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1713 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, astronomer who mapped the So Hemisphere 1767 Andrew Jackson, Carolinas, General/(D) 7th pres (1828-37) 1779 William Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41) 1809 Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st pres of Liberia 1811 Robert Allen, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1886 1824 Branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Swedish Uprising) 1830 Paul von Heyse, Germany, writer (Nobel 1910) 1831 Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army) 1835 Eduard Strauss, Austria, composer (318 Dance) 1838 Alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist (Stranger in Her Native Land) 1852 Lady Augusta Gregory, Ireland, playwright/poet/Yates mistress 1855 L£tzen Wagenaar, Fries writer/vicar (Tsjerk Ages) 1867 Lionel Pigot Johnson, England, poet/critic (Ireland & Other Poems) 1874 Harold L Ickes, social activist, New Deal politician 1879 Gerrit J Heering, Roman theologist (Fall of Christianity) 19-- Robert Milli, actor (All My Children) 19-- Sergio Vargas, Dom Rep, spanish singer (Aquiest El Merengue) 1901 Colin McPhee, Montr‚al Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles) 1902 Zarah Leander, Swedish/German actress/singers 1904 George Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel) 1905 Berthold Donate von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler 1905 Joe E Ross, comedian (Gunther Toody-Car 54, Ritzik-Phil Silvers Show) 1907 Paul Maxey, Wheaton Ill, actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice) 1910 An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race) 1912 Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Kapellekensban) 1913 Lex Goudsmit, actor (Fiddler on the Roof) 1913 MacDonald Carey, Sioux City Iowa, actor (One Life to Live, Dream Girl) 1915 David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris) 1915 Richard Ward, Glenside Pa, actor (Beacon Hill) 1916 Harry James, Albany Ga, trumpeter (married to Betty Grable) 1918 Richard Ellmann, US, literary scholar/writer (Oscar Wilde) 1919 John Gregson, Liverpool England, actor (Gideon CID, Shirley's World) 1919 Lawrence Tierney, Brooklyn, actor (Abduction, Dillinger) 1920 Ranganandhan Francis, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56) 1923 George Vogel, race horse trainer 1923 Italo Calvino, Italian writer (Split Viscount) 1923 Laurence A Tisch, NYC, CEO (Loews Corp) 1926 I T Valentine, (Rep-D-North Carolina) 1926 Norm Van Brocklin, NFL QB/coach (LA Rams), hall of famer 1926 Tim Valentine, (Rep-D-NC, 1983- ) 1927 Carl Smith, Maynardville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) 1932 Alan Lavern Bean, Wheeler Texas, Capt USN/astronaut (Ap 12, Skylab 3) 1933 Cecil Taylor, jazz pianist 1933 Roy Clark, country singer (Hee Haw) 1935 Judd Hirsch, NYC, actor (Alex Reiger-Taxi, Dear John, Ordinary People) 1936 Don Sundquist, (Rep-R-TN, 1983- ) 1936 Donald K Sundquist, (Rep-R-Tennessee) 1939 Robert Nye, writer (Facts of Life & other fiction, 3 Views of Man) 1940 Phil Lesh, rocker (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band) 1941 Mike Love, rock saxophonist/vocalist (Beachboys-In My Room) 1943 Brenda Scott, Cincinnati Oh, actress (Midge-Road West) 1943 David Cronenberg, Canada, director (Shivers, Fly, Bread) 1943 Don Mitchell, US, actor (Ironside) 1944 David Costell, rocker (Gary Lewis & the Playboys-Diamond Ring) 1944 Sly Stone, Dallas, rocker (Sly & the Family Stone-Everyday People) 1945 J”rgen Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968) 1945 Mark J Green, Bkln NY, lawyer/author (Closed Enterprise System) 1945 Tracy Smith, runner 1946 Bobby Bond, baseball player (Giants, Yankees, etc) 1946 Howard Scott, rocker (War) 1947 Larisa Grigoriyevna Pozharskaya, Russia, cosmonaut 1947 Ry Cooder, LA, blues guitarist (Crossroads) 1947 Tomas Pettersson, Sweden, cyclist (Olympic-silver-1968) 1949 John Duttine, actor 1954 Craig Wasson, Oregon, actor (Body Double, 4 Friends, Men's Club) 1955 Dee Snider, Massapequa NY, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It) 1955 Marcia McCabe, Bryn Mawr Pa, actress (Alicia Grande-1 Live to Live) 1957 Park Overall, Tenn, actress (Laverne-Empty Nest, Mississippi Burning) 1958 Laura Carrington, actress (Louisa-Alphabet City) 1959 Eliot Teltscher, Calif, tennis player (US Davis Cup team) 1959 Harold Baines, Maryland, outfielder (White Sox, Rangers) 1960 Donna Smith, Portland Oregon, playmate (March, 1985) 1961 Fabio, Italy, romance novels model 1961 John Melendez, jockey 1962 Steve Coy, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round) 1962 Terence Trent D'Arby, rock vocalist (Wishing Well) 1963 Bret Michaels, Harrisburg Pa, guitarist (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me) 1963 Don Simington, jockey 1963 Jimmy Baio, Bkln, actor (Billy Tate-Soap) 1968 Sabrina [Salerno], Genoa Italy, Miss Italy (1984)/singer (Boys) 1971 Robbie Pratt, jockey Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 1544 -BC- Julius C‘sar, Emperor of Rome, assassinated in Roman Senate 493 Odiaker, German army leader, dies 752 Zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies 963 Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies 1034 Mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies 1842 M Luigi CZS Cherubini, Italian director, dies 1905 B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norse author (Paa St Jírgen), dies at 58 1944 Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies 1962 Sam Wren, actor (Wren's Nest), dies at 64 1966 Abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63 1970 Arthur Adamov, French playwright, dies 1970 Tarjei Vesaas, Norse author/novelist/writer (Isslottet), dies at 72 1973 Carl Benton Reid, actor (Burke's Law), dies at 82 1975 Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler/sportscaster, dies at 49 1975 Aristotle S Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, dies 1983 Jos‚ Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80 1987 Sterling W Cole, (Rep-R-NY) dies at 82 1990 Tom Harmon, former Heisman Trophy winner, dies at 70 in LA 1991 Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, US jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies 1993 Anthony Bowles, music writer (Jesus Christ Superstar), dies at 61 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 15[Honduras] Thanksgiving Day [India, Mauritius, Nep l] Holi [Iran] Armed Forces Day/Labor Day [Liberia] JJ Robert's Birthday (1809) [Maine] Admission Day (1820) [Tennessee] Andrew Jackson's Birthday (1767) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for March 15[Christian] Feast of St Longinus, soldier with spear 1660 [RC] Commemoration of St Louise de Marillac, widow 1820 [RC] Commemoration of St Clement Hofbauer, priest/missionary Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 15 The day the buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio [Ancient Rome] Ides of March "Beware the Ides of March" [44] [US] Taxes in one month! National Poison Prevention Week, begins [US] National Teenage Week begins 752 St Zachary ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1360 France invasion army lands on English south coast, conquers Winchel 1391 Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews 1493 Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after 1st new world voyage 1672 King Charles II removes Declaration of Indulgence 1729 Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st US nun, takes her vows, N Orleans 1778 Nootka Sound, Vancouver Is discovered by Capt Cook 1781 Battle of Guilford Court House, SC (English beat US) 1812 1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River 1820 Maine admitted as 23rd state 1827 Freedom's Journal, 1st Black newspaper, publishes 1827 University of Toronto is chartered 1855 Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine 1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, TN 1863 R Luther discovers asteroid #78 Diana 1864 Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, LA 1867 Michigan becomes 1st state to tax property to support a university 1869 Cincinatti Red Stockings become the 1st pro baseball team 1872 R Luther discovers asteroid #118 Peitho 1875 1st US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested 1887 1st salaried fish & game warden (William Alden Smith) 1887 Michigan appoints 1st salaried game & fish warden in US 1892 NY State unveils automatic ballot cabinet (voting machine) 1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #400 Ducrosa 1897 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden 1901 Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th 1906 Britten Rolls & Royce Johnson found Rolls Royce Ltd 1912 Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins 1912 Sam Lightnin' Hopkins, Texas, blues stylist (Ball of Twine) 1913 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) 1913 Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court 1916 Gen Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos 1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates (3/3 OS) 1919 American Legion forms 1922 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia) 1923 Lenin is hit with his 3rd stroke 1926 Belgium's "black monday", franc falls 1928 Mussolini modifies Italian electoral system 1930 1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, NY 1930 1st streamlined submarine of US navy, USS Nautilus, launched 1933 NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation & discrimination 