TODAY IN HISTORY: March 15
The Associated Press
Today’s Highlight in History
On March 15, 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson, addressing a joint session of Congress, called for new legislation to guarantee every American’s right to vote. The result was passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
On this date
In 44 B.C.: Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius.
In 1493: Italian explorer Christopher Columbus arrived back in the Spanish harbor of Palos de la Frontera, two months after concluding his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere.
In 1820: Maine became the 23rd state.