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What happend on 15. March in History
In our data base we found 352 events happened on 15. March:
• 220: Cao Cao, King of Wei (b. 155) [category: Deaths]
• 221: Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty. [category: Events]
• 280: Sun Hao of Eastern Wu surrenders to Sima Yan which began the Jin Dynasty. [category: Events]
• 351: Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1145: Pope Lucius II [category: Deaths]
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• 1275: Margaret of England (1275–1333), English princess (d. 1333) [category: Births]
• 1311: Albert Pallavicini, Margrave of Bodonitza [category: Deaths]
• 1311: Giorgio I Ghisi, Triarch of Euboea, Lord of Tinos, Mykonos, Serifos and Keos [category: Deaths]
• 1311: Thomas III d'Autremencourt, Lord of Salona, Marshal of Achaea [category: Deaths]
• 1311: Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens [category: Deaths]
• 1311: at the battle of the Cephissus: [category: Deaths]
• 1311: Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece. [category: Events]
• 1416: John, Duke of Berry, son of John II of France (b. 1340) [category: Deaths]
• 1455: Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532) [category: Births]
• 1493: Anne de Montmorency, Constable of France (d. 1567) [category: Births]
• 1493: Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas. [category: Events]
• 1514: Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work. [category: Events]
• 1536: Pargalı İbrahim Pasha, Grand Vizier under Suleiman the Magnificent [category: Deaths]
• 1545: First meeting of the Council of Trent. [category: Events]
• 1564: Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes jizya (per capita tax) . [category: Events]
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• 1575: Annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527) [category: Deaths]
• 1591: Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660) [category: Births]
• 1638: Shunzhi Emperor of China (d. 1661) [category: Births]
• 1644: Louise Juliana of Nassau, Regent of Bohemia (b. 1576) [category: Deaths]
• 1666: George Bähr, German architect (d. 1738) [category: Births]
• 1670: John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (b. 1597) [category: Deaths]
• 1672: Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence. [category: Events]
• 1673: Salvator Rosa, Italian painter and poet (b. 1615) [category: Deaths]
• 1684: Francesco Durante, Italian composer (d. 1755) [category: Births]
• 1701: Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (b. 1624) [category: Deaths]
• 1711: Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (b. 1645) [category: Deaths]
• 1713: Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (d. 1762) [category: Births]
• 1737: Amarindra, Queen consort to King Rama I of Siam (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1754: Archibald Menzies, Scottish naturalist and surgeon (d. 1842) [category: Births]
• 1767: Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (d. 1845) [category: Births]
• 1771: Robert Hett Chapman, American Presbyterian minister and president of the University of North Carolina (d. 1833) [category: Births]
• 1772: József Ficzkó, Burgenland Croatian writer (d. 1843) [category: Births]
• 1779: William Lamb, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848) [category: Births]
• 1781: American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Courthouse – Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat an American force numbering 4,400. [category: Events]
• 1783: In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place. [category: Events]
• 1790: Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician (d. 1861) [category: Births]
• 1791: Charles Knight, English publisher (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1809: Joseph Jenkins Roberts, first President of Liberia (d. 1876) [category: Births]
• 1809: Karl Josef von Hefele, German theologian (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1813: John Snow, English epidemiologist (d. 1858) [category: Births]
• 1818: Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1820: Clemens Maria Hofbauer, patron saint of Vienna (b. 1751) [category: Deaths]
• 1820: Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1821: Eduard Heine, German mathematician (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1821: Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1821: William Milligan, Scottish theologian (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1824: Jules Chevalier, French priest (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1830: Paul von Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1830: Élisée Reclus, French geographer (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1831: Daniel Comboni, Italian missionary (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1835: Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1835: John Henrie Kagi, American abolitionist (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1838: Karl Davydov, Russian cellist (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1842: Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (b. 1760) [category: Deaths]
• 1848: A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party. [category: Events]
• 1849: Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774) [category: Deaths]
• 1851: William Mitchell Ramsay, Scottish archaeologist (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1852: Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish dramatist (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1854: Emil Adolf von Behring, German physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1857: Christian Michelsen, Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1858: Franz Böckli, Swiss target shooter (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1858: Liberty Hyde Bailey, American horticulturist and botanist (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1860: Waldemar Haffkine, Russian bacteriologist (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1864: Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian composer (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1865: Manuk Abeghian, American scholar (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1866: Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1866: Matthew Charlton, Australian politician (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1867: Lionel Johnson, British poet (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1868: Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1869: Stanisław Wojciechowski, President of Poland (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1874: Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1874: Harold L. Ickes, American administrator and politician, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1875: Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1882: James Lightbody, American middle distance runner (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1887: Marjorie Merriweather Post, American entrepreneur founder of General Foods, Inc. (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1888: Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888. [category: Events]
