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Search for "Home Financing" 0044 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March. 0221 Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han, claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty. 0351 Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. 1996 This was the year "The Book Clip - Guaranteed to keep your Book Open" first appeared on the Internet. See Pictures HERE www.bookclip.com 0933 After a ten-year truce, German King Henry I defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the river Unstrut. 0933 Battle at Riade: German King Henry I beats Magyaren 0933 Henry the Fowler routs Magyar raiders March 15 at Merseburg 1311 Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece. 1360 France invasion army lands on English south coast, conquers Winchel 1382 Conservative "Popolo Grasso" regain power in Florence Italy 1391 Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews 1493 Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after first new world voyage 1545 First meeting of the Council of Trent. 1560 Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise France 1562 General François de Guise enters Paris France 1672 King Charles II enacts Declaration of Indulgence 1729 Sister St Stanislas Hachard, first US nun, takes her vows, N Orleans 1744 French King Louis XV declares war on England 1776 South Carolina became the first American colony to declare its independence from Great Britain and set up its own government. 1778 Nootka Sound, BC Captain James Cook reaches the west coast of Vancouver Island with his ships Resolution and Discovery, on the way to search for a North West Passage from the Pacific; names the site Friendly Cove after a warm reception from local Nootka people 1778 Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island discovered by Captain Cook 1781 Battle of Guilford Court House, South Carolina (British suffer heavy losses) 1783 In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'etat never takes place. 1812 First Russian settlement in California, Russian River 1820 Maine admitted as 23rd state 1820 Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state. 1827 Freedom's Journal, first Black newspaper, publishes 1827 The University of Toronto is chartered. 1827 University of Toronto is chartered 1855 Louisiana establishes first health board to regulate quarantine 1862 General John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin TN 1864 Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria LA 1873 Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity is founded at Massachusetts Agricultural College 1875 First US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested 1877 Commencement of first Test Cricket, Australia vs England at MCG 1877 The first Test cricket match begins, between England and Australia. 1887 Michigan appoints first salaried game and fish warden in US(William Alden Smith) 1889 6 US and German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die 1892 Escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (New York NY) 1892 Liverpool Football Club founded by John Houlding 1892 New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) 1892 The first escalator, the Reno Inclined Elevator, is patented by Jesse W Reno of New York. 1903 British conquest of northern Nigeria is complete. 1905 Cretan revolutionaries announce the re-unification of Crete with the rest of Greece. 1906 Brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd 1907 Finland is first European country to give women the right to vote 1909 Selfridges department store opens in London. 1913 Cleveland establishes first small claims court 1913 First Presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) 1915 Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea 1916 General Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-months 1916 Six days after Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa killed seventeen Americans during a raid into U.S. territory, President Woodrow Wilson sends 6,600 U.S. troops over the border to capture Villa dead or alive 1916 University of Gent goes under Dutch control 1919 American Legion forms (Paris France) 1919 The American Legion forms in Paris. 1921 The colony of Ruanda, East Africa, is ceded to Britain by Belgium. 1922 After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt. 1923 Lenin is hit with his 3rd stroke 1926 Belgium's "black monday", franc falls 1926 The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition. 1928 Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose) 1930 The first streamlined submarine of US navy, USS Nautilus, launched 1933 NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination 1934 US Information Service opens 1935 George Headley completes 270 in cricket vs England at Kingston 1937 The first blood bank is established (Chicago IL) 1938 Saudi Arabia began producing oil, a natural resource that would transform a virtual dust bowl of a nation into one so wealthy that King Faisal's main problem was what to do with too much money 1939 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia. 1939 Hitler occupies Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independence 1940 Göring says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest 1941 Blizzard in North Dakota kills 151 1943 Allied reconnaissance flight over Java 1943 Red Army evacuates Kharkov 1943 World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov - the Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting. 1944 Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing 1945 17th Academy Awards: "Going my Way", Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win 1945 Billboard publishes its first album chart (King Cole Trio is #1) 1945 Catholic University of Nijmegen reopens 1946 British premier Attlee agrees with India's right to independence 1947 John Lee appointed first black commissioned officer in US Navy 1948 Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs Western Australia 1948 Sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine 1949 UK hist Clothes rationing ends in Britain 1949 Personal posting - Maureen Nicklaw's Birthday 1950 NYC hires Dr Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker" 1951 In Teheran, Iran Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company; founded by Lord Strathcona and first developed by Canadian drillers. 1951 Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company 1952 Greatest 24-hour rainfall begins; 187 cm at La Réunion, Indian Ocean 1952 In Cilaos, Runion, 73 inches (1870 mm) of rain falls in one day, setting a new world record. 1953 West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1 1954 "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite and Jack Paar 1955 US Air Force unveils self-guided missile 1956 "My Fair Lady" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 2,715 performances 1956 The Broadway musical My Fair Lady opens in New York City. 1957 Britian becomes the 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb 1958 Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled 1959 Personal posting - Princess Crowley was born 1959 Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 minutes 42.5 seconds 1960 Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park) 1960 National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated 1961 South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations. 1961 South Africa withdrews from British Commonwealth 1962 5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter 1962 Donald Jackson of Canada, is first to land a triple lutz ice skate jump 1963 Victor Feguer, a Federal prisoner, is put to death at the Fort Madison, Iowa prison. This is the last execution of a Federal prisoner until the execution of Timothy McVeigh in 2001. 1964 LBJ asks for a War on Poverty 1964 Liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton more to come) 1965 LBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote 1966 8th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra and Streisand 1966 Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles 1967 AFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum 1967 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil 1968 British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown resigns 1968 Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept", but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri 1968 In Ottawa the government suspends gold trading by Canadian banks and dealers; to dampen speculation 1968 LIFE magazine calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world" 1968 US Mint stops buying and selling gold 1968 Uprising in South Yemen 1969 US Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns 1969 Violent Chinese-Russian border dispute (100s dead) 1970 Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan 1970 The Expo '70 world's fair opens in Osaka, Japan. 1971 CBS TV announces it is dropping "Ed Sullivan Show" 1971 Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet 1972 Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112 1972 NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle 1972 The film version of Mario Puzo's The Godfather novel of the same name, is released in theaters. It went on to be considered one of the greatest films of all time. 1973 Alberta Indians awarded $190,000 settlement in back payment of ammunition money promised to them under their 1877 treaty; sum of $2,000 should have been paid annually 1973 Dedication of the Memorial to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on Anzac Parade, Canberra, by His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh The memorial sculpture was commissioned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the formation of the RAAF on 31mar1921 1974 Brazilian President Garastazu Médici resigns 1975 Bundy victim Julie Cunningham disappears from Vail CO 1976 Failed coup in Nigeria 1977 "Eight is Enough" premieres on ABC-TV 1977 Canadian actress Suzanne Somers stars in ABC TV's new Three's Company comedy show, opposite John Ritter. 1978 Operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon to rid area of Palestine guerrillas 1978 People's Rebublic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China 1979 Apparat releases Newdos+ 2.1 for Radio Shack's TRS-80 1980 Number one hit on UK music charts - Fern Kinney - Together We Are Beautiful 1980 Tracey Wainman, age 12, the youngest Canadian skater to compete in a world championship 1981 Suriname failed coup under Sergeant-Major Wilfred Hawker 1982 Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan 1982 Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days 1982 Personal posting - amanda sue irvin daughter of gregory and loretta irvin born 1983 Karnataka beat Bombay on first innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy 1984 10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields 1984 John Lennon's single "I'm Stepping Out" is released (4 years after his death) 1984 Tanzania adopts constitution 1984 The FBI's GREYLORD investigation into judicial misconduct in Cook County Illinois yielded its first conviction, a former Deputy Traffic Court Clerk. Other convictions followed. Eighty-two judges, lawyers, clerks, and police officers pled guilty or were convicted in court. 1985 Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title 1985 The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com). 1986 Personal posting - Mar 15 1986 The great anarchist gurella leader Jeff Reynolds was born. By age 7 will have already overturned the US Government, and in 2011 he will change his name to John Conner and defeate the rise of the machines. 1987 "Starlight Express" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 761 performances 1987 13th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby 1987 New Zealand beat West Indies by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket 1987 US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay 1988 Eugene Marino of Atlanta, appointed first African American archbishop 1988 NASA reports accelerated breakdown of ozone layer by CFK 1988 Publication of Marvin Minsky's Society of Mind theory. 1988 The Halabja poison gas attack of the Iran-Iraq War begins. 1988 Personal posting - Cedomir Zubac was born 1989 "Les Miserables", opens at Royal Alexandra Theatre Toronto 1989 Department of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position 1990 Gulf War: Iraq hangs British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying. 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union. 1990 The Soviet Union announces that Lithuania's declaration of independence is invalid. 1990 The ethnic clashes of Trgu Mure begin on the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. 1991 4 Los Angeles police are charged with beating Rodney King 1991 Germany formally regains complete independence after the four post-World War II occupying powers (France, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union) relinquish all remaining rights. 1991 Territories of Amapa and Roraima become states in Brazil 1994 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win 1996 Tasmanian Premier Ray Groom resigns after accepting responsibility for Liberals losing majority in recent election. 1998 "Cabaret", opens at Club Expo Theater NYC 1998 Pacific Bell Internet Services announced that a flood of junk e-mail had overwhelmed its message servers on this day in 1998 1999 Pluto again becomes outermost planet mar171916 Eight Curtiss "Jenny" planes of the First Aero Squadron take off from Columbus, Mexico, in the first combat air mission in U.S. history 2001 AUSTRALIA'S dollar plunged to a historic low of US49.84c last night. 2003 Hu Jintao takes over presidency for the People's Republic of China. 2007 Production ceased on the passenger version of the Boeing 747-400. 2008 Personal posting - Jacqui Harbour and Stephen Patterson were married More historical events added daily - keep checking back Add your own Personal Historic listing FREE! - Click Here Return to Daily Calendar Contact us at:infoATdatesinhistory.com change the AT to @ "This site contains links to other Internet sites. 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