Today is Thursday, March 16, the 75th day of 2006. There are 290 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 16, 1945, during World War II, Iwo Jima was declared secured by the Allies.
On this date:
In 1751, James Madison, fourth president of the United States, was born.
In 1792, Sweden's King Gustav III was shot and mortally wounded during a masquerade party by a former member of his regiment. He died 13 days later.
In 1802, Congress authorized the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter" was first published.
In 1915, the Federal Trade Commission was organized.
In 1935, Adolf Hitler scrapped the Treaty of Versailles.
In 1984, William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, was kidnapped by gunmen; he died in captivity.
In 1985, Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press, was abducted in Beirut; he was released in December 1991.
In 2005, A jury in Los Angeles acquitted actor Robert Blake of murder in the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, four years earlier. Scott Peterson was sentenced to death row for the slaying of his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn child.
Today’s Birthdays
Comedian Jerry Lewis (80)
Game show host Chuck Woolery (65)
Singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker (64).
Actor Erik Estrada (57).
Country singer Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel) (55)
Rock singer-musician Nancy Wilson (Heart) (52)
Golfer Hollis Stacy (52).
Actress Lauren Graham (39)
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 16, 1945, during World War II, Iwo Jima was declared secured by the Allies.
On this date:
In 1751, James Madison, fourth president of the United States, was born.
In 1792, Sweden's King Gustav III was shot and mortally wounded during a masquerade party by a former member of his regiment. He died 13 days later.
In 1802, Congress authorized the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter" was first published.
In 1915, the Federal Trade Commission was organized.
In 1935, Adolf Hitler scrapped the Treaty of Versailles.
In 1984, William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, was kidnapped by gunmen; he died in captivity.
In 1985, Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press, was abducted in Beirut; he was released in December 1991.
In 2005, A jury in Los Angeles acquitted actor Robert Blake of murder in the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, four years earlier. Scott Peterson was sentenced to death row for the slaying of his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn child.
Today’s Birthdays
Comedian Jerry Lewis (80)
Game show host Chuck Woolery (65)
Singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker (64).
Actor Erik Estrada (57).
Country singer Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel) (55)
Rock singer-musician Nancy Wilson (Heart) (52)
Golfer Hollis Stacy (52).
Actress Lauren Graham (39)
