Today in history
By The Associated Press
Today is Monday, March 24, the 84th day of 2008. There are 282 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 24, 1958, rock-and-roll singer Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army in Memphis, Tenn. (After nearly six months of basic training at Fort Hood, Texas, Presley was posted to Friedberg, West Germany; he was honorably discharged in 1960.)
On this date:
In 1765, Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.
In 1882, German scientist Robert Koch announced in Berlin that he had discovered the bacillus responsible for tuberculosis.
In 1934, President Roosevelt signed a bill granting future independence to the Philippines.
In 1944, in occupied Rome, the Nazis executed more than 300 civilians in reprisal for an attack by Italian partisans the day before that had killed 32 German soldiers.
In 1976, the president of Argentina, Isabel Peron, was deposed by her country's military.
In 1989, the nation's worst oil spill occurred as the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and began leaking 11 million gallons of crude.
In 1999, NATO launched airstrikes against Yugoslavia, marking the first time in its 50-year existence that the alliance had ever attacked a sovereign country.
Ten years ago: Two students, ages 13 and 11, opened fire outside their school in Jonesboro, Ark., killing four classmates and a teacher. (Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden were imprisoned by Arkansas until age 18, then by federal authorities until age 21. Johnson has since been released, Golden presumably so.)
Five years ago: Iraqi state television showed two men said to have been the U.S. crew of an Apache helicopter forced down during heavy fighting in central Iraq. (Chief Warrant Officer David Williams and Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr. spent three weeks in captivity before they were released with five other POWs.)
One year ago: The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted to impose new sanctions against Iran for its refusal to stop enriching uranium.
Today's Birthdays: Fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie is 68. Actor R. Lee Ermey is 64. Movie director Curtis Hanson is 63. Rock musician Lee Oskar is 60. Singer Nick Lowe is 59. Rock musician Dougie Thomson (Supertramp) is 57. Comedian Louie Anderson is 55. Actress Donna Pescow is 54. Actor Robert Carradine is 54. Actress Kelly LeBrock is 48. Rhythm-and-blues DJ Rodney "Kool Kollie" Terry is 47. TV personality Star Jones is 46. Country-rock musician Patterson Hood is 44. Actress Annabella Sciorra is 44. Rock singer-musician Sharon Corr is 38. Actress Lara Flynn Boyle is 38. Rapper Maceo is 38. Actress Alyson Hannigan is 34. Football player Peyton Manning is 32. Actress Keisha Castle-Hughes is 18.
Thought for Today: "Not to be able to grow old is just as ridiculous as to be unable to outgrow childhood." - Carl G. Jung, psychiatrist (1875-1961).