FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010

Today is Friday, March 12, the 71st day of 2010. There are 294 days left in the year.

1587 _ English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower

1737 _ Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy

1848 _ Second Republic established in France

1917 _ Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets

1947 _ President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism

1951 _ Communist troops driven out of Seoul

1964 _ Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam

1967_ Indonesian congress deprives President Sukarno of authority

1977 _ Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel

1984 _ National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51-week strike