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msg[1] = "<strong>March 1, 1997:</strong> The demolition of <a href=http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/u?/herrick,653>Cleveland Municipal Stadium</a> is now complete. The debris for the old stadium has been removed clearing the way for construction of the new Cleveland Browns Stadium.";

msg[2] = "<strong>March 2, 1955:</strong> The <a href=http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&amp;CISOFIELD1=subjec&amp;CISOROOT=all&amp;CISOBOX1=Penfound%2C+Ronald+A.++Captain+Penny+>Captain Penny Show </a>debuts on WEWS-TV. The show, hosted by Elyria native Ron Penfound, features cartoons, &#8220;Little Rascals&#8221;, and &#8220;3 Stooges&#8221; shorts.";

msg[3] = "<strong>March 3, 1910:</strong> The <a href=http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&amp;CISOFIELD1=subjec&amp;CISOROOT=all&amp;CISOBOX1=Cleveland+Railway+Co.>Cleveland Railway Company</a>, predecessor to CTS and RTA, begins its era as the city's public transit franchise, with a fleet  that numbered as many as 1,702 streetcars and buses. ";

msg[4] = "<strong>March 4, 1908:</strong> Fire kills 172 students and two teachers at at Lakeview Elementary School in Collinwood. The fire began when an overheated steam pipe came in contact with wooden joists under the front stairs. Only 194 of the 366 students enrolled escaped while the others were trapped inside the rear first-floor exit, where fleeing children became wedged tightly on the stairs behind a set of inner vestibule doors. ";

msg[5] = "<strong>March 5, 1949:</strong> Congressional Medal of Honor recipient William Adelbert Foster, a U.S. Marine, is laid to rest at Calvary Cemetary in Cleveland. A Cleveland native, Foster lost his life in Okinawa during WWII when he dove onto a live Japanese hand grenade that landed in a foxhole he shared with another Marine, and it exploded. Mortally wounded, but having saved the life of his fellow Marine, Foster gave up his 2 remaining hand grenades to his fellow comrades-in-arms to continue the fight against infiltrating Japanese soldiers.";

msg[6] = "<strong>March 6, 1906:</strong> Cleveland City Council adopts new street numbering system that uses a line of demarcation through downtown and public sqaure to separate the east and west numbered streets.";

msg[7] = "<strong>March 7, 1986:</strong> Local Rocker Eric Carmen presents Mayor George Voinovich the first copy of his new 45, &#8220;The Rock Stops Here&#8221; in honor of the city's recent success  in the <cite>USA Today</cite> Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum phone poll.";

msg[8] = "<strong>March 8, 1992:</strong> Ronald McDonald House officials announce that they are working on a deal that would move the facilty, currently  near University Hospitals to the other end of University Circle near Cleveland Clinic. The house enables families with critically ill children who live outside the Cleveland area to be near them during their hospital care for very little or no cost. The current house can only accommodate 25 families, often making it necessary for them to turn away families. The new prospective 5-acre site at E. 105th and Euclid would allow for expansion, including a playground and a larger parking lot.";

msg[9] = "<strong>March 9, 1995:</strong> King-Otis Stables, the home of the Cleveland Mounted Police, reports it is at an all-time low with only 12 horses occupying the 40-stalled facility at E. 38th St. south of Marginal Rd. Of those 12, four horses are 15 years or older and should be retired. The Cleveland Mounted Police Unit is believed to be the oldest continuous mounted unit in the country. Some sources place the origin as 1895, but a photograph in the Cleveland Police Historical Museum, dated 1890, shows horses being used to pull patrol wagons. The unit marched in President Warren G. Harding's funeral procession, as well as in his inauguration parade. It also marched in several other inaugurals, including those of Presidents Eisenhower, Reagan and Bush.";

msg[10] = "<strong>March 10, 1977:</strong> Uniformed police officers are assigned to guard the outer offices of Cleveland Mayor Ralph Perk and  City Council in the wake of a two-day siege at Warrensville Heights City Hall, where a gunman took two hostages, and the seizing of 130 hostages in Washington, D.C. office buildings by Hanefi Muslim terrorists.";

msg[11] = "<strong>March 11, 1976:</strong> The Western Reserve Historical Society recommends to the Ohio Historical Society that <a href=http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&amp;CISOFIELD1=subjec&amp;CISOROOT=all&amp;CISOBOX1=Pylons+%28Bridges%29>statues adorning the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge</a> in Cleveland be declared a historic site. County Engineer Albert S. Porter says the &#8220;columns are monstrosities and should be torn down and forgotten.&#8221; He says their preservation would interfere with his plans to renovate the bridge. ";

