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March 15th


- Earliest day on which Palm Sunday can fall, while April 18 is the latest; celebrated on the sixth Sunday of Lent. (Christianity)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Constitution Day (Belarus)
- International Day Against Police Brutality (International)
- Ides of March (Roman Empire)
- H?nen Matsuri (Japan)
- National holiday, celebrating the Revolutions of 1848 (Hungary)
- World Consumer Rights Day (International)
- World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film (International)

March 15th


- 1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union.
- 1990 - Iraq hangs British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying.
- 1989 - The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is established.
- 1985 - The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).
- 1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
- 1961 - South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1952 - In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in one day, setting a new world record.
- 1943 - World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov – the Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting.
- 1939 - World War II: German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist.
- 1933 - Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps members of the National Council from convening, starting the austrofascist dictatorship.
- 1931 - SS Viking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
- 1926 - The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
- 1922 - After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
- 1917 - Czar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne and his brother the Grand Duke becomes Tsar.
- 1916 - President Woodrow Wilson sends 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
- 1906 - Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
- 1877 - The first Test cricket match begins between England and Australia.
- 1848 - A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.
- 1820 - Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state.
- 1783 - In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
- 1781 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Courthouse – Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat an American force numbering 4,400.
- 1776 - South Carolina becomes the first American colony to declare its independence from Great Britain and set up its own government.
- 1672 - Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
- 1564 - Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes jizya (per capita tax) .
- 1545 - First meeting of the Council of Trent.
- 1514 - Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work.
- 1493 - Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
- 1311 - Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.
- 933 - After a ten-year truce, German King Henry I defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river.
- 351 - Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire.
- 221 - Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty.
- -44 - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.

