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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014

Today is Thursday, March 27, the 86th day of 2014. There are 279 days left in the year.1625 ― Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascends to throne  1713 ― Spain losses Menorca and Gibraltar  1790 ― The shoelace invented 1855 ― Abraham Gesner patents kerosene  1914 ― First successful blood transfusion (in Brussels)  1931 ― Charlie Chaplin receives France's distinguished Legion of Honor1944 ― 1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp   1958 ― Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier and first secretary of Communist Party  1973 ― 45th Academy Awards: “Godfather,” Marlon Brando & Liza Minnelli win but Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians  1997 ― 39 cult members in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp)

Mar 26, 2014

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014

Today is Wednesday, March 26, the 85th day of 2014. There are 280 days left in the year.1668 ― England takes control of Bombay India  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 bandaid  1871 ― Paris Commune founded  1885 ― Eastman Film Co manufactures first commercial motion picture film  1910 ― U.S. forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers and the sick  1936 ― Mary Joyce ends a 1,000-mile trip by dog in Alaska  1970 ― 500th nuclear explosion announced by the U.S. since 1945  1989 ― First free elections in USSR; 190 million votes cast and Boris Yeltsin wins 

Mar 25, 2014

TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014

Today is Tuesday, March 25, the 84th day of 2014. There are 281 days left in the year.1 ― Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word  1133 ― William the Conqueror orders first Domesday Survey of England  1807 ― First railway passenger service began in England  1896 ― Modern Olympics begin in Athens, Greece  1916 ― Women are allowed to attend a boxing match  1957 ― Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (Common Market)  1958 ― Sugar Ray Robinson is first boxing champion to win five times  1961 ― Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered  1965 ― Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Al.  1970 ― Concorde makes its first supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)

Mar 24, 2014

MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014

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   

Mar 23, 2014

SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2014

Today is Saturday, March 22, the 81stday of 2014. There are 284 days left in the year.1457 ― Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book  1733 ― Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer)  1903 ― Niagara Falls runs out of water because of a drought  1914 ― World's first airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins  1960 ― First patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes1965 ― U.S. confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong 1968 ― Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone 1991 ― New York Daily News begins using motto “Forward with New York” 1993 ― Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS  1997 ― Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU) 

Mar 21, 2014

FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2014

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 

Mar 20, 2014

THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014

Today is Thursday, March 20, the 79th day of 2014. There are 286 days left in the year.1345 ― Saturn-Jupiter-Marsconjunction; thought “cause of plague epidemic”  1815 ― Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule  1852 ― Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” published (Boston)  1890 ― German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck  1933 ― Dachau, first concentration camp, completed 1977 ― Parisians elect former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac as first mayor in a century  1969 ― Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar1981 ― Argentine ex-President Isabel Peron sentenced to eight years   1995 ― Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured  1996 ― U.K. admits humans can catch CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease aka mad cow disease) 

Mar 19, 2014

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2014

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 

Mar 18, 2014

TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2014

Today is Tuesday, March 18, the 77th day of 2014. There are 288 days left in the year. 1871 ― Communards revolt in Paris France 1902 ― Enrico Caruso becomes first well-known performer to make a record 1922 ― British magistrates in India sentence Mohandas K. Gandhi to six years for disobedience 1930 ― Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh (U.S.) 1931 ― First electric shavers go on sale in U.S. (Schick) 1940 ― Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany’s war against France and Britain 1949 ― NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ratified 1952 ― Communist offensive in Korea 1977 ― U.S. restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N. Korea and Cambodia 1995 ― Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17-month NBA retirement 

Mar 17, 2014

MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014

Today is Monday, March 17, the 76th day of 2014. There are 289 days left in the year.455 ― Roman Senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor 1521 ― Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Philippines 1753 ― First official St. Patrick’s Day 1804 ― Johann von Schiller's “Wilhelm Tell” premieres 1845 ― Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London 1898 ― First practical submarine first submerges, New York, N.Y. (for 1 hour 40 minutes) 1919 ― Dutch steel workers strike for 8-hour day & minimum wages 1959 ― Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India 1988 ― Iran says Iraq uses poison gas 1992 ― De Klerk wins a white only referendum 

Mar 16, 2014

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