March 15 March 15 is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 291 days remaining until the end of the year.
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In the Roman calendar, March 15 was known as the Ides of March.
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Events 474 BC – Roman consul Gnaeus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce. 44 BC – Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus, and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March. 220 – Cao Cao, Chinese warlord and penultimate Chancellor of the Han dynasty, passes away. 280 – Sun Hao of Eastern Wu surrenders to Sima Yan which began the Jin dynasty. 351 – Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. 493 – Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, is slain by Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, while the two kings were feasting together. 856 – Michael III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, overthrows the regency of his mother, empress Theodora (wife of Theophilos) with support of the Byzantine nobility.
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933 – After a ten-year truce, German King Henry the Fowler defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river. 1147 – Conquest of Santarém: The forces of Afonso I of Portugal capture Santarém. 1311 – Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece. 1493 – Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas. 1564 – Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes "jizya" (per capita tax). 1672 – Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory. 1783 – In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place. 1819 – French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel wins a contest at the Académie des Sciences in Paris by proving that light behaves like a wave. The Fresnel integrals, still used to calculate wave patterns, silence skeptics who had backed the particle theory of Isaac Newton. 1820 – Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state. 1827 – University of Toronto is founded. 1848 – A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party. 1864 – American Civil War: The Red River Campaign: U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana. 1874 – France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina. 1875 – Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States. 1877 – First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia. 1878 – Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603. 1888 – Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888. 1895 – Heian Shrine is founded. 1906 – Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated. 1916 – United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa. 1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty. 1921 – Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian. 1922 – After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt. 1926 – The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition. 1927 – The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford. 1931 – SS Viking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board. 1933 – Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps members of the National Council from convening, starting the Austrofascist dictatorship. 1939 – Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day. 1941 – Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines takes its first flight between Manila (from Nielson Field) to Baguio City with a Beechcraft Model 18 making the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name. 1943 – World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov: The Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting. 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia. 1951 – Iranian oil industry is nationalized. 1952 – In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16). 1961 – At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect. 1965 – President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act. 1978 – Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War. 1985 – The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com). 1986 – Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses. 1990 – Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union. 1991 – Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany. 2008 – Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people. To date, no other tragedy has caused more deaths in post-World War II Albania. 2011 – Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.
