Birthdates Which Occur on March 15:
1493 Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency marshal of France
1666 Georg Baehr German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden)
1678 Dominique Marie Valet French RC/old-catholic bishop
1713 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille astronomer who mapped the So Hemisphere
1733 Johann Zoffany German painter, baptized
1754 Silvestro Palma composer
1767 Andrew Jackson Carolinas, General/(D) 7th pres (1829-37)
1779 William Lamb (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41)
1790 Nicola Vaccai composer
1801 Coenraad J van Houten Dutch cocoa manufacturer
1808 Gaetano Gaspari composer
1809 Joseph Jenkins Roberts 1st pres of Liberia
1810 Aernout Drost Dutch literary (Hermingard van de Eikenterpen)
1811 Robert Allen Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1886
1824 Branko Radicevic Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising)
1830 Paul von Heyse Germany, writer (Nobel 1910)
1831 Edward Aylesworth Perry Brig General (Confederate Army)
1835 Eduard Strauss Austria, composer (318 Dance)
1836 Henrique Alves de Mesquita composer
1838 Alice Cunningham Fletcher ethnologist (Stranger in Her Native Land)
1851 Jozef Surzynski composer
1852 Augusta Gregory Ireland, playwright/poet/Yates mistress
and Lady Augusta Gregory Ireland, playwright/poet/Yates mistress
1855 L£tzen Wagenaar Frisian writer/vicar (Tsjerk Ages)
1858 Liberty Hyde Bailey US botanist (Plantbreeding)
1864 Johan Halvorsen composer
and Leslie Stuart composer
1867 Lionel Pigot Johnson England, poet/critic (Ireland & Other Poems)
and Will Rossiter composer
1871 Betsy van den Arend Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs)
1873 David Vaughan Thomas composer
1874 Harold L Ickes social activist, New Deal politician
1879 Gerrit J Heering Dutch theologist (Fall of Christianity)
1884 Rudolf Piskacek composer
1894 Slava Vorlova composer
19-- Robert Milli actor (All My Children)
and Sergio Vargas Dom Rep, spanish singer (Aquiest El Merengue)
1900 Gilberto Freye Brazilian sociologist/writer
1901 Colin McPhee Montr‚al Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles)
and Theo Uden Marsman Dutch orchestra leader
1902 Zarah Leander Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela)
1904 George Brent Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel)
1905 Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate Hitler
and Joe E Ross comedian (Gunther Toody-Car 54, Ritzik-Phil Silvers Show)
1907 Paul Maxey Wheaton Ill, actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice)
1910 An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau children book writer (Skating Race)
1912 Lightnin' Hopkins [Sam Hopkins], rocker
and Louis Paul Boon Flemish writer (Kapellekensbaan)
and Sam Lightnin' Hopkins Texas, blues stylist (Ball of Twine)
1913 Lex Goudsmit Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof)
and MacDonald Carey Sioux City Iowa, actor (One Life to Live, Dream Girl)
1915 David Schoenbrun CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris)
and Richard Ward Glenside Pa, actor (Beacon Hill)
1916 Geert Lubberhuizen publisher (Busy Bee)
and Harry James Albany Ga, trumpeter (married to Betty Grable)
1918 Richard Ellmann US, literary scholar/writer (Oscar Wilde)
1919 John Gregson Liverpool England, actor (Gideon CID, Shirley's World)
and Lawrence Tierney Brooklyn, actor (Abduction, Dillinger)
1920 Ranganandhan Francis India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
1923 George Vogel race horse trainer
and Laurence A Tisch NYC, CEO (Loews Corp)
1924 Lockrem Johnson composer
1926 Benjamin Burwell Johnson composer
and Norm Van Brocklin NFL QB/coach (LA Rams), hall of famer
and Tim Valentine (Rep-D-NC, 1983- )
1927 Carl Smith Maynardville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1928 Nicolas Flagello composer
1929 Tiezo Matsumura composer
1932 Alan Lavern Bean Wheeler Texas, Capt USN/astronaut (Ap 12, Skylab 3)
and David Alliance Iran/British textile factory/multi-millionaire
1933 Cecil Perceval Taylor composer/jazz pianist
and Ronald Roseman composer
and Ruth Bader Ginsburg US Supreme Court justice
1934 Wolfgang Hufschmidt composer
1935 Judd Hirsch Bronx, actor (Alex-Taxi, Dear John, Ordinary People)
1936 Donald K Sundquist (Rep-R-Tennessee, 1983- )
1938 Dick Higgins composer
1939 Robert Nye writer (Facts of Life & other fiction, 3 Views of Man)
1940 Phil Lesh [Chapman], Calif, rock bassist (Grass Roots, Grateful Dead)
1941 Dick Top actor/director (Heks of Haarlem)
and Mike Love Calif, rock saxophonist/vocalist (Beachboys-In My Room)
1942 Hughie Flint London England, rock drummer (Bonzo Dog Band)
1943 Brenda Scott Cincinnati Oh, actress (Midge-Road West)
and David Cronenberg Toronto Ontario, director (Shivers, Fly, Brood)
1944 Chi Cheng Taiwan, sprinter/80m hurdler (Oly-Bronze-68)
and David Costell Pitts, rocker (Gary Lewis & the Playboys-Diamond Ring)
and Jacques Doillon director/writer (La Fille de Quinze Ans)
