

Today is Wednesday, March 2, 62nd day of 2016. There are 304 days left in the year.

1824 — Interstate commerce comes under federal control

1836 — Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico

1855 — Aleksandr Romanov becomes Czar of Russia

1861 — Government Printing Office purchases first printing plant, Washington DC

1865 — British newspaper “Morning Chronicle” begins publishing

1867 — Congress abolishes peonage in New Mexico

1867 — Howard University established

1867 — U.S. Congress creates the Department of Education

1867 — U.S. Congress passed the first Reconstruction Act

1868 — University of Illinois opens