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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020
March 15 is the 74th day of the year (75th
in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
291 days remain until the end of the year. In
the Roman calendar,
March 15 was known as the Ides of March. Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events[edit]
·
474 BC Roman consul Gnaeus
Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and
securing a forty years' truce.[1] ·
44 BC Marcus
Junius Brutus the Younger and his fellow conspirators, Gaius Cassius
Longinus, Decimus
Junius Brutus, and several other Roman senators, march to the Capitol
following the assassination
of Julius Caesar, but there is no response to their appeals to the
population, who have left the streets in fear. Caesar's body remains in its
place. ·
351 Constantius II elevates his
cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the
Eastern part of the Roman Empire. ·
493 Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy after the fall of
the Western Roman Empire,
is slain by Theoderic the Great,
king of the Ostrogoths, while the
two kings were feasting together. ·
856 Michael III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, overthrows the regency of
his mother, empress Theodora (wife
of Theophilos) with support of the Byzantine nobility. ·
933 After a ten-year
truce, German King Henry the Fowler defeats a Hungarian
army at the Battle of Riade near
the Unstrut river. ·
1147 Conquest of Santarιm:
The forces of Afonso I of Portugal capture Santarιm. ·
1311 Battle of Halmyros:
The Catalan Company defeats Walter V,
Count of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece. ·
1493 Christopher Columbus returns
to Spain after his first trip to the Americas. ·
1564 Mughal
Emperor Akbar abolishes "jizya" (per capita tax). ·
1672 Charles II of
England issues the Royal
Declaration of Indulgence. ·
1781 American
Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford
Court House: Near present-day Greensboro,
North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat
a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory. ·
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'ιtat never takes place. ·
1819 French
physicist Augustin Fresnel is
adjudged the winner of the Grand Prix of the Acadιmie des
Sciences for his "Memoir on the Diffraction of
Light", which verifies the Fresnel integrals, accounts for the limited
extent to which light spreads into shadows, and thereby demolishes Newton's initial objection to the wave
theory of light. ·
1820 Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state.[2] ·
1827 University of
Toronto is founded.[3] ·
1848 A revolution
breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet
the demands of the Reform party. ·
1864 American Civil War:
The Red River Campaign:
U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria,
Louisiana. ·
1874 France and Vietnam sign
the Second Treaty of
Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France
over Cochinchina. ·
1875 Archbishop of New
York John McCloskey is
named the first cardinal in
the United States.[4] ·
1877 First ever official cricket test match is played:
Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia. ·
1878 Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy,
broken off back in 1603. ·
1888 Start of
the Anglo-Tibetan War of
1888. ·
1895 Heian Shrine is founded. ·
1906 Rolls-Royce Limited is
incorporated. ·
1916 United States
President Woodrow Wilson sends
4,800 United States troops over the U.S.Mexico border to pursue Pancho
Villa. ·
1917 Tsar Nicholas II of
Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year
Romanov dynasty. ·
1921 Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of
the Ottoman Empire and
chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is
assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian. ·
1922 After Egypt gains nominal independence from
the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt. ·
1926 The
dictator Theodoros
Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition. ·
1927 The first Women's Boat Race between
the University of Oxford and
the University of
Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.[5] ·
1931 SS Viking explodes
off Newfoundland,
killing 27 of the 147 on board. ·
1933 Austrian
Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps
members of the National
Council from convening, starting the Austrofascist dictatorship. ·
1939 Germany
occupies Czechoslovakia.[6] ·
1939 Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an
independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day. ·
1941 Philippine Airlines,
the flag carrier of the Philippines takes its first flight
between Manila (from Nielson Field) to Baguio City with a Beechcraft Model 18 making
the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under
its original name. ·
1943 World War
II: Third Battle of
Kharkov: The Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street
fighting. ·
1945 World War II:
Soviet forces begin an offensive to
push Germans from Upper Silesia. ·
1951 Iranian oil
industry is nationalized. ·
1952 In Cilaos, Rιunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of
rain falls in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through
March 16). ·
1961 At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South
Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South
African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect. ·
1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson,
responding to the Selma crisis,
tells U.S. Congress "We
shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act. ·
1978 Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end
the Ethio-Somali War. ·
1986 Collapse of
Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World
in Singapore collapses. ·
1990 Mikhail Gorbachev is
elected as the first President
of the Soviet Union. ·
1991 Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes
into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany. ·
1998 is named as
Oscar D'Leσn Day in New York City,
in homage to the Venezuelan salsa singer, Oscar D'Leσn.[7] ·
2008 Stockpiles of
obsolete ammunition explode at
an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gλrdec, Albania, killing 26 people. ·
2011 Beginning of
the Syrian Civil War. ·
2019 Fifty-one
people are killed in the Christchurch
mosque shootings. ·
2019 Beginning of
the 201920 Hong
Kong protests. ·
2019 Approximately 1.4 million young
people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change.[8] Births[edit]
·
270 Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (d.
