Today is Wednesday, March 19, the 78th day of 2014. 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
1915 ― Pluto photographed for first time (although unknown at the time)
1931 ― Nevada legalizes gambling
1945 ― 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan
1945 ― Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree; destruction of German facilities
1970 ― West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and East German Premier Willi Stoph meet
1995 ― Five die by poison gas in Japanese subway
1996 ― Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marriage