>On March 21, 1965, more than 3,000 civil rights demonstrators led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began their march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala.
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>”I get my best travel ideas from the State Department’s travel warning list.” – DAVID CHUNG of Manhattan, on visiting Iraq with a tour group.
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On March 18, 1965, the first spacewalk took place as Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov left his Voskhod 2 capsule and remained outside the spacecraft for 20 minutes, secured by a tether.
On March 18, 1837, Grover Cleveland, the only U.S. president who served two non-consecutive terms, was born. Following his death on June 24, 1908, his obituary appeared in The Times.
>”We have lent a huge amount of money to the U.S. Of course we are concerned about the safety of our assets. To be honest, I am definitely a little worried.”
– PRIME MINISTER WEN JIABAO, of China.
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Madoff Will Plead Guilty; Faces Life for Vast Swindle
By DIANA B. HENRIQUES
Bernard L. Madoff is expected to plead guilty Thursday to operating a massive Ponzi scheme, which could put him in prison for life.
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Queens Doctor and Cousin Are Guilty in Murder
By ANNE BARNARD
Mazoltuv Borukhova, and her cousin by marriage, Mikhail Mallayev, were found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy in the death of Daniel Malakov.
>Friday, March 6, 2009 — 8:53 AM ET
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651,000 Jobs Lost in February
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday that the
national unemployment rate surged last month to 8.1 percent,
its highest level in 24 years.
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>”When you’ve dealt with Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra and Stan Musial, the people I’m dealing with now are kind of down the scale.”
– SENATOR JIM BUNNING, of Kentucky, a former major leaguer, on some of his fellow Republicans.
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