343) ·
1097 Fujiwara no
Tadamichi, Japanese noble (d. 1164) ·
1275 Margaret
of England, Duchess of Brabant (d. 1333) ·
1407 Jacob,
Margrave of Baden-Baden (d. 1453) ·
1444 Francesco
Gonzaga, Catholic cardinal (d. 1483) ·
1493 Anne de Montmorency,
French captain and diplomat (d. 1567)[9] ·
1513 Hedwig
Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg (d. 1573) ·
1516 Alqas Mirza, Safavid prince (d. 1550)[10] ·
1582 Daniel Featley, English theologian and
controversialist (d. 1645) ·
1584 Philip, Duke of
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glόcksburg (d. 1663) ·
1591 Alexandre de Rhodes,
French missionary and lexicographer (d. 1660) ·
1611 Jan Fyt, Flemish painter (d. 1661) ·
1638 Shunzhi Emperor of China (d. 1661) ·
1666 George Bδhr, German architect, designed
the Dresden Frauenkirche (d.
1738) ·
1754 Archibald Menzies,
Scottish surgeon and botanist (d. 1842) ·
1767 Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and
politician, 7th President
of the United States (d. 1845) ·
1779 William
Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1848) ·
1790 Ludwig Immanuel
Magnus, German mathematician and academic (d. 1861)[11] ·
1791 Charles Knight,
English author and publisher (d. 1873) ·
1809 Joseph Jenkins
Roberts, American-Liberian historian and politician, 1st President of Liberia (d.
1876) ·
1809 Karl Josef von
Hefele, German bishop and theologian (d. 1893) ·
1813 John Snow, English physician and
epidemiologist (d. 1858) ·
1818 Mariano Αlvarez,
Filipino general and politician (d. 1924) ·
1821 Johann Josef
Loschmidt, Austrian physicist and chemist (d. 1895) ·
1821 William Milligan, Scottish theologian, author,
and educator (d. 1892) ·
1824 Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded
the Missionaries
of the Sacred Heart (d. 1907) ·
1830 Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and
playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1914) ·
1830 Ιlisιe Reclus,
French geographer and academic (d. 1905) ·
1831 Saint Daniele
Comboni, Italian missionary and saint (d. 1881) ·
1835 John Henry Kagi, American lawyer and
activist (d. 1859) ·
1835 Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer and
conductor (d. 1916) ·
1838 Karl Davydov, Russian cellist, composer, and
conductor (d. 1889) ·
1851 John Sebastian
Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (d.
1916) ·
1851 William Mitchell
Ramsay, Scottish archaeologist and scholar (d. 1939) ·
1852 Augusta, Lady
Gregory, Anglo-Irish landowner, playwright, and translator (d.
1932) ·
1854 Emil von Behring, German physiologist and
physician, Nobel
Prize laureate (d. 1917) ·
1857 Christian Michelsen,
Norwegian businessman and politician, 1st Prime Minister
of Norway (d. 1925) ·
1858 Liberty Hyde Bailey,
American botanist and academic, co-founded the American
Society for Horticultural Science (d. 1954) ·
1860 Waldemar Haffkine,
Russian-Swiss bacteriologist and microbiologist (d. 1930) ·
1864 Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist,
composer, and conductor (Oslo Philharmonic)
(d. 1935) ·
1865 Manuk Abeghian, Armenian author and scholar
(d. 1944) ·
1866 Matthew Charlton, Australian miner and
politician (d. 1948) ·
1866 Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor, often
erroneously identified as the inventor of the Paper clip (d. 1910) ·
1868 Grace Chisholm Young,
English mathematician (d. 1944)[12] ·
1869 Stanisław
Wojciechowski, Polish scholar and politician, 2nd President
of the Republic of Poland (d. 1953) ·
1874 Eugθne Fiset, Canadian physician, general,
and politician, 18th Lieutenant
Governor of Quebec (d. 1951) ·
1874 Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and
politician, 32nd United
States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1952) ·
1878 Reza Shah, Iranian king (d. 1944) ·
1886 Wladimir Burliuk, Ukrainian-Greek painter
and illustrator (d. 1917) ·
1887 Marjorie
Merriweather Post, American businesswoman and philanthropist,
founded General Foods (d.
