History of March 15
On March 15 the following events have occured in our world's history.
0044 - Julius C‘sar assassinated in Roman Senate
1820 - Maine admitted as 23rd state
1892 - NY State unveals Automatic Ballot Cabinet (The Voting Machine)
1913 - Woodrow Wilson holds 1st Pres Press Conference
1916 - Gen. Pershing - 15 -000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico - stay 10 mo
1917 - Nicholas II - last Russian tsar - abdicates
1937 - 1st blood bank established - Chicago - Ill
1937 - 1st state contraceptive clinic opens - Raleigh - NC
1952 - Greatest 24-hour rainfall begins: 29 cm at La Reunion - Indian Ocean
1956 - My Fair Lady opens (NY)
1960 - Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park)
1968 - US Mint stops buying & selling gold
1975 - Wrestler Antonino Rocca dies at 49
1978 - Israel invades Lebanon to rid area of Palestine guerrillas
1979 - Isle's Bryan Trottier's 5th career hat trick
1986 - 1st all-color TV station televising live local programs
1999 - Pluto again becomes outermost planet