Today is Tuesday, March 15, the 74th day of 2005. There are 291 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, March 15, the 74th day of 2005. There are 291 days left in the year. On this date in 1919, the American Legion is founded, in Paris.
In 44 B.C., Roman dictator Julius Caesar is assassinated by a group of nobles that includes Brutus and Cassius. In 1493, Christopher Columbus returns to Spain, concluding his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere. In 1767, the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, is born in Waxhaw, S.C. In 1820, Maine becomes the 23rd state. In 1913, President Wilson holds the first open presidential news conference. In 1944, during World War II, Allied bombers again raid German-held Monte Cassino. In 1956, the Lerner and Loewe musical "My Fair Lady" opens on Broadway. In 1964, actress Elizabeth Taylor marries actor Richard Burton in Montreal; it is her fifth marriage, his second. In 1975, Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis dies near Paris at age 69. In 1977, the U.S. House of Representatives begins a 90-day test to determine the feasibility of showing its sessions on television.
March 15, 1980: A dispute over what union workers said were cold temperatures on the assembly line at Lordstown brings a shutdown of the line, idling 2,800 workers, and the suspension of 54 employees for from five to 30 days.
A Beaver, Pa., radiologist, testifying for Steven Masters defense, says that he believes Jodi Masters was beaten to death before she was shot.
U.S. Rep. Lyle Williams, R-19th, announces that he will seek re-election. Williams says he agrees with some of President Carter's policies, such as the move for a balanced budget, but disagrees with some of the methods Carter would employ.
March 15, 1965: The Ohio Department of Natural Resources will purchase an additional 890 acres of land at Mosquito Lake, bringing its holdings to 1,326 acres.
John J. Kane, founder of Kane Secret Service, dies at his home at 2117 Elm St. He was 96.
Robert C. Lobdell, assistant secretary of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co., tells the Youngstown Traffic Club that the U.S. Supreme Court has wrought more fundamental changes in the political, social and legal structure of the United States in the past 10 years than in any similar period since the days of Chief Justice John Marshall.
March 15, 1955: S. Joseph "Sandy" Naples, ex-convict and racketeer, is jailed for two hours when he tried to interfere with a surprise police raid on the notorious Center Sandwich Shop at 1804 Wilson Ave., suspected bug headquarters.
Two sets of petitions, one signed by merchants, the other by customers, calling for an end to the 90-day trial of a downtown parking ban between 4 p.m and 6 p.m. is submitted to City Council.
The Air Force describes the Falcon, its newest guided missile, as "the only air-to-air missile with a brain of its own."
March 15, 1930: In arguing for a merger between Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co., James Campbell, chairman of Sheet & amp; Tube, writes that times have changed and the local company "cannot continue to go along in the old way."
The old Ritter & amp; Myer building at Federal and Phelps streets will be razed and a new building erected in its place, Myron C. Wick Jr. announces.
The merger of Anshe Emeth Temple, Temple Emanu-El and Congregation of Children of Israel into one conservative congregation is being considered by the boards of those temples.