March 15, Today in History

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Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius

459:

Death of Atilla, the Hun

493:

Odoacer the Barbarian, King of Italy, killed by Theodoric the Ostrogoth

1147:

Alphonso I, King of Portugal, takes the fortress of Santarem from the Moors

1330:

Azzone Visconti takes control of Milan, Italy

1359:

The French raid Winchelsea and Rye, England

1391:

Anti-Jewish riots begin in Seville, Spain next 12 mo

1493:

Christopher Columbus returns to Spain from Hispaniola after his first voyage to the New World

1561:

Father da Silveira, Portuguese envoy to the Munhumutapa of South-East Africa, is murdered

1607:

Coronation of Charles IX, King of Sweden

1619:

John Bridgeman appointed Bishop of Chester

1649:

John Milton appointed Secretary Of Foreign Tongues by the Commonwealth

1673:

Salvator Rosa, Italian artist, dies at about 58

1767:

Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States born in Waxhaw, South Carolina.

1781:

In the American Revolution, Cornwallis, with 1,900 British soldiers, defeated an American force of 4,400 in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in Connecticut

1820:

Maine became the 23rd state

1842:

Cherubini died, he was 82. Cherubini was the leading arbiter of Parisian musical taste for decades. He was the establishment figure against whom Berlioz was the great rebel

1854:

German immunologist Emil von Behring born

1869:

The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team in America, defeated Antioch 41-7. Later they changed their name to the Cincinnati Red Legs and then to the Cincinnati Reds

1875:

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, John McCloskey, was named the first American cardinal, by Pope Pius the Ninth

1883:

In London, Irish-American terrorists attempted to blow up the offices of the Times newspaper

1913:

Hollywood movie mogul Lew Wasserman born

1913:

Actor MacDonald Carey born

1913:

President Woodrow Wilson held the first open presidential news conference after being in office for only 11 days. The questions had to be submitted in advance. There were only newspapers at that time

1916:

Trumpet playing band leader Harry James born

1916:

President Woodrow Wilson sent 12,000 U.S. troops under General Pershing into Mexico to capture revolutionary leader Pancho Villa, who had staged several cross-border raids. The two-year expedition was unsuccessful

1918:

Lili Boulanger, first woman to win the Prix de Rome, died. She was 24 years old and suffering from tuberculosis.

1919:

The American Legion was founded, in Paris

1923:

CBS CEO Laurence Tisch born

1927:

Country singer Carl Smith born

1932:

Former astronaut Alan L. Bean born

1933:

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg born

1933:

Jazz musician Cecil Taylor born

1935:

Actor Judd Hirsch born

1935:

Rev. Jimmy Swaggart born

1937:

The first blood bank was established in Chicago, Illinois, at the Cook County Hospital

1940:

Rock musician Phil Lesh (The Grateful Dead) born

1941:

Singer Mike Love (The Beach Boys) born

1944:

Rock singer-musician Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart born

1944:

During World War II, the German-held Italian town of Monte Cassino was devastated by Allied bombs

1945:

"Going My Way" won the Academy Award for best picture of 1944, and its star, Bing Crosby, was named best actor; Ingrid Bergman was named best actress for "Gaslight."

1946:

Rock singer-musician Howard Scott (War) born

1947:

Sec. of Transportation Federico Pena born

1947:

Rock guitarist Ry Cooder born

1954:

Actor Craig Wasson born

1955:

Rock singer Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) born

1955:

Baseball player Mickey Hatcher (Micgael Vaughn Hatcher, Jr.) born

1956:

One of Broadway's best-known musicals, "My Fair Lady," opened at the Mark Hellinger Theater. Starring Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, the musical was adapted from the George Bernard Shaw play "Pygmalion."

1957:

Actress Park Overall born

1959:

Movie director Renny Harlin born

1961:

Model Fabio born

1962:

Singer Terence Trent D'Arby born

1962:

Actor Jimmy Baio born

1963:

Rock singer Bret Michaels (Poison) born

1964:

Singer Rockwell born

1964:

Actress Elizabeth Taylor married Richard Burton (for the first time) on the 8th floor of the Ritz Carlton in Montreal. It was her fifth marriage, his second

1965:

While addressing a joint session of Congress, President Johnson called for new legislation to guarantee every American's right to vote

1968:

US Mint stops buying and selling gold

1971:

CBS Television announced it would drop "The Ed Sullivan Show" after 23 years on the network

1972:

Rock musician Mark Hoppus (Blink 182) born

1975:

Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis died near Paris at age 69

1977:

The US House of Representatives began a 90-day test to determine the feasibility of showing its sessions on television

1977:

The shows "Three's Company" and "Eight Is Enough" premiered on ABC-TV

1979:

Pope John Paul II published his first encyclical, "Redemptor Hominis," in which he warned of the growing gap between rich and poor

1981:

In Syria, over 140 hostages aboard a Pakistan Airways plane, hijacked by the militant Al Zulfiqar organization, were released after 13 days. exchange Pakistan freed 55 political prisoners

1983:

Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir said he was leaving Washington more optimistic about prospects for an agreement on withdrawing Israeli troops from Lebanon

1985:

The United States Catholic Conference, representing 285 Roman Catholic bishops, sent letters to all members of Congress, urging them to oppose funding for the MX missile

1985:

Two decades of military rule in Brazil ended with the installation of a civilian government

1986:

Funeral services were held in Stockholm, Sweden, for slain Prime Minister Olof Palme, who had been shot to death by an unidentified gunman

1987:

Peggy Say, the sister of Terry Anderson, the Associated Press correspondent held hostage in Lebanon, said President Reagan was being "unjustly castigated" for his arms-for-hostages deal

1988:

Paul Simon defeated Jesse Jackson in the Illinois Democratic primary, while George Bush won a ringing victory over Bob Dole in the Republican contest

1989:

Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev convened a two-day meeting of the Communist Party's Central Committee to decide on agricultural reforms

1990:

The Israeli government of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir lost a vote of confidence in the Knesser after Shamir refused to accept a U.S. plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

1990:

Iraq executed London-based journalist Farzad Bazoft, whom it accused of spying in spite of worldwide pleas for clemency. He had worked for London's Observer newspaper

1991:

An indictment was unsealed in Los Angeles, charging four police officers with beating black motorist Rodney King

1991:

Soviet pole vaulter Sergei Bubka cleared a record 20 feet during an international meet in San Sebastian, Spain

1992:

Democratic presidential candidates debated in Chicago, criticizing President Bush's handling of the Persian Gulf War and its aftermath, and clashing over economic issues

1992:

The United Nations officially embarked on its largest peacekeeping operation with the arrival of a diplomat in Cambodia

1993:

Searchers found the body of the sixth and last missing victim of the World Trade Center bombing in New York

1993:

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin met at the White House with President Clinton, after which Rabin offered to negotiate the return of part of The Golan Heights to Syria

1994:

Illinois Congressman Dan Rostenkowski, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, defeated four Democratic primary challengers in his bid for re-election

1995:

President Clinton issued an executive order formally blocking a $1 billion contract between Conoco and Iran to develop a huge offshore oil tract in the Persian Gulf

1996:

The Liggett Group agreed to repay more than ten million dollars in Medicaid bills for treatment of smokers, settling lawsuits with five states. (The settlement came two days after Liggett, the nation's fifth-largest tobacco company, made history by settling a private class-action lawsuit alleging cigarette makers manipulated nicotine to hook smokers. )

1996:

Pioneering aviation firm Fokker NV, once a byword for industrial expertise, collapsed, ending 77 years of Dutch aircraft making and triggering the biggest mass redundancy in Dutch history

1997:

President Clinton spent a second day at Bethesda Naval Medical Center, recuperating from surgery for a partially torn knee tendon

1997:

Greek frogmen and US Marines evacuated hundreds of foreigners trapped in Albania by that country's descent into anarchy

1998:

CBS' "60 Minutes" aired an interview with former White House employee Kathleen Willey, who said President Clinton kissed her, touched her breast and put her hand on his genitals near the Oval Office in Nov. 1993.

1998:

Brazilian firefighters dug ditches in a bid to halt raging fires in the northern Amazon as officials appealed for more men and sorely needed water-dumping helicopters. "We lost control of this thing a long time ago," said fire brigade captain Kleber Gomes Cerquinho as army soldiers driving a bulldozer carved a path through the jungle to create a firebreak and check the blaze. The fires had burned out of control for two months and destroyed 2.2 million acres of farmland

1998:

Dr. Benjamin Spock, whose child care guidance spanned half a century, died in San Diego at 94

1999:

Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Billy Joel and Dusty Springfield were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1999:

An Amtrak train slammed into a steel-filled truck at a crossing in Bourbonnais, Ill., killing 11

1999:

The Kosovar Albanian delegation to peace talks in Paris said it was ready to sign an international accord for Kosovo

2000:

TV funnyman Durward Kirby died in Fort Myers, Florida, at age 88

2000:

Their presidential nominations secured, George W. Bush and Al Gore dug in for the battle to the November Election Day. Bush said he was braced for Gore's "politics of personal destruction and distortions," and Gore argued that Bush's "risky tax scheme" would hurt the economy.

2003:

Hu Jintao takes over presidency for the People's Republic of China

2004:

Announcement of the discovery of 90377 Sedna, the farthest natural object in the Solar system so far observed

2005:

Cookbook is free reference work community's most active project

2005:

Beijing cracks down on manhole cover thefts

2005:

Judge strikes down same-sex marriage ban in California

2005:

Protesters rally in Beirut

2005:

Brazilian President party received money from FARC, say documents

2005:

Taiwanese political parties propose "anti-invasion" laws

2005:

China enacts historic "anti-secession" law

2005:

Former WorldCom chief found guilty of all charges

2005:

Israeli General Refused NZ Visa

2006:

New Zealand Commonwealth Games flag-bearer announced

2006:

China and Russia object to the Security Council statement on Iran

2006:

