WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2008

Today is Wednesday, March 19, the 79th day of 2008. There are 287 days left in the year.

0721 B.C. _ First recorded lunar eclipse; Location, Babylon

1571 _ Spanish troops occupy Manila

1644 _ 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide

1831 _ First U.S. bank robbery (City Bank, New York/$245,000)

1964 _ Sean Connery's first day of shooting on ``Goldfinger"

1965 _ Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies

1987 _ Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 meter (39.43 seconds)

1915 _ Pluto photographed for first time (although unknown at the time)

1995 _ Five die by poison gas in Japanese subway

1995 _ Arizona begins using new area code 520 outside of Phoenix