March 15 on this day in history

On This Day In History. What Happened Today In History
What Happened This Day In History.
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.

44 BC   Julius Caesar is assassinated by high-ranking Roman Senators.
933       Henry the Fowler routs the raiding Magyars at Merseburg, Germany.
1493     Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first voyage to the New                           World.
1778      In command of two frigates, the Frenchman la Perouse sails east from Botany                Bay for the last lap of his voyage around the world.
1820      Maine is admitted as the 23rd state.
1862      General John Hunt Morgan begins four days of raids near the city of Gallatin,                Tenn.
1864      The Red River Campaign begins as the Union forces reach Alexandria, La.
1892      New York State unveils the new automatic ballot voting machine.
1895      Bone Mizell, the famed cowboy of Florida, appears before a judge for altering                cattle brands.
1903       The British complete the conquest of Nigeria.
1904       Three hundred Russians are killed as the Japanese shell Port Arthur in                             Korea.
1909        Italy proposes a European conference on the Balkans.
1916        General John Pershing and his 15,000 troops
                 chase Pancho Villa into Mexico.
1934        Henry Ford restores the $5-a-day wage.
1935        Joseph Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda bans four Berlin                                    newspapers.
1939        Germany occupies Bohemia and Moravia, Czechoslovakia.
1944         Cassino, Italy is destroyed by Allied bombing.
1949        Almost four years after the end of World War II, clothes rationing in Great                      Britain ends.
1951         French General de Lattre demands that Paris send him more troops for the                     fight in Indochina.
1955         The U.S. Air Force unveils the first self-guided missile.
1956         The first performance of My Fair Lady , starring Julie Andrews and Rex                           Harrison, takes place on Broadway.
1960          Ten nations meet in Geneva to discuss disarmament.
1965          Gamal Abdel Nasser is re-elected Egyptian President.
1967          President Lyndon Johnson names Ellsworth Bunker as the new                                          ambassador to Saigon. Bunker replaces Lodge.
1968          The U.S. mint halts the practice of buying and selling gold.
1991          Four Los Angeles police are charged in the beating of Rodney King.
                                     
                                            Born on March 15
1767   Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States (1829-1837).
1854   Emil von Behring, first recipient of the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1901.
1916   Harry James, American band leader and trumpet player.