On This Day:
Saturday March 15, 2014 This is the 74th day of the year, with 291 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: flying squirrels Flying squirrels do not have the ability to employ powered flight so technically they cannot fly. However, they are excellent gliders and most can glide up to 200 feet, with some species achieving a distance of 1,500 feet. Flying squirrels travel at speeds of about 5 mph to 30 mph. They have a membrane that stretches between the front and back legs, forming a "wing" similar to a bird's when the squirrel's limbs are extended. The membrane actually works more like a parachute, than a wing, enabling the squirrel to glide, steer, and land softly. The cartoon character Rocket "Rocky" J. Squirrel is a flying squirrel.
Holidays Feast day of St. Longinus, St. Louise de Marillac, St. Zacharias, pope, St. Lucretia, St. Matrona, and St. Clement Mary Hofbauer.
Hungary: Anniversary of the Revolution of 1848.
Belarus: Constitution Day.
Ides of March.
Liberia: J.J. Roberts Day (first president).
Events 1820 - Maine became the 23rd state.
1892 - American inventor Jesse Reno patented the first escalator.
1913 - President Woodrow Wilson held the first open presidential news conference.
1917 - During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, was forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents.
1919 - The American Legion was founded, in Paris.
1937 - The first blood bank was established, in Chicago's Cook County Hospital.
1964 - Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor married (each other) for the first time.
1965 - President Lyndon Johnson called for new legislation to guarantee every American's right to vote.
2002 - Andrea Yates of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to life in prison for drowning her five children in the bathtub.
Births 1767 - Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States of American (1829-1837).
1933 - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Deaths 44 B.C.E. - Roman dictator Julius Caesar, assassinated by a group of 60 conspirators that included Brutus and Cassius.
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