ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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Born This Day In History 19th February
Celebrating Birthdays Today
Lee Marvin
Born: 19th February 1924, New York City, New York, U.S.
Died: August 29th 1987, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Known For : Lee Marvin was an American actor who achieved stardom in the 1960s and seventies winning an Academy Award for Best Actor in Cat Ballou playing opposite to Jane Fonda. His movies and his very unique voice are recognized instantly in the movies he was in including The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Professionals, The Dirty Dozen, Paint Your Wagon, Shout at the Devil and the The Big Red One. Lee Marvin was also a decorated World War II hero winning the Purple Heart for his bravery in the marines as a Scout Sniper. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery where his headstone reads "Lee Marvin, PFC US Marine Corps, World War II". The video features his number 1 hit 1970 ( UK ) "Wandering Star" from the western musical Paint Your Wagon.

Smokey Robinson
Born: William Robinson, Jr. 19th February 1940 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Known For : Smokey Robinson is best known for his time with the Motown group Smokey Robinson & the Miracles who had a string of top 10 hits in the sixties and 1970s including "I Second That Emotion", "Baby, Baby Don't Cry" and "The Tears of a Clown". He was also the Motown Records vice president from 1961 to 1988. Following his success with the miracles he embarked on a solo career notching up a number of top 10 hits on both the US R&B and the US Billboard Hot 100 charts including "Cruisin'" ( 1979 ), "Being With You" ( 1981 ) and "Just to See Her" ( 1987 ) .




This Week In History 8
Taken From Our This Day In History From
February 19th to February 25th
1879 1st Woolworth 5 Cents Store Opened
1913 The Sixteenth Amendment, which paved the way for the United States adoption of income tax, was ratified
1933 Repeal of the 18th Amendment
1942 President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066
1942 Voice of America goes on the air for the first time
1945 US Marines Land On Iwo Jimaa and Take Control
1947 Land Camera Demonstrated ( 1st Polaroid )
1954 Polio Vaccines Start in United States
1965 Great Britain Prospects For Oil and Gas in North Sea
1965 Malcolm X Assassinated
1966 Syria Military Coup
1967 The Tet offensive By North Vietnam Ends
1972 President Nixon visits the Great Wall of China
1986 The Soviet Union launches the world's biggest space station, Mir
1986 Britain and France Announce Channel Tunnel
1991 Allied ground offensive against Iraqi forces begins
1995 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon
1997 Scottish scientists announce Cloned Sheep ( Dolly )
2004 Former Enron Corp. chief executive Jeffrey Skilling is charged
2008 Fidel Castro retires as President of Cuba
2009 Shares are their lowest for twelve years Dow Jones closes at 7,114.8
2010 Tiger Woods makes public apology
2010 2/3 of the worlds population using mobile phones

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This Day In History Updated Daily Today Is February 25, 2018 Find Out For Next 7 Days - February - - 26 - 27 - 28 - March - 1


1964 - Cassius Clay Becomes Champion
1964 : Cassius Clay, defeated Sonny Liston when Liston retired at the end of the sixth round in Miami to become Heavyweight Champion of the World.

2004 - The Passion of the Christ
2004 : This was the opening day of The Passion of the Christ, a film directed by Mel Gibson. It was highly acclaimed by those who wanted to view the exact nature of what happened to Jesus on the cross. However, it was Rated R, and was not recommended for children. There was some criticism made of the film, suggesting that it was intended to indicate that the Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus. Also, some people thought it was a bit too graphic. Nevertheless, the first run of The Passion of the Christ was substantially more effective and successful than the edited, less-violent run. This film had impacted many lives in many ways, at a time when religiosity was considered to be very important in peoples’ lives. This increased awareness and hunger for knowledge of God and/or a force greater than man was brought for many reasons during this time. One of the most shocking perhaps was the event of September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center Tragedy, during which thousands of people were killed.

1948 - Czechoslovakia Communist Rule Established
1948 : The president (Eduard Benes) of Czechoslovakia allowed communist rule to be established in this country on this date. Eduard Benes was reported to have been under quit a bit of pressure at this time. During this year, the communist party had forced other parties out of political office, and the communists were the only party that existed in this country at this time. This newly-formed totalitarian government was very much supported by the Soviet government, until the year 1989.

Back In Time Gifts For All Occasions
1913 - US Federal Taxes Start
1913 : The Sixteenth Amendment, which paved the way for the United States adoption of income tax, was ratified.

25 Feb, 1919 - Oregon Imposes Gas Tax
1919 : Oregon became the first state to impose a 1 percent tax on gasoline.

1920 - Canada Sugar Trees
1920 : Sugar trees were found in British Columbia, and at this time the value of the sugar from this tree was $66.00 per pound. It was discovered as existing on Douglas Fir trees.

1920 - Australia League of Nations
1920 : Sir Joseph Cook, the Minister of the Australian Navy, defended Australia’s right to cast one vote in the League of Nations. A decision had not been made at this time one way or another. However, it was noted in the speech made by Cook that this country had lost more lives during the war than the Americans did . Consideration was still being made regarding this issue.

1921 - Republic of Georgia Bolshevistic Armies
1921 : On this day, it was reported that the capital of the Republic of Georgia was being seized by Bolshevistic (Russian) armies. The Greeks were headed to this location to pick up the Greek Merchants and Greek refugees now there. The Turkish army had voted to remain neutral. The capture of Georgia by Soviet Russian armies was in essence signified the near end of the Independence of the Republic of Georgia. This country did again regain their independence from the Soviet Union as of 1991 (declared on April 9, finalized on December 25th). Independence Day of Georgia is still celebrated on May 26th, however. This was the date of the original breaking away from Russia which occurred in 1918.

Back In Time Gifts
1930 - U.S.A. Prohibition Laws
1930 : With the continuing debate in congress between wets and drys over the prohibition laws , the enforcement in each state also continues to be dependent on the position of the politicians in that state. In states where the wets are in control the boats used to enforce prohibition could not catch a cold let alone a fast rum runners boat , and speakeasies are very rarely raided by law enforcement. In other states where the dry's are in control fast patrol boats and many raids occur.

1932 - U.S.A. Steers
1932 : A local Abilene, Texas basketball team known as the Steers was unable to make it to state. If they had, this would have been the second year in a row, but instead they were defeated 24 to 13 by the Breckenridge Buckaroos, another local Texas basketball team.

Back In Time Gifts
1949 - U.S.A. Robert Mitchum
1949 : Robert Mitchum is released from a Los Angeles prison farm at the end of his two-month sentence for marijuana possession

1972 - Great Britain Miners Strike
1972 : Miners accept a pay settlement after a seven-week strike. The strike had caused many companies to institute a three-day week when lack of coal to British power stations caused disruption to electricity supplies.

