MARCH 19
1953:With Bob Hope hosting, the Academy Awards ceremony is televised for the first time. Thirty-four million Americans watch as Cecil B. DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth takes home the award for best picture during the NBC television broadcast.
1920: The U.S. Senate votes 49-35 to reject the Treaty of Versailles for the second time, largely because of objections voiced by Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge over the potential for the League of Nations to involve the United States in wars contrary to its own national interest.
1920: The U.S. Senate votes 49-35 to reject the Treaty of Versailles for the second time, largely because of objections voiced by Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge over the potential for the League of Nations to involve the United States in wars contrary to its own national interest.
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