FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2010

Today is Friday, March 19, the 78th day of 2010. There are 287 days left in the year.

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

1452 _ Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor

1571 _ Spanish troops occupy Manila

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

1918 _ Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1920 _ U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for second time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy)

1945 _ Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities Browning (Canada)

1975 _ Pennsylvania is first state to allow girls to compete with boys in High School sports

1994 _ Largest omelet (1,383-ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama Japan

1996 _ Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marriage