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I've done TIH threads on some other sites, and thought I'd give it a shot here to see if anyone has any interest in it.

Today in History - March 16th

Today's Birthdays

1751 James Madison, 4th US President; died June 28, 1836
1906 Henny (Henry) Youngman, comedian; died died Feb 24, 1998
1912 Pat Nixon (Ryan), former U.S. First Lady; died June 22, 1993
1926 Jerry Lewis, actor-comedian ("Hey, Lay-dee!")
1927 Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator from New York; died Mar 26, 2003
1941 Bernardo Bertolucci, film director (Stealing beauty, Little Buddha)
1941 Chuck Woolery, game show host
1942 Roger Crozier, NHL (Detroit Red Wings, Buffalo Sabres, Washington Capitals); died Jan 11, 1996
1949 Erik Estrada, actor (CHiPS)
1949 Victor Garber, actor (Alias)
1951 Brian McKenzie, NHL (Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers)
1954 Nancy Wilson, rock singer (Heart)
1956 Ozzie Newsome, Football Hall of Famer
1959 Flavor Flav, rapper (Public Enemy)
1961 Todd McFarlane, graphic novelist (Spawn)
1963 Jimmy DeGrasso, rock musician (Megadeth)
1966 Rodney Peete, NFL quarterback
1967 Lauren Graham, actress (Gilmore Girls)
1971 Alan Tudyk, actor (Dodgeball)
1979 Brooke Burns, actress (Baywatch)
1991 Wolfgang Van Halen, rock musician (Van Halen)

Today in History

1521 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines, where he was killed by natives the following month.
1802 Congress authorized the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
1836 The Republic of Texas approved a constitution.
1850 The novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was published for the first time.
1882 The U.S. Senate approved a treaty allowing the United States to join the Red Cross.
1915 The Federal Trade Commission was organized.
1955 The Ballad of Davy Crockett, by Bill Hayes, reached the number one spot on the pop music charts and stayed for five weeks.
1963 Peter, Paul and Mary released the single "Puff The Magic Dragon."
1964 Paul Hornung, ‘The Golden Boy’, and Alex Karras were reinstated to the NFL after an 11-month suspension for betting on football games.
1968 U.S. troops gunned down hundreds of unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai during the Vietnam War.
1985 Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press, was abducted in Beirut. (He was held captive until December 1991.)
1988 Former National Security Adviser John M. Poindexter, former White House aide Oliver L. North and two others were indicted on charges relating to the Iran-Contra affair.
1994 Figure skater Tonya Harding pleaded guilty in Portland, Ore., to conspiracy for covering up the attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.
1995 Astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to visit the Russian space station Mir.
1998 The Vatican expressed remorse for the cowardice of some Christians during the Holocaust, but defended the actions of Pope Pius XII.
1998 Rwanda began mass trials for the country's 1994 genocide.
2000 Independent counsel Robert Ray said he had found no credible evidence that first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton or senior White House officials were involved in seeking the FBI background files of Republicans.
2002 Brittanie Cecil, 13, was struck by a flying hockey puck during an NHL game between the hometown Columbus Blue Jackets and the Calgary Flames; she died two days later.
2003 Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American college student in Gaza to protest Israel operations, was killed when she was run over by a bulldozer while trying to block troops from demolishing a Palestinian home.
2005 A judge in Redwood City, Calif., sent Scott Peterson to death row for the slaying of his pregnant wife, Laci.
2005 A jury in Los Angeles acquitted actor Robert Blake of murder in the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. (A civil court jury later ordered Blake to pay $30 million to Bakley's four children.)
2006 Iraq's new parliament met briefly for the first time; lawmakers took the oath but did no business and adjourned after just 40 minutes.

Chart Toppers

1947
The Anniversary Song - Dinah Shore
Managua, Nicaragua - The Guy Lombardo Orchestra (vocal: Don Rodney)
Oh, But I Do - Margaret Whiting
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed - Merle Travis

1955
The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes
Sincerely - McGuire Sisters
Pledging My Love - Johnny Ace
In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce

1963
Walk like a Man - The 4 Seasons
Our Day Will Come - Ruby & The Romantics
You’re the Reason I’m Living - Bobby Darin
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs

1971
One Bad Apple - The Osmonds
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
For All We Know - Carpenters
I’d Rather Love You - Charley Pride

1979
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Tragedy - Bee Gees
Heaven Knows - Donna Summer with Brooklyn Dreams
Golden Tears - Dave & Sugar

1987
Jacob’s Ladder - Huey Lewis & The News
Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
Let’s Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson
Baby’s Got a New Baby - S-K-O

Quote of the Day

"When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken."
Benjamin Disraeli, British politician (1804 - 1881)