Page 4: Historical Events In March - 15

1889  6 US & German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die on March - 15.   

1892  Escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (New York NY) on this day in history.   

1892  New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) on March - 15.   

1892  The first escalator, the Reno Inclined Elevator, is patented by Jesse W Reno of New York on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (NYC)   

1894  Slava Vorlova, composer on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden   

1900  On March - 15 gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer   

1901  Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th on this day in history.   

1901  Colin McPhee, Montreal Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles) on March - 15.   

1902  On this day in history kitty Masters, actress   

1903  On March - 15 british conquest of northern Nigeria is complete.   

1903  Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa on this day in history.   

1904  George Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel) on March - 15.   

1905  Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler on this day in history.   

1905  On March - 15 arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60   

1906  On this day in history brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd   

1906  On March - 15 brits Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd   

1906  On March - 15 alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81   

1907  On March - 15 finland is first European country to give women the right to vote   

1907  Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote on this day in history.   

1907  Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn) on March - 15.   

1908  1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole" on this day in history.   

1910  An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race) on March - 15.   

1912  On March - 15 pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins   

1912  Duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history cleveland establishes first small claims court   

1913  First Presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) on March - 15.   

1913  1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) on March - 15.   

1913  On this day in history lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof)   

1915  Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea on this day in history.   

1915  On March - 15 neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea   

1915  On March - 15 david Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris)   

1916  General Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-months on March - 15.   

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0938  On this day in history birth of romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)   

1275  On this day in history birth of margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318)   

1455  Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532) was born on this day in history.   

1493  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of shunzhi Emperor of China   

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 this day in history.   

0044  On this day in history death of julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC)   

0493  On March - 15 odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies   

0752  On March - 15 zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22]   

0963  On March - 15 romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25   

1034  Mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies on March - 15.   

1145  On March - 15 death of pope Lucius II   

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)