What Happened On March 15

What Happened On Mar 15 Events

44BC Mar 15 Julius Caesar Assassinated
On the Ides of March (or March 15), 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was assassinated, at the foot of a statue of Pompey where the Senate was meeting. Because of the assassination of Julius Cae...
1767 Mar 15 Andrew Jackson Is Born
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837). He was military governor of Florida (1821), commander of the American forces at ...
1781 Mar 15 Battle of Guilford Court House
The advance guard met near the Quaker New Garden Meeting House. Banastre Tarleton's Light Dragoons were briefly engaged by Light Horse Harry Lee's Dragoons about 4 miles (6 km) from the G...
1820 Mar 15 Maine is the 23rd State Admitted to the Union
On March 15, 1820, Maine became the twenty-third state in the Union. Originally a province of Massachusetts, Maine is noted for its picturesque coastline and dense woodlands. Even today, ...
1916 Mar 15 Austria-Hungary Declares War on Portugal
The deaths of Franz Joseph's brother, Maximilian (1867), and only son, Rudolf, made the Emperor's nephew, Franz Ferdinand, heir to the crown. On June 28, 1914, he visited the Bosnian capi...
1917 Mar 15
to 1917 Jul 20
 Russian Revolution
Russia in Upheaval When War Broke Out The rumblings of Revolution became audible in 1913, when an epidemic of strikes broke out in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg), Moscow and other indust...
1917 Mar 15
3:05PM
 Abdication of Czar Nicholas II of Russia
By the Grace of God, We, Nikolai II, Emperor of All the Russias, Tsar of Poland, Grand Duke of Finland, and so forth, to all our faithful subjects be it known: In the days of a great s...
1939 Mar 15 Germany establishes the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was the majority ethnic-Czech protectorate which Nazi Germany established in the central parts of Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia in what is tod...
1939 Mar 15 "Midnight" Is Released
Midnight is a 1939 romantic comedy (with some elements of screwball comedy) directed by Mitchell Leisen and written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder based on a story by Edwin Justus M...
1941 Mar 15 Blizzard of 1941
The most severe blizzard in modern history struck North Dakota and Minnesota. The blizzard hit on a Saturday night while many are traveling, and thus claimed 71 lives. Winds gusted to 75 ...
1943 Mar 15 Germans Begin Deportations of Thessaloniki Jews
On March 15, 1943, the Germans began deporting the Jews from Thessaloniki. Every three days, freightcars crammed with an average of 2,000 Thessaloniki Jews headed toward Auschwitz-Birken...
1944 Mar 15 Third Battle of the Battle of Monte Cassino
Few people today realize that British and American soldiers fought in a battle that compares to Stalingrad for human suffering. The Battle of Monte Cassino was a mini-war within World War...
1945 Mar 15 17th Academy Awards
The 17th Academy Awards marked the first time this awards ceremony was broadcast nationally on the ABC Radio network. Through the 1940’s, the ceremony and academy rules continued to ev...
1960 Mar 15 "The Angry Silence" Is Released
The Angry Silence is a 1960 British drama film directed by Guy Green and starring Richard Attenborough. Screenwriter Bryan Forbes won a BAFTA Award and an Oscar nomination for his contrib...
1972 Mar 15 "The Godfather" Is Released
The Godfather is a 1972 American thriller film based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola, and Robert T...
1976 Mar 15 Kiss releases Destroyer
Destroyer is the fourth studio album and fifth album overall by hard rock band Kiss, released on March 15, 1976 in the United States. It was the second consecutive Kiss album to reach the...
1994 Mar 15 Mötley Crüe release Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe is an eponymous album by hard rock band Mötley Crüe. It was released on March 15, 1994, their sixth studio album. It was the band's first and only album released with singer J...
1997 Mar 15 MST3K Ep. 807 - "Terror from the Year 5000"
A time machine brings back a woman (Salome Jens) from 5200 A.D. who wants to take males to the future. She uses hypnosis to get her way. Outdoor shots filmed in and around Dade County, Fl...
