Art

Actress Ruth “Bette” Elizabeth Davis was born on April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts.

American lithographer Nathaniel Currier was born on March 27, 1813, in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Playwright Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams III was born on March 26, 1911, in Columbus, Mississippi.

Artist and politician George Caleb Bingham was born on March 20, 1811, in Augusta County, Virginia.

On March 16, 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, creating America’s popular Duck Stamps.

Artist Benjamin West died on March 11, 1820, in London, United Kingdom.

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts.

On February 17, 1913, the Armory Show opened at the 69th Regimental Armory in New York City, giving many in the public their first exposure to Modern Art.

Newspaper editor and politician William Allen White was born on February 10, 1868, in Emporia, Kansas.