SANDY KOZEL

On "Bloody Sunday," March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights marchers headed east out of Selma on U.S. Route 80. They got only as far as
the Edmund Pettus Bridge six blocks away, where state and local 
lawmen with batons and tear gas drove them back into Selma.

Now the most common drug in household medicine cabinets, acetylsalicylic
acid (aspirin) was originally made from a chemical found in the bark of willow
trees. In its primitive form, the active ingredient, salicin, was used for centuries
in folk medicine, beginning in ancient Greece when Hippocrates used it to
relieve pain and fever. Known to doctors since the mid-19th century, it was
used sparingly due to its unpleasant taste and tendency to damage the
stomach.

In 1897, Bayer employee Felix Hoffmann found a way to create a stable form
of the drug that was easier and more pleasant to take. After obtaining the
patent rights, Bayer began distributing aspirin in powder form to physicians
to give to their patients one gram at a time. The brand name came from “a”
for acetyl, “spir” from the spirea plant (a source of salicin) and the suffix “in,” commonly used for medications. It quickly became the number-one
drug worldwide and in 1915 was made available in tablet form without a
prescription.

Aspirin is one of the most widely used medications globally, with an
estimated 50 to 120 billion pills consumed in many countries.

The word Aspirin was Bayer’s brand name; however, their rights to the
trademark were lost or sold in many countries.

   
    
    
    
  
MIKE  GRACIA

The 13-day siege of the Alamo by Santa Anna and his army ended 
on this day in 1836. The Mexican army of about four thousand men 
under President General Santa Anna defeated 189 Texas volunteers fighting for independence from Mexico.

Rob Reiner (Robert Norman Reiner) is 72 years-old today.

Actor and director Rob Reiner is known especially for his role as
Michael (“Meathead”) Stivic in the CBS television series All in the
Family (1971–79) and for his direction of such culturally resonant
films as This Is Spinal Tap (1984), The Princess Bride (1987), When
Harry Met Sally… (1989), and A Few Good Men (1992).

 
  MIKE GRACIA                                                   

On this day in 1770, a deadly riot called "The Boston Massacre" took place on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between
American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated
to a chaotic, bloody slaughter killing five people. Two British troops 
were later convicted of manslaughter. The conflict energized anti-
Britain sentiment and paved the way for the American Revolution.

Patsy Cline (Virginia Patterson Hensley)  
(September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963)

On this day in 1963, country music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in the crash of their plane, a
Piper Comanche, near Camden, Tennessee, along with pilot Randy Hughes (Cline’s manager). The investigation determined that Hughes,
a non-instrument-rated pilot, attempted visual flight in adverse
weather conditions, resulting in disorientation and subsequent loss
of control.

A Piper Comanche PA-24-180, similar to the one that crashed.

Patsy Cline aircraft crash site, Camden, Tennessee.

Coy Luther "Luke" Perry III (October 11, 1966 – March 4, 2019)

(Fox News) – Actor Luke Perry, known for ‘Beverly Hills, 90210,’ ‘Riverdale’
roles died today at his home in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. Perry had 
suffered a massive stroke Last week and was admitted to a hospital for "observation."