March 15

Monday 15, 2004:

Announcement of the discovery of 90377 Sedna, the farthest natural object in the Solar system so far observed.

Friday 15, 1991:

Germany formally regains complete independence after the four post-World War II occupying powers (France, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union) relinquish all remaining rights.

Thursday 15, 1990:

The ethnic clashes of Targu Mures begin on the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.

Wednesday 15, 1989:

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is established.

Tuesday 15, 1988:

The Halabja poison gas attack of the Iran-Iraq War begins.

Monday 15, 1976:

Rock group KISS releases the legendary album Destroyer.

Sunday 15, 1970:

The Expo '70 world's fair opens in Osaka, Japan.

Friday 15, 1963:

Victor Feguer, a Federal prisoner, is put to death at the Fort Madison, Iowa prison. This would be the last execution of a Federal prisoner until the execution of Timothy McVeigh in 2001.

Wednesday 15, 1961:

South Africa withdraws from the British Commonwealth.

Thursday 15, 1956:

The Broadway musical My Fair Lady opens in New York City.

Sunday 15, 1953:

1953 - World contact day

Saturday 15, 1952:

In Cilaos, Réunion, 73 inches (1,870mm) of rain falls in one day, setting a new world record.

Wednesday 15, 1944:

Allied aircraft bomb the Nazi-held monastery and stage an assault.

Monday 15, 1943:

the Germans retook the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting.

Wednesday 15, 1939:

World War II: Nazi troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist.

Wednesday 15, 1922:

After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.

Saturday 15, 1919:

The American Legion forms in Paris.

Thursday 15, 1917:

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates himself and his son from the Russian throne and his brother the Grand Duke becomes Tsar.

Wednesday 15, 1916:

President Woodrow Wilson sends 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.

Monday 15, 1909:

Selfridges department store opens in London.

Thursday 15, 1906:

Rolls-Royce Ltd. is registered.

Thursday 15, 1877:

The first Test cricket match begins, between England and Australia.

Wednesday 15, 1848:

Revolution breaks out in Pest. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.

Thursday 15, 1827:

The University of Toronto is chartered.

Wednesday 15, 1820:

Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state.

Saturday 15, 1783:

In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'etat never takes place.

Thursday 15, 1781:

Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat an American force numbering 4,400.

Tuesday 15, 1672:

Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.

Thursday 15, 1545:

First meeting of the Council of Trent.

Wednesday 15, 1493:

Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.

Sunday 15, 1311:

Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.

Wednesday 15, -44:

Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.

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