Today In History

Sat., March 11, 2000

In 1861: The Confederate convention in Montgomery, Ala., adopted a constitution.

In 1888: The famous “Blizzard of ‘88” struck the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths.

In 1941: President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law the Lend-Lease Bill, providing war supplies to countries fighting the Axis.

In 1942: As Japanese forces continued to advance in the Pacific during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines for Australia, vowing: “I shall return.” (He kept that promise nearly three years later.)

In 1954: The U.S. Army charged that Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his subcommittee’s chief counsel, Roy Cohn, had exerted pressure to obtain favored treatment for Pvt. David Schine, a former consultant to the subcommittee.

In 1965: The Rev. James Reeb, a white minister from Boston, died after being beaten by whites during civil rights disturbances in Selma, Ala.

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