CHICKEN BUCKETS: TODAY IN HISTORY

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

TODAY IN HISTORY

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

AP Highlight in History:
On March 19, 2003, an American-led coalition went to war against Iraq; the conflict began with the launch of U.S. cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs aimed at Saddam Hussein near Baghdad.

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On this date in:
1860	William Jennings Bryan, secretary of state and three-time Democratic presidential nominee, was born in Salem, Ill.
1891	Earl Warren, the 14th chief justice of the United States, was born in Los Angeles.
1917	The Supreme Court upheld the eight-hour work day for railroads.
1918	Congress approved daylight-saving time.
1920	The U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles for a second time.
1931	Nevada legalized gambling.
1945	Adolf Hitler issued his so-called "Nero Decree" ordering the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands.
1953	The Academy Awards ceremony was televised for the first time.
1962	Bob Dylan's self-titled debut album was released by Columbia Records.
1987	Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as chairman of his PTL ministry organization amid a sex-and-money scandal involving a former church secretary, Jessica Hahn.
1988	Two British soldiers were shot to death after they were dragged from a car and beaten by mourners attending an Irish Republican Army funeral in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1995	After giving up an attempt to become a major league baseball player, Michael Jodan returned to pro basketball with the Chicago Bulls.
2001	California officials declared a power alert, ordering the first of two days of rolling blackouts.
2003	Mahmoud Abbas accepted the new position of Palestinian prime minister.
2011	The U.S. fired more than 100 cruise missiles from the sea while French fighter jets targeted Moammar Gadhafi's forces from the air, launching the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war in support of an uprising.