TODAY IN HISTORY-TUESDAY MARCH 29, 2011

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Today is Tuesday, March 29, the 88th day of 2011. There are 277 days left in the year.

Today in History:  AP Highlight in History:  On March 29, 1973, the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America's direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.   AP Photo/Chick Harrity
On this date in: 1790 John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was born in Charles City County, Va. 1867 Baseball Hall of Famer Cy Young was born in Gilmore, Ohio. 1882 The Knights of Columbus was chartered in Connecticut. 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. 1962 Jack Paar hosted NBC's "Tonight Show" for the final time. 1971 Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr. was convicted of murdering at least 22 Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre. (He spent three years under house arrest.) AP Photo/Joe Holloway Jr. 1971 A jury in Los Angeles recommended the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers for the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders. (The sentences were later commuted.) 1992 Democratic presidential front-runner Bill Clinton acknowledged experimenting with marijuana "a time or two" while attending Oxford University, adding, "I didn't inhale and I didn't try it again." 1999 Wayne Gretzky of the New York Rangers scored the last of his National Hockey League record 894 goals in a home game against the New York Islanders. 1999 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 10,000 for the first time. 2002 Israel declared Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat an enemy and sent tanks and armored personnel carriers to fully isolate him in his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah. 2006 Hamas formally took over the Palestinian government.		Today's Birthdays: Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs turns 40 years old today. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Name Profession Age John McLaughlin TV host ("The McLaughlin Group") 84 Judith Guest Author 75 Eric Idle Comedian ("Monty Python") 68 John Major Former British prime minister 68 Vangelis Composer ("Chariots of Fire") 68 Walt Frazier Basketball Hall of Famer 66 Earl Campbell Football Hall of Famer 56 Amy Sedaris Comedian, actress ("Strangers With Candy") 50 Elle Macpherson Model 48 John Popper Rock musician (Blues Traveler) 44 Lucy Lawless Actress ("Xena: Warrior Princess") 43 Jennifer Capriati Tennis player 35 Rock singer Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction) turns 52 years old today. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

Thought for Today: "We do not talk — we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests." — Henry Miller, (1891-1980).

“A Prayer For Spiritual Fitness”

Father, we know that our faith is increased and strengthened as we pray often in the Holy Spirit, as we keep ourselves in Your love instead of the love of the world. We direct our hearts to You in faith, prayer, and love as we anxiously await eternal life which is the greatest gift given to the believer because of Christ’s sacrificial death on our behalf. Keep us faithful and ever looking to the prize of the high calling we have through Christ Jesus our Lord, in whose name we pray. Amen.