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Monday, March 15th 2010
Today is the 74th day of 2010. There are 291 days left in this year.
What Happened On This Day In History?
| 1493 |
Christopher Columbus returned to Spain, concluding his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere. |
| 1820 |
Maine became the 23rd state. |
| 1875 |
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York City, John McCloskey, was named the first American cardinal by Pope Pius IX. |
| 1913 |
President Wilson held the first open presidential news conference. |
| 1919 |
The American Legion was founded, in Paris. |
| 1956 |
The Lerner and Loewe musical ''My Fair Lady'' opened on Broadway. |
| 1964 |
Actress Elizabeth Taylor married actor Richard Burton in Montreal; it was her fifth marriage, his second. |
| 1965 |
Addressing a joint session of Congress, President Johnson called for new legislation to guarantee every American's right to vote. |
| 1977 |
The U.S. House of Representatives began a 90-day test to determine the feasibility of showing its sessions on TV. |
| 1998 |
CBS' ''60 Minutes'' aired an interview with former White House employee Kathleen Willey, who said President Clinton had made unwelcome sexual advances toward her in the Oval Office in 1993, a charge denied by the president. |
Born on this day
| 1767 |
The seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, was born in Waxhaw, S.C. |
Died on this day
| 1975 |
Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis died near Paris at age 69. |
| 1998 |
Dr. Benjamin Spock, whose child care guidance spanned a half-century, died at age 94. |
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