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44BC Julius Caesar, named 'Dictator for life' is assassinated in Roman Senate. 'Beware the Ides of March'

76 - Hadrian, Roman Emperor, born (builder of Hadrian's Wall)

1493 - Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after 1st new world voyage

1767 - Andrew Jackson, born in Carolinas, General/(D) 7th pres (1829-37)

1812 - 1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River

1820 - Maine admitted as 23rd state

1892 - 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (NYC)

1907 - Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote

1913 - 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)

1928 - Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose)

1939 - Hitler occupies Bohemia & Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independent

1944 - Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing

1957 - 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb (Britain)

1964 - Liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton)

1964 - LBJ asks for a War on Poverty

1965 - LBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote

1971 - Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet

1972 - Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama

1991 - 4 LA police are charged with beating Rodney King