SATURDAY, March 23, 2024 Today is the 83rd day of 2024 and the fifth day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1806, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began their return trip east after reaching the Pacific coast. In 1956, Pakistan became the first Islamic republic. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proposed the “Star Wars” plan for the development of missile-intercepting technology. In…