Moments in Time: Michelangelo Buonarroti
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On March 3, 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes was sworn in as the 19th president of the United States in the Red Room of the White House. Two days later, he was again inaugurated, but this time in a public ceremony.
On March 4, 2004, Mianne Bagger, a golfer from Denmark, earned a place in sports history at the Women's Australian Open as the first transgender athlete to compete in a professional golf tournament, noting to reporters that it took a while to overcome the anxiety associated with the feat: "I don't know where my swing was. ... I was pretty numb the first seven holes. I couldn't really feel much below my shoulders."
On March 5, 1839, "Jane Eyre" author Charlotte Bronte declined a marriage proposal from the Reverend Henry Nussey, informing him that he would find her "romantic and eccentric" and not practical enough to be a clergyman's wife.
On March 6, 1475, Michelangelo Buonarroti, considered by many the greatest of the Italian Renaissance artists, was born in Caprese. The son of a government administrator, he became an artist's apprentice at age 13. He would go on to master painting, sculpture and architecture, becoming best known for masterpieces like "David" and his ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.
On March 7, 2002, the defense rested in the trial of Andrea Yates, a 37-year-old Texas woman who murdered her five young children by drowning them in a bathtub. Less than a week later she was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, but the conviction was later reversed on the grounds of insanity. In 2006, she was committed to a state mental hospital in Texas, where she remains today.
On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members, lost contact with air traffic control less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, then veered off course and disappeared. Most of the plane and all on board were never recovered.
On March 9, 1979, the 26 Major League Baseball teams were ordered by MLB commissioner Bowie Kuhn to allow equal access to all reporters, regardless of their sex.
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