MARCH 16TH
- TODAY IS NATIONAL PANDA DAY
- TODAYS IS NATIONAL EVERYTHING YOU DO IS RIGHT DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL ARTICHOKE HEARTS DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION DAY
BIRTHDAYS:
- JAMES MADISON (1751-1836)
- PAT NIXON (1912-1993)
- JERRY LEWIS (1926-2017)
- DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN (1927-2003)
- CHUCK WOOLERY (1940, 78)
- ERIK ESTRADA (1949, 69)
- VICTOR GARBER (1949, 69)
- NANCY WILSON (1954, 64)
- JORGE RAMOS (1958, 60)
- FLAVOR FLAV (1959, 59)
- GORE VERBINSKI (1964, 54)
- LAUREN GRAHAM (1967, 51)
ON THIS DAY:
- IN 1802, CONGRESS ESTABLISHES THE US MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT AND THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
- IN 1830, THE LONDON METRO POLICE AND REORGANIZED AND SCOTLAND YARD OPENS
- IN 1836, TEXAS APPROVES A CONSTITUTION AND LEGALIZES SLAVERY
- IN 1850, NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE PUBLISHES “THE SCARLET LETTER” IN BOSTON
- IN 1861, THE ARIZONA TERRITORY VOTES TO LEAVE THE UNION IN THE CIVIL WAR
- IN 1861, THE CONFEDERACY SENDS A DIPLOMATIC DELEGATION TO EUROPE
- IN 1861, SAM HOUSTON IS REMOVED FROM POWER IN TEXAS FOR REFUSING TO TAKE AN OATH OF LOYALTY TO THE CONFEDERACY. EDWARD CLARK BECOMES GOVERNOR
- IN 1882, THE US SENATE RATIFIES A TREATY WHICH ALLOWES THE RED CROSS TO OPERATE IN THE UNITED STATES
- IN 1930, THE USS CONSTITUTION IS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AND COMMISSIONED AS A MUSEUM
- IN 1935, HITLER DEFIES THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES AND REARMS THE GERMAN MILITARY
- IN 1948, BILLIE HOLIDAY IS RELEASED FROM PRISON EARLY FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR AFTER BEING ARRESTED THE PREVIOUS YEAR FOR DRUG ABUSE
- IN 1959, THE PLATTERS HIT #1 WITH “SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES”
- IN 1968, AMERICAN SOLDIERS KILL 400 UNARMED VIETNAMESE CITIZENS IN WHAT COMES TO BE KNOWN AS THE MY LAI MASSACRE
- IN 1968, ROBERT KENNEDY ANNOUNCES HIS PRESIDENTAL RUN
- IN 1968, OTIS REDDING HITS #1 WITH “SITTING ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY” THREE MONTHS AFTER HE DIES IN A PLAN CRASH
- IN 1974, THE NEW GRAND OLE OPRY BUILDING OPENS WITH PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON PLAYING THE PIANO ON THEIR RADIO SHOW
- IN 1979, “THE CHINA SYNDROME” IS RELEASED LESS THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR MELT DOWN
- IN 1988, OLIVER NORTH IS INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY IN THE IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR
- IN 1991, A PLANE CARRYING REBA MCENTIRE’S BAND CRASHES AND KILLS SEVEN MEMBERS OF HER BAND AND ENTOURAGE
- IN 1991, GAYS AND LESBIANS MARCH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEW YORK CITY’S ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
- IN 1994, TONYA HARDING PLEADS GUILTY TO A FELONY ATTACK ON NANCY KERRIGAN
- IN 1995, MISSISSIPPI ABOLISHES SLAVERY AND RATIFIES THE 13TH AMENDMENT
- IN 1998, POPE JOHN PAUL II ASKS FOR FORGIVENESS FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S INACTION DURING THE HOLOCAUST
- IN 2002, LIZA MINELLI MARRIES DAVID GEST
- IN 2003, VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY MAKES HIS “GREETED AS LIBERATORS” PROCLAIMATION ABOUT THE WAR IN IRAQ PREDICTING IT WOULD LAST A FEW WEEKS
- IN 2006, THE UNITED NATIONS ESTABLISHES A HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
- IN 2012, GEORGE CLOONEY AND MARTIN LUTHER KING III ARE ARRESTED FOR PROTESTING OUTSIDE THE SUDANESE EMBASSY
- IN 2014, CRIMEA VOTES OVERWHELMINGLY TO LEAVE THE UKRAINE AND JOIN RUSSIA
- IN 2016, PRESIDENT OBAMA NOMINATES MERRICK GARLAND FOR THE SUPREME COURT
- IN 2016, OTTO WARMBIER IS SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS HARD LABOR IN NORTH KOREA
- IN 2017, PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SECOND TRAVEL BAN IS STRUCK DOWN BY THE COURTS