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Here are some significant events that happened on March 13 in the history of the United States:

 Here are some historical events that occurred on March 12 in the United States:

• 1664: The colony of New Jersey was established by English colonists.

• 1850: The first U.S. postage stamps were issued, featuring portraits of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.

• 1864: American Civil War: The Battle of Fort McAllister II: Union forces under General William T. Sherman defeat Confederate forces defending the strategic fort.

• 1930: Mohandas K. Gandhi begins his Salt March to protest against British rule in India.

• 1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his first Fireside Chat radio address to the American people, reassuring them about the government's efforts to address the Great Depression.

• 1938: Germany annexes Austria, an event known as the Anschluss.

• 1964: The U.S. Supreme Court issues its landmark decision in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, which establishes the principle of "actual malice" as a standard for defamation suits against public officials.

• 1993: The Blizzard of 1993 strikes the eastern United States, causing widespread damage and killing more than 300 people.

• 2003: Elizabeth Smart, a 15-year-old girl who had been kidnapped from her home in Utah, is found alive in Sandy, Utah, after being held captive for nine months.

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These are just a few of the many historical events that have occurred on March 12 in the United States.

Here are some historical events that occurred on March 11th in the history of the United States of America:

1. 1810: The U.S. Congress authorized the creation of the Revenue Cutter Service, which would later become the United States Coast Guard.

2. 1861: The Confederate States of America adopted its first constitution.

3. 1888: The Great Blizzard of 1888 struck the northeastern United States, causing widespread damage and loss of life.

4. 1930: President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which raised U.S. tariffs to historically high levels and is often cited as a contributing factor to the Great Depression.

5. 1965: The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a group of civil rights demonstrators on a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand voting rights for African Americans.

6. 1993: Janet Reno was confirmed as the first female Attorney General of the United States.

7. 2004: Ten bombs exploded on four commuter trains in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people and injuring more than 2,000. The attacks were later linked to an Al-Qaeda affiliate.

8. 2011: A magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, triggering a devastating tsunami that killed thousands of people and caused a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

On March 10th, several significant events took place in the history of the United States. Here are some of them:

• 1862: The U.S. government issued the first paper money in the form of "greenbacks" to finance the Union effort in the Civil War.

• 1876: Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call, saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you." to his assistant, Thomas Watson, in Boston, Massachusetts.

• 1949: Mildred Gillars, also known as "Axis Sally," was convicted of treason for broadcasting Nazi propaganda during World War II.

• 1969: James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and was sentenced to 99 years in prison.

• 1977: Astronomers discovered rings around the planet Uranus.

These are just a few of the historical events that took place on March 10th in the United States.