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Almanac for March 9, 2026

Today is Monday, March 9, the 68th day of 2026. There are 297 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1945, during World War II, over 300 U.S. B-29 bombers began Operation Meetinghouse, a massive firebombing raid on Tokyo. The raid killed an estimated 100,000 civilians, left 1 million homeless and destroyed 16 square miles of the city. Also on this date: In 1796, the future emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte, married Josephine de Beauharnais. In 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. The Amistad, ruled 7-1 in favor of a group of illegally enslaved Africans ...

The silent, invisible scars of emotional vulnerabilities

“Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness, will we discover the infinite power of our light.” – Brenè Brown Turning slowly, he walked out the door, realizing that another chapter in his life had closed. Another with tears rolling down his face stared out the window, ...

If you want to be ‘seen,’ try seeing others

I recently came across a curious headline: "The Retirement Crisis No One Warns You About: Mattering." Very few people leaving the workplace have prepared for losing a big part of their identity, according to the Wall Street Journal article. They long to "feel seen" in the next chapter of ...

AP sources: Russia providing Iran with US military information

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region, according to two officials familiar with U.S. intelligence on the matter. The officials, who were not authorized to comment publicly on the ...

Almanac for March 7, 2026

Today is Saturday, March 7, the 66th day of 2026. There are 299 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1965, a march by over 500 civil rights demonstrators was violently broken up at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama; state troopers and a sheriff's posse fired tear gas and beat marchers with batons in what became known as "Bloody Sunday." Also on this date: In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a U.S. patent for his telephone. In 1936, Adolf Hitler ordered his troops to march into the demilitarized Rhineland, thereby breaking the Treaty of Versailles and the ...