Follow the map through history

•On March 5, 1658, Antoine de la Mothe, Le Sieur de Cadillac, namesake of Cadillac cars, is born in Gascogny, France. Cadillac was an explorer who mapped the Great Lakes and founded Detroit, which today is affectionately known as the Motor City.

•On Feb. 27, 1860, President Abraham Lincoln poses for the first of several portraits by noted Civil War-era photographer Mathew Brady. A relatively new art form, the photograph (or daguerreotype) showed a beardless Lincoln just moments before he delivered an address at Cooper Union.

•On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signs a congressional act making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official national anthem of the United States.

•On March 2, 1944, for the first time, the Academy Awards are presented as part of a televised variety show. Jack Benny served as master of ceremonies for the event, which was held at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. Due to lack of network interest, the show was only broadcast locally, on two Los Angeles TV stations.

•On March 4, 1952, Ernest Hemingway completes his short novel “The Old Man and the Sea.” The book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and would be his last significant work of fiction before his suicide in 1961.

•On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy issues Executive Order 10924, establishing the Peace Corps as a new agency within the Department of State. Since 1961, more than 160,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps, serving in 134 nations.

•On Feb. 28, 1983, “M*A*S*H,” the cynical situation-comedy about doctors behind the front lines of the Korean War, airs its final episode after 11 seasons. The last episode drew 77 percent of the television viewing audience, the largest audience ever to watch a single TV show up to that time.