and Ralph MacDonald rocker
and Sly Stone Dallas, rocker (Sly & the Family Stone-Everyday People)
1945 J”rgen Sundelin Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
and Mark J Green Bkln NY, lawyer/author (Closed Enterprise System)
and Tracy Smith runner
1946 Bobby Bond baseball player (Giants, Yankees, etc)
and David Wall English ballet dancers/director Royal Academy of Dancing
and Howard Scott San Pedro Cal, rock guitarist/vocalist (War, Cisco Kid)
1947 Larisa Grigoriyevna Pozharskaya Russian cosmonaut
and Ry Cooder LA, blues guitarist (Crossroads)
and Stomu Yamash'ta composer
and Tomas Pettersson Sweden, cyclist (Olympic-silver-1968)
1949 John Duttine actor (Day of the Triffids)
1954 Craig Wasson Oregon, actor (Body Double, 4 Friends, Men's Club)
1955 Dee Snider Massapequa NY, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It)
and Marcia McCabe Bryn Mawr Pa, actress (Alicia Grande-1 Live to Live)
1957 Park Overall Tenn, actress (Laverne-Empty Nest, Mississippi Burning)
1958 Laura Carrington actress (Louisa-Alphabet City)
1959 Eliot Teltscher Calif, tennis player (US Davis Cup team)
and Harold Baines Maryland, outfielder (White Sox, Rangers)
1960 Donna Smith Portland Oregon, playmate (March, 1985)
1961 Fabio [Lanzoni] Italy, romance novels model (Fabio After Dark)
and John Melendez jockey
1962 Jimmy Baio Bkln, actor (Billy Tate-Soap, Brass, Playing for Keeps)
and Steve Coy rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round)
and Terrence Trent D'Arby NYC, rock vocalist (Wishing Well)
1963 Bret Michaels Harrisburg Pa, guitarist (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me)
and Don Simington jockey
and Frans Koenn Dutch rock bassist (Lo‹s Lane-Precious)
1964 Rockwell [Kennedy Gordy], Detroit Mi, rock vocalist
1968 John Tardy US heavy metalist (Obituary, Slowly We Rot)
and Sabrina [Salerno] Genoa Italy, Miss Italy (1984)/singer (Boys)
1971 Robbie Pratt jockey
1985 The first domain name was registered on the Internet www.symbolics.com
1986 Tyler Noyes actor (CJ-One Life to Live)
Deaths Which Occured March 15:
44 -BC- Julius C‘sar Emperor of Rome, assassinated in Roman Senate
493 Odiaker German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies
752 Zachary Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies
963 Romanus II Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies
1034 Mieszko II King of Poland (1025-34), dies
1673 Salvatore Rosa Italian painter/poet/music/actor, dies at 57
1731 Adolf H van Rechteren diplomat/politician, dies at 75
1842 Luigi Cherubini composer, dies at 81
M Luigi CZS Cherubini Italian director, dies
1880 John KJ de Young historian, dies at 51
1881 Emory Upton US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42
1883 Karol Studzinski composer, dies at 55
1905 Arnold Kerdijk liberal founder Social Weekly newspaper, dies at 60
B Amalie Skram-Alver Norse author (Paa St Jírgen), dies at 58
1918 Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte composer, dies at 82
Lili Boulanger composer, dies at 24
1942 Alexander von Zemlinsky composer, dies at 70
1944 Otto von Below German commandant (WW I), dies
1945 Herman B Wiardi Beckman SDAP resistance fighter, dies at 41
1954 Arthur Fickenscher composer, dies at 82
1962 Sam Wren actor (Wren's Nest), dies at 64
1964 Paul Cavanagh actor (Black Arrow, Woman in Green), dies at 75
1966 Abe Saperstein founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63
Heinrich Lemacher composer, dies at 75
1969 Miles Malleson actor/writer (Postman's Knock), dies at 80
1970 Arthur Adamov French playwright, dies
Tarjei Vesaas Norse author/novelist/writer (Isslottet), dies at 72
1971 Jean-Pierre Monser‚ Flemish cyclist, dies at 22
1973 Carl Benton Reid actor (Burke's Law), dies at 82
1975 Antonino Rocca professional wrestler/sportscaster, dies at 49
Aristotle S Onassis Greek shipping magnate, dies
1977 Kamal Joemblat Lebanese politician, murdered
1983 Jos‚ Luis Sert Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80
1987 Sterling W Cole (Rep-R-NY) dies at 82
1988 Dmitri F Polyakov Russian secret-general/top spy for US, executed
1990 Tom Harmon former Heisman Trophy winner, dies at 70 in LA
1991 Budd [Lawrence] Freeman US jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies
Eileen Sedgwick silent film actress, dies at 93
1992 Helen Deutsch screenwriter, dies of natural causes
Jack Washburn actor, dies after long illness at 64
Vanessa Lee dies at 71
1993 Anthony Bowles music writer (Jesus Christ Superstar), dies at 61
Dennis Gregory actor (Village of the Damn), dies of pneumonia at 40
1994 Mae Zetterling Swedish actress (Night Games), dies at 68
1995 Carlos Menem Jr son of Argentine pres, dies at 26
Holidays Which Occur March 15:
Honduras Thanksgiving Day
India, Mauritius, Nep l Holi
Iran Armed Forces Day/Labor Day
Liberia JJ Robert's Birthday (1809)
Maine Admission Day (1820)
Tennessee Andrew Jackson's Birthday (1767)
Religious Observances on March 15:
Christian Feast of St Longinus, soldier with spear