msg[12] = "<strong>March 12, 1976:</strong>  Lawyers for the city of Cleveland and the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. meet to try to settle a $330 million antitrust suit. The city wants the right to buy power from CEI at wholesale rates and to use CEI lines to buy power from the state of New York. The idea was to cut costs by taking Muny Light out of the generating business, which eventually happened. ";

msg[13] = "<strong>March 13, 1910:</strong> Popular big band leader of the 30s and 40s Sammy Kaye (born Samuel Zarnocay, Jr.) is born in Lakewood. Some of his hits included &#8220;Remember Pearl Harbor,&#8221; &#8220;Harbor Lights,&#8221; and &#8220;It Isn't Fair.&#8221;. Some may remember his slogan, &#8220;Swing and sway with Sammy Kaye.&#8221;";

msg[14] = "<strong>March 14, 1900:</strong>  The Rev. Clara Lucil Johnson, one of the first African American female ministers in Cleveland, is born. She was also the founder of the Highlight FBH &#8220;Fire Baptist Holiness&#8221; in Maple Heights. <a href=http://www.clevelandmemory.org/pray>More about Arican American faith communities in Cleveland</a>.";

msg[15] = "<strong>March 15, 1957:</strong> Over 9,000 visitors gather at the <a href=http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&amp;CISOFIELD1=subjec&amp;CISOROOT=all&amp;CISOBOX1=Hinckley+Buzzard+Roost>Buzzard Roost in Hinckley Reservation</a> to await and witness the return of the turkey vultures or buzzards, marking the very first <em>Return of the Buzzard</em> celebration. As predicted, the buzzards showed up that Friday at 2 P.M. The buzzards have returned to Hinckley each March 15th since 1819, when, it is said, they were attracted by thawing carcasses of livestock predators killed months earlier by farmers in the great Hinckley Hunt of 1818.";

msg[16] = "<strong>March 16, 1941:</strong> 6,425 people attend the Knights of Columbus first annual track meet at Cleveland Arena. Bringing both national and international track and field athletes to compete, 3 new world records are set and one is tied during the 15-event program. One of the records was set by local track star Stella Walsh in the women's 220-yard dash.";

msg[17] = "<strong>March 17, 1912:</strong> An estimated crowd of 100,000, coming from as far away as New York and Chicago, line Cleveland's streets to honor World Featherweight Champion and local athlete <a href=http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&amp;CISOBOX1=&amp;CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&amp;CISOOP2=exact&amp;CISOBOX2=kilbane&amp;CISOFIELD2=CISOSEARCHALL&amp;CISOOP3=any&amp;CISOBOX3=&amp;CISOFIELD3=CISOSEARCHALL&amp;CISOOP4=none&amp;CISOBOX4=&amp;CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&amp;CISOROOT=all&amp;t=a>Johnny Kilbane</a> at the <a href=http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=subjec&CISOROOT=all&CISOBOX1=St.+Patrick%27s+Day>St. Patrick's Day parade</a> that year. ";

msg[18] = "<strong>March 18, 1975:</strong> Cuyahoga County commissioners meet with suburban mayors about tax support for a regional transit authority. Mayors wanted a list of proposed fare schedules and a guarantee of services they might expect before agreeing to support RTA since the tax would be shouldered primarily by those living in the suburbs. ";

msg[19] = "<strong>March 19, 1927:</strong> Hero sled dog, <a href=http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&amp;CISOFIELD1=subjec&amp;CISOROOT=all&amp;CISOBOX1=Balto>Balto</a>, arrives in Cleveland and is given a parade. He and his fellow sled dogs then retire to their new home at the Brookside Zoo.";

msg[20] = "<strong>March 20, 1978:</strong> <a href=http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/u?/press,2135>Cyrus S. Eaton</a>, 94, who began his career under the tutelage of oil baron John D. Rockefeller, announces that he is retiring as a director of Chessie System Inc., the railroad holding company that Eaton at one time ran as chairman. Eaton had built his fortune through investments in Chessie, Goodyear, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., Detroit Steel and Republic Steel.";

msg[21] = "<strong>March 21, 1952:</strong>  WJW-AM (850) Radio disc jockey Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball at the Cleveland Arena where 25,000 attend the first rock 'n' roll concert ever. Unfortunately, the capacity of the Arena was half that, and fire marshalls had to shut down the concert after the first song by Paul &#8220;Hucklebuck&#8221; Williams ended.";

msg[22] = "<strong>March 22, 1978:</strong> The Northeast Ohio Jazz Society, one of the nation's leading organization devoted to promoting the appreciation of jazz music, is incorporated in Cleveland with Willard Jenkins elected as its first president. Over the years, the Jazz Society has helped to keep jazz alive in Cleveland by presenting hundreds of concerts, educational programs and social events. Working with Cuyahoga Community College, it helped launch the first Tri-C JazzFest in 1980 and two years later began holding free summertime Sunday afternoon jazz concerts at Cain Park.";

msg[23] = "<strong>March 23, 1978:</strong> Renovation of the State and Ohio theaters, part of the largest theater renovation project in the country, is announced after the Federal Economic Development Administration agrees to pay $3.1 million of the cost. &#8220;The whole economic strategy is to revitalize the theaters and that, in turn, will bring people back downtown,&#8221; said Gordon E. Bell, executive director of the Playhouse Square Foundation. ";

msg[24] = "<strong>March 24, 1993:</strong> Cleveland Indians players and fans mourn the loss of Tribe pitchers Steve Olin and Tim Crews, who died when Crews ran his 18-foot fishing boat into a dock on Little Lake Nellie in Clermont, Florida two days before. It is the first death of active major league players since Thurman Munson in 1979.";

msg[25] = "<strong>March 25, 1928:</strong> U.S. Astronaut James A. Lovell, Jr. is born in Cleveland. His missions included Gemini 7, 12,and Apollo 8 and 13, and he is one of only 24 men to have flown to the moon";

msg[26] = "<strong>March 26, 1976:</strong> Wickliffe officials told the owner of the Wick-Willo Twin Theater he could not show the controversial Marlon Brando film, &#8220;Last Tango In Paris,&#8221; because it violated his conditional use permit that allowed only movies rated G and PG. The decision was made after a private screening for city officials. The owner insisted scenes that had earlier given &#8220;Tango&#8221; an X-rating had been removed. ";

msg[27] = "<strong>March 27, 1992:</strong>  Richard Thayer, a leading engineer in the development of fluorescent lighting, dies at the age of 85. Working for the General Electric Lamp Division at Nela Park, Thayer held seven patents on the long-lasting, low voltage lamp introduced commercially in 1938 and widely used in factories, offices, stores, and public buildings. He was buried in Lake View Cemetery.";

msg[28] = "<strong>March 28, 1974:</strong> Cleveland artist and designer Elsa Vick Shaw dies at the age of 73. She is best know for the series of <a href=http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/u?/press,2794>panels representing the origins of music</a> she painted for the foyer of Severance Hall.";

msg[29] = "<strong>March 29, 1921:</strong> <a href=http://www.clevelandmemory.org/hanna/>The Hanna Theater</a> opens for the first time with a production of &#8220;The Prince and the Pauper&#8221;.";

msg[30] = "<strong>March 30, 1966:</strong> Cleveland State University trustees approve plans for three buildings including  a $14.7 million <a href=http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/u?/herrick,658>office tower/library</a>.";

msg[31] = "<strong>March 31, 1977:</strong> Cleveland officials dedicate a <a href=http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/u?/postcards,2480>new south terminal and upper roadway</a> at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The terminal includes a new baggage claim area on the ground level and ticket counters on the upper levels. The new roadway allows departing passengers to enter the airport on the upper level while passengers flying into Cleveland exit through the lower one.";

/*msg[25] = "<b>February 25, 1995:</b> The owner of radio stations WMMS and WMJI pledges $100,000 to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame which is scheduled to open on Labor Day weekend the same year.";

msg[26] = "<b>February 26, 2008:</b> Democratic presidential candidates Hilary Clinton and Barak Obama face each other in a historic debate at Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center.";

msg[27] = "<b>February 27, 1966:</b> The Agora Theatre and Ballroom opens its first location at 2175 Cornell Rd. near Case Western Reserve University. ";

msg[28] = "<b>February 28, 1921 :</b> The Cleveland Clinic welcomes its first patients in its newly dedicated building on on Euclid Ave. and East 93rd St.";

msg[29] = "<b>February 29, 1924:</b> Cleveland Indians power-hitting third baseman, Al Rosen, is born. He played his entire 10-year career (1947-1956) with the Cleveland Indians.";*/


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