Monday, March 11, 2013 Today in History - Monday, March 11, 2013
Today is Monday, March 11, the 70th day of 2013. There are 295
days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March
11, 1888, the Blizzard of '88, also known as the "Great White
Hurricane," began inundating the northeastern United States,
resulting in some 400 deaths. On this date: In 1513, Giovanni
de' Medici was proclaimed pope, succeeding Julius II; he took
the name Leo X. In 1861, the Constitution of the Confederate
States of America was adopted by the Confederate Congress in
Montgomery, Ala. In 1862, during the Civil War, President
Abraham Lincoln removed Gen. George B. McClellan as general-in-
chief of the Union armies, leaving him in command of the Army of
the Potomac, a post McClellan also ended up losing. In 1930,
former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft was
buried in Arlington National Cemetery. In 1942, as Japanese
forces continued to advance in the Pacific during World War II,
Gen. Douglas MacArthur left the Phi