| History By Day |
| March 15th |
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| About March 15th is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 291 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. March 15th is International Day Against Police Brutality. In the Roman calendar, March 15 was known as the Ides of March. Births 1767 - Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. President 1845 - Thomas Custer, two-time Medal of Honor recipient 1914 - Gil Elvgren, painter of illustration 1926 - Norm Van Brocklin, Hall of Fame quarterback, punter 1933 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1939 - Ted Kaufman, U.S. Senator (Delaware) 1946 - Bobby Bonds, professional baseball player 1975 - Eva Longoria Parker, actress (Desperate Housewives) Deaths 2007 - Bowie Kuhn, Major League Baseball commissioner 2009 - Ron Silver, actor, director, political activist Events 1493 - After his initial trip to the Americas, explorer Christopher Columbus returns to Spain. 1776 - South Carolina sets up his own government and declares its independence from Great Britain , becoming the first American colony to do so. 1781 - Battle of Guilford Courthouse, near modern-day Greensboro , North Carolina happens during the American Revolutionary War where General Charles Cornwallis leads 1,900 British troops to victory over a larger American force numbering 4,400. 1783 -George Washington gives a passionate speech in Newburgh , New York , where he appeals to his officers to not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. Washington ’s request is successful and the threatened coup d'etat never occurs. 1820 - Maine is admitted, becoming the 23rd state in the United States . 1873 -The social fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa is founded at Massachusetts Agricultural College in Amherst . 1916 - 12,000 United States troops are sent over the U.S.-Mexico border by President Woodrow Wilson to locate and attack Pancho Villa. 1944 - During the Battle of Monte Cassino in World War II, Allied aircraft bomb and stage an assault on the German-held monastery. 1965 -Responding to the civil rights struggle taking place at Selma , Alabama , President Lyndon B. Johnson tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while continuing his support for the Voting Rights Act. 1985 -Symbolics.com becomes first Internet domain name registered. 1989 - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is established. 1990 - Iraq hangs British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying during the Gulf War. 2004 -The discovery of 90377 Sedna is announced, becoming the furthest natural object in the Solar system observed to this point. |
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