1973) ·
1887 Lόtfi Kırdar,
Turkish physician and politician, Turkish
Minister of Health (d. 1961) ·
1879 Benjamin R. Jacobs,
American biochemist (d. 1963)[13] ·
1890 Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and
mountaineer (d. 1980) ·
1892 James Basevi Ord, Mexican-American colonel
(d. 1938) ·
1897 Jackson Scholz, American runner (d. 1986) ·
1900 Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist,
anthropologist, historian and writer (d. 1987) ·
1904 George Brent, Irish-American actor (d. 1979) ·
1904 J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor (d.
1985) ·
1905 Berthold
Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and judge (d. 1944) ·
1907 Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer
(d. 1981) ·
1909 Jaroslava Muchovα
Syllabovα, Czech painter (d. 1986) ·
1912 Lightnin' Hopkins,
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982) ·
1912 Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and
author (d. 1979) ·
1913 Macdonald Carey, American actor (d. 1994) ·
1913 Jack Fairman, English race car driver (d.
2002) ·
1916 Frank Coghlan, Jr.,
American actor and pilot (d. 2009) ·
1916 Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and
politician, 2nd President of Kosovo (d.
2001) ·
1916 Harry James, American trumpet player,
bandleader, and actor (d. 1983) ·
1918 Richard Ellmann, American author and critic
(d. 1987) ·
1918 Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player,
coach, and manager (d. 1987) ·
1919 Lawrence Tierney, American actor (d. 2002) ·
1920 E. Donnall Thomas,
American physician and academic, Nobel
Prize laureate (d. 2012) ·
1921 Madelyn Pugh, American television writer and
producer (d. 2011) ·
1922 Eddie Calvert, English trumpeter (d. 1978) ·
1926 Ben Johnston,
American composer and academic (d. 2019) ·
1926 Norm Van Brocklin,
American football player and coach (d. 1983) ·
1927 Christian Marquand,
French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000) ·
1927 Carl Smith,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010) ·
1928 Bob Wilber, American clarinetist and
saxophonist (d. 2019) ·
1930 Zhores Alferov, Belarusian-Russian physicist
and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 2019)[14] ·
1932 Alan Bean, American captain, pilot, and
astronaut (d. 2018) ·
1932 Arif Mardin, Turkish-American record
producer (d. 2006) ·
1933 Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
American lawyer and judge (d. 2020)[15] ·
1933 Philippe de Broca,
French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004) ·
1934 Richard
Layard, Baron Layard, English economist and academic ·
1934 Kanshi Ram, Indian politician (d. 2006) ·
1935 David Andrews,
Irish politician, 21st Minister
of Foreign Affairs for Ireland ·
1935 Judd Hirsch, American actor ·
1935 Jimmy Swaggart, American pastor and
television host ·
1935 Leonid Yengibarov,
Russian-Armenian clown and boxer (d. 1972) ·
1936 Howard Greenfield,
American songwriter (d. 1986) ·
1937 Marcus Raichle, American neurologist and
physiologist ·
1937 Valentin Rasputin,
Russian environmentalist and author (d. 2015) ·
1938 Charles
Lloyd, American saxophonist and flute player ·
1939 Ted Kaufman, American engineer and
politician ·
1939 Robert Nye, English author, poet, and
playwright (d. 2016) ·
1939 Julie Tullis, English mountaineer (d. 1986)[16] ·
1940 Frank Dobson, English politician, Secretary
of State for Health (d. 2019) ·
1940 Phil Lesh, American bassist ·
1941 Mike Love, American singer-songwriter and
musician ·
1941 Carolyn Hansson, Canadian materials engineer[17] ·
1943 David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director,
and screenwriter ·
1943 Lynda La Plante, English actress,
screenwriter, and author ·
1943 Michael Scott-Joynt,
English bishop (d. 2014) ·
1943 Sly Stone, American singer-songwriter,
musician, and producer ·
1943 The Iron Sheik, Iranian-American wrestler
and actor[18] ·
1944 Chi Cheng,
Taiwanese runner and politician ·
1944 Jacques Doillon, French director and
screenwriter ·
1944 Francis Mankiewicz,
Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993) ·
1944 A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi lawyer and
politician (d. 2007) ·
1945 Mark J. Green, American lawyer and
politician ·
1946 Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and
coach (d. 2003) ·
1946 John
Dempsey, English born Irish international footballer, centre-back
and manager[19] ·
1947 Ry Cooder, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and producer ·
1947 Gino Ferrin, German footballer and manager ·
1947 Juraj Kukura, Slovak-German actor[20] ·
1948 Kate Bornstein, American author and activist[21] ·
1948 Sιrgio Vieira de
Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003) ·
1950 Jψrgen Olsen, Danish singer-songwriter ·
1950 Kurt Koch, Swiss cardinal ·
1951 David
Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, English educator and politician ·
