TODAY IN HISTORY
On March 8, 1618, German astronomer Johannes Kepler devised his third law of planetary motion.
In 1817, the New York Stock & Exchange Board, which had its beginnings in 1792, was formally organized; it later became known as the New York Stock Exchange.
In 1930, the 27th president of the United States, William Howard Taft, died in Washington at age 72.
In 1965, the United States landed its first combat troops in South Vietnam as 3,500 Marines arrived to defend the U.S. air base at Da Nang.
In 1979, technology firm Philips demonstrated a prototype compact disc player during a press conference in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
In 2008, President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have banned the CIA from using simulated drowning and other coercive interrogation methods to gain information from suspected terrorists.
ACROSS
1 Actor __ Everett
5 Wheel of Fortune host
8 Jack __ of Hawaii Five-O 9 Lucy Ricardos landlady
12 __ 66; hit series of the 1960s 13 Candid __
14 Remedy
15 Star __: Episode VI - Return of
the Jedi
16 Message __ Bottle; Kevin
Costner movie
18 Commercials
19 Rob Reiners dad
20 Read over quickly
21 Lunch or dinner
23 Batmans sidekick
24 Pull hard on
25 El __, Texas
26 Mae and Adam
28 Kermit, for one
29 Carney and Linkletter
30 The Amazing __
32 The __ Couple
35 __ Another Day; James Bond
movie 36 Actor Hunter and his namesakes 37 Largest continent
38 Mobs
40 Jennifer Garner spy series 41 Middle East nation
42 Mr. Connery
43 Monogram for actor Robinson 44 Skin problem
DOWN
1 On __ nine; elated
2 48 __; newsmagazine series 3 Johnson of Laugh-In 4 Eisenhowers monogram
5 Minnie __ of Hee Haw
6 Modern banking machines, for
short
7 Buffy __ Vampire Slayer
10 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
actor, until recently
11 Porch
12 Television brand, for some
13 __ 54, Where Are You?
15 __ the Line; movie about
Johnny Cashs life
17 Ms. Jillian
19 Pantry shelf items
20 Mediocre
22 Dines
23 The __ Breed; James Stewart
movie
25 Certain army privates: abbr. 26 Thick bunch of bills in a wallet 27 Sevareid and Close
30 Gary Burghoffs role on
M*A*S*H
31 Sit-up targets, for short
33 Shelley Longs role on Cheers 34 Public prosecutors, familiarly 36 Small offshoot of a tree branch 37 Actor Guinness
39 Calif.s neighbor
40 Not __ Stranger; Frank
Sinatra/Olivia de Havilland movie
ACROSS
1 Pours to the
brim
6 Fit together 10 __-à-porter:
ready-to-wear 14 Cellphone bill
statistic 15 Baseball’s
Moises 16 Resign,
in chess 17 “Make yourself
comfortable” 20 Editor’s “Don’t
change that” 21 Lubricate 22 Start a
journey
23 Sine __ non:
essential 25 Quick bite 26 Personal
connections 29 “Don’t be a
stranger!” 35 Maple tree fluid 36 Backless sofa 37 “Cheers” actress
Perlman 38 Olympics venue 40 It tops a king 41 Riyadh resident 42 Pooh’s Hundred
__ Wood
43 Show gratitude
to
45 Squealer 46 Regardless of
how things go 49 Phoenix MLB team, on scoreboards 50 New Look
designer
51 U.S. Presidents,
so far
53 Deprived (of) 56 Broke bread 58 Machu Picchu
builder
62 Where a puppy may learn the starts of 17-, 29and 46-Across 65 Stretched tight 66 Capital of Peru 67 2000s “American Idol” judge
Abdul
68 Syringe, briefly 69 Throwaway part
of a cherry 70 Annual Tournament of
Parade
DOWN
1 2
Commotion
“__ any wonder?”
Out past curfew Pride parade letters Caribbean, e.g. Sushi roll type Airline to Tel Aviv
8 Luke, to Darth 9 Big Apple river 10 Large amount 11 Chocolatecaramel candy brand
12 Jacob’s twin 13 Modern message 18 Raccoon relative 19 Sabbath activity 24 Meat safety
agcy.
25 Hr. when many
workdays begin 26 Writer Asimov 27 DEA agent 28 Type of whale 30 Picture next to a
username 31 Luxury vessel 32 “Star Trek”
lieutenant
3 4
5 6 7 33 Fragrant
wood
34 One side of
Hispaniola 39 Had no
choice 41 Breed of
terrier 44 Monikers 47 Coffeehouse
amenity 48 Tripadvisor
listings 52 Mandarin
greeting 53 “Ice cream or cake?” response, perhaps
3/8/21 54 Online auction
venue
55 Enlist
again
56 Highest
point
57 “There’s
no ‘I’ in __” 59 Entre __:
between us 60 Either of two “Unforgettable” singers 61 Wistful
word
63 Tiny complaint 64 Bit of EMT
expertise