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Saturday, March 15, 2008

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[March 15, 2008]  (AP)  Today is Saturday, March 15, the 75th day of 2008. There are 291 days left in the year. This is "Buzzard Day" - the day the buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio.

Today's Highlight in History:

On March 15, 44 B.C., Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius.

On this date:

In 1493, Christopher Columbus returned to Spain, concluding his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere.

In 1767, Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, was born in Waxhaw, S.C.

In 1820, Maine became the 23rd state.

In 1913, President Wilson met with reporters for what's been described as the first presidential press conference (although some sources say Wilson's first actual press conference was a week later).

In 1919, the American Legion was founded, in Paris.

In 1944, during World War II, Allied bombers again raided German-held Monte Cassino.

In 1956, the Lerner and Loewe musical play "My Fair Lady" opened on Broadway.

In 1964, actress Elizabeth Taylor married actor Richard Burton in Montreal; it was her fifth marriage, his second.

In 1970, Expo '70, promoting "Progress and Harmony for Mankind," opened in Osaka, Japan.

In 1975, Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis died near Paris at age 69.

Ten years ago: 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. Dr. Benjamin Spock, whose child care guidance spanned half a century, died in San Diego at 94.

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Five years ago: Hu Jintao was chosen to replace Jiang Zemin as the president of China. Protesters in Washington, D.C., and around the world demonstrated against plans for a war with Iraq.

One year ago: In the Senate, Republicans easily turned back Democratic legislation requiring a troop withdrawal from Iraq to begin within 120 days. Actress Angelina Jolie adopted a 3-year-old boy from an orphanage in Vietnam (Pax Thien is her fourth child with Brad Pitt). Former baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn died in Jacksonville, Fla., at age 80.

Today's Birthdays: Country singer Carl Smith is 81. Musician DJ Fontana is 77. Former astronaut Alan L. Bean is 76. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 75. Actor Judd Hirsch is 73. Rock musician Phil Lesh is 68. Singer Mike Love (The Beach Boys) is 67. Rock singer-musician Sly Stone is 65. Rock singer-musician Howard Scott (War; Lowrider Band) is 62. Rock singer Ry Cooder is 61. Actor Craig Wasson is 54. Rock singer Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) is 53. Actress Park Overall is 51. Movie director Renny Harlin is 49. Model Fabio is 47. Singer Sananda Maitreya (formerly Terence Trent D'Arby) is 46. Rock singer Bret Michaels (Poison) is 45. Singer Rockwell is 44. Rock singer Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray) is 40. Actress Kim Raver is 39. Rock musician Mark Hoppus is 36. Actress Eva Longoria Parker is 33. Rapper-musician will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas) is 33. Rock DJ Joseph Hahn (Linkin Park) is 31. Rapper Young Buck is 27. Actor Sean Biggerstaff is 25. Rock musician Ethan Mentzer is 25. Actress Caitlin Wachs is 19.

Thought for Today: "There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown helpless about them." - Clare Boothe Luce, American author, diplomat, member of Congress (1903-1987).

[Associated Press]

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