On March 15, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed a
joint session of Congress to urge the passage of legislation
guaranteeing voting rights for all.

Using the phrase “we shall overcome,” borrowed from African
American leaders struggling for equal rights, Johnson declares
that “every American citizen must have an equal right to vote.”

Johnson reminds the nation that the Fifteenth Amendment, which
was passed after the Civil War, gave all citizens the right to vote
regardless of race or color.

President Johnson (right) meeting with civil rights leaders.

President Lyndon Johnson signing the 1965
Civil Rights Bill, also known as The Voting
Rights Act.

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Dr. Kildare is an NBC medical drama television series which originally ran from September 28, 1961, until August 30, 1966 for a total of 191 episodes over five seasons Produced by MGM Television.

The TV series quickly achieved success and made a star of Richard Chamberlain, who played the title role. Dr. Kildare.

George Richard Chamberlain will
be 88 years old on March 31st.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation instituted the “Ten
Most Wanted Fugitives” list in an effort to publicize
particularly dangerous fugitives. The creation of the
program arose out of a wire service news story in 1949
about the “toughest guys” the FBI wanted to capture.

The story drew so much public attention that the “Ten
Most Wanted” list was given the okay by J. Edgar Hoover
the following year.

Since its debut, hundreds of the criminals included on the
list have been apprehended or located, with more than 150
as a result of tips from the public.

Dea’s In & Out on 755 NE Burnside Rd. Gresham, Oregon.

Dea’s has been offering their “Longburger”, hot dogs, French fries,
shakes and sodas since a small beginning in 1953. The original
location was a drive-thru on Southeast Powell Boulevard across         
the street from Mt. Hood Theater in  Gresham, Oregon.

Dea’s In & Out continues to be a fine family-owned and operated
restaurant.
 

Fries with a special secret dipping sauce.

Evelyn and Dea (“Deacon.”) Sparks.

Czar Alexander II, the ruler of Russia since 1855, was killed in the
streets of St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown by a member of the revolutionary “People’s Will” group. The People’s Will, organized
in 1879, employed terrorism and assassination in their attempt to overthrow Russia’s czarist autocracy. They murdered officials
and made several attempts on the czar’s life before finally
assassinating him on March 13, 1881.