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MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2008

Today is Monday, March 31, the 91st day of 2008. There are 275 days left in the year. 1796 _ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's ``Egmont" premieres in Weimar 1814 _ Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris France 1870 _ Thomas P. Mundy became first black to vote in U.S. (Perth Amboy N.J.) 1889 _ 300 meter Eiffel Tower officially opens (commemorates French Revolution) 1909 _ Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his first time 1917 _ U.S. purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands 1918 _ First daylight savings time in U.S. goes into effect 1921 _ Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity 1933 _ German Republic gives power to Hitler 1945 _ Tennessee Williams' ``Glass Menagerie" premieres in New York N.Y.

Mar 30, 2008

SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008

Today is Saturday, March 29, the 89th day of 2008. There are 277 days left in the year. 1798 _ Republic of Switzerland forms 1827 _ 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethoven's burial in Vienna 1936 _ Nazi propaganda claims 99 percent of Germans voted for Nazi candidates 1949 _ Turkey recognizes Israel 1959 _ ``Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres 1961 _ After a four-year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge 1971 _ Chile President Allende nationalizes banks, copper mines 1989 _ 61st Academy Awards: ``Rainman," Dustin Hoffman & Jodie Foster win 1973 _ Last U.S. troops leave Vietnam, nine years after Tonkin Gulf Resolution 1994 _ Serbs and Croats signed a ceasefire to end the war in Croatia

Mar 28, 2008

FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008

Today is Friday, March 28, the 88th day of 2008. There are 278 days left in the year. 1738 _ English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear) 1794 _ Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August) 1799 _ New York State abolished slavery 1845 _ Mexico drops diplomatic relations with U.S. 1854 _ During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia 1859 _ First performance of John Brahms' first serenade for orchestra 1885 _ U.S. Salvation Army officially organized 1891 _ First world weightlifting championship held 1939 _ Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco 1967 _ U.N. Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam 1995 _ World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge

Mar 27, 2008

THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008

Today is Thursday, March 27, the 87th day of 2008. There are 279 days left in the year. 1625 _ Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascends to throne 1914 _ First successful blood transfusion (in Brussels) 1931 _ Charlie Chaplin receives France's distinguished Legion of Honor 1933 _ Japan leaves League of Nations 1958 _ Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier and first Secretary of Communist Party 1966 _ Anti-Vietnam War demonstrations in U.S., Europe and Australia 1973 _ 45th Academy Awards: ``Godfather", Marlon Brando & Liza Minnelli win; Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians 1977 _ 583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747 crash, Tenerife 1983 _ Thirteenth Easter Seal Telethon 1988 _ Ku Ok-hee wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament

Mar 26, 2008

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2008

Today is Wednesday, March 26, the 86th day of 2008. There are 280 days left in the year. 1780 _ First British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette & Sunday Monitor) 1812 _ Earthquake destroys 90 percent of Caracas; about 20,000 die 1824 _ First performance of Beethoven's ``Missa Solemnis" 1871 _ Paris Commune founded 1872 _ Thomas J. Martin patents fire extinguisher 1945 _ Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima 1958 _ 30th Academy Awards ― ``Bridge on the River Kwai", Alec Guinness & Joanne Woodward win 1970 _ 500th nuclear explosion announced by the U.S. since 1945 1979 _ Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt 1982 _ Ground-breaking in Washington D.C. for Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Mar 25, 2008

TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2008

Today is Tuesday, March 25, the 85th day of 2008. There are 281 days left in the year. 0031 _ First Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus 0421 _ Friday at 12 Prime Minister: city of Venice founded 1896 _ Modern Olympics begin in Athens, Greece 1951 _ 5th Tony Awards: Guys & Dolls and Rose Tattoo win 1954 _ 26th Academy Awards: ``From Here to Eternity," William Holden & Audrey Hepburn win 1960 _ DH Lawrence' ``Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (New York, NY) 1965 _ Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Al. 1967 _ Who and Cream make U.S. debut at Murray the K's Easter Show 1970 _ Concorde makes its first supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH) 1982 _ Wayne Gretzky becomes first NHL to score 200 points in a season

Mar 24, 2008

MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2008

Today is Monday, March 24, the 84th day of 2008. There are 282 days left in the year. 1721 _ Johann Sebastian Bach opens his Brandenburgse Concerts 1898 _ First automobile sold 1924 _ Greece becomes a republic 1934 _ U.S. declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945 1945 _ General Eisenhower, Montgomery and Bradley discuss advance in Germany 1949 _ 21st Academy Awards: ``Hamlet", Laurence Olivier & Jane Wyman win 1955 _ Tennessee Williams, ``Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway for 694 performances 1958 _ Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761) 1996 _ Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament 1997 _ Australian parliament overturns world's first and only euthanasia law

Mar 23, 2008

SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2008

Today is Saturday, March 22, the 82nd day of 2008. There are 284 days left in the year. 1457 _ Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book 1622 _ First Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites, Jamestown VA; 347 slain 1872 _ Illinois becomes first state to require sexual equality in employment 1873 _ Slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico 1922 _ British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to six years in prison 1945 _ Arab League forms with adoption of a charter in Cairo Egypt 1958 _ Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi-Arabia 1963 _ Beatles release 1st album, ``Please, please me" 1988 _ Congress overrides Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill 1998 _ 18th Golden Raspberry Awards: The Postman wins

Mar 21, 2008

FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2008

Today is Friday, March 21, the 81st day of 2008. There are 285 days left in the year. 1349 _ 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany 1804 _ French civil Code of Napoleon adopted 1857 _ Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die 1868 _ First U.S. professional women's club, Sorosis, is founded in New York 1871 _ Journalist Henry M Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa 1935 _ Persia officially renamed Iran 1951 _ 2,900,000 U.S. soldiers in Korea 1961 _ Beatles' first appearance at the Cavern Club 1965 _ Martin Luther King Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery AL 1975 _ Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years

Mar 20, 2008

THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2008

Today is Thursday, March 20, the 80th day of 2008. There are 286 days left in the year. 1345 _ Saturn-Jupiter-Mars conjunction, thought as ``cause of plague epidemic" 1616 _ Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana 1627 _ France and Spain signs accord for fighting Protestantism 1815 _ Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule 1944 _ Mount Vesuvius, Italy, explodes 1968 _ President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from U.S. paper money 1969 _ Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar 1969 _ U.S. President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 1976 _ Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery 1995 _ Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured

Mar 19, 2008

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