TODAY’S HISTORY

1867: The Dominion of Canada was established.

1951: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.

1973: The last U.S. troops left South Vietnam, bringing an end to direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.

1999: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 10,000 (10,006.78) for the first time.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

John Tyler (17901862), 10th U.S. president; Denton True “Cy” Young (1867-1955), baseball player; Sam Walton (1918-1992), Walmart founder; Eric Idle (1943-), actor/ comedian; Walt Frazier (1945-), basketball player; Earl Campbell (1955-), football player; Brendan Gleeson (1955-), actor; Amy Sedaris (1961-), author/actress; Elle Macpherson (1964-), supermodel/actress; Lucy Lawless (1968-), actress; Robert Gibbs (1971-), political adviser; Lara Logan (1971-), journalist; Jennifer Capriati (1976-), tennis player.

TODAY’S FACT: NASA’S Mariner 10 space probe was the first spacecraft to complete a flyby of Mercury. The first of its three encounters with the planet took place on this day in 1974.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1999, Wayne Gretzky (then of the New York Rangers) scored his last professional goal, bringing his career total to an all-time Nhl-record 894.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “The moment someone says, ‘Hey, everyone, listen to the words in this song,’ your party is over.” — Amy Sedaris, “I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence”

TODAY’S NUMBER: 38.5 million — estimated population of Canada in 2023.

TODAY’S MOON: Between full moon (March 25) and last quarter moon (April 1).