0044-Julius C‘sar assassinated in Roman Senate
1820-Maine admitted as 23rd state
1892-NY State unveals Automatic Ballot Cabinet (The Voting Machine)
1913-Woodrow Wilson holds 1st Pres Press Conference
1916-Gen. Pershing - 15 -000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico - stay 10 mo
1917-Nicholas II - last Russian tsar - abdicates
1937-1st blood bank established - Chicago - Ill
1937-1st state contraceptive clinic opens - Raleigh - NC
1952-Greatest 24-hour rainfall begins: 29 cm at La Reunion - Indian Ocean
1956-My Fair Lady opens (NY)
1960-Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park)
1968-US Mint stops buying & selling gold
1975-Wrestler Antonino Rocca dies at 49
1978-Israel invades Lebanon to rid area of Palestine guerrillas
1979-Isle\s Bryan Trottier\s 5th career hat trick
1986-1st all-color TV station televising live local programs
1999-Pluto again becomes outermost planet