Julius Caesar
Saint Nicholas
Christopher
Columbus
Maine
Cincinnati Red
Stockings
Blood
Bing Crosby
Ingrid Bergman
Wilt
Chamberlain
Jimi Hendrix
The Godfather
Clint Eastwood
Meryl Streep
Toni Braxton
Whitney
Houston
Yes Virginia –
Santa has a birthday too
| Year | Event |
| 44 BC | Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March. |
| 221 | Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty. |
| 270 | Born: Saint Nicholas [Nikolaos of Myra], Patara Asia Minor, Greek Bishop (Santa Claus) |
| 351 | Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. |
| 1493 | Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his 1st New World voyage |
| 1750 | Born: Caroline Herschel, astronomer/discoverer |
| 1767 | Born: Andrew Jackson, Carolinas, General/(D) 7th US President (1829-37) |
| 1783 | In 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. |
| 1812 | 1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River |
| 1820 | Maine admitted as 23rd state of the Union |
| 1827 | University of Toronto is chartered |
| 1855 | Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine |
| 1867 | Michigan becomes 1st state to tax property to support a university |
| 1869 | Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st pro baseball team |
| 1887 | 1st salaried fish & game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan) |
| 1892 | 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (NYC) |
| 1892 | NY State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) |
| 1901 | Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th |
| 1906 | Britons Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd |
| 1907 | Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote |
| 1912 | Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins |
| 1913 | 1st US presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) |
| 1913 | Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court |
| 1916 | Gen Pershing and 15,000 troops chase Villa into Mexico; they stay 10 for 10 months |
| 1917 | Nicholas II, the last Russian Tsar abdicates & nominates his brother Grand Duke Michael to succeed him |
| 1919 | American Legion forms (Paris) |
| 1922 | 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia) |
| 1928 | Benito Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose) |
| 1930 | 1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, NY |
| 1930 | 1st streamlined submarine of US navy, USS Nautilus, launched |
| 1933 | NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation & discrimination |
| 1934 | US Information Service opens |
| 1937 | 1st blood bank forms (Chicago IL) |
| 1937 | 1st state contraceptive clinic opens (Raleigh NC) |
| 1945 | 17th Academy Awards - "Going my Way", Bing Crosby & Ingrid Bergman win |
| 1945 | Bert Shepard (1 legged WW II vet) tries out as a pitcher for Senators |
| 1945 | Billboard publishes its 1st album chart (King Cole Trio is #1) |
| 1954 | "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite & Jack Paar |
| 1955 | US Air Force unveils self-guided missile |
| 1959 | Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 m 42.5 s |
| 1962 | 5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter |
| 1962 | Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4,000 pts in an NBA season |
| 1964 | Wed: Actress Elizabeth Taylor (32) marries for the 5th time to actor Richard Burton (38) |
| 1965 | LBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote |
| 1966 | 8th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra & Striesand |
| 1968 | LIFE mag calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world" |
| 1968 | US Mint stops buying & selling gold |
| 1971 | Internet: Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet |
| 1972 | "The Godfather", starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, premieres in New York |
| 1975 | Born: Eva Longoria, Corpus Christi, Texas, American actress (Gabrielle Solis-Desperate Housewives) |
| 1977 | "Eight is Enough" premieres on ABC-TV |
| 1982 | Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan |
| 1984 | 10th People's Choice Awards: Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds & Meryl Streep win (Motion Picture) and Tom Selleck, Linda Evans win (TV) |
| 1985 | Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1985 | Internet: The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com) |
| 1989 | Dept of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position |
| 1990 | Passing: Tom Harmon, NFL tail back (Heisman Trophy), dies at 70 |
| 1991 | 4 LA police are charged with beating Rodney King |
| 1994 | 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win |
| 1998 | Passing: Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and writer, dies at 94 |
| 1999 | Pluto again becomes outermost planet |
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