Today in History: March 16, the My Lai massacre in Vietnam By The Associated Press Today is Monday, March 16, the 75th day of 2026. There are 290 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 16, 1968, during the Vietnam War, U.S. Army soldiers hunting for Viet Cong fighters and ...
Today in History: March 14, Albert Einstein is born By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2026. There are 292 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein, who would revolutionize physics and the human understanding of the ...
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 ...
