Peak at the Past

Tuesday, March 11, 2003

Today is the 70th day of 2003 and the 80th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY

On this day in 1824, the Bureau of Indian Affairs was created by the U.S. War Department.

On this day in 1918, the first cases of the Spanish influenza, so called because of the high number of cases in Spain early in the epidemic, were reported in the United States.

By 1920, more than 1 percent of the world's population (22 million people) had died from the disease.

On this day in 1941, Britain was allowed to borrow money from the United States in order to buy food and arms during World War II under the new Lend-Lease Bill.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814), signer of the Declaration of Independence; Lawrence Welk (1903-1992), bandleader; Sam Donaldson (1934-), journalist, is 69; Bobby McFerrin (1950-), jazz musician, is 53; Curtis Brown Jr. (1956-), astronaut, is 47.

TODAY'S SPORTS

On this day in 1892, the first public basketball game was played in Springfield, Mass., three months after the sport was invented by Dr. James Naismith.

TODAY'S QUOTE

"The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do." -- Sam Donaldson

TODAY'S MOON

First quarter (March 11).

Casey Ressler

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