What Happened On March 15 - On This Day

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  • The Death of Caesar by Jean-Léon Gérôme

    Assassination of Julius Caesar

    44 BC Julius Caesar is stabbed to death by Brutus, Cassius and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March in Rome
  • 221 Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself Emperor of Shu-Han, claiming legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty
  • 1493 Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first voyage to the New World
  • 1783 In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy, preventing the threatened coup d'état
  • 1917 The last Russian Tsar Nicholas II, abdicates and nominates his brother, Grand Duke Michael to succeed him [OS Mar 2]
  • 1962 Five research groups announce the discovery of antimatter
  • 2019 Climate change strikes held by schoolchildren take place around the world, inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg
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  • 1972 "The Godfather," based on the book by Mario Puzo, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, premieres in NYC (Academy Award for Best Picture 1973)
  • 1945 Billboard publishes its first album chart (King Cole Trio is #1)
  • 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings become baseball's first professional team with ten salaried players

Hermann Goering says 100-200 church bells are enough for Germany and melts down the rest

March 15, 1940

  • Saint Nicholas

    270 AD - 343 AD
  • Andrew Jackson

    1767 - 1845
  • John Snow

    1813 - 1858
  • Reza Shah Pahlavi

    1878 - 1944
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    1933 - 2020
  • Vaughan Gething

    51 Years Old
More Birthdays on March 15
  • Philippe de Broca

    1933 - 2004
  • Judd Hirsch

    90 Years Old
  • Eva Longoria

    50 Years Old
  • Lightnin Hopkins

    1912 - 1982
  • will.i.am

    50 Years Old
  • Bobby Bonds

    1946 - 2003
  • Paul Pogba

    32 Years Old

First internet domain name, symbolics.com, is registered

March 15, 1985

  • 1942 Former actress and talent agent Sue Carol marries her client and actor Alan Ladd
  • 1957 American actor Alan Alda (21) weds American classical clarinest and photographer Arlene Weiss (24)
  • 1964 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor (32) marries for the 5th time to Welsh actor Richard Burton (38); divorce in 1974, remarry in 1975
More March 15 Weddings
  • Julius Caesar

    100 BC - 44 BC
  • Davidson Black

    1884 - 1934
  • Dmitri Polyakov

    1921 - 1988
  • Florence Chadwick

    1918 - 1995
  • Benjamin Spock

    1903 - 1998
  • Bowie Kuhn

    1926 - 2007
More March 15 Deaths
  • Wrecked ships in Apia Harbour after the storm. The shattered bow of the German gunboat Eber is on the beach in the foreground. Photograph: US Naval Historical Center.

    Nature Blows Gunboat Diplomacy Out of the Water

    The world's superpowers were prepared to use the power of their warships to control the Samoan Islands in the 1880s. But nature had other ideas. March 15, 1889
  • Adolf Hitler meets with Czech President Emil Hácha. After being told of the impending invasion by Germany, Hácha suffered a heart attack at the meeting.

    Hitler Invades Czechoslovakia

    Adolf Hitler meets with Czech President Emil Hácha. After being told of the impending invasion by Germany, Hácha suffered a heart attack at the meeting. March 15, 1939
  • Visigoths led by Alaric I, sack Rome

    Weekly Quiz for March 9 - 15

    Who was murdered on the Ides of March in 44 BC? Which scientific theory is Albert Einstein most famous for? In what decade did the Barbie doll debut in NYC?
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  • Daniel Lambert in 1806, as painted by Benjamin Marshall

    Sportsman Who Became Larger Than Life

    March 13, 1770
  • Master Betty stutting his stuff on stage

    Boy Wonder Conquers Theatreland

    March 14, 1805
  • War protests rocked America. These demonstrators had yet to hear about My Lai

    My Lai: America's Village of Shame

    March 16, 1968
  • St Patrick depicted with the snakes that he drove into the sea

    Snakes Alive! It's St Patrick's Day

    March 17, 1776
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