These days is Saturday, March 15, the 74th day of 2025. There are 291 days left within the yr.
These days in historical past:
On March 15, 44 B.C., at the “ides of March,” Roman dictator Julius Caesar was once assassinated through Roman senators, together with Brutus and Cassius, who feared Caesar was once running to ascertain a monarchy.
Additionally in this date:
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson, addressing a joint consultation of Congress, referred to as for brand new law to ensure each American’s proper to vote. The end result was once passage of the Balloting Rights Act of 1965.
In 1972, “The Godfather,” Francis Ford Coppola’s movie in response to the Mario Puzo novel and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, premiered in New York.
In 2012, convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich entered a federal jail in Colorado, the place the 55-year-old Democrat started serving a 14-year sentence for corruption. (He was once launched in February 2020 after President Donald Trump commuted his sentence; Trump pardoned Blagojevich in February 2025.)
In 2018, a pedestrian bridge beneath development over a hectic Miami freeway collapsed, crushing cars underneath it; six other folks died and 10 have been injured.
In 2019, a gunman killed 51 other folks at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, streaming the bloodbath survive Fb. (Brenton Tarrant, an Australian white supremacist, was once sentenced to existence in jail with out parole after pleading in charge to 51 counts of homicide and different fees.)
In 2022, Russia stepped up its bombardment of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, whilst an estimated 20,000 civilians fled the desperately encircled port town of Mariupol by the use of a humanitarian hall.
These days’s Birthdays:
- Actor Judd Hirsch is 90.
- Singer Mike Love (The Seaside Boys) is 84.
- Filmmaker David Cronenberg is 82.
- Musician Sly Stone is 82.
- Musician Ry Cooder is 78.
- Actor Frances Conroy is 72.
- Rock singer Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) is 70.
- Baseball Corridor of Famer Harold Baines is 66.
- Filmmaker Renny Harlin is 66.
- Rock singer Bret Michaels (Poison) is 62.
- Singer-TV host Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray) is 57.
- Actor Kim Raver is 56.
- Actor Eva Longoria is 50.
- Musician will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas) is 50.
- Actor Kellan Lutz is 40.