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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 Hemi...

Today’s highlight 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 44 B.C: Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius. 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. 1820: Maine became the 23rd state. 1913: President Woodrow Wi...

By The Associated Press Today is Monday, March 15, the 74th day of 2021. There are 291 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 1

Almanacs are full of lists of global and national historic events. But “This Day in History” feature invites you to not just peruse a list, but to take a trip back in time to see how a significant event originally was reported in the Chicago Tribune.

Next Graphic designer, Joan Peckolick, a resident of Redding CT and family advocate for more than 40 years, has devoted much of her time and talents to helping others not to forget. Her latest project  The Don’t Forget Book is a useful, hands-on journal that does just that — continuing a story of service that began when she was 9 years old. Her uncle had passed away from cancer and she wanted to help in some way. So she bought some alphabet noodles and toothpicks, paid for by the savings in her piggy bank, glued them together, sold them as name pins, and donated what she raised to T...