March 15, 2022
QUOTE
Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.
John Ray
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BIRTHDAYS
1767 – Andrew Jackson, General, judge, and 7th President of the United States
1932 – Alan Bean, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1933 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice
1940 – Phil Lesh, Bassist – Grateful Dead
1943 – Sly Stone, Singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
IN MEMORY
44 BC – Julius Caesar
1898 – Henry Bessemer, Engineer and businessman
2014 – David Brenner, Comedian, actor, and author
IN ON THIS DAY
44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar.
1783 – George Washington asks his officers not to support a coup d’état and stops it from taking place.
1672 – King Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, granting limited religious freedom to all Christians.
1916 –Woodrow Wilson deploys 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne, ending a 304-year dynasty.