FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2018

Today is Friday, March 23, the 82nd day of 2018. There are 283 days left in the year.

1593 — English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander

1630 — French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont

1657 — France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk

1708 — English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth

1743 — George Frideric Handel’s oratorio "Messiah" premieres in London

1806 — Lewis & Clark reach Pacific coast

1808 — Napoleon’s brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain

1901 — Dame Nellie Melba, revealssecret of her now famous toast

1903 — Wright brothers obtain airplane patent