Historical Events In March - 15
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1916 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 on March - 15.
1916 On March - 15 university of Gent goes under Dutch control
1916 Gen Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos on this day in history.
1916 On March - 15 geert Lubberhuizen, publisher (Busy Bee)
1917 On March - 15 nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate
1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate [3/3 OS] on this day in history.
1918 On March - 15 janet Leach, potter
1918 Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer, dies at 82 on March - 15.
1919 On this day in history american Legion forms (Paris France)
1919 On this day in history american Legion founded
1919 On this day in history american Legion forms (Paris)
1919 On March - 15 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 On this day in history 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia)
1923 Lenin is hit with his 3rd stroke on March - 15.
1926 Belgium's "black monday", franc falls on this day in history.
1926 On March - 15 belgium's "black monday," franc falls
1928 Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose) on March - 15.
1929 Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24 on March - 15.
1930 On this day in history the first streamlined submarine of US navy, USS Nautilus, launched
1930 On this day in history 1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, NY
1930 Antonio Beltramelli, writer, dies at 51 on March - 15.
1933 NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination on March - 15.
1933 On this day in history nAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation & discrimination
1934 US Information Service opens on this day in history.
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 March - 15.
1937 The first blood bank is established (Chicago IL) on this day in history.
1937 On this day in history the United States sets up its first central blood bank
1937 1st blood bank forms (Chicago IL) on March - 15.
1938 On this day in history 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
1938 Edmund Tylecote, cricketer (England keeper in 6 Tests 1882-86), dies on this day in history.
1939 On this day in history germany occupies Czechoslovakia.
1939 On March - 15 hitler occupies Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independence
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