RC Longinus, martyr?
1660 RC Commemoration of St Louise de Marillac, widow
1820 RC Commemoration of St Clement Hofbauer, priest/missionary
Things to Remember for March 15:
American Woman's History month
Flowers-jonquil, violet & daffodil Gems-bloodstone & aquamarine
International Hamburger & Pickle Month-Red Cross Month
Music in our Schools Month
The day the buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio
[Ancient Rome] Ides of March "Beware the Ides of March" [44]
[US] Taxes in one month!
Highlights in History Which Occur March 15:
493 Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker of Italy
752 St Zachary ends his reign as Catholic Pope
933 Battle at Riade: German King Henry I beats Magyaren
1360 France invasion army lands on English south coast, conquers Winchel
1382 Conservative "Popolo Grasso" regain power in Florence Italy
1391 Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews
1493 Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after 1st new world voyage
1560 Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise France
1562 General Fran‡ois de Guise enters Paris
1580 Spanish king Philip II puts 25,000 pieces of gold on head of prince
Willem of Orange
1672 King Charles II removes Declaration of Indulgence
1729 Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st US nun, takes her vows, N Orleans
1744 French King Louis XV declares war on England
1778 Nootka Sound, Vancouver Is discovered by Capt Cook
1781 Battle of Guilford Court House, SC (English beat US)
1812 1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River
1820 Maine admitted as 23rd state
1827 Freedom's Journal, 1st Black newspaper, publishes
and University of Toronto is chartered
1855 Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine
1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, TN
1863 R Luther discovers asteroid #78 Diana
1864 Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, LA
1867 Michigan becomes 1st state to tax property to support a university
1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st pro baseball team
1872 R Luther discovers asteroid #118 Peitho
1875 1st US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested
1885 1st performance of C‚sar Franck's "Lesson Djinns"
1887 1st salaried fish & game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan)
1889 6 US & German warships fight in harbor at Apia Samoa, 200 die
1892 NY State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine)
1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #400 Ducrosa
1897 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden
1901 Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th
1903 Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa
1906 Britten Rolls & Royce Johnson found Rolls Royce Ltd
1907 1st women elected to Finnish parliament
1908 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole"
1912 Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins
1913 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)
and Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court
1915 Neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea
1916 Gen Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos
and University of Gent goes under Dutch control
1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates (3/3 OS)
1919 American Legion forms
1922 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia)
1923 Lenin is hit with his 3rd stroke
1926 Belgium's "black monday", franc falls
1928 Mussolini modifies Italian electoral system
1930 1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, NY
and 1st streamlined submarine of US navy, USS Nautilus, launched
1933 NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation & discrimination
1934 US Information Service opens
1937 1st blood bank established, Chicago, Ill
and 1st state contraceptive clinic opens, Raleigh, NC
1939 Hitler occupies Bohemia & Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independ
1940 G Kulin discovers asteroid #3380
and G”ring says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest
1941 Blizzard in ND kills 151
1943 Allied reconnaissance flight over Java
and Red Army evacuates Kharkov
1944 Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing
1945 Billboard publishes its 1st album chart (King Cole Trio is #1)
and Catholic University of N˜megen reopens
1946 British premier Attlee agrees with India's right to independence
1948 WCAU TV channel 10 in Philadelphia, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1949 WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
and WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1950 Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Consul," premieres in NYC
and L Boyer discovers asteroid #1616 Filipoff
and NYC hires Dr Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker"
1951 Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
1952 A Schmitt discovers asteroid #1622 Chacornac
