Video: The Yates Children Story
(Tuesday, March 12, 2002) — Houston homemaker Andrea Yates was convicted of murder today in the drowning deaths of her five children in the family bathtub.
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Ivar Kreuger, famous match king, kills self 80 years ago today (1932)
Video: Short history of Ivar Kreuger (in Swedish; death at 4:12)
(Saturday, March 12, 1932) — The so-called “Swedish Match King,” Ivar Kreuger, 52, was found shot dead today in his Paris apartment, an apparent suicide, leaving behind a financial empire that turned out to be worthless.
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Girl Scouts are born 100 years ago today (1912)
Video: Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary (part 1)
(Tuesday, March 12, 1912) — The Girl Scouts of the USA had its beginnings as Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, Georgia, today founded the first American troop of the Girl Guides, a movement which had originated in Britain along with the Boy Scouts.
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‘Hero’ episode airs on ‘The Wonder Years’ 20 years ago this hour (1992)
Video: 'Hero' (part 1)
(Wednesday, March 11, 1992, 8:30 p.m. ET) — McKinley High’s basketball team is having a great season thanks to their star player, Bobby Riddle on tonight’s episode of the TV comedy-drama series The Wonder Years. Continue reading ‘Hero’ episode airs on ‘The Wonder Years’ 20 years ago this hour (1992)
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visits pope at Vatican 50 years ago today (1962)
(Sunday, March 11, 1962) — U.S. first lady Jacqueline Kennedy was received in private audience by Pope John XXIII today amid all the pomp and splendor of the Vatican.
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Lincoln removes McClellan as general-in-chief 150 years ago today (1862)
Video: Lincoln and McClellan at Antietam, Oct. 1862
(Tuesday, March 11, 1862, during the American Civil War) — President Abraham Lincoln today removed Gen. George B. McClellan as general-in-chief of the Union armies, leaving him in command of only the Army of the Potomac, ostensibly so that McClellan would be free to devote all his attention to the move on Richmond.
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‘Fred and Ethel Fight’ episodes airs on ‘I Love Lucy’ 60 years ago this hour (1952)
Video: 'Fred and Ethel Fight' (clip)
(Monday, March 10, 1952, 9 p.m. EST) — Fred and Ethel have been going at each other’s throats for the past few days now, and aren’t talking to each other any more on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom I Love Lucy.
Click here to watch the full episode.
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‘The Fugitive’ episode airs on ‘The Twilight Zone’ 50 years ago this hour (1962)
Video: 'Twilight Zone' open
(Friday, March 9, 1962, 10 p.m. ET) — Old Ben, who is able to transform himself into anything, tries to help a crippled little girl on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV anthology series The Twilight Zone (click here to view an extended ‘The Fugitive’ clip).
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Ironclad Virginia wreaks havoc on wooden Union warships 150 years ago today (1862)
Video: Battle of Hampton Roads begins (at 16:36)
(Saturday, March 8, 1862, during the American Civil War) — The ironclad CSS Virginia (built from the remnants of the USS Merrimack) rammed and sank the USS Cumberland and heavily damaged the USS Congress, both frigates, off Newport News, Virginia, today in the Battle of Hampton Roads.
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Ash Wednesday Storm hits mid-Atlantic coast 50 years ago today (1962)
Video: Ash Wednesday Storm (part 1)
(Tuesday, March 6, 1962) — What became known as the Ash Wednesday Storm began pounding the mid-Atlantic coast today. Over a three-day period, the storm resulted in 40 deaths and caused more than $200 million in property damage. Continue reading Ash Wednesday Storm hits mid-Atlantic coast 50 years ago today (1962)
