TODAY IN HISTORY

Tuesday, March  18, 2014 AP Highlight in History:  On March 18, 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Gideon v. Wainwright, ruled unanimously that state courts were required to provide legal counsel to criminal defendants who could not afford to hire an attorney on their own.   AP Photo
On this date in: 1766 Britain repealed the Stamp Act. 1837 Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, was born in Caldwell, N.J. AP Photo 1922 Mohandas K. Gandhi was sentenced to prison in India for civil disobedience. 1931 Schick Inc. marketed the first electric razor. 1940 Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a meeting at the Brenner Pass during which the Italian dictator agreed to join in Germany's war against France and Britain. 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order authorizing the War Relocation Authority, which was put in charge of interning Japanese-Americans. 1962 France and Algerian rebels agreed to a truce after more than seven years of war. 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov went on the first spacewalk. 1974 Most of the Arab oil-producing nations ended their embargo against the United States. 2000 Taiwan ended more than a half century of Nationalist Party rule by electing opposition leader Chen Shui-bian president. 2005 Doctors in Florida, acting on orders of a state judge, removed Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. (The brain-damaged woman died 13 days later.) 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama confronted America's racial divide with a speech in Philadelphia. It was prompted by incindiary racial remarks made by Obama's African-American pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. 2010 President Barack Obama signed into law a $38 billion jobs bill containing a modest mix of tax breaks and spending designed to encourage the private sector to start hiring again. 2011 President Barack Obama demanded that Moammar Gadhafi halt all military attacks on civilians and said that if the Libyan leader did not stand down, the United States would join other nations in launching military action against him.		Video HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today's Birthdays: Rock singer Adam Levine (Maroon 5) turns 35 years old today. AP Photo/Evan Agostini Name Profession Age John Kander Composer ("Chicago") 87 Charley Pride Country singer 80 F.W. de Klerk Former South African president 78 Kevin Dobson Actor ("Knot's Landing") 71 Brad Dourif Actor 64 Irene Cara Singer 55 James McMurtry Rock singer, songwriter 52 Vanessa L. Williams Singer, actress 51 Bonnie Blair Olympic gold medal speed skater 50 Dane Cook Actor, comedian 42 Sutton Foster Singer, actress 39 Rapper-actress Queer Latifah turns 44 years old today. AP Photo/Matt Sayles