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Thursday, 21 April 2016

March 15

44 BC Julius Caesar is assassinated by high-ranking Roman Senators.



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 
1934 Henry Ford restores the $5-a-day wage.



1956 The first performance of My Fair Lady, starring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison, takes place on Broadway.

How Pygmalion went from feminist manifesto to chick flick http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-07-09/how-pygmalion-went-feminist-manifesto-chick-flick
1960 Ten nations meet in Geneva to discuss disarmament.



Born on March 15
1767 Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States (1829-1837).

Harriet Tubman Ousts Andrew Jackson in Change for a $20 http://nyti.ms/26fe4b3
1854 Emil von Behring, first recipient of the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1901.
1916 Harry James, American band leader and trumpet player.
1933 Ruth Bader Ginsberg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice.