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« on: March 19, 2010, 07:08:22 am »

Friday, March 19th
The 078th day of 2010.
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Today's Highlights in History

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   On March 19, 1920, the United States Senate rejected for the second time the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 49-35, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed for approval. (Go to article.)

On March 19, 1891, Earl Warren, the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1953 to 1969, was born. Following his death on July 9, 1974, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
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   On March 19, 1864, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about women and the Civil War. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1917    The Supreme Court upheld the eight-hour work day for railroads.

1918    Congress approved daylight-saving time.

1920    The U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles for a second time.

1931    Nevada legalized gambling.

1945    Adolf Hitler issued his so-called "Nero Decree" ordering the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands.

1953    The Academy Awards ceremony was televised for the first time.

1962    Bob Dylan's self-titled debut album was released.

1979    The U.S. House of Representatives began televising its day-to-day business.

1987    Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as chairman of his PTL ministry organization amid a sex-and-money scandal involving a former church secretary, Jessica Hahn.

1988    Two British soldiers were shot to death after they were dragged from a car and beaten by mourners attending an Irish Republican Army funeral in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

1990    Latvia's political opposition claimed victory in the republic's first free elections in 50 years.

1995    After giving up an attempt to become a major league baseball player, Michael Jodan returned to pro basketball with his former team, the Chicago Bulls.

2001    California officials declared a power alert, ordering the first of two days of rolling blackouts.

2003    An American-led coalition went to war against Iraq; the conflict began with the launch of U.S. cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs aimed at Saddam Hussein near Baghdad.

2003    Mahmoud Abbas accepted the new position of Palestinian prime minister.

2008    Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke died at age 90.

2009    An Austrian jury sentenced a man to life in a psychiatric ward for locking his daughter in a dungeon for 24 years, fathering her seven children and letting one die in captivity as a newborn.

Current Birthdays

Glenn Close turns 63 years old today.

AP Photo/Gus Ruelas Actress Glenn Close ("Damages," "Fatal Attraction") turns 63 years old today.


85    Brent Scowcroft
Former national security adviser

80    Ornette Coleman
Jazz saxophonist

77    Philip Roth
Author

74    Ursula Andress
Actress

64    Ruth Pointer
Singer (The Pointer Sisters)

58    Harvey Weinstein
Movie producer

55    Bruce Willis
Actor

52    Andy Reid
Philadelphia Eagles head coach

Historic Birthdays

Earl Warren

3/19/1891 - 7/9/1974
14th chief justice of the United States (1953-69)
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56    Johannes Magnus
3/19/1488 - 3/22/1544
Swedish Roman Catholic archbishop and historian

66    Alonso Cano
3/19/1601 - 9/3/1667
Spanish painter, sculptor and architect

81    Elias Hicks
3/19/1748 - 2/27/1830
American Quaker minister; advocated the abolition of slavery

42    Nikolay Gogol
3/19/1809 (OS) - 2/21/1852 (OS)
Ukrainian-born Russian humorist, dramatist and novelist

60    David Livingstone
3/19/1813 - 5/1/1873
Scottish missionary and explorer; opened Africa to the West

69    Sir Richard Burton
3/19/1821 - 10/20/1890
English scholar, explorer, writer and translator

80    Wyatt Earp
3/19/1848 - 1/13/1929
American frontiersman; became lawman and gambler

80    Alfred von Tirpitz
3/19/1849 - 3/6/1930
German admiral and chief builder of German navy before World War I

65    William Jennings Bryan
3/19/1860 - 7/26/1925
American Democratic and Populist leader

100    James Van Fleet
3/19/1892 - 9/23/1992
American commander who led troops in Normandy on D-Day in World War II

58    Frederic Joliot-Curie
3/19/1900 - 8/14/1958
French Nobel Prize-winning physicist; shared prize with his wife, Irene

74    Jo Mielziner
3/19/1901 - 3/15/1976
American stage designer

88    John Sirica
3/19/1904 - 8/14/1992
United States district court judge; presided at trial of Watergate burglars (1973)

76    Albert Speer
3/19/1905 - 9/1/1981
German Nazi minister for war production

56    Adolf Eichmann
3/19/1906 - 5/31/1962
German Nazi war criminal hanged by Israel


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