Births 270 – Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (d. 343) 1097 – Fujiwara no Tadamichi, Japanese noble (died 1164) 1275 – Margaret of England, Duchess of Brabant (d. 1333) 1407 – Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden (d. 1453) 1444 – Francesco Gonzaga, Catholic cardinal (d. 1483) 1493 – Anne de Montmorency, French captain and diplomat (d. 1567) 1513 – Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg (d. 1573) 1582 – Daniel Featley, English theologian and controversialist (d. 1645) 1584 – Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (d. 1663) 1591 – Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (d. 1660) 1611 – Jan Fyt, Flemish painter (d. 1661) 1638 – Shunzhi Emperor of China (d. 1661) 1666 – George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (d. 1738) 1754 – Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (d. 1842) 1767 – Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (d. 1845) 1779 – William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1848) 1791 – Charles Knight, English author and publisher (d. 1873) 1809 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian historian and politician, 1st President of Liberia (d. 1876) 1809 – Karl Josef von Hefele, German bishop and theologian (d. 1893) 1813 – John Snow, English physician and epidemiologist (d. 1858) 1818 – Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (d. 1924) 1821 – Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian physicist and chemist (d. 1895) 1821 – William Milligan, Scottish theologian, author, and educator (d. 1892) 1824 – Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (d. 1907) 1830 – Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914) 1830 – Élisée Reclus, French geographer and academic (d. 1905) 1831 – Saint Daniele Comboni, Italian missionary and saint (d. 1881) 1835 – John Henry Kagi, American lawyer and activist (d. 1859) 1835 – Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1916) 1838 – Karl Davydov, Russian cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1889) 1851 – John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (d. 1916) 1851 – William Mitchell Ramsay, Scottish archaeologist and scholar (d. 1939) 1852 – Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish landowner, playwright, and translator (d. 1932) 1854 – Emil von Behring, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917) 1857 – Christian Michelsen, Norwegian businessman and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1925) 1858 – Liberty Hyde Bailey, American botanist and academic, co-founded the American Society for Horticultural Science (d. 1954) 1860 – Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss bacteriologist and microbiologist (d. 1930) 1864 – Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (Oslo Philharmonic) (d. 1935) 1866 – Matthew Charlton, Australian miner and politician (d. 1948) 1866 – Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor, invented the Paper clip (d. 1910) 1869 – Stanisław Wojciechowski, Polish scholar and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Poland (d. 1953) 1874 – Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1951) 1874 – Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1952) 1878 – Reza Shah, Iranian king (d. 1944) 1886 – Wladimir Burliuk, Ukrainian-Greek painter and illustrator (d. 1917) 1887 – Marjorie Merriweather Post, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded General Foods (d. 1973) 1887 – Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (d. 1961) 1890 – Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and mountaineer (d. 1980) 1892 – James Basevi Ord, Mexican-American colonel (d. 1938) 1897 – Jackson Scholz, American runner (d. 1986) 1900 – Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian and writer (d. 1987) 1904 – George Brent, Irish-American actor (d. 1979) 1904 – J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor (d. 1985) 1905 – Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and judge (d. 1944) 1907 – Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981) 1909 – Jaroslava Muchová Syllabová, Czech painter (d. 1986) 1911 – Lightnin' Hopkins, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982) 1912 – Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author (d. 1979) 1913 – Macdonald Carey, American actor (d. 1994) 1913 – Jack Fairman, English race car driver (d. 2002) 1916 – Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot (d. 2009) 1916 – Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo (d. 2001) 1916 – Harry James, American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (d. 1983) 1918 – Richard Ellmann, American author and critic (d. 1987) 1918 – Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1987) 1919 – Lawrence Tierney, American actor (d. 2002) 1920 – E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012) 1921 – Madelyn Pugh, American television writer and producer (d. 2011) 1922 – Eddie Calvert, English trumpeter (d. 1978) 1923 – Charles Wheeler, German-English soldier and journalist (d. 2008) 1924 – Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (d. 1973) 1926 – Ben Johnston, American composer and academic 1926 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (d. 1983) 1927 – Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000) 1927 – Carl Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010) 1928 – Bob Wilber, American clarinet player and saxophonist 1930 – Zhores Alferov, Belarusian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1930 – Martin Karplus, Austrian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1930 – Kostas Nestoridis, Greek footballer and manager 1931 – David Hayes, American sculptor and academic (d. 2013) 1932 – Alan Bean, American captain, pilot, and astronaut 1932 – Arif Mardin, Turkish-American record producer (d. 2006) 1933 