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FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2010

Today is Friday, March 19, the 78th day of 2010. There are 287 days left in the year. 721 B.C. _ First recorded lunar eclipse; Location, Babylon 1452 _ Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor 1571 _ Spanish troops occupy Manila 1644 _ 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide 1918 _ Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time 1920 _ U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for second time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy) 1945 _ Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities Browning (Canada) 1975 _ Pennsylvania is first state to allow girls to compete with boys in High School sports 1994 _ Largest omelet (1,383-ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama Japan 1996 _ Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marriage

Mar 18, 2010

THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010

Today is Thursday, March 18, the 77th day of 2010. There are 288 days left in the year. 1871 _ Communards revolt in Paris France 1891 _ Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone 1902 _ Enrico Caruso becomes first well-known performer to make a record 1921 _ Steamer ``Hong Kong" runs aground off Swatow China, killing 1,000 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 1944 _ 2,500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago department store 1952 _ Communist offensive in Korea 1977 _ Vietnam hands over MIA to U.S.

Mar 17, 2010

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2010

Today is Tuesday, March 16, the 75th day of 2010. There are 290 days left in the year. 1345 _ Holy spirit glides above fire; ``the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend) 1521 _ Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines 1830 _ New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) 1850 _ Nathaniel Hawthorne's ``Scarlet Letter" published 1935 _ Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty 1941 _ Dmitri Shostakovich receives the Stalin Prize 1945 _ U.S. defeats Japan at Iwo Jima 1968 _ My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die 1977 _ U.S. President Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland 1991 _ Members of Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization march in NYC parade

Mar 16, 2010

TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2010

Today is Tuesday, March 16, the 75th day of 2010. There are 290 days left in the year. 1345 _ Holy spirit glides above fire; ``the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend) 1521 _ Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines 1830 _ New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) 1850 _ Nathaniel Hawthorne's ``Scarlet Letter" published 1935 _ Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty 1941 _ Dmitri Shostakovich receives the Stalin Prize 1945 _ U.S. defeats Japan at Iwo Jima 1968 _ My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die 1977 _ U.S. President Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland 1991 _ Members of Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization march in NYC parade

Mar 15, 2010

MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010

Today is Monday, March 15, the 74th day of 2010. There are 291 days left in the year. 1493 _ Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after first new world voyage 1672 _ King Charles II enacts Declaration of Indulgence 1892 _ First escalator patented by inventor Jesse W. Reno (New York City) 1906 _ Brits Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd. 1907 _ Finland is first European country to give women the right to vote 1908 _ First performance of Maurice Ravel's ``Rapsodie Espagnole" 1912 _ Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins 1928 _ Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose) 1957 _ Third nation to explode a nuclear bomb (Britain) 1964 _ Liz Taylor's fifth marriage (Richard Burton)

Mar 14, 2010

SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010

Today is Saturday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2010. There are 293 days left in the year. 1519 _ Cortez lands in Mexico 1634 _ Academie Francaise opens 1639 _ Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard 1933 _ Banks reopen 1947 _ 19th Academy Awards: ``Best Years of Our Lives," Frederic March, Olivia de Havilland win 1951 _ Israel demands 6.2 billion-Deutsch mark compensation from Germany 1961 _ Pablo Picasso (79) marries his model Jacqueline Rocque (37) 1963 _ Indonesia and Netherlands recover diplomatic relations 1965 _ Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds 1991 _ Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines and& cleanup of Valdez oil spill (Prince William Sound, Alaska)

Mar 12, 2010

FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010

Today is Friday, March 12, the 71st day of 2010. There are 294 days left in the year. 1587 _ English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1737 _ Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy 1848 _ Second Republic established in France 1917 _ Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1947 _ President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism 1951 _ Communist troops driven out of Seoul 1964 _ Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam 1967_ Indonesian congress deprives President Sukarno of authority 1977 _ Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel 1984 _ National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51-week strike

Mar 11, 2010

THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010

Today is Thursday, March 11, the 70th day of 2010. 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 Louise 1851 _ Giuseppe Verdi's opera ``Rigoletto" premieres in Venice 1942 _ First deportation train leaves Paris France for Auschewitz Concentration Camp 1967 _ Pink Floyd releases their first song (Arnold Layne) 1982 _ Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington, D.C. 1985 _ Mikhail S. Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader 1986 _ 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 B.C.

Mar 10, 2010

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010

Today is Wednesday, March 10, the 69th day of 2010. There are 296 days left in the year. 418 _ Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire 1849 _ Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only U.S. President to do so 1880 _ Salvation Army of England sets up U.S. welfare and religious activity 1893 _ New Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before 1910 _ China ends slavery 1945 _ Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombing 1959 _ Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet 1982 _ President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya 1982 _ Sygyzy: all nine planets aligned on same side of Sun 1987 _ Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization and embryo transfer

Mar 9, 2010

TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010

Today is Tuesday, March 9, the 68th day of 2010. 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 1796 _ Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais 1822 _ Charles M. Graham of New York patents artificial teeth 1839 _ Prussian government limits work week for children to 51 hours 1842 _ Giuseppe Verdi's opera ``Nabucco" premieres in Milan 1962 _ U.S. advisors in South Vietnam join the fight 1974 _ Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended 

Mar 8, 2010

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