What Happened in Mar 1874

Douglass Becomes President of Freedman's Savings and Trust Company

Becomes president of the troubled Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company. Works with the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee to save the bank,... Read more

John Younger Is Shot

The Adams Express Company turned to the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in 1874 to stop the James-Younger Gang. The Chicago-based agency worked... Read more

Harry Houdini Is Born

Harry Houdini was born in Budapest, Hungary, to a Jewish family. A copy of his birth certificate was found and published in The Houdini Birth... Read more

Conde Nast Is Born

On March 26, 1874, publisher Condé Nast was born. A successful advertising executive for Collier's, he introduced the concept of "class... Read more