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and judge 1933 – Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004) 1934 – Richard Layard, Baron Layard, English economist and academic 1934 – Kanshi Ram, Indian politician (d. 2006) 1935 – David Andrews, Irish politician, 21st Minister of Foreign Affairs for Ireland 1935 – Judd Hirsch, American actor 1935 – Jimmy Swaggart, American pastor and television host 1935 – Leonid Yengibarov, Russian-Armenian clown and boxer (d. 1972) 1936 – Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (d. 1986) 1937 – Marcus Raichle, American neurologist and physiologist 1937 – Valentin Rasputin, Russian environmentalist and author (d. 2015) 1938 – Charles Lloyd, American saxophonist and flute player 1939 – Ted Kaufman, American engineer and politician 1939 – Robert Nye, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 2016) 1940 – Frank Dobson, English politician, Secretary of State for Health 1940 – Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of the American band Grateful Dead 1941 – Mike Love, American singer-songwriter and musician 1943 – David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter 1943 – Lynda La Plante, English actress, screenwriter, and author 1943 – Michael Scott-Joynt, English bishop (d. 2014) 1943 – Sly Stone, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer 1944 – Chi Cheng, Taiwanese runner and politician 1944 – Jacques Doillon, French director and screenwriter 1944 – Francis Mankiewicz, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993) 1945 – A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (d. 2007) 1945 – Mark J. Green, American lawyer and politician 1946 – Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003) 1946 – Howard E. Scott, American funk/rock guitarist and songwriter 1948 – Kate Bornstein, American author and activist [1] 1948 – Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003) 1950 – Jørgen Olsen, Danish singer-songwriter 1950 – Kurt Koch, Swiss cardinal 1951 – David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, English educator and politician 1952 – Howard Devoto, English singer-songwriter 1952 – Philip Green, English businessman 1952 – Howard Koh, American physician and politician, 14th United States Assistant Secretary for Health 1953 – Richard Bruton, Irish economist and politician, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 1953 – Heather Graham Pozzessere, American author 1953 – Kumba Ialá, Bissau-Guinean educator and politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (d. 2014) 1954 – Massimo Bubola, Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1954 – Isobel Buchanan, Scottish soprano and actress 1954 – Bob Budiansky, American author and illustrator 1954 – Henry Marsh, American runner and businessman, co-founded MonaVie 1955 – Mohsin Khan, Pakistani cricketer 1955 – Dee Snider, American singer-songwriter and actor 1956 – Clay Matthews, Jr., American football player and coach 1957 – Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese-American actor 1957 – Víctor Muñoz, Spanish footballer and manager 1957 – David Silverman, American animator, director, and screenwriter 1958 – Anne Davies, English television presenter and newsreader 1959 – Harold Baines, American baseball player and coach 1959 – Renny Harlin, Finnish director and producer 1959 – Lisa Holton, American journalist and author 1960 – Mike Pagliarulo, American baseball player and coach 1960 – Phil Walsh, Australian rules footballer and coach (d. 2015) 1961 – Terry Cummings, American basketball player and singer 1961 – Craig Ludwig, American ice hockey player and coach 1962 – Terence Trent D'Arby, American singer-songwriter 1963 – Bret Michaels, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor 1964 – Davide Pinato, Italian footballer 1964 – Rockwell, American singer-songwriter and musician 1965 – Sunetra Gupta, Indian epidemiologist, author, and academic 1965 – Robyn Malcolm, New Zealand actress 1967 – Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese manga artist; creator of Sailor Moon 1968 – Mark McGrath, American singer-songwriter and television host 1968 – Terje Riis-Johansen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy 1968 – Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer-songwriter 1969 – Rona Ambrose, Canadian journalist and politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Health 1969 – Gianluca Festa, Italian footballer and coach 1969 – Kim Raver, American actress 1970 – Christine Anu, Australian singer 1970 – Naka Drotske, South African rugby player 1970 – Derek Parra, American speed skater and coach 1971 – Penny Lancaster, English model and photographer 1971 – Joanne Wise, English long jumper 1972 – Mark Hoppus, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer 1972 – Mike Tomlin, American football player and coach 1973 – Robin Hunicke, American video game designer and producer 1973 – Masayuki Naruse, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist 1974 – Robert Fick, American baseball player 1975 – will.i.am, American rapper, producer, and actor 1975 – Eva Longoria, American actress and producer 1975 – Veselin Topalov, Bulgarian chess player 1975 – Darcy Tucker, Canadian ice hockey player 1976 – Katherine Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter 1977 – Joe Hahn, American DJ, producer, and director (Linkin Park) 1977 – Brian Tee, Japanese-American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1979 – Kyle Mills, New Zealand cricketer 1979 – Kevin Youkilis, American baseball player and scout 1980 – Freddie Bynum, American baseball player 1980 – Eric Grothe, Jr. Australian rugby league player and guitarist 1980 – Claudiney Ramos, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013) 1981 – Young Buck, American rapper, producer, and actor 1981 – Mikael Forssell, German-Finnish footballer 1981 – Veronica Maggio, Swedish singer-songwriter 1982 – Tom Budge, Australian actor 1982 – Emily Dunn, American actress and dancer 1982 – Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich, Kenyan runner 1983 – Umut Bulut, Turkish footballer 1983 – Ben Hilfenhaus, Australian cricketer 1983 – Kostas Kaimakoglou, Greek basketball player 1983 – Daryl Murphy, Irish footballer 1984 – Olivier Jean, Canadian speed skater 1984 – Wilson Aparecido Xavier Júnior, Brazilian footballer 1984 – Kostas Vasileiadis, Greek basketball player 1984 – Malin Buska, Swedish actress 1985 – Antti Autti, Finnish snowboarder 1985 – Tom Chilton, English race car driver 1985 – Curtis Davies, English footballer 1985 – Javier Garrido, Spanish footballer 1985 – Jon Jay, American baseball player 1985 – Kellan Lutz, American model and actor 1986 – Jai Courtney, Australian Actor and model 1987 – Eric Decker, American football player 1988 – Éver Guzmán, Mexican footballer 1988 – James Reimer, Canadian ice hockey player 1988 – Jolo Revilla, Filipino actor and politician 1988 – Alexander Sims, English race car driver 1989 – Sam Baldock, English footballer 1989 – Bryce Gibbs, Australian footballer 1989 – Sandro Raniere, Brazilian footballer 1989 – Adrien Silva, Portuguese footballer 1990 – Siobhan Magnus, American singer-songwriter 1991 – Tavon Austin, American football player 1991 – Kurt Baptiste, Australian rugby league player 1991 – Xavier Henry, American basketball player 1991 – Kevin Müller, German footballer 1991 – Naren Weiss, American actor and playwright 1993 – Alia Bhatt, British actress and singer 1993 – Michael Fulmer, American baseball player 1993 – Paul Pogba, French footballer 1993 – Alyssa Reid, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1993 – Mark Scheifele, Canadian ice hockey player 2000 – Kristian Kostov, Russian/Bulgarian singer-songwriter
Deaths 44 BC – Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman (b. 100 BC) 220 – Cao Cao, Chinese general, warlord and statesman (b. 155) 493 – Odoacer, first king of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (b. 433) 752 – Pope Zachary 963 – Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (b. 938) 1086 – Richilde, Countess of Hainaut, Flemish consort and regent (b. c.1018) 1124 – Ernulf, Bishop of Rochester (b. c. 1040) 1190 – Isabella of Hainault, queen of Philip II of France (b. 1170) 1311 – Walter V, Count of Brienne (b. 1275) 1311 – Thomas III d'Autremencourt, Lord of Salona, Marshal of Achaea 1311 – Albert Pallavicini, Margrave of Bodonitza 1311 – George I Ghisi, Triarch of Euboea, Baron of Chalandritsa, Lord of Tinos, Mykonos, Serifos and Keos 1327 – Albert of Schwarzburg 1536 – Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 35th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1493) 1644 – Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (b. 1576) 1657 – David Pardo, Dutch rabbi and scholar (b. 1591) 1673 – Salvator Rosa, Italian painter and poet (b. 1615) 1711 – Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1645) 1820 – Clement Mary Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (b. 1751) 1842 – Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1760) 1849 – Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774) 1891 – Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819) 1897 – James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814) 1898 – Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813) 1921 – Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874) 1927 – Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)[2] 1933 – Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886) 1937 – H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890) 1938 – Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888) 1939 – Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896) 1941 – Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864) 1944 – Otto von Below, Prussian general (b. 1857) 1951 – John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (b. 1889) 1959 – Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909) 1962 – Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892) 1966 – Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (b. 1902) 1969 – Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1888) 1969 – Musashiyama Takeshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 33rd Yokozuna (b. 1909) 1970 – Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1897) 1971 – Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948) 1972 – Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1910) 1975 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (b. 