March 15th


- 1991 - Kii Kitano, Japanese actress
- 1990 - Siobhan Magnus, American singer
- 1989 - Caitlin Wachs, American actress
- 1988 - Chris Lent, American drummer and keyboardist
- 1988 - Ever Guzmán, Mexican footballer
- 1987 - Taiwan Brown, American video jockey
- 1986 - Adrianne Leon, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1985 - Eva Amurri, American actress
- 1985 - Antti Autti, Finnish snowboarder
- 1985 - James MacLurcan, Australian actor
- 1985 - Tom Chilton, British racing driver
- 1985 - Kellan Lutz, American model and actor
- 1985 - Curtis Davies, English footballer
- 1984 - Badradine Belloumou, French-born football player
- 1984 - Kostas Vasileiadis, Greek basketball player
- 1983 - Sean Biggerstaff, Scottish actor
- 1983 - Daryl Murphy, Irish footballer
- 1982 - Jordan Hastings, Canadian drummer (Alexisonfire)
- 1982 - Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player
- 1982 - Emily Tyndall, American actress
- 1981 - Mikael Forssell, Finnish footballer
- 1981 - Veronica Maggio, Swedish singer
- 1981 - Young Buck, American rapper
- 1980 - Freddie Bynum, American baseball player
- 1979 - Kevin Youkilis, American baseball player
- 1978 - Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater
- 1977 - Adrian Burnside, Australian baseball player
- 1977 - Joe Hahn, American musician (Linkin Park)
- 1977 - Brian Tee, American actor
- 1976 - Katherine Brooks, American television director
- 1976 - Cara Pifko, Canadian actress
- 1975 - Eva Longoria, American actress
- 1975 - Veselin Topalov, Bulgarian chess player
- 1975 - Darcy Tucker, Canadian hockey player
- 1975 - Will.i.am, American musician
- 1974 - Robert Fick, American baseball player
- 1974 - John "Beatz" Holohan, American musician
- 1973 - Lee Jung-jae, South Korean actor & model
- 1973 - Boris Durdevic, Croatian musician
- 1972 - Mark Hoppus, American musician (+44 and blink-182)
- 1972 - Mike Tomlin, American football coach
- 1971 - Penny Lancaster, English model
- 1971 - Joanne Wise, English long jumper
- 1970 - Derek Parra, American speed skater
- 1969 - Rona Ambrose, Canadian politician
- 1969 - Gianluca Festa, Italian footballer
- 1969 - Timo Kotipelto, Finnish musician
- 1969 - Apollo Papathanasio, Swedish vocalist
- 1969 - Kim Raver, American actress
- 1969 - Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey
- 1968 - Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer
- 1968 - Mark McGrath, American musician (Sugar Ray)
- 1968 - Terje Riis-Johansen, Norwegian politician
- 1968 - Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer
- 1968 - Jon Schaffer, American guitarist (Iced Earth)
- 1967 - Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese artist
- 1964 - Davide Pinato, Italian footballer
- 1963 - Bret Michaels, American musician (Poison)
- 1962 - Jimmy Baio, American actor
- 1962 - Terence Trent D'Arby, American singer
- 1961 - Terry Cummings, American basketball player
- 1961 - Craig Ludwig, American ice hockey player
- 1961 - Fabio Lanzoni, Italian model
- 1960 - Marco Pennette, American television producer
- 1960 - Chris Sanders, American animator and director
- 1959 - Harold Baines, American baseball player
- 1959 - Renny Harlin, Finnish film director
- 1959 - Lisa Holton, American writer
- 1957 - Víctor Muñoz, Spanish football manager
- 1957 - Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese-American actor
- 1957 - Park Overall, American actress
- 1957 - David Silverman, American animator
- 1956 - Clay Matthews, American football player
- 1955 - Dee Snider, American singer (Twisted Sister)
- 1954 - Craig Wasson, American actor
- 1954 - Bob Budiansky, American comic book writer, illustrator, and editor
- 1953 - Kostas Bigalis, Greek singer and songwriter
- 1953 - Richard Bruton, Irish politician
- 1952 - Howard Koh, American state government official
- 1950 - Jørgen Olsen, Danish singer
- 1948 - Kate Bornstein, American author
- 1948 - Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003)
- 1947 - Ry Cooder, American guitarist
- 1947 - Gino Ferrin, German footballer
- 1947 - Juraj Kukura, Slovak actor
- 1946 - Bobby Bonds, American baseball player (d. 2003)
- 1946 - Masaharu Sat?, Japanese seiy?
- 1946 - Howard E. Scott, American musician (War)
- 1945 - A. K. Faezul Huq, Bengali lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
- 1945 - Mark J. Green, American public official
- 1944 - Chi Cheng, Taiwanese athlete and politician
- 1944 - Jacques Doillon, French film director
- 1944 - Sly Stone, American musician
- 1943 - David Cronenberg, Canadian film director
- 1941 - Mike Love, American musician (The Beach Boys)
- 1940 - Frank Dobson, British politician
- 1940 - Margo Coleman, American advice columnist
- 1940 - Phil Lesh, American musician (Grateful Dead)
- 1940 - Mel Phillips, American radio programmer
- 1939 - David Eisenberg, American biochemist
- 1939 - Ted Kaufman, American politician, junior senator of Delaware
- 1939 - Julie Tullis, British climber (d. 1986)
- 1939 - Jack Whyte, Scottish-Canadian author
- 1936 - David Andrews, Irish politician
- 1936 - Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (d. 1986)
- 1935 - Judd Hirsch, American actor
- 1935 - Jimmy Swaggart, American televangelist
