Historical Events In March - 15

1939  On March - 15 hitler occupies Bohemia & Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independ  

1940  Göring says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest on this day in history.  

1940  Goering says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest on this day in history.  

1940  On this day in history alfred Marr, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 & 5), dies  

1941  Blizzard in North Dakota kills 151 on March - 15.  

1941  On March - 15 blizzard in ND kills 151  

1942  Alexander van Zemlinsky, Aust/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history allied reconnaissance flight over Java  

1943  Red Army evacuates Kharkov on March - 15.  

1944  On this day in history italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing  

1944  Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1945  17th Academy Awards "Going my Way", Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win on March - 15.  

1945  On March - 15 billboard publishes its first album chart (King Cole Trio is #1)  

1945  On this day in history catholic University of Nijmegen reopens  

1945  Record album charts first published in the United States on March - 15.  

1945  On March - 15 17th Academy Awards  

1945  Herman B Wiardi Beckman, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1945  17th Academy Awards: "Going my Way", Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win on March - 15.  

1946  British premier Attlee agrees with India's right to independence on March - 15.  

1947  John Lee appointed first black commissioned officer in US Navy on this day in history.  

1947  John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in US Navy on this day in history.  

1948  Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs Western Australia on this day in history.  

1948  On this day in history sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine  

1948  Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team v Western Australia on March - 15.  

1949  WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting on March - 15.  

1950  NYC hires Dr Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker" on March - 15.  

1950  On March - 15 "Consul" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 269 performances  

1951  On this day in history in Teheran, Iran Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company; founded by Lord Strathcona and first developed by Canadian drillers.  

1951  Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company on this day in history.  

1952  Greatest 24-hour rainfall begins; 187 cm at La Réunion, Indian Ocean on this day in history.  

1952  On March - 15 "2 in the Aisle" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 276 perfs  

1953  West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1 on March - 15.  

1953  On March - 15 patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship  

1954  On this day in history "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite and Jack Paar  

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0938  Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963) was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 15 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 March - 15 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  On March - 15 romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25  

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

1145  Death of Pope Lucius II on March - 15.  

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)