TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012

Today is Tuesday, March 20, the 90th day of 2012. There are 276 days left in the year.

1815 ― Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule

1890 ― German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck

1954 ― First newspaper vending machine used (Columbia, Penn.)

1969 ― Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar

1969 ― U.S. President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970

1989 ― Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation

1991 ― Michael Jackson signs $65-million six-album deal with Sony records

1995 ― Dow-Jones hits 4,083.68 (record)

1995 ― Poison gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured

1996 ― U.K. admits humans can catch CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease aka mad cow disease)