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On March 15 44 B C Caesar was assassinated by nobles including Brutus and Cassius. Columbus returned to Spain finishing his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere. Andrew Jackson was born in Waxhaw South Carolina. Wilson held a presidential press conference. The American Legion founders met in Paris. My Fair Lady opened on Broadway. Elizabeth Taylor married Richard Burton in Montreal.
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Christopher Columbus
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Andrew Jackson
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Woodrow Wilson
Paris
Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Montreal
Gunmen kill U S consulate couple in Juarez drive
Gunmen killed a U S consulate employee and her husband as they drove with their baby in Ciudad Juarez. A separate consular staffer’s husband was shot dead. two children wounded. Officials suspect a Juarez drug cartel gang. motive undisclosed. Obama condemned the killings. Calderon vowed swift probe.
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Felipe Calderon
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Fred Lash
Senator Reid's wife released from hospital in Virginia
Sandra Reid, 69, wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, was released from a Virginia hospital after surgery to stabilize serious injuries from a tractor trailer crash that left her and daughter Lana Barringer injured on an interstate near Washington, D C. Barringer, 49, suffered minor injuries and was discharged the same night.
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Virginia
Sandra Reid
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Lana Barringer
Health care bill still in jeopardy, vote-counter says
The House Democratic whip said not enough votes exist to pass Obama's health care overhaul as a pivotal week looms. White House aides express confidence the measure will move forward despite GOP and centrist resistance amid demands to drop certain state specific deals.
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Robert Gibbs
Obama
Asia
Gibbs
David Axelrod
Ohio
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Axelrod
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Nebraska
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Max Baucus
Chris Dodd
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Canfield
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American rower completes solo Atlantic crossing to claim youngest record
Katie Spotz, 22, finished a 2817 mile solo voyage from Dakar to Georgetown Guyana aboard a 19 foot rowboat without a support boat, finishing to cheers from 200 spectators. She endured two months at sea battling boredom and sleep issues, raised funds for the Blue Planet Run Foundation, and plans to certify her record with the Ocean Rowing Society while her coach notes the broader goal of clean water advocacy.
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Guyana
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Spotz
Mentor
Ohio
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Senegal
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Blue Planet Run Foundation
Katie
Atlantic
Sam Williams
Oliver Hicks
New Jersey
England
Kenneth Crutchlow
Ocean Rowing Society
Ljworld Staff and delivery contact line items
Directory style listing names positions and contact numbers for the Lawrence Journal-World staff and departments. Includes editors assignments online circulation advertising and redelivery help plus social media handles and a newspaper contact line.
Kansas Jayhawks pace NCAA tourney chances poll
Friday readers vote on KU NCAA prospects with options from winning it all to a first round exit. Question asks if a Texas A M win would seal a No 1 seed with results showing 90 percent Yes, 7 percent No, and 1 percent undecided.
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