1982 - Great Britain Corporal Punishment
1982 : The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that beating school children against their parents' wishes is a violation of the Human Rights Convention. Britain was the last country in Western Europe to ban corporal punishment in state schools in 1986.

25 Feb, 1984 - Brazil Gas Line Explosion
1984 : A huge explosion caused by a Gas Pipeline close to the Shanty Town destroys the shanty town in Brazil, killing at least 500 people, mostly young children.

1986 - Philippines Ferdinand Marcos
1986 : President Ferdinand Marcos and his entourage are rescued and airlifted from the presidential palace in Manila by U.S. helicopters. The new Philippines president is Corazon Aquino.

1991 - Saudi Arabia Iraqi Scud Missile
1991 : An Iraqi Scud missile hit a U.S. barracks in Dhahran killing 28 Americans during the Persian Gulf War.

1992 - Azerbaijan Slaughter
1992 : Armenian forces slaughtered more than 600 Azerbaijani citizens, including nearly 200 women and children near Khojaly, Azerbaijan.

1994 - Israeli Occupied Territories Jewish settler kills 30
1994 : A Jewish settler kills 29 Palestinian worshipers and injures 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, West Bank after opening fire as people gathered for Friday morning prayers.

25 Feb, 2005 - U.S.A. Dennis Rader
2005 : Dennis Rader is arrested for the BTK ( Bind, Torture and Kill, ) serial killings that terrorized Wichita, Kan. (He later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 life prison terms.)

2007 - U.S.A. Oscars
2007 : Some of the Main Oscars
Best Picture : The Departed
Best Documentary : An Inconvenient Truth
Best Actor Leading Role : Forest Whitaker ( The Last King Of Scotland )
Best Actress Leading Role : Helen Mirren ( The Queen )
Best Actor Supporting Role : Alan Arkin ( Little Miss Sunshine )
Best Actress Supporting Role : Jenifer Hudson ( Dreeam Girls )
The Best Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine


2008 - Muslim Scholars in India say Terrorism is un-Islamic
2008 : An influential group of Muslim theologians in India have denounced terrorism, saying it is against the teachings of Islam. Their thoughts were given at a meeting being held at an Islamic school. Scholars from around six thousand religious schools were attending the meeting.

2009 - Drugs traffickers arrested in the United States
2009 : Attorney-General Eric Holder has announced the arrest of more than seven hundred and fifty people on narcotics-related charges, and the seizure of more than twenty-tree tons of narcotics. This is part of the twenty-one month multi-agency law enforcement investigation known as 'Operation Xcellerator.' This number has included the fifty-two people detained in California, Minnesota and Maryland in raids targeting the powerful Sinaloa cartel. The twenty-one month operation involved U.S, Mexican and Canadian authorities. A 2008 justice department report found that Mexican traffickers were the biggest organised crime threat to the United States.

2011 - Four Amish Children Die in Storm
2011 : Four children died as an Amish family of nine traveled in a horse-drawn buggy through heavy storms in Kentucky. The buggy was overturned in a creek and four of the young children drowned. The family had been traveling to make a phone call.

2012 - New President of Yemen Takes Oath of Office
2012 : The new president of Yemen, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi took the oath of office after being elected in a single-candidate poll a few days before. The election came after a deal was made after months long protest against former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.

2013 - UK Cardinal Resigns
2013 : Cardinal Keith O'Brien, leader of the Scottish Roman Catholic church in the United Kingdom, resigned over allegations of inappropriate behavior with priests during the 1980s. His resignation came just before he was to participate in electing the new Pope.

2014 - US Obama Shares Afghanistan Pull-Out
2014 : US president Barack Obama has shared with Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai that the United States has potential plans to pull all US troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014. The message was relayed to Karzai as a warning and incentive for Afghanistan to sign a security agreement that the US would require before allowing any troops to say in the country for small operations and training.


Born This Day In History 25th February
Celebrating Birthdays Today
George Harrison
Born: 25th February 1955, Wavertree, Liverpool, England
Died: November 29th 2001, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Known For : Best known as a British singer/songwriter and a member of the Beatles. The Beatles were a worldwide phenomena in the pop music industry in the 1960s from 1960 to 1970 notching up number 1's through out the world. Due to their popularity the word Beatlemania was used to describe the hysteria that surrounded them where ever they performed. George was the lead guitarist for the group and wrote a few of the songs including "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something". Following the breakup of the Beatles he released the album All Things Must Pass which included the single "My Sweet Lord" which topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. He died in 2001 from cancer and because of his belief in Hinduism developed in the mid 1960s his ashes were scattered in the Ganges River by his close family in a private ceremony according to Hindu tradition. The video is a live performance of "My Sweet Lord".



This Week In History 9
Taken From Our This Day In History From
February 26th to March 4th
1902 Triple AAA Founded
1917 Czar Nicholas II Abdicates
1919 Congress established Grand Canyon National Park
1922 Egypt Gains Independence From Britain
1922 Nineteenth Amendment To The Constitution passed
1923 The first issue of the weekly periodical, "TIME" appeared on newsstands
1932 The Lindbergh baby is kidnapped
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States
1933 The Original King Kong movie has its world premiere in New York
1935 Nazi leader Adolf Hitler signs a secret decree authorizing the founding of the Luftwaffe
1936 The Hoover Dam ( Boulder Dam ) is completed
1938 Crude oil was found in Abilene, Texas
1938 Los Angeles Flood Begins
1941 Nashville, Tennessee becomes the home of the very first FM radio station
1949 First automatic street lights are installed in New Milford, Connecticut
1951 22nd amendment to the Constitution is ratified
1952 Communist Teachers Banned From Public Schools
1952 Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces Great Britain has developed its own atomic bomb.
1954 DNA Double Helix Discovered
1961 President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps
1965 Operation Rolling Thunder begins Vietnam
1965 Movie version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music" starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer in the lead roles has its world premiere in New York.
1969 British / French joint project, Concorde, has it's maiden flight
1971 The radical left organization Weather Underground / Weatherman bomb the United States Capitol
1972 Buffalo Creek Valley Flooding
1975 Moorgate Underground Crash
1983 M*A*S*H Final Episode Shown In US
1986 Olof Palme, the Swedish Prime Minister is shot dead
1991 Gulf War Ends
1991 Rodney King Beating In Los Angeles
1991 Kuwait City is liberated by Gulf War Allies
1993 Car Bomb World Trade Center
1993 Waco, Texas bloody gun battle
1995 Barings PLC, Britain's oldest investment banking firm, collapses
1997 New legislation banning most handguns in Britain went into effect
2005 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly a plane solo, non-stop around the globe without refuelling.
2005 Dennis Rader, accused of leading a double life as the BTK ( Bind, Torture and Kill, ) serial killer, was charged in Wichita, Kan
2007 55 Tornadoes strike the southern United States
2008 Dmitry Medvedev wins the Russian presidential election
2008 A.I.G. executives convicted of fraud
2010 Earthquake measuring 8.8 magnitude strikes Chile

