SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2012

Today is Saturday, March 10, the 70th day of 2012. There are 296 days left in the year.

418 ― Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire

1629 ― King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later

1862 ― U.S. issues first paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1,000)

1876 ― First telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson)

1880 ― Salvation Army of England sets up U.S. welfare and religious activity

1910 ― China ends slavery

1960 ― USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing

1969 ― James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King Jr.

1982 ― President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya

1990 ― Fourth American Comedy Awards: When Harry Met Sally