Rooster "Cock-A-Doodle-Do"
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March 23….
1775: In a speech to the Virginia convention, Patrick Henry utters the immortal words "Give me liberty or give me death."
1919: Benito Mussolini founds the right wing Fascist Party in Italy.
1925: Tennessee bans the teaching of evolution in schools; teacher John Scopes ignores the ban and is later prosecuted in the so-called "Monkey Trial."
1929, born Sir Roger Bannister British physician and the first athlete in history to run a mile in less than 4 min. Born in Harrow, England, he was educated at the University of Oxford and at Saint Mary's Hospital Medical School.
1956, Pakistan declared itself a republic.
1983: President Ronald Reagan announces plans for developing a space-based defense system that becomes known as "Star Wars."
1983: Retired dentist Barney B. Clark dies 112 days after receiving the first artificial heart.
1996: Lee Teng-hui becomes Taiwan's first democratically elected president.
Missing in Action
1961 BAILEY LAWRENCE ROBERT ALBUQUERQUE NM 08/15/62 RELEASED ALIVE IN 98
1961 BANKOWSKI ALFONS A. STAMFORD CT KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH
1961 GARSIDE FREDERICK T. PLYMOUTH MA KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH REMAINS IDENTIFIED 29 NOV 91
1961 MAGEE RALPH WAYNE PORT SULPHUR LA KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH REMAINS IDENTIFIED 29 NOV 91
1961 MATTESON GLENN DALLAS TX KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH REMAINS IDENTIFIED 29 NOV 91
1961 SAMPSON LESLIE V. RICHEY MT KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH REMAINS IDENTIFIED 29 NOV 91
1961 WEITKAMP EDGAR WILKEN YORK PA KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH
1961 WESTON OSCAR B. JR. NORFOLK VA KIA RESULT OF SHOOTDOWN/CRASH
1966 CLARK DONALD E. JR. LYNCHBURG VI 09/30/77 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV
1966 DAWSON CLYDE DUANE FOND DU LAC WI 09/30/77 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV
1966 HEWITT SAMUEL EUGENE WALKERTON IN
1966 TAPP JOHN B. HARRODSBURG KY
1968 FRANKS IAN J. NEW YORK NY
1969 DAVIS ROBERT C. BURLINGTON NJ REMAINS RETURNED 94-95 IDENTIFIED 10/30/96
1969 WIDDIS JAMES W. NEWARK NJ REMAINS RETURNED 94-95 IDENTIFIED 10/30/96
1972 JACKSON JAMES T. HIALEAH FL
1972 PIKE DENNIS S. BAGDAD AZ
1972 WHITT JAMES E. PENFIELD IL
1975 MARTIN EARL 07/75 RELEASED FROM SAIGON
March 24…
1882, German scientist Robert Koch announces that he has discovered the bacillus that causes tuberculosis.
1883, long-distance phone service was inaugurated between Chicago and New York.
1874, born Magician Harry Houdini.
1905, author Jules Verne died in Amiens, France, at the age of 77.
1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Tydings-McDuffie Act, granting future independence to the Philippines.
1944, in occupied Rome, the Nazis executed more than 300 civilians in reprisal for an attack by Italian partisans the day before that killed 32 German soldiers.
1958, Elvis Presley, the "King of Rock and Roll," enters the U.S. Army for two years.
1976, the president of Argentina, Isabel Peron, was deposed by her country's military.
1989, the Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and began leaking 11 million gallons of crude oil.
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Missing in Action
1966 BUSH ROBERT E. HAMDEN CT REMAINS RETURNED 12/15/88
1967 ELLISON JOHN C. LAYTON UT
1967 HALLBERG ROGER C. PALO ALTO CA
1967 PLOWMAN JAMES E. PEBBLE BEACH CA
1967 STEWART JACK T. WASHINGTON DC
1969 ARROYO-BAEZ GERASINO MAUNARO PR "08/24/72 DIC, ON PRG DIC LIST REMAINS RET 03/85"
1969 BOWERS RICHARD L. LAKE MILLS WI DIED IN ESCAPE ON CAPTURE DAY
1970 BORONSKI JOHN A. WARE MA SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 BECERRA RUDY M. RICHMOND TX SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 GANOE BERMAN JR. BELLEVIEW FL SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 HOSKEN JOHN C. CHAGRIN FALLS OH SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 HARNED GARY A. SPRINGBORO PA SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 O'DONNELL MICHAEL D. SPRINGFIELD IL SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1970 POOL JERRY L. FREEPORT IL SAR SAYS SURVIVAL UNLIKELY
1971 BUTCHER JACK M. ANN ARBOR MI 03/28/73 RELEASED BY PL ALIVE IN 98
1971 BECKWITH HARRY M. FLINT MI
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