TODAY IN HISTORY-TUESDAY MARCH 22, 2011

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Today is Tuesday, March 22, the 81st day of 2011. There are 284 days left in the year.

Today in History:  AP Highlight in History:  On March 22, 1895, in what is generally regarded as the first public display of a movie projected onto a screen, Auguste and Louis Lumiere showed their first movie – the one-minute "Employees Leaving the Lumiere Factory" – to an invited audience in Paris.   AP Photo
On this date in: 1765 Britain enacted the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies. 1882 Congress outlawed polygamy. 1894 Hockey's first Stanley Cup championship game was played in Montreal. That city's Amateur Athletic Association beat the Ottawa Capitals 3-1. 1941 The Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state went into operation. 1945 The Arab League was formed with the adoption of a charter in Cairo, Egypt. 1946 The British mandate in Transjordan came to an end. 1963 The Beatles' first album, "Please Please Me," was released in Great Britain. AP Photo 1965 Bob Dylan's album "Bringing It All Back Home," his first featuring electric guitar, was released. 1972 Congress sent the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution to the states for ratification. 1990 A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found former tanker captain Joseph Hazelwood innocent of three major charges in connection with the Exxon Valdez oil spill, but convicted him of a minor charge of negligent discharge of oil. 1991 High school instructor Pamela Smart, accused of manipulating her student-lover into killing her husband, was convicted in Exeter, N.H., of murder-conspiracy. 1995 Colin Ferguson was sentenced to life in prison for killing six people on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train in 1993. 1997 Tara Lipinski of the United States became the youngest women's world figure skating champion at age 14 years, 10 months. 2006 The Basque separatist group ETA announced a permanent cease-fire with Spain. 2010 Google announced it would stop censoring search results on its site in China by shifting it from the mainland to Hong Kong.		Today's Birthdays: Actress Reese Witherspoon turns 35 years old today. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello Name Profession Age Stephen Sondheim Composer, lyricist 81 William Shatner Actor ("Star Trek," "Boston Legal") 80 Orrin Hatch U.S. senator, R-Utah 77 M. Emmet Walsh Actor 76 Jeremy Clyde Singer (Chad and Jeremy) 70 George Benson Jazz guitarist, singer 68 James Patterson Author 64 Wolf Blitzer Broadcast journalist 63 Andrew Lloyd Webber Composer 63 Bob Costas Sportscaster 59 Lena Olin Actress 56 Stephanie Mills R&B singer, actress 54 Matthew Modine Actor 52 Marcus Camby Basketball player 37 Cole Hauser Actor 36 Kellie Williams Actress 35 New York Mets first baseman Ike Davis turns 24 years old today. AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

Thought for Today: "Better to be alone than with a bad companion." — Spanish expression.

“A Prayer For Being Reminded”

Father, would You impress upon our hearts essential truths that You want us to remember. May they be seared into our conscience so that they not only guide our Christian walk but spill out to those we influence by our consistent example and frequent reference to these principles. As we read Your oft-repeated principles and doctrines throughout the Bible help us not to ignore or overlook the familiar. Help us instead to know that it is repeated for emphasis and reminds us of the most important things You want us to know. In our short time on this earth enable us to impress deeply upon others the elemental teachings that have forever impacted our lives. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.