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This Day In History Updated Daily Today Is March 3, 2018 Find Out For Next 7 Days - March - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9- 10


1991 - U.S.A. Police Brutality Captured On Film
1991 : On this day, it was evident that police brutality had occurred in Los Angeles, California in the middle of the night on This Day, 1991 This was proved, as it was recorded on video (although some of the audible sounds were not as noticeable as the actions). Three white police officers had proceeded to beat Rodney King beyond what was necessary to use force to control him. Moreover, these three officers had reported that the bruises, cuts, and/or scrapes they gave King were minor in nature. The beating by officers from the Los Angeles Police Department of Rodney King is captured on Video, the video then appeared on television news which angered many of the public especially those in the African American community who believed the police brutality was racially motivated. Four LAPD officers were later tried in a state court for the beating but were acquitted. The announcement of the acquittals sparked the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.

1952 - Communist Teachers Banned From Public Schools
1952 : As part of the paranoia concerning communism and the cold war the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a New York state law that prohibits communists from teaching in public schools.

1845 - Florida Becomes 27th State
1845 : In 1845 On This Day In History Florida became the 27th state of the United States of America.


Back In Time Gifts For All Occasions
1908 - Canada Tax Collector
1908 : It was reported that H.R. Patterson was appointed the new tax collector for Winnipeg, the capital city of Manitoba, Canada. This title was officially given to Patterson on the evening before it was made known by way of a local Canada newspaper.

1923 - U.S.A. Time Magazine
1923 : The first issue of the weekly periodical, "TIME" appeared on newsstands featuring Joseph Gurney Cannon, grand old man of Congress.

1925 - Quiet Period US Congress
1925 : Normally Congress would have quite a bit to do on the eve of the end of the current session. However, this time around it was different for both the House and the Senate. There was little for these branches of the U.S. government to debate on during this time.

1931 - U.S.A. The Star-Spangled Banner
1931 : After over a century, a poem written by Francis Scott Key was finally established as the U.S. National Anthem. The lyrics of this song were written on September 14, 1814, while Key observed the British invasion of Fort Mc Henry, a war zone located in Maryland, USA. “The Star-Spangled Banner” composition was inspired by a flag that remained standing, even after several hundred bombings occurred.

1931 - Minnie the Moocher
1931 : Cab Calloway makes music history when he records “Minnie the Moocher.” This is the first jazz album to sell one million copies and it continues to be a popular album today.

1968 - Puerto Rico Oil Tanker
1968 : A Liberian registered tanker snapped in two in Puerto Rico creating an oil slick four miles long and a mile wide.

1962 - U.S.A. Nuclear Testing
1962 : Russia had considered the United States’ decision to conduct nuclear testing a very aggressive move. Tass, the official Soviet news agency, was reported as having said that the United States was using the concept of nuclear testing as an excuse to carry out aggressive actions. However, Tass also stated U.S. President Kennedy’s promise that all action would be taken to reduce the amount of radioactivity that would enter the earth’s atmosphere. Atmospheric testing was expected to begin on Christmas Island of this same year (in June).

1963 - U.S.A. Occupational Schools Proposed
1963 : R.W. Bend had inspected government facilities and has determined that they do not need current demands. Bend had mentioned that a complete “occupational school” would be needed before all technical school supply needs would be met. An “occupational school” is one that would help prepare students unable to enter a technical college to be able to sharpen their skills before being admitted. R.W. Bend had declared that this type of school would further help those who are not as easily able to cope with a university entrance course.

1964 - Austria Airplane Crash
1964 : A British airplane crashed into Mt. Glungezer, which is located in Austria. Unfortunately, a total of 85 people had lost their lives as they were headed for Innsbruck while vacation traveling. The cause of the crash at this time was not yet determined. There was no immediate sign of technical failure, and the case was thought of to take many months to resolve.

Back In Time Gifts For All Occasions
1966 - England Colour Television Announced
1966 : The BBC is to begin broadcasting television programmes in colour from next year.

1972 - U.S.A. Interest Rate Increase
1972 : On this date in history, it was announced that consumer interest rates could dramatically increase. For instance, buyers as of this date may be required to pay 372 percent interest on a $10.00 loan.

1974 - France Airplane Crash
1974 : A Turkish Airlines DC10 crashes near Paris, en route to London, killing all 345 people on board.

1982 - England Barbican Centre
1982 : The Queen opens the Barbican Centre the largest arts centre in western Europe covering five-and-a-half acres of Cripplegate, which was destroyed by Nazi bombers in World War II.

1985 - England Miners Strike
1985 : Miners' leaders vote to end the longest running industrial dispute in Britain History without a peace deal over proposed pit closures.

2002 - Switzerland Joins United Nations
2002 : After about 200 years Switzerland became no longer “Neutral”. They became officially a part of the UN upon voters’ approval.

2005 - U.S.A. Steve Fossett
2005 : Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly a plane solo, non-stop around the globe without refuelling. He landed his Virgin GlobalFlyer at 1950 GMT in Salina, Kansas, after a 67-hour journey. He is currently still missing since September 4th 2007 when contact with the light aircraft he was flying in the Sierra Nevada mountains was lost.

2007 - Cherokee Tribal History and Revocation
2007 : The Cherokee Nation of Native Americans have voted to revoke the tribal citizenship of descendants of the black slaves the Cherokees once owned. A total of 76.6% have voted to amend the tribal constitution to limit citizenship to blood tribe members only. Supporters have said that only the Cherokees had the right to determine their own tribal members. Opponents said the amendment is racist and aimed at preventing those with African-American heritage from gaining tribal revenue and government funding. The Cherokee Nation has some 250,000 to 270,000 members, and is second only to the Navajo in size. The vote has followed from a ruling by the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court last year which secured tribal citizenship for descendants of freedmen.

2008 - World Stock Markets Fall in Worries of Recession
2008 : Worldwide stock markets have fallen as investors worry about a possible U.S. recession. On Wall Street, the Dow Industrials recovered from early losses to close 7 points lower. Britain's F.T.S.E. 100 index has ended 1% lower at 5,818.6, while Germany's Dax dropped 0.9% and France's Cac fell 1%. Shares across Asia, excluding China's mainland market, were hit from the bleak U.S. economic predictions, and Tokyo's Nikkei index tumbled 4.5%. India's Sensex index has shed as much as 5%.

