TUESDAY INHISTORY

Today is Tuesday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2017. There are 292 days left in the year.

Highlight in History:

On March 14, 1967, the body of President John F. Kennedy was moved from a temporary grave to a permanent memorial site at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

On this date:

In 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America’s cotton industry.

In 1900, Congress ratified the Gold Standard Act.

In 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt signed an executive order designed to prevent Japanese laborers from immigrating to the United States as part of a “gentlemen’s agreement” with Japan.

In1923, President Warren G. Harding became the first chief executive to file an income tax return, paying a levy of $17,990 on his $75,000 salary.

In 1939, the republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, opening the way for Nazi occupation of Czech areas and the separation of Slovakia.

In 1951, during the Korean War, United Nations forces recaptured Seoul.

In 1964, a jury in Dallas found Jack Ruby guilty ofmurdering Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, and sentenced him to death. (Both the conviction and death sentence were overturned, but Ruby died before he could be re tried .)

In 1991, a British court overturned the convictions of the “Birmingham Six,” who had spent 16 years in prison for a 1974 Irish Republican Army bombing, and ordered them released.

Tenyearsago:

The Pentagon released the transcript of amilitary hearing in which Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said he “was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z.”

Five years ago:

President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, hosted a White House state dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Samantha.

One year ago:

The Senate voted 49-40 to confirm John B. King Jr. as the nation’s education secretary.

Today’s Birthdays:

Singer Phil Phillips is 91. Former astronaut Frank B or man is 89. Actor Michael Caine is 84. Movie director Wolfgang Petersen is 76. Comedian Billy Crystal is 69. Singer-musician Taylor Hanson is 34. Actor Jamie Bellis 31. Actor Ansel Elgort is 23. Olympic gold medal gymnast Simone Biles is 20.

Thought for Today:

“The man who does his work, any work, conscientiously, must always be in one sense a great man.” — Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, English novelist (1826-1887).