• 1890: Boris Nikolaevich Delaunay, Russian mathematician (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1891: Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: Théodore de Banville, French writer (b. 1823) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: James Basevi Ord, American army officer (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1897: Jackson Scholz, American runner (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1898: Sir Henry Bessemer, English metallurgist (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: George Brent, American film actor (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1902: Henri Saint Cyr, Swedish equestrian (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1902: Yu Gwan-sun, South Korean activist (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1905: Berthold von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and Nazi opponent (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1906: Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated. [category: Events]
• 1907: Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1910: Nick Stewart, American actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1912: Lightnin' Hopkins, American musician (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1912: Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and novelist (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1913: Jack Fairman, British racing driver (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1913: Macdonald Carey, American actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1914: Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1914: Joe E. Ross, American actor and comedian (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1915: Caterina Boratto, Italian film actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1916: Fadil Hoxha, Yugoslav politician (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1916: Frank Coghlan Jr, American actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1916: Harry James, American musician and band leader (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1916: President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa. [category: Events]
• 1917: Jürgen Ohlsen, German actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1917: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne and his brother the Grand Duke becomes Tsar. [category: Events]
• 1918: Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1918: Richard Ellmann, American biographer (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1918: William McIntyre, Canadian judge (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1919: Lawrence Tierney, American actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1920: E. Donnall Thomas, American physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: Lawrence Sanders, American author (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1921: Madelyn Pugh, American television writer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1921: Stafford Smythe, Canadian ice hockey executive (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1922: After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt. [category: Events]
• 1923: Charles Wheeler, British journalist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1924: Walter Gotell, German actor (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1925: Bert Bolin, Swedish meteorologist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1926: Ben Johnston, American composer [category: Births]
• 1926: Norm Van Brocklin, American football player (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1926: The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition. [category: Events]
• 1927: Carl Smith, American singer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1927: Christian Marquand, French actor and director (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1930: Kostas Nestoridis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1930: Zhores Ivanovich Alferov, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1931: D. J. Fontana, American musician (drummer for Elvis Presley) [category: Births]
• 1931: Richard Wirthlin, American political strategist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1931: SS Viking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board. [category: Events]
• 1932: Alan Bean, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1933: Philippe de Broca, French film director (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1933: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American Supreme Court justice [category: Births]
• 1933: Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps members of the National Council from convening, starting the austrofascist dictatorship. [category: Events]
• 1934: Aldo Giorgini, Italian artist (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1934: Kanshi Ram, Indian dalit leader (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1934: Richard Layard, Baron Layard, British economist [category: Births]
• 1935: Jimmy Swaggart, American televangelist [category: Births]
• 1935: Judd Hirsch, American actor [category: Births]
• 1935: Leonid Yengibarian, Armenian clown and actor (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1936: David Andrews, Irish politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1937: H. P. Lovecraft, American writer (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Nikolai Bukharin, Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: David Eisenberg, American biochemist [category: Births]
• 1939: Julie Tullis, British climber (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1939: Ted Kaufman, American politician [category: Births]
• 1939: Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day. [category: Events]
• 1939: World War II: German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist. [category: Events]
• 1940: Frank Dobson, British politician [category: Births]
• 1940: Margo Coleman, American advice columnist [category: Births]
• 1940: Mel Phillips, American radio programmer [category: Births]
• 1940: Phil Lesh, American musician (Grateful Dead, The Other Ones, The Dead, and Furthur) [category: Births]
• 1941: Mike Love, American musician (The Beach Boys) [category: Births]
• 1941: Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines took its first flight between Manila (from Nielson Field) to Baguio City with a Beechcraft Model 18 making the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name. [category: Events]
• 1943: David Cronenberg, Canadian film actor, director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1943: Iron Sheik, Professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1943: Sly Stone, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone) [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov – the Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting. [category: Events]
• 1944: Chi Cheng, Taiwanese athlete and politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Francis Mankiewicz, Canadian film director and screenwriter (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1944: Jacques Doillon, French film director [category: Births]
• 1945: A. K. Faezul Huq, Bengali lawyer and politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1945: Mark J. Green, American politician [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia. [category: Events]
