In This Week in … 241 BCE, the Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet in the Battle of the Aegates Islands and bring the First Punic War to an end (10 March 241 BCE). 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev is selected as the new general secretary and leader of the Soviet Union (11 March 1985). 1933, 8 days after inauguration, FDR gives his first “fireside chat” radio broadcast to the nation from […]
