This Day in History March 15 44 B.C. Roman dictator Julius Caesar is stabbed to death in the Roman Senate house by 60 conspirators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus 1820 Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state 1910 Ane Marie Mikkelsen Rasmussen, Mr. Seeley’s great-great- grandmother who immigrated to America from Denmark in 1853, dies in Manti, Utah, at age 87 1917 In the midst of World War I, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by revolutionaries—a provincial government is installed in its place 1939 A few months before the official start of World War II, Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia 1955 Dee Snider, lead singer of the 1980s hair metal band Twisted Sister, is born in Queens, New York 1965 U.S. President Lyndon Johnson addresses a joint session of Congress and uses the phrase “we shall overcome,” a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement, to urge the passage of the Voting Rights Act 1972 The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic 3- hour epic film chronicling the lives of a New York crime family, is released in theaters—it would win three Oscars, including Best Picture 2010 ABBA, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, the Hollies, and the Stooges are inducted at the 25th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2019 51 people are killed and 40 are wounded in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, by an Australian man with racist and inti- immigrant views—he live- streamed the first shooting on Facebook 2020 In an effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends no gatherings of 50 or more 2021 Daylight Saving Time began yesterday in most of the United States— but not in Arizona and Hawaii 2021 A massive winter storm dumped up to 4 feet of snow on Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Nebraska this weekend—more than 2,000 flights were canceled in and out of Denver alone 2021 Los Angeles County, once the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, opens indoor dining, movie theaters, and gyms today 2021 Myanmar security forces killed dozens of protesters yesterday—it is one of the deadliest days since the military seized power in a coup on February 1