Today is Sunday, March 29, the 88th day of 2026. There are 277 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 29, 1974, a group of Chinese farmers digging a well struck fragments of terra-cotta buried underground; archaeologists would ultimately discover terra-cotta sculptures of more than ...

Today is Friday, March 27, the 86th day of 2026. There are 279 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 27, 2022, Will Smith slapped presenter Chris Rock onstage at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony; Smith won the Oscar for best actor just minutes later. (Smith later resigned from the ...

Today is Thursday, March 26, the 85th day of 2026. There are 280 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 26, 2024, Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being struck by a container ship, killing six maintenance workers on the bridge. (Maryland officials have ...

Today is Wednesday, March 25, the 84th day of 2026. There are 281 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 25, 1911, 146 people, mostly young female immigrants, were killed when a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. garment factory in New York; the tragedy led to legal ...

Today is Monday, March 23, the 82nd day of 2026. There are 283 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 23, 1998, “Titanic” tied an Academy Awards record by winning 11 Oscars, including best picture, best director for James Cameron and best original song for “My Heart Will Go ...

Today is Tuesday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2026. There are 282 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 24, 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound and began leaking an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil. Also on this ...