Today in History (March 20th)

1965 LBJ sends federal troops to Alabama

American Revolution
1778 King Louis XVI receives U.S. representatives

Automotive
1928 Auto pioneer James Packard dies

Civil War
1861 Willie and Tad Lincoln get the measles

Cold War
1953 Khrushchev begins his rise to power

Crime
1995 Tokyo subways are attacked with sarin gas

Disaster
1345 Black Death is created, allegedly

General Interest
1413 Henry V ascends upon father’s death
1854 Republican Party founded
1995 Nerve gas attack on Tokyo subway

Hollywood
1948 20th annual Academy Awards celebrated

Literary
1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published

Music
1982 Joan Jett tops the pop charts with “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”

Old West
1823 Ned Buntline born

Presidential
1965 LBJ pledges federal troops to Alabama civil-rights march

Sports
1934 Babe Didrikson goes to the mound for Philly

Vietnam War
1954 Americans alarmed about impending French defeat
1968 Retired Marine Commandant comments on conduct of war

World War I
1915 Britain and Russia divide future spoils of war
World War II
1945 British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma