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March 15
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On the Ides of March, 44 B.C., Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius.
In 1493, Christopher Columbus returned to Spain following his first voyage to the New World.
In 1767, the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, was born in Waxhaw, S.C.
In 1820, Maine became the 23rd state.
In 1875, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, John McCloskey, was named the first American cardinal, by Pope Pius IX.
In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson held the first open presidentail news conference.
In 1919, the American Legion was founded in Paris.
In 1944, during World War II, the Italian town of Cassino was devastated by Allied bombs.
In 1956, the musical play "My Fair Lady," starring Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, opened on Broadway.
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"It may be those who do most, dream most."
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Anonymous.