Today in History

44 BC		Julius Caesar is assassinated by high-ranking Roman Senators.
933		Henry the Fowler routs the raiding Magyars at Merseburg, Germany.
1493		Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first voyage to the New World.
1778		In command of two frigates, the Frenchman la Perouse sails east from Botany Bay for the last lap of his voyage around the world.
1820		Maine is admitted as the 23rd state.
1862		General John Hunt Morgan begins four days of raids near the city of Gallatin, Tenn.
1864		The Red River Campaign begins as the Union forces reach Alexandria, La.
1892		New York State unveils the new automatic ballot voting machine.
1895		Bone Mizell, the famed cowboy of Florida, appears before a judge for altering cattle brands.
1903		The British complete the conquest of Nigeria.
1904		Three hundred Russians are killed as the Japanese shell Port Arthur in Korea.
1909		Italy proposes a European conference on the Balkans.
1916		General John Pershing and his 15,000 troops chase Pancho Villa into Mexico.
1934		Henry Ford restores the $5-a-day wage.
1935		Joseph Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda bans four Berlin newspapers.
1939		Germany occupies Bohemia and Moravia, Czechoslovakia.
1944		Cassino, Italy is destroyed by Allied bombing.
1949		Almost four years after the end of World War II, clothes rationing in Great Britain ends.
1951		French General de Lattre demands that Paris send him more troops for the fight in Indochina.
1955		The U.S. Air Force unveils the first self-guided missile.
1956		The first performance of My Fair Lady, starring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison, takes place on Broadway.
1960		Ten nations meet in Geneva to discuss disarmament.
1965		Gamal Abdel Nasser is re-elected Egyptian President.
1967		President Lyndon Johnson names Ellsworth Bunker as the new ambassador to Saigon. Bunker replaces Lodge.
1968		The U.S. mint halts the practice of buying and selling gold.
1991		Four Los Angeles police are charged in the beating of Rodney King.