Today is Tuesday, March 26, the 85th day of 2013. There are 280 days left in the year.
1780 ― First British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette & Sunday Monitor)
1812 ― Earthquake destroys 90 percent of Caracas; about 20,000 die
1824 ― First performance of Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis”
1845 ― Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precursor of band aid
1871 ― Paris Commune founded
1872 ― Thomas J. Martin patents fire extinguisher
1885 ― Eastman Film Co manufactures first commercial motion picture film
1945 ― Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima
1971 ― Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence
1994 ― Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 meter ladies (38.99 seconds)