Today in History

Published 9:59 am Thursday, March 21, 2013

Today is Palm Sunday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2013. There are 282 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On March 24, 1913, New York’s Palace Theatre, the legendary home of vaudeville, opened on Broadway.

On this date:

In 1832, a mob in Hiram, Ohio, attacked, tarred and feathered Mormon leaders Joseph Smith Jr. and Sidney Rigdon.

In 1958, rock-and-roll singer Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army in Memphis, Tenn.

In 1980, one of El Salvador’s most respected Roman Catholic Church leaders, Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, was shot to death by a sniper as he celebrated Mass in San Salvador.

In 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound and began leaking 11 million gallons of crude oil.

Today’s Birthdays

Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti is 94. Fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie is 74. Actor R. Lee Ermey is 69. Movie director Curtis Hanson is 68. Former Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire is 66. Singer Nick Lowe is 64. Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger is 62. Actress Donna Pescow is 59. Actor Robert Carradine is 59. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is 57. Actress Lara Flynn Boyle is 43. NFL quarterback Peyton Manning is 37. Actress Jessica Chastain is 36. Actress Lake Bell is 34.

Thought for Today

“Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will — his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.” — Albert Schweitzer, German-born missionary and Nobel laureate (1875-1965).

Associated Press