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THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2013

Today is Thursday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2013. There are 293 days left in the year. 1558 ― Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor1900 ― US currency goes on gold standard 1939 ― Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia 1951 ― During Korean War, US/UN forces recapture Seoul 1965 ― Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany 1971 ― The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes 1983 ― OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years 1990 ― Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress 1992 ― Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication 1995 ― 1st time 13 people in space 

Mar 13, 2013

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013

Today is Wednesday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2013. There are 293 days left in the year.1519 ― Cortez lands in Mexico 1634 ― Academie Francaise opens 1781 ― Sir William Herschel sees “comet” (really discovered Uranus) 1884 ― U.S. adopts Standard Time 1943 ― Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight 1954 ― Viet Minh General Giap opens assault on That Bien Phu 1961 ― Pablo Picasso (79) marries his model Jacqueline Rocque (37) 1965 ― Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds 1979 ― European Monetary System is established, ECU created 1991 ― Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines and cleanup of Valdez oil spill (Prince William Sound, Alas.) 

Mar 12, 2013

TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2013

Today is Tuesday, March 12, the 71st day of 2013. There are 294 days left in the year. 1365 ― University of Vienna founded 1587 ― English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1737 ― Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy 1917 ― Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1930 ― Mohandas Gandhi begins 200-mile (321-km) march protesting British salt tax 1947 ― President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism 1951 ― Communist troops driven out of Seoul 1969 ― 11th Grammy Awards: “Mrs. Robinson,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” win 1977 ― Egypt’s Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel 1987 ― “Les Miserables” opens at Broadway/Imperial NYC for 4,000-plus performances 

Mar 11, 2013

MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2013

Today is Monday, March 11, the 70th day of 2013. There are 295 days left in the year. 537 ― Goths lay siege to Rome 1302 ― Romeo & Juliet’s wedding day, according to Shakespeare 1702 ― First English daily newspaper, “Daily Courant,” is published 1810 ― Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise1851 ― Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Rigoletto” premieres in Venice 1918 ― Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia 1966 ― Military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out 1967 ― Pink Floyd releases their first song (Arnold Layne) 1985 ― Mikhail S. Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader 1997 ― Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II 

Mar 10, 2013

SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013

Today is Saturday, March 9, the 68th day of 2013. There are 297 days left in the year.1497 ― Nicolaus Copernicus first recorded astronomical observation, 1522 ― Marten Luther preaches his Invocavit 1562 ― Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death) 1697 ― Czar Peter the Great begins tour of West Europe 1791 ― George Hayward, U.S. surgeon, first to use ether 1796 ― Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais 1842 ― Giuseppe Verdi's opera “Nabucco” premieres in Milan 1897 ― Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin) 1932 ― Former Chinese emperor Henry Pui installed as head of Manchuria 1953 ― Josef Stalin buried in Moscow 

Mar 8, 2013

FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2013

Today is Friday, March 8, the 67th day of 2013. There are 298 days left in the year. 1854 ― U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry's second trip to Japan 1858 ― Leoncavallo's opera “I Pagliacci" is produced (Naples) 1910 ― Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris France becomes first licensed female pilot 1911 ― International Women's Day (first celebrated) 1930 ― Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India 1934 ― Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars 1958 ― William Faulkner says U.S. schools degenerated to become babysitters 1965 ― First U.S. combat forces arrive in South Vietnam (3,500 Marines) 1976 ― 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China 1983 ― President Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire" 

Mar 7, 2013

THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013

Today is Thursday, March 7, the 66th day of 2013. There are 299 days left in the year.1530 ― King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church 1857 ― Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs 1876 ― Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone 1917 ― First jazz record “Dixie Jazz Band One Step,” recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden, N.J. 1936 ― Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland 1945 ― Yugoslavia government of Tito forms 1962 ― Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio 1989 ― Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Salman Rushdie’s book “The Satanic Verses” 1994 ― ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa1996 ― First surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope) 

Mar 6, 2013

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2013

Today is Wednesday, March 6, the 65th day of 2013. There are 300 days left in the year. 1521 ― Magellan discovers Guam 1836 ― 3,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight 1853 ― Giuseppe Verdi’s Opera “La Traviata” premieres in Venice 1899 ― “Aspirin” patented by Felix Hoffmann 1926 ― China asks for a seat in the Security council 1960 ― President Sukarno disbands Indonesia’s parliament 1964 ― Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali 1970 ― Beatles release “Let it Be” in U.K. 1981 ― Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of “The CBS Evening News” 1985 ― Yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of “King & I” 

Mar 5, 2013

TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013

Today is Tuesday, March 5, the 64th day of 2013. There are 301 days left in the year.1558 ― Smoking tobacco introduced to Europe by Francisco Fernandes1616 ― Copernicus’ “De Revolutionibus” placed on Catholic Forbidden index1807 ― First performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 4th Symphony in B1868 ― Stapler patented in England by C. H. Gould1917 ― First jazz recording for Victor Records released1933 ― FDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday1933 ― Germany’s Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9 percent ― 17.2 million votes)1943 ― Anti-fascist strikes in Italy1953 ― Josef Stalin’s death announced1955 ― Elvis Presley makes first TV appearance on "Louisiana Hayride" show 

Mar 4, 2013

MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013

Today is Monday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2013. There are 302 days left in the year.  1774 ― First sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel) 1793 ― President Washington’s second inauguration, shortest speech (133 words) 1841 ― Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison 1861 ― Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President; first time U.S. has five former presidents living 1895 ― Gustav Mahler’s 2nd Symphony, premieres in Berlin 1923 ― Lenin’s last article in Pravda (about Red bureaucracy) 1966 ― John Lennon says “We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus” 1995 ― Blind teenage boy receives a “bionic eye” at a Washington Hospital 1997 ― Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks 1997 ― President Clinton bans federally-funded human cloning research

Mar 3, 2013

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