The Ides of March is bad luck for Julius Caesar, the Cincinnati Red Stockings become the first pro baseball team, "The Godfather" premieres, and the first Internet domain name is registered, all on this day.
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1945: Billboard magazine begins listing a top albums chart, with the first ever No. 1 being the jazz album "The Nat King Cole Trio." Initially only five positions long, the album chart was not published on a weekly basis, with sometimes three to seven weeks passing before it was updated.