SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2019

Today is Saturday, March 23, the 82nd day of 2019. There are 283 days left in the year.

1568 — Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike

1579 — Friesland joins Union of Utrecht

1801 — Murder attempt on Czar Paul I

1808 — Napoleon’s brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain

1836 — Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale

1858 — Streetcar patented (Eleazer A Gardner of Philadelphia)

1868 — University of California founded (Oakland CA)

1889 — President Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization

1903 — Wright brothers obtain airplane patent

1918 — Lithuania proclaims independence

1919 — Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan, Italy