Historical Events In March - 15

1916  On March - 15 six days after Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa killed seventeen Americans during a raid into U.S. territory, President Woodrow Wilson sends 6,600 U.S. troops over the border to capture Villa dead or alive  

1916  University of Gent goes under Dutch control on this day in history.  

1916  On this day in history gen Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos  

1916  On this day in history geert Lubberhuizen, publisher (Busy Bee)  

1917  Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate on this day in history.  

1917  On March - 15 nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate [3/3 OS]  

1918  On this day in history janet Leach, potter  

1918  Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1919  On March - 15 american Legion forms (Paris France)  

1919  On this day in history american Legion founded  

1919  American Legion forms (Paris) on this day in history.  

1919  On this day in history john Gregson, Liverpool England, actor (Gideon CID, Shirley's World)  

1921  The colony of Ruanda, East Africa, is ceded to Britain by Belgium on this day in history.  

1922  1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia) on this day in history.  

1923  On this day in history lenin is hit with his 3rd stroke  

1926  On this day in history belgium's "black monday", franc falls  

1926  On this day in history belgium's "black monday," franc falls  

1928  On March - 15 mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose)  

1929  Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24 on this day in history.  

1930  The first streamlined submarine of US navy, USS Nautilus, launched on March - 15.  

1930  On March - 15 1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, NY  

1930  On this day in history antonio Beltramelli, writer, dies at 51  

1933  On March - 15 nAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination  

1933  On this day in history nAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation & discrimination  

1934  US Information Service opens on March - 15.  

1935  On March - 15 george Headley completes 270 in cricket vs England at Kingston  

1935  George Headley completes 270 in cricket v England at Kingston on this day in history.  

1937  The first blood bank is established (Chicago IL) on March - 15.  

1937  The United States sets up its first central blood bank on this day in history.  

1937  On this day in history 1st blood bank forms (Chicago IL)  

1938  Saudi Arabia began producing oil, a natural resource that would transform a virtual dust bowl of a nation into one so wealthy that King Faisal's main problem was what to do with too much money on March - 15.  

1938  On March - 15 edmund Tylecote, cricketer (England keeper in 6 Tests 1882-86), dies  

1939  Germany occupies Czechoslovakia on March - 15.  

1939  Hitler occupies Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independence on March - 15.  

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

1275  On this day in history birth of margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318)  

1455  On this day in history birth of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)  

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  On March - 15 birth of georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden)  

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

0044  On this day in history death of julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC)  

0493  On this day in history odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies  

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 March - 15 death of pope Lucius II  

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

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