Page 4: Historical Events In March - 15

1889  On this day in history 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  New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) on this day in history.   

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

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

1894  Slava Vorlova, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history kitty Masters, actress   

1903  On March - 15 british conquest of northern Nigeria is complete.   

1903  On March - 15 frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa   

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

1905  On March - 15 berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler   

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

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

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

1907  On this day in history finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote   

1907  On this day in history jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn)   

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

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

1913  Cleveland establishes first small claims court on this day in history.   

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

1913  On March - 15 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 March - 15.   

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

1916  General Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-months on this day in history.   

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0938  On this day in history birth of romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)   

1275  On March - 15 birth of margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318)   

1455  Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1638  On March - 15 birth of shunzhi Emperor of China   

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  On this day in history odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies   

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

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

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

1145  On March - 15 death of pope Lucius II   

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

1575  On this day in history death of annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527)