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Today in History: Friday, March  12, 2010
AP Highlight in History:
On March 12, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of his radio "fireside chats," telling Americans what was being done to deal with the nation's economic crisis.
 
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On this date in:
1912The Girl Guides, which later became the Girl Scouts of America, was founded.
1925Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen died at age 58.
1930Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi began a 200-mile march to protest a British tax on salt.
1938The "Anschluss" took place as German troops entered Austria. Adolf Hitler annexed his homeland the following day.
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1939Pope Pius XII was crowned at the Vatican.
1969Rock musician Paul McCartney of the Beatles married Linda Eastman in London.
1980A Chicago jury found John Wayne Gacy Jr. guilty of the murders of 33 men and boys.
Audio LinkIllinois state's attorney Bernard Carey
1987The musical "Les Miserables" opened on Broadway.
1993Janet Reno was sworn in as the nation's first female attorney general.
1994The Church of England ordained its first female priests.
1999The Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland joined NATO.
2002Homeland security chief Tom Ridge unveiled a color-coded system for terror warnings.
2002The U.N. Security Council approved a U.S.-sponsored resolution endorsing a Palestinian state for the first time.
2003Elizabeth Smart, the 15-year-old girl who'd vanished from her bedroom nine months earlier, was found alive in a Salt Lake City suburb with two drifters.
2008New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned two days after reports had surfaced that he was a client of a prostitution ring.
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2009Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty in New York to pulling off perhaps the biggest swindle in Wall Street history.
 
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Highlights of This Day in History
Today's Birthdays:
Singer-songwriter James Taylor turns 62 years old today.
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NameProfessionAge
Edward AlbeePlaywright ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf")82
Andrew YoungCivil rights leader, politician78
Barbara FeldonActress ("Get Smart")77
Al JarreauR&B, jazz singer70
Liza MinnelliSinger, actress64
Mitt RomneyFormer governor of Massachusetts63
Kent ConradU.S. senator, D-N.D.62
Courtney B. VanceActor50
Darryl StrawberryBaseball player48
Aaron EckhartActor42
Singer Marlon Jackson (The Jackson Five) turns 53 years old today.
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