Car explodes in Paris, at least 1 person killed

2006:

Shin Corporation defamation suit fails

2006:

Commonwealth Games open in Melbourne

2006:

Afghan opium plantings expected to be up 40% from 2005

2006:

Hawaiian dam bursts

2006:

Photoessay: The Idiotarod: When Good Shopping Carts Go Bad

2006:

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary called attention to Winny

2006:

Tony Blair's education bill passes with support from opposition parties

2006:

Australian troops to provide front-line combat support in Iraq

2007:

Six major powers announced an agreement on Thursday to impose new U.N. sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program, but Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed the initiative would not sway his country

2007:

The al Qaeda suspect who claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks also said he beheaded U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl, according to a Pentagon transcript released on Thursday

2007:

President Bush voiced lukewarm confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Wednesday, shortly before a conservative lawmaker became the first Republican in Congress to urge Bush to fire him

2007:

Admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told a U.S. military tribunal he personally beheaded Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002, the Pentagon revealed today. "I decapitated with my blessed right hand the head of the American Jew, Daniel Pearl, in Karachi Pakistan," said a Pentagon transcript

2007:

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said he doesn't care what the White House and Justice Department think of his subpoenas -- he wants answers

2007:

A new Pentagon report says some elements of the war in Iraq fit the definition of civil war, but the term "does not adequately capture the complexity of the conflict."

2007:

The al Qaeda suspect who claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks also said he beheaded U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl, according to a Pentagon transcript released on Thursday

2007:

President Bush voiced lukewarm confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Wednesday, shortly before a conservative lawmaker became the first Republican in Congress to urge Bush to fire him

2007:

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said he doesn't care what the White House and Justice Department think of his subpoenas -- he wants answers

2007:

A new Pentagon report says some elements of the war in Iraq fit the definition of civil war, but the term "does not adequately capture the complexity of the conflict."

2007:

Canadian government tax processing computers back online

2007:

Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline agreement signed in Athens

2007:

Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs Bermuda

2007:

Missing dog's severed head found by 17-year old girl

2007:

Kids game portal BBC Jam to close after competition complaints

2007:

Transcript of 9/11 confession by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed released

2007:

NCAA Basketball: Thursday session 1 recap

2007:

Missing boy from Glynn County, Georgia found dead

2007:

Cricket World Cup: Zimbabwe vs Ireland

2007:

Russia and Italy share views in solving conflicts

2007:

New Zealand's state broadcaster warned by police

2008:

China on Saturday gave Tibetan independence protesters an ultimatum to surrender after riots in Lhasa which killed at least 10 people in the worst unrest in the region for two decades

2008:

Iranian election results on Saturday showed conservatives on course to keep their grip on parliament, but some were expected to join reformists in flaying President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's handling of the economy

2008:

Workers picked through debris in downtown Atlanta on Saturday after the worst tornado to hit the city in decades battered landmark buildings, overturned cars and injured dozens of people

2008:

Experts confirmed today that a tornado with top winds of 130 mph ripped through downtown Atlanta Friday night, leaving a six-mile long path of destruction in its wake. The tornado, which was about 200 yards wide, had a path about six miles wide, skipping over downtown landmarks before heading into residential neighborhoods

2008:

At least 20 homes in Atlanta's historic Cabbagetown neighborhood were flattened by a tornado that ripped through the Georgia capital city Friday night, a spokeswoman for the mayor said. Firefighters fear there could be people dead inside the ruins of a collapsed loft complex in the same neighborhood

2008:

Exclusive look at Bebo

2008:

Cassini spacecraft collects sample from geyser on Saturn's moon Enceladus

2008:

Tornado hits downtown Atlanta

2008:

Tour de Taiwan Stage 7: Kam-po Wong places first for the second time

2008:

Scientology protest group celebrates founder's birthday worldwide

2008:

National Hockey League news: March 15, 2008

2008:

Series of explosions at Albanian arms depot leaves at least 155 dead or injured

2008:

Delta II launches GPS IIR-19 satellite

2009:

A top Taliban commander issues a new threat to foreign aid workers, saying that under the insurgent group's new "constitution" they will execute them as spies or hold them in exchange for the release of Taliban fighters

2009:

White House officials and some members of Congress reacted strongly Sunday to news that insurance giant AIG had intended to pay out $165 million in bonuses and compensation. The company has received at least $170 billion in federal bailout money

2009:

The Obama administration has endangered Americans and opened the country to further attack by reversing Bush administration anti-terrorism policies such as harsh interrogations of suspects, former Vice President Dick Cheney said today. Cheney also told CNN's "State of the Union" that the United States has "accomplished nearly everything we set out to do" in Iraq, including establishing a democratic government in the Middle East

2009:

Oil spill hits Australia's Sunshine coastline

2009:

3 dead, 4 missing after Vietnamese cargo ship sinks in South China Sea

2009:

Obama calls food safety system a 'hazard to public health'

2009:

Recovery planned for crashed Canadian helicopter

2009:

Space Shuttle Discovery successfully launches after a month of delays

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