1965, in Washington, President Lyndon Johnson urges Congress to pass an effective voting rights bill. He adopts the anthem of the civil rights movement when he tells law makers: "And we shall overcome!" Months later, Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law, enabling blacks in the south to exercise their rights to vote.

2005, In New York, former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers is convicted of engineering the largest corporate fraud in U.S. history, he is later sentenced to 25 years behind bars. 1964, “I said, get over there and answer that door.” “All right. Whatever love wants.” Actress Elizabeth Taylor marries actor Richard Burton in Montreal, Canada. The tumultuous pair stayed together for more than a decade. And 1956, In New York, the musical "My Fair Lady" starring Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews opened on Broadway.

Today in history, Mar 15th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press