A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this
day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military,
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what happened today in history.
44 BC | Julius Caesar is assassinated by high-ranking Roman Senators. | |
933 | Henry the Fowler routs the raiding Magyars at Merseburg, Germany. | |
1493 | Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first voyage to the New World. | |
1778 | In command of two frigates, the Frenchman la Perouse sails east from Botany Bay for the last lap of his voyage around the world. | |
1820 | Maine is admitted as the 23rd state. | |
1862 | General John Hunt Morgan begins four days of raids near the city of Gallatin, Tenn. | |
1864 | The Red River Campaign begins as the Union forces reach Alexandria, La. | |
1892 | New York State unveils the new automatic ballot voting machine. | |
1895 | Bone Mizell, the famed cowboy of Florida, appears before a judge for altering cattle brands. | |
1903 | The British complete the conquest of Nigeria. | |
1904 | Three hundred Russians are killed as the Japanese shell Port Arthur in Korea. | |
1909 | Italy proposes a European conference on the Balkans. | |
1916 | General John Pershing and his 15,000 troops chase Pancho Villa into Mexico. | |
1934 | Henry Ford restores the $5-a-day wage. | |
1935 | Joseph Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda bans four Berlin newspapers. | |
1939 | Germany occupies Bohemia and Moravia, Czechoslovakia. | |
1944 | Cassino, Italy is destroyed by Allied bombing. | |
1949 | Almost four years after the end of World War II, clothes rationing in Great Britain ends. | |
1951 | French General de Lattre demands that Paris send him more troops for the fight in Indochina. | |
1955 | The U.S. Air Force unveils the first self-guided missile. | |
1956 | The first performance of My Fair Lady, starring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison, takes place on Broadway. | |
1960 | Ten nations meet in Geneva to discuss disarmament. | |
1965 | Gamal Abdel Nasser is re-elected Egyptian President. | |
1967 | President Lyndon Johnson names Ellsworth Bunker as the new ambassador to Saigon. Bunker replaces Lodge. | |
1968 | The U.S. mint halts the practice of buying and selling gold. | |
1991 | Four Los Angeles police are charged in the beating of Rodney King. | |
Born on March 15 | ||
1767 | Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States (1829-1837). | |
1854 | Emil von Behring, first recipient of the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1901. | |
1916 | Harry James, American band leader and trumpet player. | |
1933 | Ruth Bader Ginsberg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice. |
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