Historical Events In March - 15

1889  On this day in history 6 US & German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die   

1892  Escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (New York NY) on this day in history.   

1892  On March - 15 new York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine)   

1892  On this day in history the first escalator, the Reno Inclined Elevator, is patented by Jesse W Reno of New York.   

1892  1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (NYC) on March - 15.   

1894  Slava Vorlova, composer on March - 15.   

1897  1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden on March - 15.   

1900  On this day in history gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer   

1901  On March - 15 horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th   

1901  Colin McPhee, Montreal Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles) on this day in history.   

1902  On March - 15 kitty Masters, actress   

1903  British conquest of northern Nigeria is complete on March - 15.   

1903  Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa on this day in history.   

1904  George Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel) on March - 15.   

1905  Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler on this day in history.   

1905  On March - 15 arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60   

1906  On March - 15 brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd   

1906  Brits Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd on this day in history.   

1906  On March - 15 alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81   

1907  On this day in history finland is first European country to give women the right to vote   

1907  Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote on March - 15.   

1907  Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn) on March - 15.   

1908  On March - 15 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole"   

1910  On March - 15 an Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race)   

1912  Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins on March - 15.   

1912  On March - 15 duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot   

1913  On this day in history cleveland establishes first small claims court   

1913  First Presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)   

1913  On March - 15 lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof)   

1915  Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea on this day in history.   

1915  On March - 15 neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea   

1915  On March - 15 david Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris)   

1916  On this day in history general Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-months   

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0938  On March - 15 birth of romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)   

1275  On this day in history birth of margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318)   

1455  Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532) was born on March - 15.   

1493  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France was born on March - 15.   

1591  On this day in history birth of alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)   

1638  On this day in history birth of shunzhi Emperor of China   

1666  Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden) was born on March - 15.   

1666  On March - 15 birth of george Bähr, German architect (d. 1738)   

0044  On this day in history death of julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC)   

0493  Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies on this day in history.   

0752  On March - 15 zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22]   

0963  On this day in history romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25   

1034  On March - 15 mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies   

1145  On this day in history death of pope Lucius II   

1311  On this day in history death of walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens   

1575  Death of Annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527) on March - 15.