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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."
- 1892 - New York State unveiled the new automatic ballot voting machine.
- 1904 - Three hundred Russians were killed as the Japanese shelled Port Arthur in Korea.
- 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.
- 1951 - General de Lattre demanded that Paris send him more troops for the fight in Vietnam.
- 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.
- 2002 - In the U.S., Burger King began selling a veggie burger. The event was billed as the first veggie burger to be sold nationally by a fast food chain.
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