On this day in 1973, President Richard Nixon told an Associated Press managing editors meeting in Orlando, FL, "people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook."
The U.S. Congress held its first session in Washington, DC, in the newly completed north wing of the unfinished Capitol building(above) on this day in 1800. They moved from Philadelphia.
The thirteen-day siege of the Alamo by Santa Anna and his army ended on this day in 1836. The Mexican army of three thousand men defeated the 189 Texas volunteers.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision on this day in 1857, ruled that blacks could not sue in federal court to be citizens.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564)
On this day in 1981, Walter Cronkite (above) appeared in the last airing of "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite." He had been on the job 19 years.
Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr.(March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009)
On this day in 1973, President Nixon told an Associated Press managing editors meeting in Orlando, FL, "people have got to know whether or not theirpresident is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook."
On this day in 1558, Elizabeth I ascended the English throne upon the death of Queen Mary Tudor.
The Suez Canal opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and the Red seas on this day in 1869.
. The Suez Canal today.
The U.S. Congress held its first session in Washington, DC, in the partially completed Capitol building on this day in 1800.
THE THINKER
French Sculptor Auguste Rodin (François Auguste René Rodin) (November 12, 1840 – November 17, 1917)
THE KISS
Martin Charles Scorsese is 75 years old today.
Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese’s films frequently feature gangsters and focus on the world of crime. His iconic films include Taxi Driver (1976) Raging Bull (1980) and Goodfellas (1990). In 2006, he won his first Academy Award for Best Director for his film The Departed after previously being nominated five times.
Pablo Picasso was a 20th-century Spanish painter and sculptor who co-founded the Cubist movement and co- invented several new styles of art, including constructed sculpture, collage, and the plastic arts.
Scorsese couldn’t play sports as a kid because of his asthma. He was named to Time magazine’s 2007 list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.
In 2006, Martin Scorsese won his first Academy Award for Best Director for his film The Departed after previously being nominated five times.
