Page 4: Historical Events In March - 15

1889  On March - 15 6 US & German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die   

1892  On March - 15 escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (New York NY)   

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

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

1892  On this day in history 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (NYC)   

1894  On this day in history slava Vorlova, composer   

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

1900  Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer on this day in history.   

1901  Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th on March - 15.   

1901  On this day in history colin McPhee, Montreal Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles)   

1902  Kitty Masters, actress on March - 15.   

1903  On this day in history british conquest of northern Nigeria is complete.   

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

1904  On March - 15 george Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel)   

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

1905  On this day in history arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60   

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

1906  On this day in history brits Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd   

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

1907  Finland is first European country to give women the right to vote on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1910  An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race) on March - 15.   

1912  Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins on this day in history.   

1912  Duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot on this day in history.   

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  Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof) on March - 15.   

1915  On March - 15 netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea   

1915  On this day in history neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea   

1915  On this day in history david Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris)   

1916  On March - 15 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  On March - 15 birth of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)   

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

1591  Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660) was born on March - 15.   

1638  Shunzhi Emperor of China was born on this day in history.   

1666  On this day in history birth of georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden)   

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

0044  On March - 15 death of julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC)   

0493  On March - 15 odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies   

0752  Zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22] on March - 15.   

0963  Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1034  On this day in history mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies   

1145  On this day in history death of pope Lucius II   

1311  On March - 15 death of walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens   

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