2001 Mar 15 Michael J. Nelson drives thru temporal rift, arrives in 1836 in Peru and hits last pair of horned monkey-birds, return to present moments later...
After putting non-dairy creamer in the microwave, Michael J. Nelson accidentally created a temporal rift at the end of his driveway. Not one to look in his rearview when backing up, he ba...
2006 Mar 15 America's Next Top Model Cycle 6 Episode 3
The remaining contestants received makeovers. During the makeover process, Jay spoke with each of the girls to help them to establish their individual styles, which they later had to embo...
2008 Mar 15 "Andy's Dad" SNL Digital Short
Jonah Hill confesses to Samberg about how he has fallen in love with his father, Ben Samberg (played by longtime SNL writer Jim Downey). Hader also confesses the same thing.
2008 Mar 15 Boston Celtics defeat Milwaukee Bucks, 99-77
MILWAUKEE - After a tough 18-point loss to Utah at home Friday, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce strongly stated there would be much better focus in their next game. It's safe to say Garnett...
2008 Mar 15 Miley And Mandy: Thank You To The Fans!
Miley Cyrus & Mandy Jiroux Thanking the fans and filling them in on future videos as well as letting them know about the friendship between them and Selena and Demi!
2008 Mar 15 Miley And Mandy: Update!
Miley and Mandy describe what they have in store for their next shows and ask for fans to send questions for their next video. They also give a few shout-outs to fans.
2009 Mar 15 Hannah Montana Season 3 Episode 10
Hannah pretends to be the girlfriend of a fellow celebrity whom she can't stand in order to gain publicity; Jackson considers cheating on a test; Robby is tricked into doing business with...
2009 Mar 15 Milwaukee Bucks defeat Boston Celtics, 86-77
MILWAUKEE - Lowlights of the Celtics' regular season thus far include road losses against such struggling teams as the Pacers, Clippers, Warriors, Knicks, and Bobcats, being dominated in ...
2009 Mar 15 Pittsburgh Penguins defeat Boston Bruins, 6-4
Quirky, fragmented, inconsistent, out of synch. Take your pick. The Bruins are all of that right now, and with less than a month to go in the regular season, their inefficiencies - magnif...
2010 Mar 15 Boston Celtics defeat Detroit Pistons, 119-93
Doc Rivers knows the current Celtics aren't as good as the team that won the NBA title in 2008. His goal is to have them playing that way again in time for the playoffs. "It's coming a...
2010 Mar 15 New Jersey Devils defeat Boston Bruins, 3-2
NEWARK — In a season in which the Bruins have made most everything difficult, they layered on more frustration last night, suffering a 3-2 loss to the Devils that prevented them from gain...
2010 Mar 15 New York Knicks defeat Philadelphia 76ers, 94-84
PHILADELPHIA - LeBron James will probably play for the Knicks before Eddy Curry ever does. Curry did not play in the Knicks' 94-84 victory Monday night over the 76ers and now Mike D'An...
2011 Mar 15 Bahrain Declares State of Emergency
Bahrain’s king declared a three-month state of emergency Tuesday and gave the country’s military chief wide authority to battle a Shiite-led protest movement that has threatened the Sunni...
2011 Mar 15 Xsyon Launches
Developed by relative newcomers Notorious Games, Xsyon: Earth 2012 – The Prelude (to give it its proper title) is a sandbox, build-‘em-up, open world PvPer with lashings of crafting and a...
2012 Mar 15 Rod Blagojevich Arrives at Colorado Federal Prison to Begin Sentence
Convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich entered a federal prison in Colorado to begin a 14-year sentence for corruption Thursday.
2012 Mar 15 Two Uniformed Soldiers Killed and a Third Serioulsy Injured in Montauban, France
Seven people were killed and two seriously injured in three attacks in southern France over the past eight days. President Nicolas Sarkozy says the same person and same handgun were behin...