 Today's
highlight in history:
On March 3, 1931, President Hoover signed a measure making "The
Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem of the United States.
On this date:
In 1845, Florida became the 27th state.
In 1849, the U.S. Department of the Interior was established.
In 1887, Anne Sullivan arrived at the Tuscumbia, Ala., home of Capt.
and Mrs. Arthur H. Keller to become the teacher for their blind and
deaf 6-year-old daughter, Helen.
In 1894, British Prime Minister William Gladstone submitted his
resignation to Queen Victoria, ending his fourth and final
premiership.
In 1918, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire
and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which ended Russian
participation in World War I. (The treaty was rendered moot by the
November 1918 armistice.)
In 1945, the Allies fully secured the Philippine capital of Manila
from Japanese forces during World War II.
In 1969, Apollo 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to
test the lunar module.
In 1974, nearly 350 people died when a Turkish Airlines DC-10
crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris.
In 1991, in a case that sparked a national outcry, motorist Rodney
King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene
captured on amateur video.
In 1991, 25 people were killed when a United Airlines Boeing 737-200
crashed while approaching the Colorado Springs airport.
Ten years ago: Presidential confidant Vernon Jordan
testified before the grand jury investigating the Monica Lewinsky
matter. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates testified before the Senate
Judiciary Committee that his company wasn't a monopoly out to crush
rivals in the Internet software market. The Supreme Court ruled that
local lawmakers' votes are immune to lawsuits even if they had been
based on illegal or discriminatory motives. Larry Doby, the first
black player in the American League, was elected to the Baseball
Hall of Fame. Former CBS News president Fred W. Friendly died in New
York at age 82.
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Five years ago: Israeli troops arrested Hamas
co-founder Mohammed Taha in a deadly raid. (Israel released him 14
months later.) President Bush offered a rough blueprint for adding
drug benefits to Medicare. Malcolm Kilduff, the White House
spokesman who announced to a shocked world the death of President
Kennedy, died in Beattyville, Ky., at age 75.
One year ago: President Bush handed out hugs to
residents who survived killer tornadoes that ripped through Alabama
and Georgia and offered encouraging words at Enterprise (Ala.) High
School, where students were grieving the loss of eight classmates.
Today's birthdays: Socialite Lee Radziwill is 75.
Movie producer-director George Miller is 63. Actress Hattie Winston
is 63. Singer Jennifer Warnes is 61. Actor-director Tim Kazurinsky
is 58. Singer-musician Robyn Hitchcock is 55. Rock musician John
Lilley is 54. Actress Miranda Richardson is 50. Actress Mary Page
Keller is 47. Olympic track and field gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee
is 46. Football player Herschel Walker is 46. Rapper-actor Tone-Loc
is 42. Rock musician John Bigham is 39. Actress Julie Bowen is 38.
Country singer Brett Warren (The Warren Brothers) is 37. Actor David
Faustino is 34. Singer Ronan Keating (Boyzone) is 31. Rapper Lil'
Flip is 27. Actress Jessica Biel is 26.
Thought for today: "Nothing is really real unless it happens on
television." -- Daniel J. Boorstin, educator and one-time
librarian of Congress (1914-2004)
[Associated Press]
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