TODAY IN HISTORY-MONDAY MARCH 07, 2011

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Today is Monday, March 7, the 66th day of 2011. There are 299 days left in the year.

Today in History: Highlight in History: On March 7, 1936, Adolf Hitler ordered German troops to march into the Rhineland, breaking the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact. AP Photo
On this date in: 1850 In a three-hour speech to the U.S. Senate, Daniel Webster endorsed the Compromise of 1850 as a means of preserving the Union. 1875 Composer Maurice Ravel was born in Ciboure, France. 1876 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone. 1926 The first successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversation took place, between New York City and London. 1945 U.S. forces crossed the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany, during World War II. 1965 State troopers and a sheriff's posse broke up a a march by civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Ala. Sheriff Jim Clark warns marchers to disperse AP Photo 1975 The Senate revised its filibuster rule, allowing 60 senators to limit debate in most cases, instead of the previously required two-thirds of senators present. 1994 The Supreme Court ruled that parodies that poke fun at an original work can be considered "fair use" that doesn't require permission from the copyright holder. 1996 Three U.S. servicemen were convicted in the rape of a 12-year-old Okinawa girl and sentenced by a Japanese court to up to seven years in prison. 1999 Movie director Stanley Kubrick died at age 70. 2003 A four-day walkout by Broadway musicians began. 2004 An investiture ceremony was held in Concord, N.H., for V. Gene Robinson, the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop. 2007 Sex offender John Evander Couey was found guilty in Miami of kidnapping, raping and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, who was buried alive.		Today's Birthdays: Actress Rachel Weisz turns 40 years old today. AP Photo/Dan Steinberg Name Profession Age Lord Snowdon Photographer, ex-husband of Princess Margaret 81 Willard Scott TV personality ("Today") 77 Janet Guthrie Auto racer 73 Daniel J. Travanti Actor ("Hill Street Blues") 71 Michael Eisner Former Walt Disney Co. CEO 69 Peter Wolf Rock singer (J. Geils Band) 65 Franco Harris Football Hall of Famer 61 Ernie Isley R&B singer, musician (The Isley Brothers) 59 Lynn Swann Football Hall of Famer 59 Ivan Lendl Tennis Hall of Famer 51 Wanda Sykes Comedian, actress 47 Taylor Dayne Rock singer 46 Jeff Kent Baseball player 43 Peter Sarsgaard Actor 40 Jenna Fischer Actress ("The Office") 37 Laura Prepon Actress ("That 70s Show") 31 Actress Jenna Fischer ("The Office") turns 37 years old today. AP Photo/Dan Steinberg

Thought for Today: "If you're not feeling good about you, what you're wearing outside doesn't mean a thing." — Leontyne Price, American opera singer.

“A Prayer Of Thanks In All Circumstances”

Father, we pray that You will help us to grow in Your grace and knowledge, that we will continue to mature in our Christian walk.  Scripture, repeatedly, indicates that spiritual maturity is a result of enduring trials of various kinds.  In the midst of these trials Your soft prompting or guidance through Scripture, through other believers, and through the circumstances we face can easily be ignored when self gets in the way.  Today we make every effort to add to our faith those characteristics that will sustain and grow us in our Christian walk.  In doing so we will be effective and productive in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, during times of ease but even more so during times of difficulty.  Keep us faithful and keep us growing, in the name of Jesus we pray.  Amen.