Today is Friday, March 16, the 76th day of 2012. There are 290 days left in the year.
1521 ― Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines
1850 ― Nathaniel Hawthorne's ``Scarlet Letter" published
1935 ― Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty
1945 ― U.S. defeats Japan at Iwo Jima
1955 ― President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war
1968 ― My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die
1972 ― John & Yoko are served with deportation papers
1988 ― Federal grand jury indicts Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North and Navy Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair
1991 ― Members of Irish Gay & Lesbian Organization march in NYC parade
1995 ― Mississippi House of Representatives ratifies 13th Amendment, formally abolishes slavery