WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2014

Today is Wednesday, March 19, the 78th day of 2014. There are 287 days left in the year.

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

1571 ― Spanish troops occupy Manila

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

1915 ― Pluto photographed for first time (although unknown at the time)

1931 ― Nevada legalizes gambling

1945 ― 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan

1945 ― Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree; destruction of German facilities

1970 ― West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and East German Premier Willi Stoph meet

1995 ― Five die by poison gas in Japanese subway

1996 ― Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marriage