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March 15

4 sourced moments from March 15 in history: Caesar was stabbed 23 times, but only one wound was fatal (-44); What Columbus got for returning to Spain in March 1493; Maine Became the 23rd US State (1820), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on March 15

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1985 Technology · The Internet

The first .com domain name was registered

On 15 March 1985, a Lisp-machine maker claimed symbolics.com — the first .com on the internet, still online today.

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1820 Geography · Countries

Maine Became the 23rd US State

Maine entered the Union in 1820 not on its own merits but as one half of a bargain over slavery's expansion westward.

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1493 History · Modern

What Columbus got for returning to Spain in March 1493

Columbus reached Palos in mid-March 1493 with parrots, gold and seven captive Taíno. Within ten weeks he had a pope's bull and a coat of arms.

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-44 History · Ancient

Caesar was stabbed 23 times, but only one wound was fatal

Caesar's physician judged just one of the 23 wounds he took on the Ides of March 44 BC deadly, and Caesar probably never said 'Et tu, Brute.'

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