2009 - Sri Lankan Cricket Team Attacked
2009 : 12 gunmen fire on the bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team on their way to play a match at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. Six Pakistani policemen and two civilians were killed and 6 members of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. The gunmen were believed to be members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

2009 - Gordon Brown Meets President Obama
2009 : Barack Obama has said that the Anglo-American 'special relationship' is still intact while holding talks with the Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the White House. He told reporters that it was 'not just important to me' but 'important to the American people.' Their discussions were largely economically-oriented, and Brown is the first European leader to meet the President. Obama said that they shared 'spectacular wives and wonderful children in common.'

2009 - Russia to Cooperate with the United States on Iranian missiles
2009 : A reply to Barack Obama's written suggestion for blocking the development of Iranian missiles is given by Dmitry Medvedev. The U.S. had offered to suspend its plans for a missile defense shield if Moscow cooperates in its efforts to prevent Iran from developing a series of long-range missiles. Medvedev says that he had not received the trade-off.

2010 - US Planning for Cybersecurity
2010 : The White House has declassified some of its plans on how it will protect the nation's computer networks from cyberwarfare. The announcement was made by the 'cybersecurity tsar' Howard Schmidt, and has been aimed at a greater co-operation between academia, government and the private sector. "We have to fully recognize the importance cybersecurity has in our lives," Mr. Schmidt said.

2011 - Last Space Walk For Shuttle Discovery
2011 : The last space walk to be conducted from the space shuttle Discovery before its retirement was completed by two US astronauts. Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew spent six hours on their space walk completing tasks for the International Space Station.

2012 - Colombia Rebel Bomb Attack Kills Three
2012 : After a "rebel bomb attack" in the North-eastern part of Colombia, two soldiers and one boy were dead as a result of the explosion. Another three soldiers were also injured in the attack that took place near the town of Tame. Officials claimed that the left-wing rebel group Farc were responsible for the attack.

2013 - Malaysia Gun Battle Kills Police
2013 : Gunmen in the Malaysian state of Sabah killed at least five police in a gun battle.

2014 - Bahrain Bomb Kills Three Police
2014 : Three policemen were killed in a bomb blast in Daih, Bahrain while trying to break up rioting and anti-government protesters. After the explosion several opposition groups issued a statement saying that they "regretted" any casualties.


Born This Day In History 3rd March
Celebrating Birthdays Today
Henry Joseph Wood
Born: March 3rd 1869 London, England
Died: August 19th 1944 London, England
Known For : Sir Henry Joseph Wood was an English conductor and the creator of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, currently called the "BBC Proms". He was a student at the Royal Academy of Music conservatoire and the oldest degree-granting music school in Britain. The Proms are an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall. The object of the concerts in broad terms is to bring classical music to all and includes concerts in the Royal Albert Hall, chamber concerts at Cadogan Hall and Proms in the Park events across the United Kingdom on the last night. This webmaster has always wanted to attend the last "Night Of The Proms" but never managed it. The video below gives an idea of why it is nearly impossible to get tickets. Although the video I have included is very British centric during the 2009 Proms some of the composers featured included Haydn, Handel, Mendelssohn, Elgar . You do not need to be a Classical Musical aficionado to enjoy these concerts.

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his Day In History Updated Daily Today Is March 12, 2018 Find Out For Next 7 Days - March - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18


1933 - Roosevelt First Fireside Chat
1933 : President Roosevelt gives his first " fireside chat " radio broadcast just 8 days after his inauguration telling the American people to keep faith with their country and their banking system, and asking them to leave their money in the bank where it would be kept safe . His chats to the people through these "fireside chats " on this day and future days were made friendly and informative but keeping them easy to understand by all and many consider helped him win an unprecedented 4 terms of office serving his country for a total of 12 years and 39 days. This is his fireside chat about the fail of the banking system.

1930 - India March Against Tax On Salt
1930 : Mahatma Gandhi and his followers begin a 200 mile march to the salt beds of Jalalpur to campaign against British tax on salt beginning the fight for Indian independence from Great Britain. What must also be remembered is he was 61 years old at the time and marched over 200 miles in a peaceful march as a form of protest.

1894 - US Coca-Cola
1894 : Coca-Cola begins selling it's first bottles in 1894 in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

1912 - U.S.A. Girl Scouts of America Founded
1912 : Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Guides in the United States, she had lived in England with her first husband for many years and had been a Girl Guide leader while living in England. On March 12th, 1912 She gathered 18 girls together to register the first troop of American Girl Guides in Savannah, Georgia. The next years the name was changed to Girl Scouts of America the following year.


Back In Time Gifts For All Occasions
1922 - India Mahatma Gandhi Arrested
1922 : The British run government in India has arrested Mahatma Gandhi who has always preached passive resistance to British rule by telling his followers to not buy goods from Europe or work with the British administration machine, he has a massive following in India and many believe a civil uprising could follow his arrest.

1924 - U.S.A. Tire Preservation
1924 : Tips were printed in a local newspaper regarding the preservation of tires. The importance of rotating car (or other vehicle) tires was equated to the storing of shoes and then using them. The point made is that tires should be rotated on a regular basis in order that the wear and tear on them would be about equal. This advice also applied to the use of a spare tire, in order to ensure that an extra tire would always be in excellent to good working order when needed. Another point made was that the proper storage of a spare tire is as equally important as the proper storage of a pair of boots. For instance, if they are stored in a damp place they may function differently than when stored in a dry location.

1928 - U.S.A. St. Francis Dam Burst
1928 : Hundreds Reported Drowned When the St. Francis dam burst flooding into the San Francisquito Canyon in California. St. Francis Dam Collapse TimeLine

1938 - Austria Part of Third Reich
1938 : German has forcibly “recruited” Austria to support the Third Reich, the Nazi Germany army. This was the second attempt of Germany to coerce Austria to comply. Austria Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg had tried to fight against Germany’s attempt to make Austria part of Nazi Germany. During this resistance, the Austrian chancellor had met with Hitler personally-an action taken in hopes to restore Austria’s independence. In fact, on March 9th Schuschnigg had posed a referendum to the public to help determine Austria’s affiliation or autonomy. This action proved very unfruitful, and Schuschnigg was force to name members of his cabinet as part of the Nazi movement. Furthermore, Schuschnigg had resigned on the 11th of March, a day before Austria was seized by Germany.

1939 - U.S.A. Artie Shaw
1939 : Artie Shaw and his band record the single “Deep Purple.” It goes on to become one of the big band’s biggest hits.

1940 - Burma Disturbances
1940 : Disturbances at three newspaper journalist offices were caused by a crowd of 5,000 people. A large number of this huge crowd of people was members of Burma’s workers’ union and Burma’s peasants’ union.