• 1946: Bobby Bonds, American baseball player (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1946: Howard E. Scott, American musician (War and Lowrider Band) [category: Births]
• 1947: Gino Ferrin, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1947: Juraj Kukura, Slovak actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Ry Cooder, American guitarist and singer [category: Births]
• 1948: Kate Bornstein, American author [category: Births]
• 1948: Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1950: Jørgen Olsen, Danish singer (Olsen Brothers) [category: Births]
• 1951: John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-born astronomer (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Howard Devoto, British musician (Buzzcocks, Magazine, and Luxuria) [category: Births]
• 1952: Howard Koh, American state government official, 14th United States Assistant Secretary for Health [category: Births]
• 1952: In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in a 24 hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16). [category: Events]
• 1953: Heather Graham, American writer [category: Births]
• 1953: Kostas Bigalis, Greek singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1953: Richard Bruton, Irish politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Bob Budiansky, American comic book writer, illustrator, and editor [category: Births]
• 1954: Craig Wasson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Massimo Bubola, Italian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1955: Dee Snider, American singer (Twisted Sister and Desperado) [category: Births]
• 1956: Clay Matthews, Jr., American football player [category: Births]
• 1956: My Fair Lady premiered on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. [category: Events]
• 1957: David Silverman, American animator [category: Births]
• 1957: Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese-American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Park Overall, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Víctor Muñoz, Spanish football manager [category: Births]
• 1957: Ernst Nobs, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Fabio Lanzoni, Italian model [category: Births]
• 1959: Harold Baines, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Lisa Holton, American writer [category: Births]
• 1959: Renny Harlin, Finnish film director [category: Births]
• 1959: Lester Young, American musician (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Mike Pagliarulo, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1961: Craig Ludwig, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: Terry Cummings, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1961: South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations. [category: Events]
• 1962: Chris Sanders, American animator and director [category: Births]
• 1962: Jimmy Baio, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Sananda Maitreya fka Terence Trent D'Arby, American singer [category: Births]
• 1962: Arthur Compton, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Charles Bartliff, American soccer player (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Bret Michaels, American musician (Poison) [category: Births]
• 1964: Davide Pinato, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1964: Rockwell (Kennedy William Gordy), American musician [category: Births]
• 1965: Svetlana Medvedeva, First Lady of Russia [category: Births]
• 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act. [category: Events]
• 1966: Abe Saperstein, American basketball executive (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese artist [category: Births]
• 1968: Jon Schaffer, American guitarist (Iced Earth and Demons and Wizards) [category: Births]
• 1968: Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1968: Mark McGrath, American musician and TV host (Sugar Ray and The Wondergirls) [category: Births]
• 1968: Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer [category: Births]
• 1968: Terje Riis-Johansen, Norwegian politician [category: Births]
• 1969: Apollo Papathanasio, Swedish singer (Firewind, Spiritual Beggars, and Evil Masquerade) [category: Births]
• 1969: Elvir Laković Laka, Bosnian singer [category: Births]
• 1969: Gianluca Festa, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Kim Raver, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Rona Ambrose, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1969: Timo Kotipelto, Finnish musician (Stratovarius, Kotipelto, and Cain's Offering) [category: Births]
• 1969: Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey [category: Births]
• 1969: Miles Malleson, British actor and dramatist (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Musashiyama Takeshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 33rd Yokozuna (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Derek Parra, American speed skater [category: Births]
• 1970: Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian writer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Joanne Wise, English long jumper [category: Births]
• 1971: Penny Lancaster, English model [category: Births]
• 1971: Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Holger Stromberg, German chef [category: Births]
• 1972: Mark Hoppus, American musician (blink-182 and +44) [category: Births]
• 1972: Mike Tomlin, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1972: Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Boris Durdevic, Croatian musician (Colonia) [category: Births]
• 1973: Lee Jung-jae, South Korean actor and model [category: Births]
• 1974: Robert Fick, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Darcy Tucker, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Eva Longoria, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Veselin Topalov, Bulgarian chess player [category: Births]
• 1975: will.i.am (William James Adams Jr.), American rapper, producer, and actor (The Black Eyed Peas) [category: Births]
• 1975: Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Cara Pifko, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Katherine Brooks, American television director [category: Births]
• 1977: Adrian Burnside, Australian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Brian Tee, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Joe Hahn, American musician (Linkin Park) [category: Births]
• 1977: Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian army Major (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1977: Antonino Rocca, Argentine professional wrestler (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Hubert Aquin, Canadian novelist, political activist and editor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater [category: Births]
• 1978: Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethiopian-Somali War. [category: Events]
• 1979: Kevin Youkilis, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Freddie Bynum, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Mikael Forssell, Finnish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Veronica Maggio, Swedish singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Young Buck (David Darnell Brown), American rapper [category: Births]
