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March 15, 1999 Pluto again becomes outermost planet March 15, 1998 "Cabaret," opens at Club Expo Theater New York City March 15, 1998 Welch's/Circle K Golf Championship March 15, 1997 Pitts Penguins' Joe Mullen, is 1st American to score 500 NHL goals March 15, 1994 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win March 15, 1994 Experts from AL certify Indian's Jacobs Field is properly lit March 15, 1993 Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs. Zimbabwe, his 2nd consecutive Test 200 March 15, 1992 Brandie Burton wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship March 15, 1992 U.N. officially embarks on its largest peacekeeping operation March 15, 1991 4 LA police are charged with beating Rodney King March 15, 1991 Sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20' March 15, 1991 Territories of Amapa and Roraima become states in Brazil March 15, 1990 Fernando Collor de Mello sworn in as President of Brazil March 15, 1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Royal Alexandra Theatre Toronto March 15, 1989 Department of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position March 15, 1989 New York Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's #1 uniform March 15, 1988 Eugene Marino of Atlanta, appointed 1st African American archbishop March 15, 1988 NASA reports accelerated breakdown of ozone layer by CFK March 15, 1988 NFL's St. Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix March 15, 1987 "Starlight Express" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 761 performances March 15, 1987 "Sweet Charity" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 368 performances March 15, 1987 13th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby March 15, 1987 Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes and Joel Garner March 15, 1987 NZ beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket March 15, 1987 U.S. Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay March 15, 1986 Funeral services held for Swedish PM Olaf Palme March 15, 1985 Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title March 15, 1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 15, 1984 10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields March 15, 1984 Tanzania adopts constitution March 15, 1983 Karnataka beat Bombay on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy March 15, 1982 Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan March 15, 1982 KGB-AM in San Diego, California changes call letters to KCNN (now KPOP) March 15, 1982 Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days March 15, 1981 "Broadway Follies" opens/closes at Nederlander Theater New York City March 15, 1981 Patty Hayes wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic March 15, 1981 Suriname failed coup under sgt-mjr Wilfred Hawker March 15, 1979 Apparat releases Newdos + 2.1 for Radio Shack's TRS-80 March 15, 1979 Isle's Bryan Trottier's 5th career hat trick March 15, 1979 Sarfraz takes 9-86 at MCG as Australia lose 7-5 to lose the Test March 15, 1978 Operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon March 15, 1978 A's trade Vida Blue to Giants for 7 players and $390,000 March 15, 1978 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC March 15, 1977 "Eight is Enough" premiers on ABC-TV March 15, 1977 U.S. House of Representatives begin 90 day test of televising its sessions March 15, 1976 Failed coup in Niger March 15, 1975 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (37.99 sec) March 15, 1974 Brazilian president Garastazu Medici resigns March 15, 1972 Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112 March 15, 1972 NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle March 15, 1971 CBS TV announces it is dropping "Ed Sullivan Show" March 15, 1971 Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet March 15, 1970 "Purlie" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 689 performances March 15, 1970 Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan March 15, 1970 Gary Geld and Peter Udell's "Purlie," premieres in New York City March 15, 1969 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns March 15, 1969 Violent Chinese-Russian border dispute March 15, 1968 Bob Beamon sets indoor long jump record (27'2-3/4") March 15, 1968 British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown resigns March 15, 1968 LIFE mag calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world" March 15, 1968 U.S. Mint stops buying and selling gold March 15, 1968 Uprising in South Yemen March 15, 1968 Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept," but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri March 15, 1967 AFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum March 15, 1967 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil March 15, 1967 WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville/Knoxville, Tennessee (PBS) 1st broadcast March 15, 1966 8th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra and Striesand March 15, 1966 Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles March 15, 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote March 15, 1965 T.G.I. Friday's 1st restaurant opens in New York City March 15, 1965 WMFE TV channel 24 in Orlando, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting March 15, 1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson asks for a War on Poverty March 15, 1964 Liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton) March 15, 1964 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. March 15, 1963 WFAN TV channel 14 in Washington, D.C. (IND) begins broadcasting March 15, 1962 "No Strings" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 580 performances March 15, 1962 5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter March 15, 1962 Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump March 15, 1962 KATU TV channel 2 in Portland, OR (ABC) begins broadcasting March 15, 1962 Richard Rodger's musical "No Strings," premieres in New York City March 15, 1962 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4,000 pts in an NBA season March 15, 1961 South Africa withdraws from British Commonwealth March 15, 1960 Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established, 1st underwater park March 15, 1960 National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated March 15, 1959 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship March 15, 1959 Richard Rogers' "No Strings" opens on Broadway March 15, 1959 Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 m 42.5 s March 15, 1959 WILX TV channel 10 in Lansing, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting March 15, 1958 "Body Beautiful" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 60 performances March 15, 1958 KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, MT (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting March 15, 1958 Oscar Robertson of Cin scores a NCAA midwest region-record 56 pts March 15, 1958 Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled March 15, 1958 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test March 15, 1957 Britain becomes the 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb March 15, 1956 "My Fair Lady" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 2,715 performances March 15, 1956 Whipper Billy Watson beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA champ March 15, 1955 Dutch 2nd Chamber requires TV licenses March 15, 1955 U.S. Air Force unveils self-guided missile March 15, 1955 WLEX TV channel 18 in Lexington, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting March 15, 1954 "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite and Jack Paar March 15, 1954 WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting March 15, 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship March 15, 1953 West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1 March 15, 1952 "2 in the Aisle" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 276 performances March 15, 1952 Greatest 24-hr rainfall begins: 187 cm at La Reunion, Indian Ocean March 15, 1951 Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company March 15, 1950 "Consul" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 269 performances March 15, 1950 Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Consul," premieres in New York City March 15, 1950 New York City hires Dr. Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker" March 15, 1949 WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting March 15, 1949 WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting March 15, 1948 Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs. Western Australia March 15, 1948 Sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine March 15, 1948 WCAU TV channel 10 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting March 15, 1947 John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in U.S. Navy March 15, 1946 British premier Attlee agrees with India's right to independence March 15, 1945 17th Academy Awards - "Going my Way," Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win March 15, 1945 Bert Shepard (1 legged WW II vet) tries out as a pitcher for Senators March 15, 1945 Billboard publishes its 1st album chart (King Cole Trio is #1) March 15, 1945 Catholic University of Nijmegen reopens March 15, 1945 Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York March 15, 1944 Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing March 15, 1943 Allied reconnaissance flight over Java March 15, 1943 Red Army evacuates Kharkov March 15, 1941 Blizzard in North Dakota kills 151 March 15, 1940 Goering says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest March 15, 1939 Hitler occupies Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independ March 15, 1937 1st blood bank forms (Chicago, Illinois) March 15, 1937 1st state contraceptive clinic opens (Raleigh North Carolina) March 15, 1935 George Headley completes 270 in cricket vs. England at Kingston March 15, 1934 U.S. Information Service opens March 15, 1933 NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination March 15, 1930 1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, New York March 15, 1930 1st streamlined submarine of U.S. navy, USS Nautilus, launched March 15, 1928 Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose) March 15, 1926 Belgium's "black monday," franc falls March 15, 1923 Lenin is hit with his 3rd stroke March 15, 1922 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia) March 15, 1919 American Legion forms (Paris) March 15, 1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate [3/3 OS] March 15, 1916 Gen Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos March 15, 1916 University of Gent goes under Dutch control March 15, 1915 Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea March 15, 1913 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) March 15, 1913 Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court March 15, 1912 Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins March 15, 1908 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole" March 15, 1907 Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote March 15, 1906 Brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd. March 15, 1903 Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa March 15, 1901 Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th March 15, 1897 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden March 15, 1892 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W. Reno (New York City) March 15, 1892 New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) March 15, 1889 6 U.S. and German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die March 15, 1887 1st salaried fish and game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan) March 15, 1885 1st performance of Cesar Franck's "Lesson Djinns" March 15, 1877 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket, Australia vs. England at MCG March 15, 1875 1st U.S. cardinal (John McCloskey) invested March 15, 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st pro baseball team March 15, 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings beat Antioch 41-7 March 15, 1867 Michigan becomes 1st state to tax property to support a university March 15, 1864 Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, Louisiana March 15, 1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, Tennessee March 15, 1855 Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine March 15, 1827 Freedom's Journal, 1st Black newspaper, publishes March 15, 1827 University of Toronto is chartered March 15, 1820 Maine admitted as 23rd state March 15, 1812 1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River March 15, 1781 Battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina (British suffer heavy losses) March 15, 1778 Nootka Sound, Vancouver Is discovered by Capt Cook March 15, 1744 French King Louis XV declares war on England March 15, 1729 Sister St. Stanislas Hachard, 1st U.S. nun, takes her vows, N Orleans March 15, 1672 King Charles II enacts Declaration of Indulgence March 15, 1580 Spanish king Philip II puts 25,000 gold coins on head of prince Willem of Orange March 15, 1562 General Francois de Guise enters Paris March 15, 1560 Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise France March 15, 1493 Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after 1st new world voyage March 15, 1391 Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews March 15, 1382 Conservative "Popolo Grasso" regain power in Florence Italy March 15, 1360 France invasion army lands on English south coast, conquers Winchel March 15, 933 Battle at Riade: German King Henry I beats Magyaren March 15, 493 Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker of Italy |