The west Pacific volcanic island of Iwo Jima was declared secured
by the U.S. military after weeks of fiercely fighting its Japanese defenders.
The Americans began applying pressure to the Japanese defense
of Iwo Jima in February 1944, when B-24 and B-25 bombers raided
the island for 74 days straight. It was the longest pre-invasion bombardment of the war,
Iwo Jima island today.
On this day in 1751, James Madison, drafter of the Constitution,
recorder of the Constitutional Convention, author of the Federalist
Papers and fourth president of the United States, was born on a
plantation in Virginia.
Madison first distinguished himself as a student at the College
of New Jersey (now Princeton University), where he successfully completed a four-year course of study in two years and, in 1769,
helped found the American Whig Society, the second literary and
debate society at Princeton (and the world), to rival the previously established Cliosophic Society.
On March 15, 1962, KATU in Portland, Oregon went on the air with
its first broadcast in black-and-white.
In 1973, KATU’s Eyewitness News Team was anchored by
(seated) Dick Bogle (left) and Gary Bentley (right) standing:
Weatherman Jim “The Boz” Bosley (left) and Sportscaster
Roger Twibell (right).
On March 15, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed a
joint session of Congress to urge the passage of legislation
guaranteeing voting rights for all.
Using the phrase “we shall overcome,” borrowed from African
American leaders struggling for equal rights, Johnson declares
that “every American citizen must have an equal right to vote.”
Johnson reminds the nation that the Fifteenth Amendment, which
was passed after the Civil War, gave all citizens the right to vote
regardless of race or color.
President Johnson (right) meeting with civil rights leaders.
President Lyndon Johnson signing the 1965
Civil Rights Bill, also known as The Voting
Rights Act.
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Dr. Kildare is an NBC medical drama television series which originally ran from September 28, 1961, until August 30, 1966 for a total of 191 episodes over five seasons Produced by MGM Television.
The TV series quickly achieved success and made a star of Richard Chamberlain, who played the title role. Dr. Kildare.
George Richard Chamberlain will
be 88 years old on March 31st.
