TODAY IN HISTORY

Saturday, March  01, 2014 AP Highlight in History:  On March 1, 1932, The 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne, was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, N.J. (The child's body was found two months later.)   AP Photo
On this date in: 1781 The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation. 1790 Congress authorized the first U.S. census. 1845 President John Tyler signed a congressional resolution to annex the Republic of Texas. 1867 Nebraska became the 37th state. 1872 Congress authorized creation of Yellowstone National Park. 1922 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was born in Jerusalem. 1940 The novel "Native Son" by Richard Wright was published. 1954 Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five congressmen. 1961 President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps. 1968 Country musicians Johnny Cash and June Carter were married. AP Photo/Ron Frehm 1974 Former Nixon White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman and former Attorney General John Mitchell were indicted on obstruction of justice charges related to the Watergate break-in. 1981 Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland. (He died 65 days later.) 2003 Suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was captured by CIA and Pakistani agents near Islamabad. 2005 BTK serial killer Dennis Rader was charged in Wichita, Kan., with 10 counts of first-degree murder. (He later pleaded guilty and received multiple life sentences.) 2005 A closely divided Supreme Court outlawed the death penalty for juvenile criminals. 2012 Online publisher and conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart died in Los Angeles at age 43.		Video HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today's Birthdays: Rock singer Roger Daltrey (The Who) turns 70 years old today. AP Photo/Sang Tan Name Profession Age Robert Clary Actor ("Hogan's Heroes") 88 Harry Belafonte Singer 87 Robert Conrad Actor 79 Dirk Benedict Actor 69 Alan Thicke Actor ("Growing Pains") 67 Catherine Bach Actress ("The Dukes of Hazzard") 60 Ron Howard Actor, director 60 Tim Daly Actor ("Wings") 58 Ron Francis Hockey Hall of Famer 51 John David Cullum Actor 48 George Eads Actor ("CSI") 47 Javier Bardem Actor ("No Country for Old Men") 45 Chris Webber Basketball player 41 Lupita Nyong'o Actress 27 Singer Justin Bieber turns 20 years old today. AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini