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- 44 BC - Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated by high ranking Roman Senators. The day is known as the "Ides of March."
- 1781 - During the American Revolution, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse took place in North Carolina. British General Cornwallis' 1,900 soldiers defeated an American force of 4,400.
- 1892 - New York State unveiled the new automatic ballot voting machine.
- 1892 - Jesse W. Reno patented the Reno Inclined Elevator. It was the first escalator.
- 1916 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sent 12,000 troops, under General Pershing, over the border of Mexico to pursue bandit Pancho Villa. The mission failed.
- 1935 - Joseph Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda banned four Berlin newspapers.
- 1938 - Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia.
- 1949 - Clothes rationing in Great Britain ended nearly four years after the end of World War II.
- 1989 - The U.S. Food and Drug administration decided to impound all fruit imported from Chili after two cyanide-tainted grapes were found in Philadelphia, PA.
- 1998 - CBS' "60 Minutes" aired an interview with former White House employee Kathleen Willey. Wiley said U.S. President Clinton made unwelcome sexual advances toward her in the Oval Office in 1993.
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