Today in History(March 23rd)

1839 OK enters national vernacular

American Revolution
1775 Patrick Henry voices American opposition to British policy

Automotive
1937 Craig Breedlove, land-speed record holder, born

Civil War
1862 Jackson is defeated at Kernstown

Cold War
1983 Reagan calls for new antimissile technology

Crime
1979 Two men sentenced in murder of former Chilean diplomat

Disaster
1913 Tornadoes devastate Nebraska

General Interest
1919 Mussolini founds the Fascist party
1983 Artificial-heart patient dies
1994 Leading Mexican presidential candidate assassinated

Hollywood
1998 James Cameron’s Titanic wins 11 Academy Awards
2011 Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79

Literary
1999 Thomas Harris delivers Hannibal manuscript

Music
1969 Jim Morrison prompts a “Rally for Decency”

Old West
1806 Lewis and Clark depart Fort Clatsop

Presidential
1962 Jackie Kennedy receives horse from governor of Pakistan

Sports
1994 Wayne Gretzky scores number 802

Vietnam War
1961 U.S. plane shot down over Laos
1970 Prince Sihanouk issues a call for arms

World War I
1918 Paris hit by shells from new German gun

World War II
1944 Germans slaughter Italian civilians