MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2013

Today is Monday, March 18, the 77th day of 2013. There are 288 days left in the year.

1871 ― Communards revolt in Paris, France

1902 ― Enrico Caruso becomes first well-known performer to make a record

1930 ― Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh (U.S.)

1937 ― Gas explosion in school in New London, Texas; 296 die

1940 ― Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France and Britain

1944 ― 2,500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago, Ill., department store

1952 ― Communist offensive in Korea

1967 ― Beatles’ “Penny Lane” single goes No. 1

1978 ― 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario, Calif.

1990 ― Largest art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen