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03/15/1852
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Augusta Gregory, Ireland, playwright/poet/Yates mistress
Type: Birth
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03/15/1855
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Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine
Type: Event
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03/15/1855
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LŁtzen Wagenaar, Frisian writer/vicar (Tsjerk Ages)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1858
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Liberty Hyde Bailey, US botanist (Plantbreeding)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1862
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Gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, TN
Type: Event
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03/15/1864
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Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, LA
Type: Event
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03/15/1864
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Johan Halvorsen, composer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1864
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Leslie Stuart, composer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1867
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Michigan becomes 1st state to tax property to support a university
Type: Event
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03/15/1867
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Lionel Pigot Johnson, England, poet/critic (Ireland and Other Poems)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1867
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Will Rossiter, composer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1869
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Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st pro baseball team
Type: Event
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03/15/1869
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Cincinnati Red Stockings beat Antioch 41-7
Type: Event
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03/15/1871
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Betsy van den Arend, Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1873
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David Vaughan Thomas, composer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1873
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Lee Shubert, producer (theatres in NY and LA named after him)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1874
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Harold L Ickes, social activist, New Deal politician
Type: Birth
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03/15/1875
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1st US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested
Type: Event
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03/15/1877
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Commencement of 1st Test Cricket, Australia v England at MCG
Type: Event
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03/15/1878
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Hanson Carter, cricketer (Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1879
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Gerrit J Heering, Dutch theologist (Fall of Christianity)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1880
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Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51
Type: Death
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03/15/1881
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Emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42
Type: Death
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03/15/1883
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Karol Studzinski, composer, dies at 55
Type: Death
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03/15/1884
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Rudolf Piskacek, composer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1885
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1st performance of C‚sar Franck's "Lesson Djinns"
Type: Event
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03/15/1887
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1st salaried fish and game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan)
Type: Event
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03/15/1889
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6 US and German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die
Type: Event
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03/15/1892
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1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (NYC)
Type: Event
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03/15/1892
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NY State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine)
Type: Event
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03/15/1894
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Slava Vorlova, composer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1897
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1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden
Type: Event
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03/15/1900
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Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1901
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Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th
Type: Event
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03/15/1901
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Colin McPhee, Montr‚al Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1901
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J Pat O'Malley, England, actor (Touch of Grace, Gunn, Star!)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1901
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Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader
Type: Birth
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03/15/1902
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Kitty Masters, actress
Type: Birth
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03/15/1902
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Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1903
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Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa
Type: Event
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03/15/1904
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George Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1905
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Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler
Type: Birth
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03/15/1905
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Joe E Ross, comedian (Gunther Toody-Car 54, Ritzik-Phil Silvers Show)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1905
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Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60
Type: Death
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03/15/1905
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B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norwegian author (Paa St Jírgen), dies at 58
Type: Death
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03/15/1906
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Brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd
Type: Event
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03/15/1906
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Alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81
Type: Death
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03/15/1907
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Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote
Type: Event
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03/15/1907
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Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1907
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Paul Maxey, Wheaton Ill, actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice)
Type: Birth
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