Today is Friday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2026. There are 293 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 13, 2013, Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope, choosing the papal name Francis. He was the first pontiff from the Americas, and the first from outside Europe since ...
Today is Thursday, March 12, the 71st day of 2026. There are 294 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 12, 1930, Mohandas Gandhi began his 24-day, 240-mile "Salt March" to the Indian village of Dandi (then called Navsari) as an act of nonviolent civil disobedience to protest the salt tax levied by colonial Britain. Also on this date: In 1912, the Girl Scouts of the USA had its beginnings as Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, Georgia, founded the first American troop of the Girl Guides. In 1928, the St. Francis Dam north of Los Angeles, California failed, sending over ...
Today in History: March 11, massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan kill nearly 20,000 By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, March 11, the 70th day of 2026. There are 295 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake and resulting tsunami ...
Today is Monday, March 9, the 68th day of 2026. There are 297 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 9, 1945, during World War II, over 300 U.S. B-29 bombers began Operation Meetinghouse, a massive firebombing raid on Tokyo. The raid killed an estimated 100,000 civilians, left 1 ...
Today is Saturday, March 7, the 66th day of 2026. There are 299 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 7, 1965, a march by over 500 civil rights demonstrators was violently broken up at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama; state troopers and a sheriff's posse fired tear ...
Today in History: March 6, Supreme Court issues Dred Scott decision By The Associated Press Today is Friday, March 6, the 65th day of 2026. There are 300 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, ruled 7-2 ...
