Tukuk-OS📅 March 15
22 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on March 15? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 1990 — Iraqi authorities hanged Iranian freelance reporter Farzad Bazoft on charges of spying for Israel.
- 1974 — Transvestism and Transsexualism in Modern Society, the UK's first trans-rights conference, opened with an evening reception in Leeds.
- 1960 — Students from the Atlanta University Center, inspired by similar actions in Greensboro, North Carolina, began occupying lunch counters in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1956 — The musical My Fair Lady, based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, debuted at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City.
- 1951 — The Iranian oil industry was nationalized in a movement led by Mohammad Mosaddegh.
Nationalization of the Iranian oil industryMohammad Mosaddegh
- 1943 — World War II: German forces recaptured Kharkov after four days of house-to-house fighting against Soviet troops, ending the month-long Third Battle of Kharkov.
- 1943 — The deportation of 50,000 Jews from the Greek city of Thessaloniki began.
- 1931 — Sing-Song Girl Red Peony (booklet pictured), one of the first sound films produced in China, was released in Shanghai.
- 1927 — In rowing, Oxford defeated Cambridge in the inaugural edition of the Women's Boat Race.
University of OxfordUniversity of CambridgeWomen's Boat Race 1927
- 1921 — Talaat Pasha, the main perpetrator of the Armenian genocide, was assassinated by Soghomon Tehlirian.
- 1918 — Finnish Civil War: The Battle of Tampere started, leading to the capture of approximately 11,000 Red prisoners, and turning the tide of the war in favour of the Whites.
- 1917 — Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate in the February Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule.
- 1916 — Six days after Pancho Villa and his cross-border raiders attacked Columbus, New Mexico, U.S. general John J. Pershing led a punitive expedition into Mexico to pursue him.
- 1910 — Prospectors drilled into a pressurized deposit within the Midway-Sunset Oil Field in California, resulting in the largest accidental oil spill in history, which eventually released 9 million barrels (1.4 million m3) of crude oil over 18 months.
- 1875 — John McCloskey, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, was created the first cardinal from the United States.
John McCloskeyArchdiocese of New YorkCardinal (Catholic Church)
- 1874 — France and Vietnam signed the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
- 1823 — American sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reported the existence of New South Greenland, a phantom island, near Antarctica.
- 1783 — George Washington delivered a speech to Continental Army officers in Newburgh, New York, asking them to support the supremacy of the Congress of the Confederation, defusing a potential coup.
- 1311 — In the Battle of Halmyros, the Catalan Company defeated the forces of Walter V, Count of Brienne, taking control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in present-day Greece.
- 1147 — Reconquista: Portuguese troops under King Afonso I captured the city of Santarém from the Almoravids.
- 856 — Byzantine emperor Michael III overthrew the regency of his mother Theodora (pictured) to assume power for himself.
- -44 — Julius Caesar , the dictator of the Roman Republic, was stabbed to death by a group of senators led by Marcus Junius Brutus.
Births
- 2005 — Rodri Mendoza, Spanish footballer
- 2004 — Isaiah Bond, American football player
- 2003 — Quinn Ewers, American football player
- 2001 — Ellie Leach, English actress
- 2000 — Kristian Kostov, Russian-Bulgarian singer-songwriter
- 1996 — Maxwell Jacob Friedman, American professional wrestler
- 1996 — Seonaid McIntosh, Scottish sports shooter
- 1996 — Jinjin, South Korean singer and actor
- 1995 — Jabari Parker, American basketball player
- 1994 — Matt Gay, American football player
- 1994 — Scott Seiss, American comedian
- 1993 — Alia Bhatt, British actress
Deaths
- 2025 — Wings Hauser, American actor (born 1947)
- 2025 — Nita Lowey, American politician (born 1937)
- 2025 — Rajnikumar Pandya, Indian writer (born 1938)
- 2022 — Barbara Maier Gustern, American vocal coach and singer (born 1935)
- 2020 — Vittorio Gregotti, Italian architect (born 1927)
- 2019 — Larry DiTillio, American film and TV series writer (born 1948)
- 2016 — Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress and television and film producer (born 1927)
- 2016 — Asa Briggs, English historian and academic (born 1921)
- 2016 — Seru Rabeni, Fijian rugby player (born 1978)
- 2015 — Collins Chabane, South African politician (born 1960)
- 2015 — Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (born 1928)
- 2015 — Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (born 1928)
Observances & holidays
- Ancient Roman religious observance: Ides of March
- Christian feast day: Aristobulus of Britannia (Roman Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Artémides Zatti
- Christian feast day: Clement Mary Hofbauer
- Christian feast day: Leocritia
- Christian feast day: Saint Longinus
- Christian feast day: Louise de Marillac
- Christian feast day: Blessed William Hart
- Christian feast day: March 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Belarus)
- International Day To Combat Islamophobia
- Joseph Jenkins Roberts' Birthday (Liberia)
- National Day, celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (Hungary)
- World Consumer Rights Day (International)
- Youth Day (Palau)
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