1952 Howard Devoto, English singer-songwriter ·
1952 Philip Green, English businessman ·
1952 Howard Koh, American physician and
politician, 14th United
States Assistant Secretary for Health ·
1953 Richard Bruton, Irish economist and
politician, Minister
for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation ·
1953 Heather Graham
Pozzessere, American author ·
1953 Kumba Ialα, Bissau-Guinean educator and
politician, President
of Guinea-Bissau (d. 2014) ·
1954 Massimo Bubola, Italian singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and producer ·
1954 Isobel Buchanan, Scottish soprano and
actress ·
1954 Bob Budiansky, American author and
illustrator ·
1954 Henry Marsh,
American runner and businessman, co-founded MonaVie ·
1954 Craig Wasson, American actor[22] ·
1955 Mohsin
Khan, Pakistani cricketer ·
1955 Dee Snider, American singer-songwriter and
actor ·
1956 Clay Matthews, Jr.,
American football player and coach ·
1957 Joaquim de Almeida,
Portuguese-American actor ·
1957 Vνctor Muρoz,
Spanish footballer and manager ·
1957 David
Silverman, American animator, director, and screenwriter ·
1958 Anne
Davies, English television presenter and newsreader ·
1959 Harold Baines, American baseball player and
coach ·
1959 Renny Harlin, Finnish director and producer ·
1959 Lisa Holton, American journalist and author ·
1959 Ben Okri, Nigerian poet and author[23] ·
1959 Eliot Teltscher, American tennis player[24] ·
1960 Mike Pagliarulo, American baseball player
and coach ·
1960 Phil
Walsh, Australian rules footballer and coach (d. 2015) ·
1961 Terry Cummings, American basketball player
and singer ·
1961 Craig Ludwig, American ice hockey player and
coach ·
1962 Terence Trent D'Arby,
American singer-songwriter ·
1962 Jimmy Baio, American actor[25] ·
1963 Bret Michaels, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and actor ·
1964 Davide Pinato, Italian footballer ·
1964 Rockwell,
American singer-songwriter and musician ·
1965 Sunetra Gupta, Indian epidemiologist,
author, and academic ·
1965 Robyn Malcolm, New Zealand actress ·
1967 Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese manga artist,
creator of Sailor Moon ·
1968 Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer[26] ·
1968 Mark McGrath, American singer-songwriter and
television host ·
1968 Terje Riis-Johansen,
Norwegian politician, Norwegian
Minister of Petroleum and Energy ·
1968 Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer-songwriter,
actress, and producer ·
1969 Rona Ambrose, Canadian journalist and
politician, former Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada ·
1969 Gianluca Festa, Italian footballer and coach ·
1969 Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey[27] ·
1970 Christine Anu, Australian singer ·
1970 Naka Drotske, South African rugby player ·
1970 Derek Parra, American speed skater and coach ·
1971 Penny Lancaster, English model and
photographer ·
1971 Joanne Wise, English long jumper ·
1972 Mark Hoppus, American singer-songwriter,
bass player, and producer ·
1972 Holger Stromberg, German chef[28] ·
1972 Mike Tomlin, American football player and
coach ·
1973 Robin Hunicke, American video game designer
and producer ·
1973 Masayuki Naruse, Japanese wrestler and mixed
