Right this moment is Saturday, March 15, the 74th day of 2025. There are 291 days left within the 12 months.
Right this moment in historical past:
On March 15, 44 B.C., on the “ides of March,” Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by Roman senators, together with Brutus and Cassius, who feared Caesar was working to determine a monarchy.
Additionally on this date:
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson, addressing a joint session of Congress, referred to as for brand new laws to ensure each American’s proper to vote. The end result was passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
In 1972, “The Godfather,” Francis Ford Coppola’s movie based mostly on the Mario Puzo novel and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, premiered in New York.
In 2012, convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich entered a federal jail in Colorado, the place the 55-year-old Democrat started serving a 14-year sentence for corruption. (He was launched in February 2020 after President Donald Trump commuted his sentence; Trump pardoned Blagojevich in February 2025.)
In 2018, a pedestrian bridge below building over a busy Miami freeway collapsed, crushing automobiles beneath it; six folks died and 10 have been injured.
In 2019, a gunman killed 51 folks at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, streaming the bloodbath stay on Fb. (Brenton Tarrant, an Australian white supremacist, was sentenced to life in jail with out parole after pleading responsible to 51 counts of homicide and different costs.)
In 2022, Russia stepped up its bombardment of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, whereas an estimated 20,000 civilians fled the desperately encircled port metropolis of Mariupol by the use of a humanitarian hall.
Right this moment’s Birthdays:
- Actor Judd Hirsch is 90.
- Singer Mike Love (The Seaside Boys) is 84.
- Filmmaker David Cronenberg is 82.
- Musician Sly Stone is 82.
- Musician Ry Cooder is 78.
- Actor Frances Conroy is 72.
- Rock singer Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) is 70.
- Baseball Corridor of Famer Harold Baines is 66.
- Filmmaker Renny Harlin is 66.
- Rock singer Bret Michaels (Poison) is 62.
- Singer-TV host Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray) is 57.
- Actor Kim Raver is 56.
- Actor Eva Longoria is 50.
- Musician will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas) is 50.
- Actor Kellan Lutz is 40.