44 B.C.
Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius. Both would walk free, however, after this composite police sketch of the suspect was released:
1820
Maine became the 23rd state, a move that wouldn't pay dividends for the U.S. until 139 years later, when on November 28, 1959, The Pine Tree State gave us our greatest national treasure, Judd Asher Nelson.
Maine became the 23rd state, a move that wouldn't pay dividends for the U.S. until 139 years later, when on November 28, 1959, The Pine Tree State gave us our greatest national treasure, Judd Asher Nelson.
1875
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York City, John "Handsy" McCloskey, was named the first American cardinal by Pope Pius IX.
(Above) McCloskey arriving to church.
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