TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS SUNDAY, MARCH 1, the 60th day of 2015. There are 305 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1565, the city of Rio de Janeiro was founded by Portuguese knight Estacio de Sa.
In 1790, President George Washington signed a measure authorizing the first U.S. Census.
In 1815, Napoleon, having escaped exile in Elba, arrived in Cannes, France, and headed for Paris to begin his “Hundred Days” rule.
In 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state.
In 1890, J.P. Lippincott published the first U.S. edition of the Sherlock Holmes mystery “A Study in Scarlet” by Arthur Conan Doyle.
In 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the 20-monthold son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, N.J. (Remains identified as those of the child were found the following May.)
In 1940, “Native Son” by Richard Wright was first published by Harper & Brothers.
In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, back from the Yalta Conference, proclaimed the meeting a success before Congress.
In 1954, four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the spectators’ gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five members of Congress. The U.S. detonated a dry-fuel hydrogen bomb, code named Castle Bravo, at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps.
In 1981, Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland; he died 65 days later.
In 1995, Yahoo! was incorporated by founders Jerry Yang and David Filo.
Ten years ago, Dennis Rader, the churchgoing family man accused of leading a double life as the BTK serial killer, was charged in Wichita, Kansas, with 10 counts of first-degree murder. (Rader later pleaded guilty and received multiple life sentences.)
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actor Robert Clary is 89. Singer Harry Belafonte is 88. Actor Robert Conrad is 80. Rock singer Mike D’Abo (Manfred Mann) and rock singer Roger Daltrey are 71. Actor Dirk Benedict is 70. Actor Alan Thicke is 68. Actor-director Ron Howard, actress Catherine Bach and country singer Janis Gill (aka Janis Oliver Cummins) (Sweethearts of the Rodeo) are 61. Actor Tim Daly is 59. Singermusician Jon Carroll is 58. Rock musician Bill Leen is 53. Actor Chris Eigeman is 50. Actor John David Cullum is 49. Actor George Eads is 48. Actor Javier Bardem is 46. Actor Jack Davenport and rock musician Ryan Peake (Nickelback) are 42. Actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar is 41. Actor Jensen Ackles and TV host Donovan Patton are 37. Rock musician Sean Woolstenhulme is 34. Actress Lupita Nyong’o (Film: “12 Years a Slave”) is 32. Pop singer Kesha (formerly Ke$ha) and rhythm-and-blues singer Sammie are 28. Pop singer Justin Bieber is 21.