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03/15/1908
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1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole"
Type: Event
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03/15/1910
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An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1912
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Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins
Type: Event
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03/15/1912
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Lightnin' [Sam] Hopkins, Texas, blues stylist (Ball of Twine)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1912
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Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Kapellekensbaan)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1912
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Duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot
Type: Birth
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03/15/1913
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Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1913
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Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court
Type: Event
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03/15/1913
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MacDonald Carey, Sioux City Iowa, actor (One Life to Live, Dream Girl)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1913
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1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)
Type: Event
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03/15/1915
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Neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea
Type: Event
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03/15/1915
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David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1915
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Richard Ward, Glenside Pa, actor (Beacon Hill)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1916
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Gen Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos
Type: Event
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03/15/1916
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Harry James, Albany Ga, trumpeter (married to Betty Grable)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1916
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Geert Lubberhuizen, publisher (Busy Bee)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1916
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University of Gent goes under Dutch control
Type: Event
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03/15/1917
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Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate [3/3 OS]
Type: Event
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03/15/1918
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Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer, dies at 82
Type: Death
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03/15/1918
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Juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger, composer, dies at 24
Type: Death
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03/15/1918
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Lili Boulanger, composer, dies at 24
Type: Death
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03/15/1918
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Janet Leach, potter
Type: Birth
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03/15/1918
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Richard Ellmann, US, literary scholar/writer (Oscar Wilde)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1919
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American Legion forms (Paris)
Type: Event
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03/15/1919
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John Gregson, Liverpool England, actor (Gideon CID, Shirley's World)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1919
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Lawrence Tierney, Brooklyn, actor (Abduction, Dillinger)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1920
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Ranganandhan Francis, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1922
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Louis Boon, writer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1922
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1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia)
Type: Event
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03/15/1923
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Lenin is hit with his 3rd stroke
Type: Event
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03/15/1923
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Laurence A Tisch, NYC, CEO (Loews Corp)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1923
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George Vogel, race horse trainer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1924
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Juij Bondarew, writer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1924
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Lockrem Johnson, composer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1926
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Benjamin Burwell Johnson, composer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1926
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Belgium's "black monday," franc falls
Type: Event
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03/15/1926
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Tim Valentine, (Rep-D-NC, 1983- )
Type: Birth
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03/15/1926
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Norm Van Brocklin, NFL QB/coach (LA Rams), hall of famer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1927
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Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb, architect
Type: Birth
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03/15/1927
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Carl Smith, Maynardville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1928
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Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose)
Type: Event
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03/15/1928
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Nicolas Flagello, composer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1929
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Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24
Type: Death
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03/15/1929
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Tiezo Matsumura, composer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1930
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1st streamlined submarine of US navy, USS Nautilus, launched
Type: Event
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03/15/1930
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Antonio Beltramelli, writer, dies at 51
Type: Death
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03/15/1930
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1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, NY
Type: Event
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03/15/1932
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Alan Lavern Bean, Wheeler Texas, Capt USN/astronaut (Ap 12, Skylab 3)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1932
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David Alliance, Iran/British textile factory/multi-millionaire
Type: Birth
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03/15/1933
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Ronald Roseman, composer
Type: Birth
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