March 15 in History

• 44

  March 15, 44:

  Roman Emperor Julius Caesar is assassinated by 60 conspirators led by Brutus and Cassius.

• 1781

  March 15, 1781:

  The British are defeated by American revolutionaries in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

• 1869

  March 15, 1869:

  The Cincinnati Red Stockings starts operating as the first professional baseball team.

• 1875

  March 15, 1875:

  John McCloskey is appointed by Pope Pius IX as the Roman Catholic Church’s first American cardinal.

• 1964

  March 15, 1964:

  British actor Richard Burton and American actress Elizabeth Taylor tie the knot in Montreal, Canada.

• 1972

  March 15, 1972:

  The American crime drama film, “The Godfather” is released.

• 1985

  March 15, 1985:

  Symbolics.com is registered as the first internet domain name.

• 2003

  March 15, 2003:

  Hu Jintao takes over from Jiang Zemin as China’s president.

• 2011

  March 15, 2011:

  Several Syrian cities become host to antigovernment protests which would be a prelude to the Syrian Civil War.

• 2019

  March 15, 2019: An Australian gunman kills 51 Muslim worshippers and wounds 40 others in two Christchurch, New Zealand mosques during Friday prayers.