SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2009

Today is Saturday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2009. There are 293 days left in the year.

1558 ― Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor

1689 ― Scotland dismisses Willem III & Mary Stuart as king & queen

1900 ― U.S. currency goes on gold standard

1916 ― Battle of Verdun: German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun

1941 ― Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies

1951 ― During Korean War, U.S./U.N. forces recapture Seoul

1953 ― Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as Secretary of Communist Party

1954 ― Braves Henry Aaron homers in his first exhibition game

1971 ― The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes

1995 ― First time 13 people in space