Page 7: Historical Events In March - 15

1954  On March - 15 "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite & Jack Paar   

1954  On this day in history arthur Fickenscher, composer, dies at 82   

1955  US Air Force unveils self-guided missile on this day in history.   

1955  On March - 15 dutch 2nd Chamber requires TV licenses   

1956  "My Fair Lady" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 2,715 performances on this day in history.   

1956  Whipper Billy Watson beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA champion on this day in history.   

1956  On March - 15 "My Fair Lady" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 2,715 perfs   

1957  On this day in history britian becomes the 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb   

1957  3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb (Britain) on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled   

1958  On March - 15 uSSR performs atmospheric nuclear test   

1958  "Body Beautiful" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 60 performances on this day in history.   

1959  Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 minutes 42.5 seconds on this day in history.   

1960  Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park) on this day in history.   

1960  On March - 15 national Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated   

1961  On this day in history south Africa withdrews from British Commonwealth   

1962  5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter on this day in history.   

1962  Donald Jackson of Canada, is first to land a triple lutz ice skate jump on this day in history.   

1962  Sam Wren, actor (Wren's Nest), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1964  On March - 15 lBJ asks for a War on Poverty   

1964  Liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton more to come) on this day in history.   

1964  On March - 15 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1964  Paul Cavanagh, actor (Black Arrow, Woman in Green), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1965  LBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote on this day in history.   

1966  On March - 15 8th Grammy Awards Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra and Streisand   

1966  On this day in history racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles   

1966  On March - 15 abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63   

1966  On this day in history 8th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra and Streisand   

1967  AFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum on March - 15.   

1967  Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil on March - 15.   

1968  British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown resigns on March - 15.   

1968  On March - 15 diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept", but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri   

1968  In Ottawa the government suspends gold trading by Canadian banks and dealers; to dampen speculation on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history lIFE magazine calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world"   

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0938  Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963) was born on March - 15.   

1275  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history birth of georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden)   

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

0044  Death of Julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC) on this day in history.   

0493  On March - 15 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  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  On this day in history 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)