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Today in History

Today is Saturday, March 16, the 76th day of 2024. There are 290 days left in the year.

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On March 16, 1968, the My Lai (mee ly) massacre took place during the Vietnam War as U.S. Army soldiers hunting for Viet Cong fighters and sympathizers killed unarmed villagers in two hamlets of Son My (suhn mee) village; estimates of the death toll vary from 347 to 504.

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In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew reached the Philippines... Читать дальше...

Today in History

Today is Friday, March 15, the 75th day of 2024. There are 291 days left in the year.

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On March 15, 44 B.C., Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius.

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In 1493, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus arrived back in the Spanish harbor of Palos de la Frontera, two months after concluding his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere.

In 1820, Maine became the 23rd state. Читать дальше...

Today in History

Today is Thursday, March 14, the 75th day of 2024. There are 292 days left in the year.

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On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein, who would revolutionize physics and the human understanding of the universe, was born in Ulm, Germany.

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In 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America’s cotton industry.

In 1939, the republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved... Читать дальше...

Today in History

Today is Wednesday, March 13, the 74th day of 2024. There are 293 days left in the year.

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On March 13, 2013, Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope, choosing the name Francis. he was the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium.

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In 1781, the seventh planet of the solar system, Uranus, was discovered by Sir William Herschel.

In 1862, President... Читать дальше...

Today in History

Today is Tuesday, March 12, the 72nd day of 2024. There are 294 days left in the year.

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On March 12, 1955, legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker died in New York at age 34.

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In 1864, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assumed command as General-in-Chief of the Union armies in the Civil War.

In 1912, the Girl Scouts of the USA had its beginnings as Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, Georgia, founded the first American troop of the Girl Guides.

Today in History

Today is Monday, March 11, the 71st day of 2024. There are 295 days left in the year.

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On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck Japan’s northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and severely damaging the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station.

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In 1862, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln removed Gen. George B. McClellan as general-in-chief of the Union armies... Читать дальше...

Today in History

Today is Sunday, March 10, the 70th day of 2024. There are 296 days left in the year. Daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. local time.

Today’s highlight in history:

On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tennessee, to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (Ray later repudiated that plea, maintaining his innocence until his death.)

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In 1496, Christopher Columbus concluded his second visit... Читать дальше...

Even though women still earn 83 cents for every dollar made by men, they trump men when it comes to owning a home.

The U.N. human rights chief has called for a quick end to the “repression of independent voices” in Russia and expressed concerns about the “persecution” of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison last month. Volker Türk lamented dozens of conflicts around the world, widespread violations of human rights law that have impacted millions, and displacements caused by war — which could escalate in places like the Middle East, the Horn of Africa and Sudan. He told the Human Rights Council on Monday... Читать дальше...

Cambodia is rejecting allegations it violated international law by evicting people living around its famous Angkor Wat temple complex, saying in a report to UNESCO that it was only relocating squatters and not residents of more than 100 traditional villages. The U.N. cultural agency had demanded a response from Cambodian authorities in November after a scathing report from Amnesty International claimed that thousands of families were being forcibly evicted. In its report Monday to UNESCO, Cambodia... Читать дальше...

South Korea’s government is pressing ahead with its vow to suspend the licenses of thousands of junior doctors who ignore its repeated demands to end their collective walkouts. Nearly 9,000 out of the country’s medical interns and residents have been refusing to work for about two weeks to protest a government plan to increase South Korea’s medical school admission quota by about two thirds.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Time was running out and U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry knew it.

BEIJING (AP) — BEIJING (AP) — Sohu.com Limited (SOHU) on Monday reported a loss of $12.6 million in its fourth quarter.

World stocks are mixed ahead of China’s top annual political gathering, while Japan’s benchmark closed above 40,000 for the first time. European stocks fell in morning trading. U.S. futures declined and oil prices rose. Japan’s Nikkei 225 share index closed above 40,000 for the first time after a big rally on Wall Street last week pushed U.S. stocks to new heights. Shares in Japan have tracked gains in other markets driven by expectations for strong demand for technology associated with artificial intelligence. Читать дальше...

Police say a group of men in masks opened fire at an outdoor party in central California, killing four people and injuring three others. The King City Police Department says officers responded to a reported shooting around 6 p.m. Sunday and found three men with gunshot wounds who were pronounced dead in a front yard. Four other people sustained gunshot wounds, including a woman who died after being transported to a hospital in King City, about 106 miles south of San Jose. Police say several people... Читать дальше...

Those who deal with anxiety can have trouble with daily activities like school work, job performance and personal relationships. It’s estimated that 31.1% of adults in the U.S. suffer from an anxiety disorder.

Iranian hard-line politicians dominated the country’s vote for parliament, according to results released Monday. Authorities still have not released turnout figures for Friday’s vote, nor gave any reason for the delay, but turnout is suspected to be low after some polling stations in the capital, Tehran, saw few voters. It remains unclear if turnout was depressed by voter apathy or an active desire to send a message to Iran’s theocracy, though some in the country pushed for a boycott, including imprisoned... Читать дальше...

A Thai court on Monday dropped a charge against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, now living in exile, for mishandling government project expenditure in 2013. It is the latest favorable ruling in criminal cases hanging over the former leader. The court cleared Yingluck of abuse of power in December last year. The judges unanimously dismissed charges against Yingluck and five other defendants accused of mishandling 240 billion baht in the infrastructure roadshow project, according to a press... Читать дальше...

Thai court drops case against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for mishandling government project expenditures.

India announced plans for a new naval base off the country’s south-west coast and close to Maldives, as tensions are running high over between Delhi and the island nation. The Indian Navy said Saturday it plans to build a base called INS Jatayu on Minicoy, the southernmost island in the Lakshadweep archipelago, which lies about 130 kilometres north of the Maldives. It said a more detailed plan will be published Wednesday. The Indian Navy said the base was part of a policy to incrementally augment... Читать дальше...

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The Chinese government says it is eliminating an annual news conference by the premier that was one of the only times a top Chinese leader took questions from the news media. Lou Qinjian, the spokesperson for the National People’s Congress, said Monday that Premier Li Qiang would not hold a news conference at the conclusion of this year's session. The meeting opens Tuesday. Lou said that the congress would increase opportunities for journalists to ask questions of government officials and delegates to the congress. Читать дальше...