and Greatest 24-hr rainfall begins: 187 cm at La R‚union, Indian Ocean
1953 A Schmitt discovers asteroid #3156
and West Germany loses in soccer to The Netherlands, 2-1
1954 "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite & Jack Paar
and WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 Dutch 2nd Chamber requires TV licenses
and WLEX TV channel 18 in Lexington, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 Lerner's "My Fair Lady" opens on Broadway (NYC)
and Whipper Billy Watson beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA champ
1957 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb (Britain)
1958 KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, MT (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
and Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff
and USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma & is permanently disabled
1959 Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 m 42.5 s
and WILX TV channel 10 in Lansing, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1960 Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park)
and National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated
1962 5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter
and Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump
and KATU TV channel 2 in Portland, OR (ABC) begins broadcasting
and Richard Rodger's musical "No Strings," premieres in NYC
and Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4000 pts in an NBA season
1963 WFAN TV channel 14 in Washington, DC (IND) begins broadcasting
1964 LBJ asks for a War on Poverty
and Liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton)
and USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1965 LBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote
and T.G.I. Friday's 1st restaurant opens in NYC
and WMFE TV channel 24 in Orlando, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles
1967 AFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum
and Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as pres of Civil Rights Act
and WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville/Knoxville, TN (PBS) 1st broadcast
1968 Bob Beamon, sets long jump record of 27' 2 3/4"
and British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown resigns
and US Mint stops buying & selling gold
and Uprising in South Yemen
Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept," but wouldn't
and prohibit rock & roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri
1969 US Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns
and Violent Chinese-Russian border dispute (100s dead?)
1970 Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan
and Gary Geld & Peter Udell's "Purlie," premieres in NYC
1972 Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama
and Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112
and NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle
1974 Civil rights activist president Garastazu M‚dici resigns
1975 Bundy victim Julie Cunningham disappears from Vail, Colo
and Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (37.99 sec)
1976 Failed coup in Niger
1977 US House of Reps begin 90 day test of televising its sessions
1978 -21] operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon
and China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
and Israel invades Lebanon to rid area of Palestine guerrillas
1979 Apparat releases Newdos + 2.1 for the Radio Shack's TRS-80
and Isle's Bryan Trottier's 5th career hat trick
1981 Suriname failed coup under sgt-mjr Wilfred Hawker
1982 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3571
and Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan
and KGB-AM in San Diego CA changes call letters to KCNN (now KPOP)
and Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days
1984 Tanzania adopts constitution
1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 Funeral services held for Swedish PM Olaf Palme
1987 US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay
1988 NASA reports accelerated breakdown of ozone layer by CFK
and NFL's St Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix
1989 NY Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's #1 uniform
1990 Fernando Collor de Mello sworn in as pres of Civil rights activist
1991 4 LA police are charged with beating Rodney King
and Sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20¬'
and Territories of Amapa & Roraima become states in Brazil
1994 Asteroid í 20m comes within 160-180,000 km of Earth
and Experts from AL certify Indian's Jacobs Field is properly lit
1999 Pluto again becomes outermost planet
1972 Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112.
Your Special Reminders for March 15:
1990 77øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1993 14øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 74th day of the year with 291 days left (Numerology = 9)
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