Page 4: Historical Events In March - 15

1889  On March - 15 6 US & German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die   

1892  Escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (New York NY) on this day in history.   

1892  On March - 15 new York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine)   

1892  The first escalator, the Reno Inclined Elevator, is patented by Jesse W Reno of New York on this day in history.   

1892  1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (NYC) on March - 15.   

1894  Slava Vorlova, composer on March - 15.   

1897  On March - 15 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden   

1900  Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer on March - 15.   

1901  On this day in history horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th   

1901  On March - 15 colin McPhee, Montreal Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles)   

1902  On this day in history kitty Masters, actress   

1903  British conquest of northern Nigeria is complete on March - 15.   

1903  Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa on this day in history.   

1904  On March - 15 george Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel)   

1905  On this day in history berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler   

1905  On March - 15 arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60   

1906  On March - 15 brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd   

1906  On March - 15 brits Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd   

1906  On March - 15 alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81   

1907  On this day in history finland is first European country to give women the right to vote   

1907  Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote on March - 15.   

1907  On this day in history jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn)   

1908  On March - 15 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole"   

1910  An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race) on March - 15.   

1912  On March - 15 pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins   

1912  On March - 15 duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot   

1913  On this day in history cleveland establishes first small claims court   

1913  On this day in history first Presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)   

1913  On this day in history 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)   

1913  Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof) on this day in history.   

1915  On March - 15 netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea   

1915  Neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history david Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris)   

1916  On March - 15 general Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-months   

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0938  Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963) was born on March - 15.   

1275  Margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318) was born on this day in history.   

1455  On March - 15 birth of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)   

1493  On this day in history birth of anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France   

1591  Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660) was born on March - 15.   

1638  Shunzhi Emperor of China was born on March - 15.   

1666  On March - 15 birth of georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden)   

1666  George Bähr, German architect (d. 1738) was born on March - 15.   

0044  Death of Julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC) on this day in history.   

0493  On March - 15 odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies   

0752  Zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22] on March - 15.   

0963  Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25 on March - 15.   

1034  On this day in history mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies   

1145  Death of Pope Lucius II on March - 15.   

1311  Death of Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens on this day in history.   

1575  Death of Annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527) on March - 15.