Source: HistoryNet.com
0049: Julius Caesar leads his army across the Rubicon River, plunging Rome into civil war.
1964: A collection of previously unexhibited paintings by Pablo Picasso are displayed for the first time in Toronto.
1980: Honda announces it will build the first Japanese-owned passenger-car assembly plant in the United States in Ohio.
1994: The Irish Government announces an end to a 15-year ban on broadcasting by the IRA and its political branch, Sinn Fein.