1945 - Germany Anne Frank
1945 : Anne Frank, author of "The Diary of Anne Frank," died at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from Typhus during a typhus epidemic that spread through the concentration camp.

1947 - The Truman Doctrine
1947 : Very soon after the war President Truman had decided that to use America to stop the spread of communism around the world telling congress the country must intervene wherever necessary throughout the world to prevent the subjection of free people to Communist inspired totalitarian regimes at the expense of their national integrity.
One of the first requests to provide this support around the world to stop the spread of communism was to give $400 million in aid to bolster the hard-pressed Greek and Turkish governments against Communist pressure. This is also known as the beginning of "The Truman Doctrine" and the beginning of the battle to stop the spread of communism.

1956 - Spain Stand Against Communism
1956 : A call for unity has spread among the European nations. Countries such as Yugoslavia, Greece, Spain, Brussels, Belgium, and Sweden, along with nations such as the United States, France and Italy gathered together to band against the communists. One organization responsible for this strong stand against the Reds (communists) is/was NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization).

1959 - U.S.A. Hawaii
1959 : Congressional approval to admit Hawaii as the 50th state in the U.S.

1964 - U.S.A. James Hoffa
1964 : The president of the powerful American Teamsters union James Hoffa is found guilty and sentenced to eight years on bribery charges. He had been on trial 4 times earlier but had not been found guilty. He appealed against the convictions and in 1966 while still going through the appeal process he was re-elected president of the lorry drivers' union in July 1966 - despite two prison sentences totaling 13 years hanging over him. He vanished in mysterious circumstances in 1975 and has never been seen since, his body has still not been found no one has been charged.

1969 - England George Harrison
1969 : The police search former Beatles George Harrison’s home for illegal drugs. This was a year after John Lennon had been searched for hash (substance derived from marijuana).

1969 - England Paul McCartney
1969 : Beatle Paul McCartney Marries American Linda Eastman in London.

Back In Time Gifts For All Occasions
1972 - Vietnam Australia Withdraws
1972 : Australia withdraws from Vietnam following other countries withdrawal and US commitment to leave Vietnam.

1972 - Cambodia Son Ngoc Thanh
1972 : Many people may have considered it just the right time for a new leader to take over as prime minister. Son Ngoc Thanh had just accepted this position, after Cambodia had went four days without a ruler. Thanh had served his country in the past as well-during World War II.

1980 - U.S.A. The Killer Clown
1980 : A jury finds John Wayne Gacy Jr. ( also known as The Killer Clown ) guilty of the murders of 33 boys and young men, he had admitted the murders but he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. He had started his murders in 1972 and continued till 1978 when he was caught, 27 were found in a crawl space under the floor of his house and others were found in nearby rivers. The sentence was 21 consecutive life sentences and 12 death sentences. On May 10th, 1994, Gacy was executed at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois, by lethal injection.

1984 - England Miners Strike
1984 : Britain's miners have stopped work in protest against job losses with more than half the country's mineworkers now on strike. The miners are striking because of the announcement by the Chairman of the Coal Board Ian MacGregor that 20 uneconomic pits would close, putting 20,000 miners out of work. The miners' strike lasted a year and was one of the longest and possibly most damaging industrial disputes ever seen in the United Kingdom.

1986 - U.S.A. Les Miserables
1986 : Following it's success in London's West End Les Miserables opens at the Broadway Theater running till it closed on May 18, 2003. In 2006 it was revived and is again on Broadway showing at the Broadhurst Theatre.

1988 - Switzerland Avalanche
1988 : On 12th in 1988, a report was made regarding a narrow avalanche escape made by Prince Charles. He was skiing at a resort at the time the avalanche disaster took place. Charles barely escaped being buried by huge masses of snow. Moreover, he managed to help dig out the body of a friend Major Hugh Lindsey, former aid to Queen Elizabeth Despite the heroic royal rescue of Lindsey, he was unfortunately declared dead on arrival at a local Swiss hospital. Prince Charles’ wife Diana and the Duchess of York were also in Switzerland at the time, but they were not skiing during the avalanche occurrence. Therefore, they were not as much at risk.

1990 - Germany Ticket Machines
1990 : Germany was considered to be a little behind in the implementation of computerized ticket purchase machines at this time. If this plan is approved by ticket outfits and concert halls, it was expected that this new ticket-selling service would be up and running within two years. Advantages and disadvantages of this new ticket purchasing system were expressed. The biggest pro of a computerized ticket system is that it is more convenient for buyers. One of the disadvantages is that competing performance halls can find out how well or how poorly competitors’ tickets are selling.

1993 - India Bombay Bombing
1993 : A series of 13 bombs are exploded in Bombay's financial district including the Bombay Stock Exchange, Air India offices and government offices, banks, cinemas, bazaars, two hospitals, a university and several hotels, leaving over 200 dead and 1,000 injured. The bombs were thought to be in retaliation for anti-Muslim riots earlier in the year and were part of the ongoing Hindu-Muslim fighting which is still continuing today.

1994 - UK Church of England Women Priests
1994 : The ordination of women as priests The Church of England begins.

2002 - U.S.A. Andrea Yates
2002 : Andrea Yates, a 37-year-old housewife who drowned her five children in the bathtub of her Texas home in June, 2001 is found guilty.

2003 - U.S.A. Elizabeth Smart Found
2003 : A miracle had taken place. A 15-year-old Elizabeth Smart was found in Utah nine months after being kidnapped from her home. Her abductors (employee who worked at the Smart’s home, and his wife) were captured as well, and were charged of kidnapping, burglary, and sexual assault.

2006 - U.S.A. C.I.A. identities uncovered
2006 : The Chicago Tribune has compiled a list of 2,653 C.I.A. employees by searching the Internet. The newspaper states that Washington was uncertain of whether the Bush Administration had revealed the names of covert C.I.A. operatives to the press, and asserts that getting this sort of information is not so very difficult. Today's Chicago Tribune reports that it had found the names by searching commercial databases on the Internet. The Tribune's deputy managing editor for news has edited the story, and says that the paper was surprised by how much it could learn from its online sources (including supposedly undercover operatives' names). He said that: We were able to get identities, internal agency telephone numbers and the locations of some two dozen secret C.I.A. facilities around the United States. It has not published the names at the C.I.A's request. A C.I.A. spokeswoman has admitted that this will force the Agency to change its methods of protecting information.

2009 - The shoe-hurling Iraqi has been jailed
2009 : The Iraqi journalist that threw his shoes at President Bush has been jailed for three years. Muntadar al-Zaidi told the court that his actions were 'just like any Iraqi' against the leader of an occupying force. Shoe hurling is a grave insult in Arab culture. Al-Zaidi has been hailed as a hero in the Arab world.

