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On This Day in History: March 17, 2008

Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Some Michigan kids played Guitar Hero III.

Director Troy Duffy announced that his (terrible) sequel to Boondock Saints was greenlit.

A high tech drug dealer was sentenced to four years in prison.

Hillary Clinton lied about coming under Bosnian sniper fire as First Lady.

I certainly do remember that trip to Bosnia, and as Togo said, there was a saying around the White House that if a place was too small, too poor, or too dangerous, the president couldn't go, so send the First Lady. That's where we went.

I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base. But it was a moment of great pride for me.

She was fact-checked by First Kid star Sinbad, who accompanied her on the trip.

Sinbad, who accompanied Clinton on the trip along with singer Sheryl Crow and then-first daughter Chelsea, said he remembers the landing differently. "I think the only ‘red-phone’ moment was: ‘Do we eat here or at the next place?’" he said in an interview with the Washington Post.

Clinton has said in her stump speech, "We used to say in the White House that if a place is too dangerous, too small, or too poor, send the First Lady."

Sinbad scoffed at this statement as well: "What kind of president would say ‘Hey man, I can’t go ’cause I might get shot so I’m going to send my wife. Oh, and take a guitar player and a comedian with you."

Washington Free Beacon editor Matthew Walther reenacted the perilous moment here.

Famous Republican Gary Sinise turned 53, famous anti-Obama activist Billy Corgan turned 41, U.S. soccer player Mia Hamm turned 36, and The Thing star Kurt Russell turned 57.