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3/5/2012: A wild series of events in the North Dakota Senate ended in thrown punches and sensational newspaper headlines on this date in 1921. In all caps, The Fargo Forum reported “SENATE SESSION COMES TO END AMID BRAWLS, FIST FIGHTS AND SCENES OF WILDEST DISORDER.” And that was only the sub-headline! Across the banner the paper trumpeted: League Senators Try to Get Rough With Two Irishmen And regular Movie Comedy Results.”

3/7/2012: On this date in 1954, March 7 was a Sunday. And, for many North Dakotans and other Americans with television sets, Sunday night at 7:30 meant watching “Private Secretary,” starring North Dakota’s Ann Sothern in the title role.

3/6/2012: In the early 1900s, America was the land of dreams for the people from Eastern Europe who were seeking refuge from increasing political tension and deteriorating economic conditions.

3/13/2012: There’s no doubt that many stood against “the man,” whatever form he took, in the sixties. These stands led many to protest, and campus revolts made headlines across the United States.

3/18/2012: Edward Jollie was born on this date in 1907 in Belcourt, North Dakota. The youngest child, he earned the nickname Chick.

3/19/2012: On this date in 1912, a century ago, the citizens of Rugby elected a new mayor, Erick S. Dale (1868-1945). His name was not unusual, but his political affiliation was a bit startling, for Erick S. Dale was a Socialist.

3/21/2012: Unlike present day “snowbirds,” the Lewis & Clark expedition members were gearing up to leave North Dakota after the snow. Today in 1805, on the heels of a torturous winter near the Missouri Riverbanks, ice-locked boats were being freed from their frosty confines as the explorers prepared for their Westward journey.

3/22/2012: To some, the Cold War carried the specter of nuclear Armageddon, the end of life as we know it. While humanity dodged that particular bullet, efforts to build more effective bombs spurred both American and Russian intellectual curiosity and scientific prowess. The “space race,” the other epic mid-century contest between the US and the USSR, was intimately tied to nuclear-arms development. Indeed, the first rockets to send men into space were converted warfare missiles.

3/24/2012: Devils Lake Daily Journal reporter Stu Robertson gave an update on little Timmy Lang of Tokio, North Dakota, on this date in 1949.

3/29/2012: The first North Dakota governor to live in the executive mansion was born on this date in 1830. As you might expect in the new State of North Dakota, most persons of note and influence were born somewhere else. North Dakota’s third governor, Eli C. D. Shortridge, was no exception. The West Virginia native, raised in Missouri, completed his education at a Paris Academy. Not in France, but, in Paris, Missouri.