2010 - Karl Rove says that he approved of waterboarding
2010 : President Bush's top political adviser has said he approved of the controversial techniques such as waterboarding. Known as the former president's 'brain,' Rove, said he did not believe that this form of interrogation amounted to torture. In an interview with BBC TV, he has claimed that waterboarding has helped prevent further terrorist attacks. 'I'm proud that we used techniques that broke the will of these terrorists and gave us valuable information that allowed us to foil plots,' he said.

2012 - Robbers Attack Gold Market in Baghdad
2012 : Armed robbers killed at least nine people in an attack on a gold market in Baghdad. At least another fourteen people were injured from the robbery. Police stated that two cars full of gunmen attacked in the Ur district of the city where many jewelry shops were located in a mainly Shia area of the city. One of the men involved was arrested after the incident, but many of the others managed to escape.

2013 - Vatican City Cardinals Begin Pope Vote
2013 : 115 Cardinals of the Roman Catholic church entered the Sistine Chapel to begin voting on a new Pope after Pope Benedict XVI stepped down from the position. A day later the Cardinals chose Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergolio as the new Pope who took the name Pope Francis. Pope Francis is the first Pope from Latin America and the first Jesuit pope.

2014 - US President Meets Ukrainian Prime Minister
2014 : US President Barack Obama met with Ukraine's interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and pledged to back Ukraine in its dispute with Russia.


Born This Day In History 12th March
Celebrating Birthdays Today
Liza Minnelli
Born: 12th March 1946, Hollywood, California, United States
Known For : Liza Minnelli is an American actress and singer whose parents were the late great Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli. She has established herself over the years coming out from her parents shadow, her movies include Lucky Lady, Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, A Matter of Time and New York, New York. She has won a number of awards in her own right including three Tony Awards, an Emmy Award, two Golden Globes and a winning an Academy Award for Best Actress for the 1972 film version of the Broadway musical Cabaret.



This Week In History 11
Taken From Our This Day In History From
March 12th to March 18th
1912 Girl Scouts of America Founded
1917 Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate
1919 The American Legion has it's first meeting
1925 The Butler Act becomes law
1925 Tri-state tornados strikes Missouri, Illinois and Indiana
1928 St. Francis dam burst flooding into the San Francisquito Canyon in California
1930 Mahatma Gandhi and his followers begin March Against Tax On Salt
1931 Nevada Legalizes Gambling
1933 President Roosevelt gives his first " fireside chat " radio broadcast
1936 Work on the Boulder Dam is completed
1938 German has forcibly “recruited” Austria to support the Third Reich
1938 Jews Not Allowed To Vote In Germany
1940 Hitler and Mussolini meet and agree to fight together in war against France and Britain
1945 Anne Frank, died at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from Typhus
1949 The first car with a Porsche badge ( Porsche 356 ) is shown at International Automobile Show in Geneva
1956 The musical "My Fair Lady" opened on Broadway
1964 Actress Elizabeth Taylor and actor Richard Burton marry for the first time
1965 Soviet cosmonaut known as Lt. Col. Alexei Leonov Becomes First Man to walk in space
1967 The tanker "Torrey Canyon" runs aground on rocks between Land's End and the Scilly Isles
1969 Golda Meir becomes first female Prime Minister of Israel
1969 The Love Bug, a popular Disney movie, was released
1970 Voting Age Reduced to 18 in UK
1974 Middle East Oil Embargo Ends
1978 The Amoco Cadiz wrecks off the coast of Portsall, France
1980 John Wayne Gacy Jr. ( also known as The Killer Clown ) found guilty of the murders of 33 boys and young men
1996 Dunblane Massacre in kindergarten in Scotland
1998 The Movie Titanic surpassed Star Wars to become the highest grossing film in North American box offices.
1998 Rwanda began mass trials for the country's 1994 genocide of the hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutu sympathizers
2001 The Eden Project opens in England It is the worlds largest greenhouse
2003 Elizabeth Smart Found Alive and well
2005 Doctors in Florida, acting on orders of a state judge, removed Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. (She died 13 days later).
2005 Scott Peterson is sent to death row for the slaying of his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson.
2010 Drug Gangs Fighting increases over Territory in Mexico

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1987 - U.S.A. Televangelist Jim Bakker
1987 : Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as chairman of his PTL ministry organization and hands over control to Jerry Falwell. The PTL ministry had average viewers numbering over twelve million, amid the scandal involving a former church secretary, Jessica Hahn who was paid $279,000 from PTL funds to keep secret her allegation that he had raped her. During the earlier period the PTL ministry organization had raised millions to build Heritage USA a Christian theme park, water park and residential complex which between 1978, and 1986 was one of the top vacation destinations in the country . Following the scandal and large losses "Heritage USA" was forced to close.
In 1989, after a five week trial in Charlotte, the jury found Jim Bakker guilty on a number of accounting fraud and conspiracy charges, and Judge Robert Potter sentenced him to 45 years in federal prison and a $500,000 fine. He was released on Parole in 1993 after serving 5 years and in 1992 Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker were divorced.

1964 - England New Towns Needed
1964 : A study, estimates the country's population will increase by three million by the early 1980s and highlights the need for expansion of existing cities and the creation of three new towns in the South East. The three "new towns" that were created were:
Milton Keynes formally designated as a new town on 23 January 1967 Current Population estimate 184,506.
Milton Keynes was one of the first towns / cities built in the UK that had a grid road system similar to cities in the US ( straight roads North / South and East / West )
Both Havant and Basingstoke did exist prior to 1964 but the number of houses and people living in the area significantly increased over the next two decades as green belt land was released for building.

2001 - U.S.A. California Rolling Blackouts
2001 : California officials order the first of a further two days of rolling blackouts.
Rolling blackouts had began on
June 14th, 2000 due to a heatwave
January 17-18, 2001
March 19-20, 2001
May 7-8, 2001
The California electricity crisis which included extremely high prices and Rolling blackouts was a direct result from the manipulation of energy of a partially deregulated California energy system by companies like Enron and Reliant Energy.


Back In Time Gifts For All Occasions
1982 - England Falkland Islands
1982 : 50 Argentines land at Leith Harbour, on South Georgia a British colony of the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic and planted their nation's flag. Argentina invades the Falkland Islands on April 2nd and British Marines are deployed to regain the Island on April 25th

1916 - U.S.A. First Use Of Air Combat
1916 : The first use of air combat by the US when Eight Curtiss "Jenny" planes of the First Aero Squadron are used in support for the 7,000 U.S. troops who invaded Mexico to capture Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.

