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

1894  Slava Vorlova, composer on March - 15.   

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

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 March - 15.   

1902  Kitty Masters, actress on this day in history.   

1903  British conquest of northern Nigeria is complete on this day in history.   

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 March - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1912  Duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot on March - 15.   

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

1913  On March - 15 first Presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)   

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

1915  Neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea on March - 15.   

1915  On this day in history 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  Margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318) was born on March - 15.   

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

1493  On this day in history birth of anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France   

1591  On March - 15 birth of alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)   

1638  Shunzhi Emperor of China was born on March - 15.   

1666  Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden) was born on this day in history.   

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

0044  Death of Julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC) on March - 15.   

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 March - 15.   

0963  Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25 on March - 15.   

1034  Mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies on this day in history.   

1145  On March - 15 death of pope Lucius II   

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

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