Today is Monday, March 15, the 74th day of 2010. There are 291 days left in the year.
1493 _ Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after first new world voyage
1672 _ King Charles II enacts Declaration of Indulgence
1892 _ First escalator patented by inventor Jesse W. Reno (New York City)
1906 _ Brits Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd.
1907 _ Finland is first European country to give women the right to vote
1908 _ First performance of Maurice Ravel's ``Rapsodie Espagnole"
1912 _ Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins
1928 _ Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose)
1957 _ Third nation to explode a nuclear bomb (Britain)
1964 _ Liz Taylor's fifth marriage (Richard Burton)