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On this day in history: 15 March

Find out what significant news happened on this day in history

March 15, 2019

Laurie Smith Less than a minute

44 BC Julius Caesar is stabbed to death by Brutus, Cassius and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March in Rome

1974 Percy Montgomery, Springbok rugby player from the Western Province, is born

1945 Billboard publishes its first album chart (The King Cole Trio is #1)

1892 The first escalator is patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (New York City, USA)

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March 15, 2019

Laurie Smith Less than a minute