March 15
44 B.C. - On the "Ides of March", Roman dictator Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the senate house by a group of conspirators led by Cimber, Casca, Cassius and Marcus Junius Brutus.
1493 - Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after his first visit to the Western Hemisphere.
1820 - Maine became the 23rd state.
1913 - President Woodrow Wilson met with about 100 reporters for the first formal presidential press conference.
1917 - Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia, is forced to abdicate his throne.
1919 - Members of the American Expeditionary Force from World War I convened in Paris for a three-day meeting to found the American Legion.
1937 - The first hospital blood bank in the United States was established, in Chicago, at Cook County Hospital.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson asked Congress for legislation guaranteeing every American the right to vote.
1972 - "The Godfather," Francis Ford Coppola's epic gangster movie based on the Mario Puzo novel and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, premiered in New York.
1975 - Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, the husband of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, died at age 69.
1985 - The first Internet domain name, symbolics.com, was registered by the Symbolics Computer Corp. of Massachusetts.
2003 - Hu Jinato was chosen to replace Jiang Zemin as president of China.
2003 - The World Health Organization issued a worldwide health alert for the respiratory illness SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome).
2004 - Scientists announced the discovery of Sedna, the most distant object in the solar system.
2005 - Former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers was convicted in New York of engineering the largest corporate fraud in U.S. history. (He was later sentenced to 25 years in prison.)
2008 - A construction crane toppled in New York City, killing seven people.
2011 - The Syrian civil war had its beginnings with Arab Spring protests across the region that turned into an armed insurgency and eventually became a full-blown conflict.
2017 - President Donald Trump, speaking in Ypsilanti, Michigan, announced that his administration would re-examine federal requirements governing the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks, moving forcefully against Obama-era environmental regulations that Trump said were stifling economic growth; Trump then flew to Nashville to lay a wreath at the tomb of President Andrew Jackson.
2017 - For the second time, a federal court blocked President Donald Trump’s efforts to freeze immigration by refugees and citizens of some predominantly Muslim nations.
2012 - Convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich walked into a federal prison in Colorado, where the 55-year-old Democrat began serving a 14-year sentence for corruption. (He was released in February 2020 after President Donald Trump commuted his sentence.)
2020 - The Federal Reserve took massive emergency action to help the economy withstand the coronavirus by slashing its benchmark interest rate to near zero and saying it would buy $700 billion in treasury and mortgage bonds.
2021 - The Senate confirmed New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, making her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet department.
Birthdays
22 - Kristian Kostov (singer)
28 - Lyndsey Gunnulfsen (singer)
29 - Alia Bhatt (actress)
33 - Caitlin Wachs (actress)
35 - Eric Decker (football player)
37 - Kellan Lutz (actor)
39 - Sean Biggerstaff (actor)
41 - Young Buck (rapper)
47 - will.i.am (rapper)
47 - Eva Longoria (actress)
48 - Matt Thomas (singer)
54 - Mark McGrath (singer)
55 - Kim Raver (actress)
56 - Chris Bruno (actor)
58 - Rockwell (singer)
59 - Bret Michaels (singer)
60 - Terence Trent D'Arby (singer)
61 - Fabio (model)
67 - Dee Snider (singer)
68 - Craig Wasson (actor)
69 - Frances Conroy (actress)
76 - Howard Scott (singer)
79 - Sly Stone (singer)
81 - Mike Love (singer)
87 - Judd Hirsch (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 15
1869 - The Cincinnati Red Stockings become the first professional baseball team.
1912 - Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 career wins.
1958 - Oscar Robertson scores a record 56 points in an NCAA Tournament game.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first player in NBA history to score 4,000 points in a season.
1988 - The NFL's St. Louis Cardinals relocate to Phoenix, Arizona.
1989 - The New York Rangers retire Eddie Giacomin's #1.
1991 - Sergei Bubka of the Soviet Union became the first person to break the 20-foot barrier in the pole vault (20-feet, 1/4-inch).
1997 - Joe Mullen of the Pittsburgh Penguins becomes the first American player to score 500 career goals in the NHL.
