Today is Saturday, March 19, the 78th day of 2011. 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
1920 _ U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for second time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy)
1945 _ 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan
1945 _ Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities
1965_ Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies
1970 _ West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and East German Premier Willi Stoph meet
1994 _ Largest omelet (1,383 feet) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan
1996 _ Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marriage