406 Historic Events for March 15
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| 1885 |
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1st performance of C‚sar Franck's "Lesson Djinns"
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| 1887 |
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1st salaried fish and game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan)
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| 1889 |
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6 US and German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die
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| 1892 |
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NY State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine)
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| 1892 |
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1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (NYC)
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Slava Vorlova, composer
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| 1897 |
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1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer
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| 1901 |
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Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader
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| 1901 |
Birth |
J Pat O'Malley, England, actor (Touch of Grace, Gunn, Star!)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Colin McPhee, Montr‚al Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles)
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Kitty Masters, actress
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela)
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| 1903 |
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Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa
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| 1904 |
Birth |
George Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel)
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Joe E Ross, comedian (Gunther Toody-Car 54, Ritzik-Phil Silvers Show)
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| 1905 |
Death |
Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60
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| 1905 |
Death |
B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norwegian author (Paa St Jírgen), dies at 58
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler
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| 1906 |
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Brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd
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| 1906 |
Death |
Alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81
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| 1907 |
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Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Paul Maxey, Wheaton Ill, actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn)
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