03-15-2006, 07:18 AM
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March 15th
44 B.C. ~ Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of Roman senators.
1877 ~ The first Test cricket match, between England and Australia.
1898 ~ Death of Henry Bessemer, English metallurgist.
1906 ~ Rolls-Royce Ltd. wass registered.
1916 ~ President Woodrow Wilson sent 12,000 U.S. troops over the Mexican border to pursue Pancho Villa.
1937 ~ Death of H. P. Lovecraft, horror writer.
1956 ~ ”My Fair Lady” opened in New York City. Rex Harrison played Henry Higgins, and Julie Andrews was Eliza Doolittle.
1975 ~ Death of Aristotle Onassis, shipping magnate.
1990 ~ British journalist Farzad Bazoft executed for spying.
1991 ~ Germany formally regained complete independence after World War II.
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