Page 4: Historical Events In March - 15

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

1892  On this day in history escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (New York NY)   

1892  New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) on this day in history.   

1892  On March - 15 the first escalator, the Reno Inclined Elevator, is patented by Jesse W Reno of New York.   

1892  On this day in history 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (NYC)   

1894  On this day in history slava Vorlova, composer   

1897  1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden on this day in history.   

1900  Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer on this day in history.   

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 March - 15 kitty Masters, actress   

1903  On this day in history british conquest of northern Nigeria is complete.   

1903  Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa on March - 15.   

1904  George Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel) on this day in history.   

1905  Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler on March - 15.   

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  Brits Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd on March - 15.   

1906  Alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On March - 15 an Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race)   

1912  Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins on this day in history.   

1912  Duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot on March - 15.   

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  On March - 15 lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof)   

1915  Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea on March - 15.   

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

1915  David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris) on March - 15.   

1916  On this day in history general Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-months   

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0938  On this day in history birth of romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)   

1275  Margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318) was born on March - 15.   

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

1493  On March - 15 birth of anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France   

1591  On March - 15 birth of alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)   

1638  Shunzhi Emperor of China was born on this day in history.   

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

1666  George Bähr, German architect (d. 1738) was born on this day in history.   

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

0493  Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies on March - 15.   

0752  On this day in history zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22]   

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

1034  Mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies on this day in history.   

1145  On this day in history death of pope Lucius II   

1311  Death of Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens on March - 15.   

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