This Day in History for 15th March | March 15 Events in History
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March 15, 44 B.C. Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius.
1493 Christopher Columbus returned to Spain, concluding his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere.
1767 The seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, was born in Waxhaw, S.C.
1820 Maine became the 23rd U.S. state.
1913 President Woodrow Wilson met with reporters for what has been described as the first presidential news conference.
1919 Members of the American Expeditionary Force from World War I convened in Paris for a three-day meeting to found the American Legion.
1944 During World War II, Allied bombers again raided German-held Monte Cassino.
1956 The musical play "My Fair Lady," based on Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," opened on Broadway.
1964 Actress Elizabeth Taylor married actor Richard Burton in Montreal; it was her fifth marriage, his second.
1970 Expo'70, promoting "Progress and Harmony for Mankind," opened in Osaka, Japan.
1975 Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis died near Paris at age 69.
Ten years ago Federal authorities confirmed that remains found on a Texas ranch were those of missing atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair and two of her relatives. (David Waters, the key suspect in the slayings, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to extortion conspiracy.)
Five years ago Saddam Hussein, testifying for the first time in his trial, called on Iraqis to stop killing each other and instead fight U.S. troops; the judge reprimanded him for making a rambling, political speech and ordered the TV cameras switched off. A gunman opened fire inside a Denny's restaurant in Pismo Beach, Calif., leaving two dead and two injured before taking his own life.
One year ago The United States demanded that Israel call off a contentious building project in east Jerusalem.
Thought for today "You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling." — Billie Holiday, American singer (1915-1959)
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