TUESDAY INHISTORY

Today is Tuesday, March 28, the 87th day of 2017. There are 278 days left in the year.

Highlight in History:

OnMarch 28, 1942, during World War II, British naval forces staged a successful raid on the Nazi-occupied French port of St. Nazaire in Operation Chariot, destroying the only dry dock on the Atlantic coast capable of repairing the German battleship Tirpitz.

On this date:

In 1834, the U.S. Senate voted to censure President Andrew Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States.

In 1898, the Supreme Court, in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, ruled that a child born in the United States to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen.

In 1930, the names of the Turkish cities of Constantinople and Angora were changed to Istanbul and Ankara.

In 1935, the notorious Nazi propaganda film “Triumph des Willens”, directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin with Adolf Hitler present.

In 1955, John Marshall Harlan II was sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1979, America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.

Ten years ago: In the Philippines, dozens of children were taken hostage on a bus by a day-care center owner armed with grenades and guns; the crisis ended peacefully 10 hours later with the hostage-taker’s surrender.

Five years ago: The U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up three days of public arguments on President Barack Obama’s historic health care law.

One year ago: The FBI said it had successfully used a mysterious technique without Apple Inc.’s help to hack into the iPhone used by a gunman in a mass shooting in California, effectively ending a pitched court battle.

Today’s Birthdays: Author Mario Vargas Llosa is 81. Movie director Mike Newell is 75. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is 72. Country singer Reba McEntire is 62. Olympic gold medal gymnast Bart Conner is 59. Rapper Salt is 51. Movie director Brett Ratner is 48. Actor Vince Vaughn is 47. Actress Julia Stiles is 36. Singer Lady Gaga is 31.

Thought for Today: “Aman can do his best only by confidently seeking (and perpetually missing) an unattainable perfection.” — Ralph Barton Perry, American author and educator (1876-1957).