Today is Tuesday, March 20, the 90th day of 2012. There are 276 days left in the year.
1815 ― Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule
1890 ― German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck
1954 ― First newspaper vending machine used (Columbia, Penn.)
1969 ― Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
1969 ― U.S. President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970
1989 ― Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation
1991 ― Michael Jackson signs $65-million six-album deal with Sony records
1995 ― Dow-Jones hits 4,083.68 (record)
1995 ― Poison gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured
1996 ― U.K. admits humans can catch CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease aka mad cow disease)