Page 4: Historical Events In March - 15

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

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

1892  New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history slava Vorlova, composer   

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

1900  Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer on March - 15.   

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

1901  Colin McPhee, Montreal Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles) on March - 15.   

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 March - 15.   

1904  On this day in history george Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel)   

1905  Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler on March - 15.   

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

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

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

1906  Alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

1907  On March - 15 finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote   

1907  Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn) on this day in history.   

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

1910  On this day in history an Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race)   

1912  On this day in history pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins   

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

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

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 this day in history lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof)   

1915  Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea on March - 15.   

1915  Neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea on this day in history.   

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  Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963) was born on this day in history.   

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

1666  George Bähr, German architect (d. 1738) was born on March - 15.   

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  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 March - 15.   

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 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.