March 15, 44 BC How Diarrhea Changed the World On this day in 44
BC Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate by a
cadre of Senators who called themselves “the Liberators.” During
Caesar’s reign the Roman Empire achieved an unprecedented amount
of power and land area, stretching from Britain to Africa to the
Middle East. Caesar conquered Gaul and led the first Roman
invasion of Britain. The Roman Civil War of 50 BC divided …Read
more On this day in 1878 Harper’s Weekly published the following
cartoon protesting the renewal of the Federal income tax. The
tax had been levied during the Civil War, and abolished in 1872.
Proponents of re-establishing the tax assured the public that
only the rich would be taxed. Harper’s editor George Curtis
corrected them: only the honest would be taxed, and the rich
would find a way to get around it. “It is estimated that over
40% of all cancer can be prevented.” Today is World Cancer Day:
In a world where our ability to combat and prevent disease has
never been bet