Today is Friday, March 21, the 80th day of 2014. There are 285 days left in the year.
1697 ― Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West Europe
1804 ― French civil Code of Napoleon adopted
1857 ― Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die
1923 ― U.S. foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognition
1935 ― Persia officially renamed Iran
1951 ― 290,000 U.S. soldiers in Korea
1961 ― Beatles’ first appearance at the Cavern Club
1975 ― Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3,000 years
1983 ― Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled
1990 ― “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC for 149 performances