Today is Monday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2014. There are 283 days left in the year.
1721 ― Johann Sebastian Bach opens his Brandenburg Concerts
1898 ― First automobile sold
1906 ― “Census of the British Empire” shows England rules 1/5 of the world
1934 ― U.S. declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945
1949 ― Walter & John Huston become first father-and-son team to win Oscars (actor & director of “Treasure of Sierra Madre”)
1952 ― Great demonstrations against apartheid in SouthAfrica
1958 ― Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)
1960 ― U.S. appeals court rules novel, “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” not obscene
1989 ― Worst U.S. oil spill; Exxon's Valdez spills 11.3 million gallons off Alaska
1997 ― Australian parliament overturns world's first and only euthanasia law