On this day: March 15th
There are many and several events on this day in history. Read and discover what happened on this day: On this day: March 15th
On this day: March 15th
Events On this day: March 15th
- 44 BC: Julius Caesar is stabbed to death by Marcus Brutus.
- 1493: Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
- 1895: Enrico Caruso makes his stage debut. The Italian tenor is arguably the most famous opera singer of all time.
- 1917: The last emperor of Russia abdicates. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated following the February Revolution. He was later executed together with his family and some of his servants.
- 1956: The Broadway musical My Fair Lady opens in New York City.
- 1972: Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather is premiered. The gangster movie based on Mario Puzo’s novel is one of the most popular films of all time.
- 1985: The world’s first Internet domain name is registered. symbolics.com was registered by the Symbolics Computer Corporation of Massachusetts. There are over 1 billion domains today.
- 1990: Mikhail Gorbachev becomes President of the Soviet Union. His economic and political reforms, as well as his advocacy of free speech, strengthened pro-democracy movements in other Eastern European countries and ultimately led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War.
- 1998: Titanic becomes the #1 box office movie ever.
Birthdays on this day: March 15th
- 1638: Shunzhi (Emperor of China)
- 1767: Andrew Jackson (US President #7)
- 1907: Zarah Leander (Swedish actress, singer)
- 1932: Alan Bean (Astronaut)
- 1947: Ry Cooder (American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer)
- 1961: Fabio (Model and Actor)
- 1972: Mike Tomlin (NFL Head Coach)
- 1975: Eva Longoria (Actress)
- 1975: Will.i.am. (Black Eyed Peas)
- 1979: Kevin Youkilis (American baseball player)
Deaths on this day: March 15th
- 1937: H.P. Lovecraft (American writer)
- 1938: Nikolai Bukharin (Russian politician)
- 1983: Rebecca West (English journalist, author)
- 2001: Ann Sothern (American actress)
- 2008: Mikey Dread (Jamaican singer-songwriter, producer)
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