On this Ides of March

For what it is worth, Julius Caesar's cronies conspired and stabbed him to death on this day in 44 B.C. Caesar was quite famous in his times and to this day.

There is a surgical procedure, an abdominal incision, for the delivery of a baby named after this Roman emperor's legendary birth; the Caesaren-Section.

One way or another, Julius Caesar was on the cutting edge of history.

Also borne on this day was Harry James. A Big Band trumpeter and orchestra leader.