1665 - Boston's First Baptist Church, one of the oldest Baptist churches in America, is founded [NS March 1] 1866 - 1,800 Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they loot and plunder around Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec 1875 - California Rifle and Pistol Association founded 1906 - Famous Cunard passenger liner Lusitania launches 1936 - Yanks beat Indians 5-4 in 16; longest game without a strikeout 1941 - Chemists Archer John Porter Martin and Richard L. M. Synge give the first demonstration of partition chromatography (separation of mixtures) at a meeting of the Biochemical Society held at the National Institute for Medical Research, Hampstead 1959 - KLX-AM in Oakland California changes call letters to KEWB (now KNEW) 1967 - 2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors 1973 - Rangers draft Texas high school pitcher David Clyde #1 1987 - Andy Van Slyke HRs off R McDowell in both ends of double header More Historical Events »