martial artist ·
1974 Robert Fick, American baseball player ·
1975 Eva Longoria, American actress and producer ·
1975 Veselin Topalov, Bulgarian chess player ·
1975 Darcy Tucker, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1975 will.i.am, American rapper, producer, and
actor[29] ·
1976 Katherine Brooks, American director,
producer, and screenwriter ·
1976 Abhay Deol, Indian actor ·
1976 Cara Pifko, Canadian actress[30] ·
1977 Joe Hahn, American DJ, producer, and
director ·
1977 Brian Tee, Japanese-American actor,
producer, and screenwriter ·
1978 Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater ·
1979 Kyle Mills, New Zealand cricketer ·
1979 Kevin Youkilis, American baseball player and
scout ·
1980 Freddie Bynum, American baseball player ·
1980 Eric Grothe, Jr. Australian rugby
league player and guitarist ·
1980 Claudiney Ramos, Brazilian footballer (d.
2013) ·
1981 Young Buck, American rapper, producer, and
actor ·
1981 Mikael Forssell, German-Finnish footballer ·
1981 Veronica Maggio, Swedish singer-songwriter ·
1981 Jens Salumδe, Estonian skier[31] ·
1982 Tom Budge, Australian actor ·
1982 Emily Dunn,
American actress and dancer ·
1982 Wilson Kipsang
Kiprotich, Kenyan runner ·
1983 Sean Biggerstaff, Scottish actor ·
1983 Umut Bulut, Turkish footballer ·
1983 Ben Hilfenhaus, Australian cricketer ·
1983 Kostas Kaimakoglou,
Greek basketball player ·
1983 Golda Marcus, Salvadoran swimmer[32] ·
1983 Daryl Murphy, Irish footballer ·
1983 Heiko Niidas, Estonian basketball player ·
1983 Ricky Sekhon, English actor ·
1983 Yo Yo Honey Singh,
Indian music producer ·
1984 Badradine Belloumou,
French-Algerian footballer ·
1984 Malin Buska, Swedish actress ·
1984 Olivier Jean, Canadian speed skater ·
1984 Kostas Vasileiadis,
Greek basketball player ·
1984 Wilson
Aparecido Xavier Jϊnior, Brazilian footballer ·
1987 Eric Decker, American football player ·
1988 Ιver Guzmαn, Mexican footballer ·
1988 James Reimer, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1988 Jolo Revilla, Filipino actor and politician ·
1988 Alexander
Sims, English race car driver ·
1989 Sam Baldock, English footballer ·
1989 Bryce
Gibbs, Australian footballer ·
1989 Sandro,
Brazilian international footballer, midfielder[33] ·
1989 Gil Roberts, American sprinter[34] ·
1989 Adrien Silva, Portuguese footballer ·
1989 Caitlin Wachs, American actress ·
1990 Siobhan Magnus, American singer-songwriter ·
1991 Tavon Austin, American footballer ·
1991 Kurt Baptiste, Australian rugby league player[35] ·
1991 Xavier Henry, American basketball player[36] ·
1996 Seonaid McIntosh, Scottish sports shooter[37] ·
2000 Kristian Kostov, Russian-Bulgarian
singer-songwriter[38] Deaths[edit]
·
44 BC Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman
(b. 100 BC) ·
220 Cao Cao, Chinese general, warlord and
statesman (b. 155) ·
493 Odoacer, first king of Italy after the fall
of the Western Roman Empire (b.
433) ·
752 Pope Zachary ·
963 Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (b. 938) ·
990 Siegfried
I (the Older), German nobleman[39] ·
1086 Richilde,
Countess of Hainaut, Flemish consort and regent (b. c. 1018) ·
1124 Ernulf, Bishop of Rochester (b.
c. 1040) ·
1190 Isabella of Hainault,
queen of Philip II of France (b.