1934 US Information Service opens 1937 1st blood bank established, Chicago, Ill 1937 1st state contraceptive clinic opens, Raleigh, NC 1939 Hitler occupies Bohemia & Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independ 1940 G Kulin discovers asteroid #3380 1940 G”ring ays 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest 1941 Blizzard in ND kills 151 1944 Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing 1946 British premier Attlee agrees with India's right to independence 1948 WCAU TV channel 10 in Philadelphia, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1950 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1616 Filipoff 1950 NYC hires Dr Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker" 1951 Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company 1952 A Schmitt discovers asteroid #1622 Chacornac 1952 Greatest 24-hr rainfall begins: 187 cm at La R‚union, Indian Ocean 1953 A Schmitt discovers asteroid #3156 1954 "CBS Morning Show" premiers with Walter Cronkite & Jack Paar 1954 WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 Dutch 2nd Chamber requires TV licenses 1955 WLEX TV channel 18 in Lexington, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 "My Fair Lady" opens on Broadway (NYC) 1957 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb (Britain) 1958 KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, MT (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 m 42.5 s 1959 WILX TV channel 10 in Lansing, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1960 Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park) 1960 National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated 1962 5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter 1962 Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump 1962 KATU TV channel 2 in Portland, OR (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4000 pts in an NBA season 1963 WFAN TV channel 14 in Washington, DC (IND) begins broadcasting 1964 LBJ asks for a War on Poverty 1964 Liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton) 1965 LBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote 1965 WMFE TV channel 24 in Orlando, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles 1967 AFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum 1967 WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville/Knoxville, TN (PBS) 1st broadcast 1968 Bob Beamon, sets long jump record of 27' 2 3/4" 1968 US Mint stops buying & selling gold 1969 US Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns 1969 Violent Chinese-Russian border dispute (100s dead?) 1970 Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan 1972 Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama 1972 Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112 1972 NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle 1975 Bundy victim Julie Cunningham disappears from Vail, Colo 1977 US House of Reps begin 90 day test of televising its sessions 1978 Israel invades Lebanon to rid area of Palestine guerrillas 1979 Apparat releases Newdos + 2.1 for the Radio Shack's TRS-80 1979 Isle's Bryan Trottier's 5th career hat trick 1982 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3571 1982 Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan 1982 KGB-AM in San Diego CA changes call letters to KCNN (now KPOP) 1982 Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days 1984 Tanzania adopts constitution 1986 Funeral services held for Swedish PM Olaf Palme 1987 US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay 1988 NFL's St Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix 1989 NY Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's #1 uniform 1991 4 LA police are charged with beating Rodney King 1991 Sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20¬' 1991 Territories of Amapa & Roraima become states in Brazil 1999 Pluto again becomes outermost planet Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 1574th day of the year with 291 days left (Numerology = 9) 1990 77øF highest temperature for this date in NYC 1993 14øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 1503/15/45 --- My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Tim --- Brown, Les 03/15/45 --- My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Tim --- Moore, Phil 03/15/69 --- You've Made Me So Very Happy --- Blood, Sweat & Tears 03/15/69 --- Galveston --- Campbell, Glen 03/15/69 --- Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In --- Fifth Dimension 03/15/69 --- Rock Me --- Steppenwolf 03/15/75 --- Walking In Rhythm --- Blackbyrds 03/15/75 --- Philadelphia Freedom --- John, Elton 03/15/80 --- Sexy Eyes --- Dr. Hook 03/15/86 --- West End Girls --- Pet Shop Boys |
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