Today is Wednesday, March 26, the 86th day of 2008. There are 280 days left in the year.
1780 _ First British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette & Sunday Monitor)
1812 _ Earthquake destroys 90 percent of Caracas; about 20,000 die
1824 _ First performance of Beethoven's ``Missa Solemnis"
1871 _ Paris Commune founded
1872 _ Thomas J. Martin patents fire extinguisher
1945 _ Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima
1958 _ 30th Academy Awards ― ``Bridge on the River Kwai", Alec Guinness & Joanne Woodward win
1970 _ 500th nuclear explosion announced by the U.S. since 1945
1979 _ Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
1982 _ Ground-breaking in Washington D.C. for Vietnam Veterans Memorial