• 1981: René Clair, French film director (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Emily Tyndall, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Jordan Hastings, Canadian drummer (Alexisonfire, Jersey, The Black Lungs, and Hunter) [category: Births]
• 1982: Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Ben Hilfenhaus, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1983: Daryl Murphy, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Golda Marcus, Olympic Swimmer [category: Births]
• 1983: Sean Biggerstaff, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian football midfielder and manager (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Rebecca West, English writer (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Badradine Belloumou, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Honey Singh, Indian musician [category: Births]
• 1984: Kostas Vasileiadis, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Olivier Jean, Canadian short track speed racer [category: Births]
• 1984: Wilson Aparecido Xavier Júnior, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Antti Autti, Finnish snowboarder [category: Births]
• 1985: Curtis Davies, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Eva Amurri, American actress [category: Births]
• 1985: James Maclurcan, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Javier Garrido, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Kellan Lutz, American model and actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Tom Chilton, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1985: Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and writer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Brazilian military dictatorship ends. [category: Events]
• 1985: The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com). [category: Events]
• 1986: Alexandru Giugaru, Romanian actor (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Hotel New World Disaster. 33 people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses. [category: Events]
• 1987: Adrianne León, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Taiwan Brown, American video jockey [category: Births]
• 1987: Douglas Abbott, Canadian politician (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Chris Lent, American drummer and keyboardist (From First to Last and I Set My Friends On Fire) [category: Births]
• 1988: Ever Guzmán, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: James Reimer, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1988: Dmitri Polyakov, Soviet double-agent (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Bryce Gibbs, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Caitlin Wachs, American actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Sam Baldock, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Muhammad Jameel Didi, Maldivian poet (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Valerie Quennessen, French actress (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Siobhan Magnus, American singer [category: Births]
• 1990: Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-born journalist (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Tom Harmon, American football player and broadcaster (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Iraq hangs British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying. [category: Events]
• 1990: Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1991: Kevin Müller, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Kii Kitano, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Mitchell Todd, Scottish rugby player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1991: Bud Freeman, American jazz musician (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany went into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany. [category: Events]
• 1993: Paul Pogba, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1994: Nigel Amos, Botswana runner [category: Births]
• 1997: Gail Davis, American actress (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Victor Vasarely, Hungarian painter (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and writer (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Guy D'Artois, Canadian army officer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Ann Sothern, American actress (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Dame Thora Hird, British actress (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Paul Stojanovich, Reality TV producer (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: President Ange-Felix Patasse is overthrown in a coup by François Bozizé [category: Events]
• 2004: John Pople, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Sir William Pickering, New Zealand-born space scientist (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Bob Bellear, Australian judge (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Shoji Nishio, Japanese martial artist (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: George Rallis, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Red Storey, Canadian football player and hockey referee (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Bowie Kuhn, American commissioner of baseball (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Charles Harrelson, American hitman and father of Woody Harrelson (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Stuart Rosenberg, American film and television director (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Vytautas Kernagis, Lithuanian singer and actor (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Ron Silver, American actor (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Nate Dogg, American rapper (213) (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Smiley Culture, British reggae singer (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Beginning of the Syrian civil war. [category: Events]
• 44_bc: Julius Caesar, Roman general and statesman (b. 100 BC) [category: Deaths]
• 44_bc: Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March. [category: Events]
• 493: Odoacer, King of Italy (b. 435) [category: Deaths]
• 933: After a ten-year truce, German King Henry I defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river. [category: Events]
• 938: Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963) [category: Births]
• _: Bacchanalia (Ancient Rome) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Clemens Maria Hofbauer [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (Belarus) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Palm Sunday can fall, while April 18 is the latest; celebrated on the sixth Sunday of Lent. (Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hōnen Matsuri (Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ides of March (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day Against Police Brutality (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Leocritia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Louise de Marillac [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National holiday, celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (Hungary) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Raymond of Fitero [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Consumer Rights Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film (International) [category: Holidays and observances]