10 Timeline Memories:
1.44BC] Beware the Ides of March: Roman dictator Julius Caesar is assassinated by a group of nobles that include Brutus and Cassius…
2.1919] An American in Paris: The American Legion is founded in Paris. Contrary to popular belief, the French Foreign Legion was not founded in America…
3.1954] Debuted on this date: CBS-TV debuts its “Morning Show” and any day now viewers will discover it…
4.1956] Another opening but not just another show: The Lerner and Loewe musical “My Fair Lady” opens on Broadway…
5.1964] Wedding Bells: Richard Burton becomes victim number five for Elizabeth Taylor. These two lovebirds are married for 10 years from 1964 to 1974 and then for an additional year in 1975 before finally calling it quits…
6.1965] The right to vote: Addressing a joint session of Congress, President Lyndon Johnson calls for new legislation guaranteeing every American’s right to vote…
7.1975] “Happy Trails“: Aristotle Onassis, husband of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, dies of bronchial pneumonia at 69…1998] Child care expert Dr. Benjamin Spock dies at 94 from natural causes…
8.2004] Not a good thing: Martha Stewart resigns from the board of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia 10 days after she is convicted in a stock scandal…
9.2005] Gotcha: Former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers is convicted in New York of engineering the largest corporate fraud in U.S. history. He is later sentenced to 25 years…
10.2008] Crane collapse: A construction crane falls on a residential building in Manhattan, killing 4 and injuring at least 17. The city has ruled that the cause of the collapse was faulty rigging…For more on March 15:
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