1918 - U.S.A. Daylight Saving Time
1918 : The US Congress approves daylight-saving time. Germany started the use of DST in 1916 and other countries followed suit. Daylight saving time or British summer time is the practice of adjusting clocks forward one hour near the start of spring so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less, and adjusting them backwards in the Autumn by 1 hour. It is not used universally world wide but is common in Europe and North America.

1920 - U.S.A. Treaty of Versailles
1920 : The senate voted to refused to ratify the treaty of Versailles that would end the nations war status.

1921 - Argentina Wheat Export Tax
1921 : It was revealed that Buenos Aires would not add on a new wheat export tax. It was said that uncertainty of this decision had cause the wheat industry to be unstable for a period of time.

1931 - U.S.A. Gambling
1931 : The Nevada state legislature votes to legalize gambling hoping to bring much needed money to the state in the worst of the depression years.

1932 - Australia Sydney Harbor Bridge Opens
1932 : The Sydney Harbour Bridge the fourth-longest spanning-arch bridge in the world across Sydney Harbour officially opened. The bridge was designed to carry road traffic, railway traffic and a footpath on each side.

1938 - Spain Civil War
1938 : Cabinet members were divided on the issue of whether or not the civil war should end. Fierce fighting occurred while the cabinet convened at the capital building. A fourth of the population of Barcelona had fled into the mountains and set up camp to hide from bombings.

1941 - U.S.A. Jimmy Dorsey
1941 : Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra record the hits "Green Eyes" and "Maria Elena." The album hit the Billboard charts two months later and spent 17 weeks on it, peaking at #1 in mid-June. Both songs eventually hit #1, making the album a major hit.

1945 - Japan USS Carrier Franklin
1945 : Japanese aircraft attack the USS carrier Franklin off Japan, killing about 724 of the crew. The ship did not sink and managed to limp back to Pearl Harbor for repairs.

1948 - Germany Communist Demonstrators
1948 : About 70,000 demonstrators crowded the streets of Berlin. About half of them were supporters of the Communist Party, while others were supporters of the Anti-Communist movement. This event was coordinated by the “Communist-Controlled Socialist Unity Party.” All other political groups of Berlin had boycotted this event.

1953 - U.S.A. Academy Awards
1953 : The Academy Awards was televised for the first time with Bob Hope as the host.

1955 - U.S.A. Billy Graham
1955 : President Eisenhower and his wife had met Reverend Billy Graham in person. They exchanged cordial greetings and chatted with him after services, which took place at the National Presbyterian Church in Washington.

1967 - England Sexism By Judge
1967 : Twelve women were responsible for deciding the verdict of a theft trial. They had determined in 38 minutes that the defendant was guilty. A judge was astounded, and complimented them-saying they were women, but “equal to a jury of 12 gentlemen in arriving at the truth of the matter.”

1970 - Germany Leaders Meet for First Time
1970 : The leaders of East Germany and West Germany meet for the first time since the country was divided in 1949 following the end of the second world war.

Back In Time Gifts For All Occasions
1971 - Turkey Nihat Erim
1971 : Nihat Erim had his work cut out for him as Turkey’s new premier (prime minister). Erim was called upon by President Cevdet Sunay to form a new Turkish government, which was in total crisis. Before Erim became premier of Turkey, he was the head of a conservative group that belonged to the Republicans People Party. His current order of business as prime minister was to form a governmental structure which would satisfy the major political parties of the country. Erim also was responsible for making sure that the new governmental set-up would satisfy military commanders threatening a takeover.

1971 - Peru Earthquake
1971 : An earthquake sets off a landslide, flood and avalanche that result in the destruction of the town of Chungar, Peru, and the death of most of the towns people.

1976 - England Princess Margaret
1976 : Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth, announced that she and her husband, Lord Snowdon, were separating after 16 years of marriage, they have two children 14-year-old Viscount David Linley and 11-year-old Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones.

1981 - U.S.A. Richard E. Burke
1981 : Richard E. Burke, an aid to Senator Edward M. Kennedy admitted that a series of death threats he claimed were not true. About a month prior to this date, Burke had told Secret Service men as well as the Washington D.C. police and FBI that he was almost hit with a bullet while leaving his house. Additionally, Burke claimed that a burglar carrying a butcher knife entered his home. This intruder was said to have narrowly escaped after being stopped by a security alarm. Burke resigned as of this date ( 1981). His major reason for stepping down from his position was because the activities of the most recent campaign had stressed him out. Furthermore, the reorganization of the office had affected him negatively. Soon after this, action was to be taken to determine if Burke would be charged of giving false information to officers.

1990 - Germany Unification
1990 : Unification was a hot topic driving free elections in Germany. The Alliance for Germany Party and the Social Democrats won a majority of the seats in the German Parliament. The above-mentioned parties managed to win more of the votes than the other major party-the Communist Party (renamed The Party of Democratic Socialism). Only one major party along with a group of about 20 smaller parties received less votes than the formerly-named Communist ticket.

1992 - England Duke and Duchess of York Separate
1992 : The Duke and Duchess of York have announced they are to separate, they have been married since July 1986 and have two children Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie who are fifth and sixth in line to the British throne.

1995 - U.S.A. Michael Jordan
1995 : Michael Jordan goes back to play for the Chicago Bulls after deciding to come out of retirement.

2002 - Jerusalem Yasser Arafat
2002 : Palestinian Ruler Yasser Arafat had offered very attractive incentives towards cease-fire in the Middle East. Part of an incentive offered by Arafat was that Vice-President Dick Cheney from the United States would meet with Palestinian leader upon the establishing of a truce. This meeting scheduled was intended to provide Arafat’s with the highest-level governmental contact from the United States to date. Furthermore, Israel offered to lift a travel ban on Arafat before the upcoming Arab summit. This travel ban had lasted three months, and had confined Arafat to Palestinian areas.

2003 - U.S.A. Iraq Invasion
2003 : President George W. Bush addresses the nation via live television and announces that Operation Iraqi Freedom has begun to rid Iraq of tyrannical dictator Saddam Hussein and eliminate Iraq's ability to develop weapons of mass destruction. The American led coalition launched began with the launch of U.S. cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs aimed at Saddam Hussein near Baghdad.

2006 - Iraq Civil War
2006 : Iyad Allawi has said that Iraq is in the middle of a civil war. His television interview said that they had not reached to 'the point of no return,' but if the country fell apart, then sectarianism would spread across the region. The U.S. has repeatedly denied Iraq is having a civil war, but Allawi suggests that there is no other way to describing the sectarian violence that is taking place. 'If this is not civil war, then God knows what civil war is,' he said. President Bush has said that Iraq had not descended into civil war, and urged the nation's leaders to confront the sectarian violence that was taking place. Mr. Bush said Iraqis had 'had a chance to fall apart and they didn't.'

