MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009

Today is Monday, March 23, the 82nd day of 2009. There are 283 days left in the year.

1743 _ George Frideric Handel's oratorio ``Messiah" premieres in London

1775 _ Patrick Henry proclaims ``Give me liberty or give me death"

1835 _ Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales in the Andes

1839 _ First recorded use of ``OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post)

1858 _ Streetcar patented (Eleazer A. Gardner of Philadelphia)

1903 _ Wright brothers obtain airplane patent

1919 _ Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan Italy

1925 _ Tennessee becomes first state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution

1942 _ U.S. moves native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers

1972 _ Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars