This day in history - March 15

[seamusTX]

44 BC - Julius Caesar was assassinated.

This date was made famous by the warning in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar: "Beware the Ides of March." The Ides was the 13th or 15th day of the month in the (very weird) Roman calendar.

1913 - President Woodrow Wilson held the first presidential news conference.

1919 - The American Legion was founded in Paris by American veterans of WW I in Europe.

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1956 - "My Fair Lady" opened on Broadway, starring Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews. It ran for over 2,700 performances, setting the record for that time.

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- Jim

[Oldgringo]

I wasn't there, but didn't Julius say something to the effect, "et tu Brute?" as the Senate was showing him their cutlery?

[seamusTX]

According to Shakespeare, yes. Who really knows? He might have said, "Ubi est gladius meus?" or "Oh, merda."

- Jim