Today in History - History - March 15th

19131st US presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)

1968LIFE mag calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world"

1940Hermann Goering says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest

19914 LA police are charged with beating Rodney King

1962Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4,000 pts in an NBA season

1783In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'etat never takes place.

1964LBJ asks for a War on Poverty

1948Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team v Western Australia

1965LBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote

19668th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra & Striesand

1975Eva Longoria, Corpus Christi, Texas, American actress (Gabrielle Solis-Desperate Housewives)

270Saint Nicholas [Nikolaos of Myra], Patara Asia Minor, Greek Bishop (Santa Claus)

1933Philippe de Broca, Paris France, French film director

1767Andrew Jackson, Carolinas, General/(D) 7th US President (1829-37)

1934Davidson Black, Paleoanthropologist, dies while working alone during the night, in Beijing, China at 49

1995Florence Chadwick, American swimmer, dies at 86

1998Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and writer, dies at 94

44 BCJulius Caesar, Roman military and political figure, is stabbed to death at 55