Today in History

1850: The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was first published

Last 7 Days

Monday, March 15, 2010

Born 1979: Kevin Youkilis (baseball player)

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Born 1804: Johann Strauss, the Elder (composer)

Saturday, March 13, 2010

1781: The planet Uranus was discovered by English astronomer Sir William Herschel

Friday, March 12, 2010

1969: Beatle Paul McCartney married photographer Linda Eastman

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Born 1936: Antonin Scalia (Supreme Court justice)

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Born 1791: Angel de Saavedra (poet, dramatist)

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

1862: Battle of U.S.S. Monitor and U.S.S. Merrimack (renamed C.S.S. Virginia) ended in a draw