THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Today is Thursday, March 21, the 80th day of 2019. There are 285 days left in the year.

IN THE NATION

1981: Michael Donald, a black teenager in Mobile, Ala., was abducted, tortured and killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan. (A lawsuit brought by Donald’s mother, Beulah Mae Donald, later resulted in a landmark judgment that bankrupted one Klan organization.)

2006: The social media website Twitter was established with the sending of the first “tweet” by co-founder Jack Dorsey, who wrote: “just setting up my twttr.”

IN THE WORLD

1918: During World War I, Germany launched its Spring Offensive on the Western Front, hoping to break through the Allied lines before American reinforcements could arrive. (Although successful at first, the Spring Offensive ultimately failed.) HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU Songwriter Chip Taylor (“Wild Thing”) is 79. Folk-pop singer-musician Keith Potger (The Seekers) is 78. Singer-musician Rose Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) is 74. Actor Timothy Dalton is 73. Singer Eddie Money is 70. Singermusician Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) is 69. Rock musician Conrad Lozano (Los Lobos) is 68. Actor Gary Oldman is 61. Actor Matthew Broderick is 57. Comedian-actress Rosie O’Donnell is 57. Rock musician Jonas “Joker” Berggren (Ace of Base) is 52. Rapper-TV personality Kevin Federline is 41. Actress Sonequa Martin-Green (“The Walking Dead”) is 34. Actor Scott Eastwood is 33. Actress Jasmin Savoy Brown is 25. Actor Forrest Wheeler is 15.