1170) ·
1311 Walter V,
Count of Brienne (b. 1275) ·
1311 Thomas III
d'Autremencourt, Lord of Salona, Marshal of Achaea ·
1311 Albert Pallavicini,
Margrave of Bodonitza ·
1311 George I Ghisi, Triarch of Euboea, Baron of
Chalandritsa, Lord of Tinos, Mykonos, Serifos and Keos ·
1327 Albert of
Schwarzburg, grand preceptor of the Knights Hospitaller ·
1346 Shah Jalal, Sufi saint of Bengal (b. 1271). ·
1536 Pargalı
Ibrahim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 35th Grand
Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1493) ·
1575 Annibale Padovano,
Italian organist and composer (b. 1527) ·
1644 Countess
Louise Juliana of Nassau (b. 1576) ·
1657 David
Pardo, Dutch rabbi and scholar (b. 1591) ·
1673 Salvator Rosa, Italian painter and poet (b.
1615) ·
1711 Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary
(b. 1645) ·
1820 Clement Mary
Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (b. 1751) ·
1832 Otto Wilhelm Masing,
Estonian linguist and clergyman (b. 1763) ·
1842 Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and
theorist (b. 1760) ·
1849 Giuseppe
Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774) ·
1891 Joseph Bazalgette,
English engineer and academic (b. 1819) ·
1897 James Joseph
Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814) ·
1898 Henry Bessemer, English engineer and
businessman (b. 1813) ·
1921 Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician,
281st Grand
Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874) ·
1927 Hector Rason, English-Australian politician,
7th Premier of
Western Australia (b. 1858)[40] ·
1933 Gustavo Jimιnez,
Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b.
1886) ·
1937 H. P. Lovecraft, American short story
writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890) ·
1938 Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and
politician (b. 1888) ·
1939 Luis Barcelσ, Spanish colonel (b. 1896) ·
1941 Alexej von Jawlensky,
Russian-German painter (b. 1864) ·
1944 Otto von Below, Prussian general (b. 1857) ·
1951 John S.
Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (b.
1889) ·
1957 Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (b. 1886) ·
1959 Lester Young, American saxophonist and
clarinet player (b. 1909) ·
1962 Charles Bartliff, American soccer player (b.
1886) ·
1962 Arthur Compton, American physicist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1892) ·
1966 Abe Saperstein, American basketball player
and coach (b. 1902) ·
1969 Miles Malleson, English actor and
screenwriter (b. 1888) ·
1969 Musashiyama Takeshi,
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 33rd Yokozuna (b. 1909) ·
1970 Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (b.
1897) ·
1971 Jean-Pierre Monserι,
Belgian cyclist (b. 1948) ·
1972 Aleksandr
Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1910) ·
1975 Aristotle Onassis,
Greek-Argentinian businessman (b. 1906) ·
1977 Hubert Aquin, Canadian author and activist
(b. 1929) ·
1977 Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler
and referee (b. 1921) ·
1981 Renι Clair, French director and screenwriter
(b. 1898) ·
1983 Coloman Braun-Bogdan,
Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1905) ·
1983 Rebecca West, English author and critic (b.
1892) ·
1985 Radha Krishna
Choudhary, Indian historian and author (b. 1921) ·
1986 Alexandru Giugaru,
Romanian actor (b. 1897) ·
1987 Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and
politician, 10th Canadian
Minister of National Defence (b. 1899) ·
1988 Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian general and spy
(b. 1926) ·
1989 Muhammad Jameel Didi,
Maldivian poet and politician (b. 1915) ·
1990 Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-English journalist
(b. 1958) ·
1990 Tom Harmon, American football player and
sportscaster (b. 1919) ·
1991 Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer,
and bandleader (b. 1906) ·
1992 Rahi Masoom Raza, Indian Urdu poet
(b.1927) ·
1997 Gail Davis, American actress (b. 1925) ·
1997 Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter
(b. 1906) ·
1998 Tim Maia, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b.
1942) ·
1998 Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and
author (b. 1903) ·
1999 Guy D'Artois, Canadian soldier (b. 1917) ·
2001 Gaetano Cozzi, Italian historian and
academic (b. 1922) ·
2001 Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (b.
