ON THIS DAY

On this day in 1999, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and Dusty Springfield were among the inductees at the 14th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducation ceremony in New York. McCartney’s daughter Stella wore a tee-shirt which read “About F---ing Time.” McCartney had been inducted as a member of The Beatles but not for his work with Wings or as a solo artist. Also on this date in history.

In 44 BC, Roman General Julius Caesar was assassinated in Rome by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius.

In 453, Attila the Hun died of a nose bleed.

In 2003, the World Health Organization issued a global travel advisory and named the mysterious pneumonia that hit China, Hong Kong, Vietnam Singapore and Canada “severe acute respiratory syndrome” — or SARS.

In 2004, 10 days after being convicted in a stock scandal, Martha Stewart resigned from the board of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.

In 2005, Bernard Ebbers, the Alberta-born former CEO of WorldCom, was convicted on all nine charges of engineering the colossal accounting fraud that sank the telecom company.

In 2015, Mike Porcaro, bass player for Toto, died at age 59. He had suffered from ALS for several years forcing him to retire in 2007.

In 2018, University of MarylandBaltimore County beat Virginia 74-54 to become the first No. 16 seed to knock off a No. 1 at the U.S. college men's basketball tournament. Previously, No. 1 seeds were a combined 135-0.