- 1934 - Aldo Giorgini, Italian artist
- 1934 - Richard Layard, Baron Layard, British economist
- 1934 - Kanshi Ram, Indian dalit leader
- 1933 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American jurist
- 1933 - Philippe de Broca, French film director (d. 2004)
- 1932 - Alan Bean, American astronaut
- 1930 - Zhores Ivanovich Alferov, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1930 - Kostas Nestoridis, Greek footballer
- 1929 - Cecil Taylor, American jazz pianist
- 1927 - Stanis?aw Kania, Polish politician
- 1927 - Christian Marquand, French actor and director (d. 2000)
- 1927 - Carl Smith, American singer (d. 2010)
- 1926 - Norm Van Brocklin, American football player (d. 1983)
- 1926 - Ben Johnston, American composer
- 1925 - Bert Bolin, Swedish meteorologist (d. 2007)
- 1924 - Walter Gotell, German actor (d. 1997)
- 1923 - Charles Wheeler, British journalist (d. 2008)
- 1921 - Madelyn Pugh, American television writer
- 1921 - Stafford Smythe, Canadian hockey executive (d. 1971)
- 1920 - E. Donnall Thomas, American physician, Nobel laureate
- 1920 - Lawrence Sanders, American novelist (d. 1998)
- 1919 - Lawrence Tierney, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1918 - Richard Ellmann, American biographer (d. 1987)
- 1918 - Punch Imlach, Canadian hockey coach and general manager (d. 1987)
- 1916 - Fadil Hoxha, Yugoslav politician (d. 2001)
- 1916 - Harry James, American musician and band leader (d. 1983)
- 1916 - Frank Coghlan Jr, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1915 - Joe E. Ross, American actor and comedian (d. 1982)
- 1915 - Caterina Boratto, Italian film actress (d. 2010)
- 1914 - Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster (d. 1985)
- 1913 - Macdonald Carey, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1913 - Jack Fairman, British racing driver (d. 2002)
- 1912 - Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and novelist (d. 1979)
- 1912 - Lightnin' Hopkins, American musician (d. 1982)
- 1910 - Nick Stewart, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1907 - Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981)
- 1905 - Berthold von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and Nazi opponent (d. 1944)
- 1904 - Yu Gwan-sun, Korean independence fighter (d. 1920)
- 1899 - George Brent, American film actor (d. 1979)
- 1897 - Jackson Scholz, American runner (d. 1986)
- 1892 - James Basevi Ord, US army officer (d. 1938)
- 1890 - Boris Nikolaevich Delaunay, Russian mathematician (d. 1980)
- 1887 - Marjorie Merriweather Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1973)
- 1884 - Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1951)
- 1882 - Jim Lightbody, American runner (d. 1953)
- 1874 - Eugène Fiset, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1951)
- 1869 - Stanis?aw Wojciechowski, President of Poland (d. 1953)
- 1868 - Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician (d. 1944)
- 1867 - Lionel Johnson, British poet (d. 1902)
- 1866 - Matthew Charlton, Australian politician (d. 1948)
- 1866 - Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor (d. 1910)
- 1864 - Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian composer (d. 1935)
- 1854 - Emil Adolf von Behring, German physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1917)
- 1852 - Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish dramatist (d. 1932)
- 1851 - William Mitchell Ramsay, Scottish archaeologist (d. 1939)
- 1838 - Karl Davydov, Russian cellist (d. 1889)
- 1835 - John Henrie Kagi, American abolitionist (d. 1859)
- 1835 - Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (d. 1916)
- 1831 - Daniel Comboni, Italian missionary (d. 1881)
- 1830 - Paul Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1914)
- 1830 - Élisée Reclus, French geographer (d. 1905)
- 1824 - Jules Chevalier, French priest (d. 1907)
- 1821 - Eduard Heine, German mathematician (d. 1881)
- 1821 - Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (d. 1895)
- 1821 - William Milligan, Scottish theologian (d. 1892)
- 1818 - Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (d. 1924)
- 1813 - John Snow, English epidemiologist (d. 1858)
- 1809 - Karl Josef von Hefele, German theologian (d. 1893)
- 1809 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, first President of Liberia (d. 1876)
- 1791 - Charles Knight, English publisher (d. 1873)
- 1790 - Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician (d. 1861)
- 1779 - Lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848)
- 1771 - Robert Hett Chapman, American Presbyterian minister and president of the University of North Carolina (d. 1833)
- 1767 - Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (d. 1845)
- 1713 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (d. 1762)
- 1684 - Francesco Durante, Italian composer (d. 1755)
- 1666 - George Bähr, German architect (d. 1738)
- 1638 - Shunzhi Emperor of China (d. 1661)
- 1591 - Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)
- 1493 - Anne de Montmorency, Constable of France (d. 1567)
- 1455 - Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)
- 1275 - Margaret of England (1275–1333), English princess (d. 1333)
- 938 - Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)