Historical Events In March - 15

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

1892  Escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (New York NY) on March - 15.  

1892  On this day in history new York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine)  

1892  On March - 15 the first escalator, the Reno Inclined Elevator, is patented by Jesse W Reno of New York.  

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

1894  Slava Vorlova, composer on this day in history.  

1897  1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden on this day in history.  

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

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

1901  On March - 15 colin McPhee, Montreal Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles)  

1902  On this day in history kitty Masters, actress  

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

1903  Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa on March - 15.  

1904  George Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel) on this day in history.  

1905  On this day in history berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler  

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

1906  Brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd on March - 15.  

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

1906  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn)  

1908  1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole" on this day in history.  

1910  An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race) on this day in history.  

1912  On March - 15 pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins  

1912  On this day in history duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot  

1913  Cleveland establishes first small claims court on March - 15.  

1913  On this day in history first Presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)  

1913  1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) on March - 15.  

1913  Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof) on this day in history.  

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

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

1915  On March - 15 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  Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963) was born on March - 15.  

1275  On March - 15 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1666  On this day in history birth of george Bähr, German architect (d. 1738)  

0044  Death of Julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC) on this day in history.  

0493  Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies on March - 15.  

0752  Zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22] on this day in history.  

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

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

1145  On this day in history death of pope Lucius II  

1311  Death of Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens on this day in history.  

1575  On March - 15 death of annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527)