March 15 - The Day in History

March 15 : General Interest 1965: Johnson calls for equal voting rights On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress to urge the passage of legislation guaranteeing voting rights for all... read more American Revolution 1783 : Washington puts an end to the Newburgh Conspiracy http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-puts-an-end-to-the-newburgh-conspiracy Automotive 1968 : Construction begins on America's highest vehicle tunnel http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/construction-begins-on-americas-highest-vehicle-tunnel Civil War 1831 : Confederate General Edward A. Perry is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/edward-a-perry-born Cold War 1989 : Gorbachev calls for radical agricultural reform http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gorbachev-calls-for-radical-agricultural-reform Crime 44 B.C. : The ides of March: Julius Caesar is murdered http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-ides-of-march-julius-caesar-is-murdered Disaster 1941 : Blizzard unexpectedly hits North Dakota and Minnesota http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/blizzard-unexpectedly-hits-north-dakota-and-minnesota General Interest 44 B.C. : The Ides of March http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-ides-of-march 1820 : Maine enters the Union http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/maine-enters-the-union 1917 : Czar Nicholas II abdicates http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/czar-nicholas-ii-abdicates Hollywood 1972 : Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather opens http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/francis-ford-coppolas-the-godfather-opens Literary 44 B.C. : Julius Caesar is stabbed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/julius-caesar-is-stabbed Music 1959 : Frankie Avalon's "Venus" hits #1 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/frankie-avalon39s-quotvenusquot-hits-1 Old West 1767 : Andrew Jackson born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/andrew-jackson-born Presidential 1767 : Andrew Jackson is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/andrew-jackson-is-born Sports 1970 : Bobby Orr scores 100 points in one season http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bobby-orr-scores-100-points-in-one-season Vietnam War 1965 : Army Chief of Staff reports on South Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/army-chief-of-staff-reports-on-south-vietnam 1973 : President Nixon hints at reintervention http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-nixon-hints-at-reintervention World War I 1917 : Russian czar abdicates http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russian-czar-abdicates World War II 1939 : Nazis take Czechoslovakia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nazis-take-czechoslovakia