On March 8, 1965, the United States deployed 3,500 Marines to South Vietnam to protect the U.S. air base in Da Nang. This marked the first combat troop deployment in the country. In 1917, protests against food rationing in Petrograd led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the end of the Russian monarchy. In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that religious education classes during school hours in Champaign, Illinois violated the separation of church and state. The first of three fights between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier took place in 1971, with Frazier winning by unanimous decision. President Ronald Reagan famously referred to the Soviet Union as an “evil empire” in a 1983 speech. A tragic accident occurred in 1988 when two Army helicopters collided during a night training mission, resulting in the death of 17 soldiers.
In more recent history, President George W. Bush vetoed a bill in 2008 that sought to ban the CIA from using coercive interrogation methods on suspected terrorists. In 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, sparking a massive but unsuccessful search effort. Today, author John McPhee celebrates his 94th birthday, while actor Freddie Prinze Jr. turns 49 and actor James Van Der Beek turns 48. Songwriter-producer Benny Blanco is 37, tennis player Petra Kvitová is 35, actor Montana Jordan is 22, and actor Kit Connor is 21.
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