03-15-2005, 06:02 AM
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March 14th
44 B.C. ~ Ides of March: Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of Roman senators.
1827 ~ The University of Toronto (née King's College) was chartered.
1877 ~ The first Test cricket match, between England and Australia.
1898 ~ Death of Henry Bessemer, English metallurgist.
1906 ~ Rolls-Royce Ltd. is registered.
1916 ~ President Woodrow Wilson sent 12,000 U.S. troops over the Mexican border to pursue Pancho Villa.
1937 ~ Death of H. P. Lovecraft, horror writer.
1956 ~ My Fair Lady opens in New York City.
1975 ~ Death of Aristotle Onassis, shipping magnate.
1991 ~ Germany formally regained complete independence after the four post-World War II occupying powers (France, the U.K., the U.S. and the Soviet Union) relinquish all remaining rights.
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