A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 15th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 15, 44 BC, the Dictator of the Roman Republic (contrary to popular belief, he was not the Emperor, as that post did not exist at this time), Gaius Julius Caesar, was assassinated by Roman senators and political rivals (as many as 60 of them!), brutally stabbed to death. On March 15, 493, Ravenna, Italy was a scene right out of…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 14th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper March 14, 1757 was a sad, black day in the annals of the Royal Navy for on that day, Admiral Sir John Byng was executed by firing squad on the deck of HMS Monarch. On March 14, 1794, American inventor Eli Whitney patented his greatest invention. On March 14, 1945, a British Lancaster heavy bomber dropped a bomb known as the “Grand…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 13th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 13, 1962, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman Lemnitzer, proposed a “false flag” operation in Cuba where the US would conduct terrorist acts against our own installations at Guantanamo Bay! On March 13, 1963, a career criminal was taken into the custody of history! On March 13, 1964, Catherine “Kitty” Genovese, a 28-year-old resident of Queens, New York…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 12th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 12, 1894, Coca-Cola, the preeminent soft drink on the planet, was first bottled and sold in Vicksburg, Mississippi by Joseph Beidenharn, a soda fountain operator who owned a candy store. On March 12, 1940, an epic battle of a David against a Goliath ended in a draw! On March 12, 1993, Janet Wood Reno, was sworn in as the first…

A Brief History On March 12, 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan was devastated by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, causing a reactor to explode and release radiation into the environment. Digging Deeper To this day a 12 mile radius “no-go” zone is imposed around the disaster site, with only scientists and technicians with appropriate protection allowed to visit.  Radioactive water will continue to be released into the Pacific Ocean for a period of 3 decades. Far from the only nuclear plant disaster, other disasters have cast a pall on what has been touted as “clean”…