Today is Thursday, March 19, the 78th day of 2009. There are 287 days left in the year.
0721 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
1942 _ FDR orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non-military duty
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
1997 _ Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments