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03/15/1933
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NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination
Type: Event
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03/15/1933
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Cecil Perceval Taylor, composer/jazz pianist (U of Wisconsin)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1934
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US Information Service opens
Type: Event
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03/15/1934
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Wolfgang Hufschmidt, composer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1934
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Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar, composer/songwriter
Type: Birth
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03/15/1935
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Judd Hirsch, Bronx, actor (Alex-Taxi, Dear John, Ordinary People)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1935
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George Headley completes 270 in cricket v England at Kingston
Type: Event
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03/15/1935
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Jimmy Lee Swaggart, evangelist
Type: Birth
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03/15/1936
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Donald K Sundquist, (Rep-R-Tennessee, 1983- )
Type: Birth
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03/15/1937
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1st blood bank forms (Chicago IL)
Type: Event
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03/15/1937
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1st state contraceptive clinic opens (Raleigh NC)
Type: Event
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03/15/1938
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Edmund Tylecote, cricketer (England keeper in 6 Tests 1882-86), dies
Type: Death
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03/15/1938
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Dick Higgins, composer
Type: Birth
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03/15/1939
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Hitler occupies Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independ
Type: Event
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03/15/1939
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Robert Nye, writer (Facts of Life and other fiction, 3 Views of Man)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1940
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G”ring says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest
Type: Event
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03/15/1940
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Phil Lesh, [Chapman], Calif, rock bassist (Grass Roots, Grateful Dead)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1940
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Alfred Marr, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 and 5), dies
Type: Death
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03/15/1941
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Blizzard in ND kills 151
Type: Event
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03/15/1941
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Mike Love, Calif, rock saxophonist/vocalist (Beachboys-In My Room)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1941
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Dick Top, Dutch actor/director (Witch of Haarlem)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1942
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Alexander van Zemlinsky, Aust/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70
Type: Death
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03/15/1942
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Hughie Flint, London England, rock drummer (Bonzo Dog Band)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1943
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Red Army evacuates Kharkov
Type: Event
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03/15/1943
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Allied reconnaissance flight over Java
Type: Event
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03/15/1943
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Brenda Scott, Cincinnati Oh, actress (Midge-Road West)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1943
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David Cronenberg, Toronto Ontario, director (Shivers, Fly, Brood)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1944
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Sly Stone, Dallas, rocker (Sly and the Family Stone-Everyday People)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1944
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Ralph MacDonald, rock percussionist (Graceland)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1944
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Jacques Doillon director/writer (La Fille de Quinze Ans)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1944
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Davld Costell, rocker
Type: Birth
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03/15/1944
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David Costell, Pitts, rocker (Gary Lewis and the Playboys-Diamond Ring)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1944
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Chi Cheng, Taiwan, sprinter/80m hurdler (Oly-Bronze-68)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1944
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Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86
Type: Death
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03/15/1944
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Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing
Type: Event
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03/15/1945
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J”rgen Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1945
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Mark J Green, Bkln NY, lawyer/author (Closed Enterprise System)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1945
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Tracy Smith, runner
Type: Birth
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03/15/1945
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17th Academy Awards - "Going my Way," Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win
Type: Event
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03/15/1945
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Herman B Wiardi Beckman, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies at 41
Type: Death
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03/15/1945
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Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain NY
Type: Event
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03/15/1945
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Catholic University of Nijmegen reopens
Type: Event
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03/15/1945
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Billboard publishes its 1st album chart (King Cole Trio is #1)
Type: Event
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03/15/1945
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Bert Shepard (1 legged WW II vet) tries out as a pitcher for Senators
Type: Event
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03/15/1946
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Bobby Bond, baseball player (Giants, Yankees, etc)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1946
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David Wall, English ballet dancers/director (Royal Academy of Dancing)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1946
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Howard Scott, San Pedro Cal, rock guitarist/vocalist (War, Cisco Kid)
Type: Birth
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03/15/1946
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British premier Attlee agrees with India's right to independence
Type: Event
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03/15/1947
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John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in US Navy
Type: Event
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03/15/1947
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David Colley, cricketer (NSW quickie, 3 Tests for Australia 1972)
Type: Birth
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