Page 7: Historical Events In March - 15

1954  On this day in history "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite & Jack Paar   

1954  On this day in history arthur Fickenscher, composer, dies at 82   

1955  On March - 15 uS Air Force unveils self-guided missile   

1955  On March - 15 dutch 2nd Chamber requires TV licenses   

1956  On this day in history "My Fair Lady" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 2,715 performances   

1956  On March - 15 whipper Billy Watson beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA champion   

1956  On March - 15 "My Fair Lady" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 2,715 perfs   

1957  Britian becomes the 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb on this day in history.   

1957  On March - 15 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb (Britain)   

1958  On March - 15 royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled   

1958  On March - 15 uSSR performs atmospheric nuclear test   

1958  On this day in history "Body Beautiful" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 60 performances   

1959  Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 minutes 42.5 seconds on March - 15.   

1960  Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park) on this day in history.   

1960  National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated on this day in history.   

1961  South Africa withdrews from British Commonwealth on this day in history.   

1962  5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history donald Jackson of Canada, is first to land a triple lutz ice skate jump   

1962  On March - 15 sam Wren, actor (Wren's Nest), dies at 64   

1964  On March - 15 lBJ asks for a War on Poverty   

1964  On March - 15 liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton more to come)   

1964  On March - 15 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1964  Paul Cavanagh, actor (Black Arrow, Woman in Green), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history lBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote   

1966  On this day in history 8th Grammy Awards Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra and Streisand   

1966  On this day in history racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles   

1966  On March - 15 abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63   

1966  On this day in history 8th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra and Streisand   

1967  On March - 15 aFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum   

1967  Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil on March - 15.   

1968  British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown resigns on March - 15.   

1968  On March - 15 diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept", but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri   

1968  On March - 15 in Ottawa the government suspends gold trading by Canadian banks and dealers; to dampen speculation   

1968  LIFE magazine calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world" on March - 15.   

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0938  Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963) was born on this day in history.   

1275  On March - 15 birth of margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318)   

1455  Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532) was born on March - 15.   

1493  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France was born on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history birth of alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)   

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

1666  Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden) was born on this day in history.   

1666  On this day in history birth of george Bähr, German architect (d. 1738)   

0044  Death of Julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC) on March - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

0963  On this day in history romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25   

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

1145  On this day in history death of pope Lucius II   

1311  On this day in history death of walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens   

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