1906) 1981 – René Clair, French director and screenwriter (b. 1898) 1983 – Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1905) 1983 – Rebecca West, English author and critic (b. 1892) 1985 – Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and author (b. 1921) 1987 – Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1899) 1988 – Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian general and spy (b. 1926) 1989 – Muhammad Jameel Didi, Maldivian poet and politician (b. 1915) 1990 – Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-English journalist (b. 1958) 1990 – Tom Harmon, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919) 1991 – Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1906) 1992 – Rahi Masoom Raza, Indian Urdu poet (b.1927) 1997 – Gail Davis, American actress (b. 1925) 1997 – Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter (b. 1906) 1998 – Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and author (b. 1903) 1999 – Guy D'Artois, Canadian soldier (b. 1917) 2001 – Gaetano Cozzi, Italian historian and academic (b. 1922) 2001 – Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (b. 1909) 2003 – Thora Hird, English actress (b. 1911) 2004 – Bill Pickering, New Zealand-American scientist and engineer (b. 1910) 2004 – John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925) 2005 – Bob Bellear, Australian engineer and judge (b. 1944) 2005 – Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player and coach (b. 1923) 2006 – Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918) 2006 – Red Storey, Canadian football player and referee (b. 1918) 2007 – Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman (b. 1926) 2007 – Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (b. 1927) 2008 – Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1954) 2008 – Vytautas Kernagis, Lithuanian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1951) 2008 – G. David Low, American astronaut and engineer (b. 1956) 2009 – Ron Silver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1946) 2011 – Nate Dogg, American rapper (b. 1969) 2012 – Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby player (b. 1946) 2012 – Eb Gaines, American businessman and diplomat (b. 1927) 2012 – Bernardino González Ruíz, Panamanian physician and politician, President of Panama (b. 1911) 2012 – Fran Matera, American illustrator (b. 1924) 2012 – Dave Philley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920) 2013 – James Bonk, American chemist and academic (b. 1931) 2013 – Booth Gardner, American businessman and politician, 19th Governor of Washington (b. 1936) 2013 – Hardrock Gunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925) 2013 – Shannon Larratt, Canadian publisher, founded BMEzine (b. 1973) 2013 – Masamichi Noro, Japanese-French martial artist, founded Kinomichi (b. 1935) 2013 – Kallam Anji Reddy, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (b. 1940) 2014 – David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (b. 1936) 2014 – Bo Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (b. 1927) 2014 – Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (b. 1947) 2014 – Everett L. Fullam, American priest and scholar (b. 1930) 2014 – Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943) 2015 – Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (b. 1928) 2015 – Narayan Desai, Indian author and activist (b. 1924) 2015 – Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (b. 1928) 2015 – Curtis Gans, American political scientist and author (b. 1937) 2016 – Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress and producer (b. 1927) 2016 – Asa Briggs, English historian and academic (b. 1921) 2016 – Seru Rabeni, Fijian rugby player (b. 1978)
Holidays and observances Christian feast day: Aristobulus of Britannia Clemens Maria Hofbauer Leocritia Longinus Louise de Marillac Raymond of Fitero March 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Constitution Day (Belarus) Earliest day on which Palm Sunday can fall, while April 18 is the latest; celebrated on the sixth Sunday of Lent (Christianity) Hōnen Matsuri (Japan) International Day Against Police Brutality J. J. Roberts' Birthday (Liberia) National Day, celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (Hungary) World Consumer Rights Day World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film Youth Day (Palau)
References 1. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)" (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93121104.html). id.loc.gov. The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2018-03-05. 2. Serle, Percival (1949). "Rason, Cornthwaite" (http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1500721h/0-dict-biogR.html#rason1). Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
External links BBC: On This Day (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/15) The New York Times: On This Day (https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/on-this-day/March-15) Today in Canadian History (http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/March_15) Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=March_15&oldid=834151262"
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