44 B.C. - On the "Ides of March", Roman dictator Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the senate house by a group of conspirators led by Cimber, Casca, Cassius and Marcus Junius Brutus.
1493 - Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after his first visit to the Western Hemisphere.
1820 - Maine became the 23rd state.
1913 - President Woodrow Wilson met with about 100 reporters for the first formal presidential press conference.
1917 - Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia, is forced to abdicate his throne.
1919 - Members of the American Expeditionary Force from World War I convened in Paris for a three-day meeting to found the American Legion.
1937 - The first hospital blood bank in the United States was established, in Chicago, at Cook County Hospital.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson asked Congress for legislation guaranteeing every American the right to vote.
1972 - "The Godfather," Francis Ford Coppola's epic gangster movie based on the Mario Puzo novel and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, premiered in New York.
1975 - Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, the husband of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, died at age 69.
1985 - The first Internet domain name, symbolics.com, was registered by the Symbolics Computer Corp. of Massachusetts.
2003 - Hu Jinato was chosen to replace Jiang Zemin as president of China.
2003 - The World Health Organization issued a worldwide health alert for the respiratory illness SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome).
2004 - Scientists announced the discovery of Sedna, the most distant object in the solar system.
2005 - Former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers was convicted in New York of engineering the largest corporate fraud in U.S. history. (He was later sentenced to 25 years in prison.)
2008 - A construction crane toppled in New York City, killing seven people.
2011 - The Syrian civil war had its beginnings with Arab Spring protests across the region that turned into an armed insurgency and eventually became a full-blown conflict.
2017 - President Donald Trump, speaking in Ypsilanti, Michigan, announced that his administration would re-examine federal requirements governing the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks, moving forcefully against Obama-era environmental regulations that Trump said were stifling economic growth; Trump then flew to Nashville to lay a wreath at the tomb of President Andrew Jackson.
2017 - For the second time, a federal court blocked President Donald Trump’s efforts to freeze immigration by refugees and citizens of some predominantly Muslim nations.
2012 - Convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich walked into a federal prison in Colorado, where the 55-year-old Democrat began serving a 14-year sentence for corruption. (He was released in February 2020 after President Donald Trump commuted his sentence.)
2020 - The Federal Reserve took massive emergency action to help the economy withstand the coronavirus by slashing its benchmark interest rate to near zero and saying it would buy $700 billion in treasury and mortgage bonds.
2021 - The Senate confirmed New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, making her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet department.
Birthdays
22 - Kristian Kostov (singer)
28 - Lyndsey Gunnulfsen (singer)
29 - Alia Bhatt (actress)
33 - Caitlin Wachs (actress)
35 - Eric Decker (football player)
37 - Kellan Lutz (actor)
39 - Sean Biggerstaff (actor)
41 - Young Buck (rapper)
47 - will.i.am (rapper)
47 - Eva Longoria (actress)
48 - Matt Thomas (singer)
54 - Mark McGrath (singer)
55 - Kim Raver (actress)
56 - Chris Bruno (actor)
58 - Rockwell (singer)
59 - Bret Michaels (singer)
60 - Terence Trent D'Arby (singer)
61 - Fabio (model)
67 - Dee Snider (singer)
68 - Craig Wasson (actor)
69 - Frances Conroy (actress)
76 - Howard Scott (singer)
79 - Sly Stone (singer)
81 - Mike Love (singer)
87 - Judd Hirsch (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 15
1869 - The Cincinnati Red Stockings become the first professional baseball team.
1912 - Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 career wins.
1958 - Oscar Robertson scores a record 56 points in an NCAA Tournament game.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first player in NBA history to score 4,000 points in a season.
1988 - The NFL's St. Louis Cardinals relocate to Phoenix, Arizona.
1989 - The New York Rangers retire Eddie Giacomin's #1.
1991 - Sergei Bubka of the Soviet Union became the first person to break the 20-foot barrier in the pole vault (20-feet, 1/4-inch).
1997 - Joe Mullen of the Pittsburgh Penguins becomes the first American player to score 500 career goals in the NHL.
