Today in History (12th March 2016)

Lead Story
1933 FDR gives first fireside chat

American Revolution
1776 Public Notice urges recognition of “humane ladies”

Automotive
1921 Italian auto titan Gianni Agnelli born

Civil War
1864 Red River Campaign begins

Cold War
1947 Truman Doctrine is announced

Crime
1969 London police conduct drug raid at home of George Harrison
2003 Police recover Elizabeth Smart and arrest her abductors

Disaster
1988 Hail causes stampede at soccer match in Nepal

General Interest
1888 The Blizzard of 1888
1930 Gandhi leads civil disobedience
1938 Germany annexes Austria
1993 Reno sworn in as attorney general

Hollywood
1982 Richard Pryor releases Live on the Sunset Strip

Literary
1922 Jack Kerouac is born

Music
2003 The Dixie Chicks backlash begins

Old West
1888 Chinese laborers excluded from U.S.

Presidential
1933 FDR broadcasts first fireside chat

Sports
1903 New York Highlanders join American League

Vietnam War
1968 McCarthy does well in the Democratic primary
1972 Australians withdraw from South Vietnam

World War I
1917 Russian army lends support to rebels in February Revolution

World War II
1938 Hitler announces an Anschluss with Austria