2006 - U.S.A. Dallas Cast Reunited
2006 : A number of cast members from the soap opera Dallas have reunited to receive a prize at the TV Land awards ceremony in California. Larry Hagman, who played J.R. Ewing, Patrick Duffy, who played Bobby, and Linda Gray, who was Sue Ellen, attended, along with Charlene Tilton, Steve Kanaly, Susan Howard, Sheree Wilson, Ken Kercheval and Mary Crosby.

2008 - Cuba Fidel Castro steps down
2008 : The Cuban leader Fidel Castro has stepped down, forty-nine years after taking power in an armed revolution. This has ended the Cold War fracas that has made him an icon to leftists, and a tyrant to his foes. Castro, 81, who has not appeared in public since undergoing stomach surgery, said he would not be seeking a new term as president or leader of Cuba's armed forces when the National Assembly meets again. His retirement has raised expectations for a post-communist system of government, and calls by the United States for democracy.

2009 - Nazi guard is deported from Wisconsin
2009 : The U.S. has deported a former S.S. man to Austria. It says that Josias Kumpf was involved in the killing of some eight thousand Jews, that were shot in a single day and buried in pits. Kumpf, 83, left Austria in 1956, settled in Wisconsin and became a U.S. citizen in 1964. The Justice Department had started the process of stripping him of his citizenship in 2003. On confirming the deportation, Vienna has said he would not be prosecuted in Austria, where the statute of limitations had expired. 'We repeatedly indicated it to the United States,' a Justice Ministry spokeswoman told reporters.

2010 - The Pope’s letter to the people of Ireland
2010 : The Pope has sent a special pastoral letter to Irish Catholics on the issue of child sex abuse within the Church. In the Vatican document, Pope Benedict has issued a heartfelt apology to the people of Ireland and to thousands of victims of sexual abuse in past decades by the country's Roman Catholic priests. He has rebuked Irish bishops for 'grave errors of judgement' on the problem, and 'I can only share in the dismay and sense of betrayal that so many of you have experienced on learning of these sinful and criminal acts."

2011 - Western Forces Enact No-Fly Zone on Libya
2011 : Planes from France, the United Kingdom, and the United States opened fire on Libyan forces after the United Nations authorizes a no-fly zone over Libya. The resolution called for any necessary measures to stop Libya's leader Gaddafi from harming civilians, short of an occupation of the country. French planes fired the first shots in the country, with planes from the UK and US firing shots soon after.

2012 - Gunman Attacks Jewish School in Toulouse, France
2012 : A gunman killed four people after attacking a Jewish school in the southern city of Toulouse in France. Of the four victims, one was a teacher, while the other three were students. The same kind of gun that was used in the attack was used in two separate attacks in the area that killed three soldiers the previous week. Authorities began searching for the killer who turned out to be a twenty-three year old man named Mohammed Merah. The hunt resulted in a thirty-two hour siege that ended when a sniper shot and killed Merah on March 22nd. Before his death, the killer had claimed that he committed the murders to avenge Palestinian children and protest against French military intervention.

2013 - Guatemala Ex-Military Leader on Trial
2013 : The trial against ex-military leader Efrain Rios Montt began in Guatemala. Montt was accused of genocide in the country against indigenous people during the 1980s.

2014 - Belgium World War I Bomb Explodes
2014 : A World War I weapon buried in Ypres, Belgium exploded, killing two and injuring two others. The two dead were workers trying to dig up the buried weapon. The city of Ypres was heavily attacked during World War I and saw several battles so it is not uncommon to find old weapons buried in the area.


Born This Day In History 19th March
Celebrating Birthdays Today
Bruce Willis
Born: Walter Bruce Willis, March 19th, 1955, Idar-Oberstein, West Germany
Known For : Best Known for the role of John McClane in the Die Hard series. He as an American actor and producer born in Germany to an American soldier based in West Germany and a Kassel-born German wife. He has starred in 100's of movies during his career including In Country, Pulp Fiction, Death Becomes Her, Sin City, 12 Monkeys, Armageddon, The Sixth Sense and four Die Hard Movies. He has also been nominated and won a number of Awards including an Emmy in the TV Series Moonlighting. He is currently married to Emma Heming but was married to Demi Moore from 1987 to 2000 who is now married to Ashton Kutcher.



This Week In History 11
Taken From Our This Day In History From
March 12th to March 18th
1912 Girl Scouts of America Founded
1917 Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate
1919 The American Legion has it's first meeting
1925 The Butler Act becomes law
1925 Tri-state tornados strikes Missouri, Illinois and Indiana
1928 St. Francis dam burst flooding into the San Francisquito Canyon in California
1930 Mahatma Gandhi and his followers begin March Against Tax On Salt
1931 Nevada Legalizes Gambling
1933 President Roosevelt gives his first " fireside chat " radio broadcast
1936 Work on the Boulder Dam is completed
1938 German has forcibly “recruited” Austria to support the Third Reich
1938 Jews Not Allowed To Vote In Germany
1940 Hitler and Mussolini meet and agree to fight together in war against France and Britain
1945 Anne Frank, died at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from Typhus
1949 The first car with a Porsche badge ( Porsche 356 ) is shown at International Automobile Show in Geneva
1956 The musical "My Fair Lady" opened on Broadway
1964 Actress Elizabeth Taylor and actor Richard Burton marry for the first time
1965 Soviet cosmonaut known as Lt. Col. Alexei Leonov Becomes First Man to walk in space
1967 The tanker "Torrey Canyon" runs aground on rocks between Land's End and the Scilly Isles
1969 Golda Meir becomes first female Prime Minister of Israel
1969 The Love Bug, a popular Disney movie, was released
1970 Voting Age Reduced to 18 in UK
1974 Middle East Oil Embargo Ends
1978 The Amoco Cadiz wrecks off the coast of Portsall, France
1980 John Wayne Gacy Jr. ( also known as The Killer Clown ) found guilty of the murders of 33 boys and young men
1996 Dunblane Massacre in kindergarten in Scotland
1998 The Movie Titanic surpassed Star Wars to become the highest grossing film in North American box offices.
1998 Rwanda began mass trials for the country's 1994 genocide of the hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutu sympathizers
2001 The Eden Project opens in England It is the worlds largest greenhouse
2003 Elizabeth Smart Found Alive and well
2005 Doctors in Florida, acting on orders of a state judge, removed Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. (She died 13 days later).
2005 Scott Peterson is sent to death row for the slaying of his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson.
2010 Drug Gangs Fighting increases over Territory in Mexico