TODAY IN HISTORY-WEDNESDAY MARCH 16, 2011

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Today is Wednesday, March 16, the 75th day of 2011. There are 290 days left in the year.

Today in History: Highlight in History:  On March 16, 1751, James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, was born in Port Conway, Va.   AP Photo
On this date in: 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 Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne was published. AP Photo/Christie's New York 1926 Rocket science pioneer Robert H. Goddard successfully tested the first liquid-fueled rocket, in Auburn, Mass. 1935 Adolf Hitler scrapped the Treaty of Versailles. 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. AP photographer Donald Mell witnessed the abduction. Read the original AP story 2003 Vice President Dick Cheney predicted on NBC's "Meet the Press" that American troops would be "greeted as liberators" by the Iraqi people. 2003 Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed when she was run over by a bulldozer while trying to block Israeli troops from demolishing a Palestinian home in Gaza. 2005 A judge in Redwood City, Calif., sent Scott Peterson to death row for the slaying of his pregnant wife, Laci. 2008 Protests spread from Tibet into three neighboring provinces; the Dalai Lama decried what he called the "cultural genocide" taking place in his homeland.		Today's Birthdays: Actress Lauren Graham ("Gilmore Girls," "Parenthood") turns 44 years old today. AP Photo/Peter Kramer Name Profession Age Jerry Lewis Actor, comedian 85 Bernardo Bertolucci Director 70 Chuck Woolery Game show host 70 Erik Estrada Actor ("CHiPS") 62 Victor Garber Actor ("Alias") 62 Nancy Wilson Rock singer (Heart) 57 Isabelle Huppert Actress 56 Ozzie Newsome Football Hall of Famer 55 Flavor Flav Rapper (Public Enemy) 52 Alan Tudyk Actor ("Firefly") 40 Wolfgang Van Halen Rock musician (Van Halen) 20 Actor Judah Friedlander ("30 Rock") turns 42 years old today. AP Photo/Evan Agostini

Thought for Today: "The only joy in the world is to begin."  Cesare Pavese, Italian novelist (1908-1950).

PRAYER FOR TODAY

God of our lives, you are always calling us to follow you into the future,

Inviting us to new ventures, new challenges, new ways to care,

New ways to touch the hearts of all.

When we get tired,

Or feel disappointed with the way things are going,

Remind us that you can bring change and hope

Out of the most difficult situations.