1909) ·
2003 Thora Hird, English actress (b. 1911) ·
2003 Paul Stojanovich, American television
producer, created World's
Wildest Police Videos (b. 1956) ·
2004 Philippe Lemaire, French actor (b. 1927) ·
2004 Bill
Pickering, New Zealand-American scientist and engineer (b. 1910) ·
2004 John Pople, English-American chemist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1925) ·
2005 Bob Bellear, Australian engineer and judge
(b. 1944) ·
2005 Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player and
coach (b. 1923) ·
2005 Shoji Nishio, Japanese martial artist (b.
1927) ·
2006 Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and
politician, 173rd Prime Minister
of Greece (b. 1918) ·
2006 Red Storey, Canadian football player and
referee (b. 1918) ·
2007 Charles Harrelson,
American murderer (b. 1938) ·
2007 Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman
(b. 1926) ·
2007 Stuart Rosenberg, American director and
producer (b. 1927) ·
2008 Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer-songwriter and
producer (b. 1954) ·
2008 Vytautas Kernagis,
Lithuanian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1951) ·
2008 G. David Low, American astronaut and
engineer (b. 1956) ·
2008 Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player (b.
1921) ·
2008 Sarla Thakral, First Indian woman to earn a
pilot's license. (b. 1914)[41] ·
2009 Ron Silver, American actor, director, and
producer (b. 1946) ·
2011 Nate Dogg, American rapper (b. 1969) ·
2011 Smiley Culture, English singer and DJ (b.
1963) ·
2012 Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby player (b. 1946) ·
2012 Eb Gaines, American businessman and diplomat
(b. 1927) ·
2012 Luis Gonzales, Filipino actor (b. 1928) ·
2012 Bernardino
Gonzαlez Ruνz, Panamanian physician and politician, President of Panama (b.
1911) ·
2012 Fran Matera, American illustrator (b. 1924) ·
2012 Dave Philley, American baseball player and
manager (b. 1920) ·
2013 James Bonk, American chemist and academic
(b. 1931) ·
2013 Booth Gardner, American businessman and
politician, 19th Governor of Washington (b.
1936) ·
2013 Hardrock Gunter, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist (b. 1925) ·
2013 Shannon Larratt, Canadian publisher,
founded BMEzine (b.
1973) ·
2013 Terry Lightfoot, English clarinet player (b.
1935) ·
2013 Leverne McDonnell,
Australian actress (b. 1963). ·
2013 Masamichi Noro, Japanese-French martial
artist, founded Kinomichi (b.
1935) ·
2013 Kallam Anji Reddy,
Indian engineer and businessman, founded Dr. Reddy's
Laboratories (b. 1940) ·
2013 Peter Worsley, English sociologist (b. 1924) ·
2013 Felipe Zetter, Mexican footballer (b. 1923) ·
2014 Scott Asheton, American drummer (b. 1949). ·
2014 David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and
author (b. 1936) ·
2014 Bo Callaway, American soldier and
politician, 11th United
States Secretary of the Army (b. 1927) ·
2014 Clarissa Dickson
Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (b. 1947) ·
2014 Everett L. Fullam,
American priest and scholar (b. 1930) ·
2014 Cees Veerman,
Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943) ·
2015 Collins Chabane, South African politician
(b. 1960) ·
2015 Robert
Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (b. 1928) ·
2015 Narayan Desai, Indian author and activist
(b. 1924) ·
2015 Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer
(b. 1928) ·
2015 Curtis Gans, American political scientist
and author (b. 1937) ·
2015 Mike Porcaro, American bass player (b. 1955) ·
2016 Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress and
television and film producer (b. 1927) ·
2016 Asa Briggs, English historian and academic
(b. 1921) ·
2016 Daryl Coley, American singer and pastor (b.
1955) ·
2016 Seru Rabeni, Fijian rugby player (b. 1978) ·
2019 Larry DiTillio, American film and TV series
writer (b. 1948)[42] ·
2020 Vittorio Gregotti,
Italian architect (b. 1927)[43] Holidays and observances[edit]
·
Christian feast day: o Longinus o March
15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Earliest day on which Birth of Benito
Juαrez can fall, while March 21 is the latest; celebrated on
the third Monday of March. (Mexico) ·
Earliest day on which Palm Sunday can fall, while April 18 is
the latest; celebrated on the sixth Sunday of Lent.
(Christianity) ·
Hōnen Matsuri (Japan) ·
International
Day Against Police Brutality (International) ·
J. J. Roberts'
Birthday (Liberia) ·
National Day,
celebrating the Hungarian
Revolution of 1848 (Hungary) ·
World Consumer
Rights Day (International) ·
World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film (International) |
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