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