Today

From the archives ÷ 1950 Think parking is bad now? As this cartoon from the Wildcat illustrates, students felt the same way at the UA more than 50 years ago.

· 1972: President Nixon left on his historic trip to China.

· 1978: "Star Wars" and "Saturday Night Fever" were playing in local theatres.

Tuesday
· 1516: Mary Tudor, the Queen of England popularly known as Î'Bloody Mary,'' was born in Greenwich Palace.

· 1990: Three men were arrested after they tried to seize the Administration building to protest Reagan's Star Wars research.

Wednesday
· 1881: Kansas became the first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.

· 1969: Basketball failed to make headlines as the competition of strength took second to a competition of intelligence during ASUA's IQ Invitational.

Thursday
· 1839: Congress prohibited dueling in the District of Columbia.

· 41962: Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth as he flew aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.

Friday
· 1965: Former Black Muslim leader Malcolm X was shot and killed by assassins as he was about to address a rally in New York City.

· 1988: TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart tearfully confessed to his congregation in Baton Rouge, La., that he was guilty of an unspecified sin, and said he was leaving the pulpit temporarily. Reports linked Swaggart to an admitted prostitute.