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This day in history: 15 March

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Key facts

326 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 15 March.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2026: Four members of a Palestinian family are shot dead in Tammun by the Israeli military.

Holidays and observances

Ancient Roman religious observance: Ides of March

Christian feast day: Aristobulus of Britannia (Roman Catholic Church)

Christian feast day: Artémides Zatti

Christian feast day: Blessed William Hart

Christian feast day: Clement Mary Hofbauer

Christian feast day: Leocritia

Christian feast day: Louise de Marillac

Christian feast day: March 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Saint Longinus

Constitution Day (Belarus)

International Day To Combat Islamophobia

Joseph Jenkins Roberts' Birthday (Liberia)

Events

2026Four members of a Palestinian family are shot dead in Tammun by the Israeli military.

2022The 2022 Sri Lankan protests begins amidst Sri Lanka's economic collapse.

2019Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change.

2019Beginning of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.

2019Fifty-one people are killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings, which remains the deadliest terror attack in New Zealand history.

2011Beginning of the Syrian revolution.

2008Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people.

1991Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.

1990Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first and only President of the Soviet Union.

1986Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.

1978Somalia and Ethiopia sign a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.

1974Fifteen people are killed when Sterling Airways Flight 901, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, catches fire following a landing gear collapse at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran.

1965President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells the U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.

1961At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.

1951The Iranian oil industry is nationalized.

1943World War II: Third Battle of Kharkiv: The Germans retake the city of Kharkiv from the Soviet armies.

1939Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.

1939Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.

1927The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.

1922After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.

1921Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian genocide, is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.

1919The American Legion is founded.

1919Ukrainian War of Independence: The Kontrrazvedka is established as the counterintelligence division of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.

1918Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere begins.

1917Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.

1907The first parliamentary elections of Finland (at the time the Grand Duchy of Finland) are held.

1894Madeleine bombing by Désiré Pauwels during the Ère des attentats.

1892The Lobau bombing is one of the first attacks of the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).

1888Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.

1877First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.

1875Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.

1874France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.

1848A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party.

1823Sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reports the existence of the island of New South Greenland near Antarctica.

1820Maine is admitted as the twenty-third U.S. state.

1783In 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'état never takes place.

1781The British under Charles Cornwallis defeat American forces under Nathanael Greene in the battle of Guilford Court House.

1672King Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, granting limited religious freedom to all Christians.

1626A dam failure causes the sudden flooding of the mining city of Potosí in present-day Bolivia leading to the death of thousands and the massive release of toxic mercury into the environment.

1564Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes the jizya tax on non-Muslim subjects.

Born on this day

2005Rodri Mendoza, Spanish footballer

2004Isaiah Bond, American football player

2003Quinn Ewers, American football player

2001Ellie Leach, English actress

2000Kristian Kostov, Russian-Bulgarian singer-songwriter

1996Jinjin, South Korean singer and actor

1996Maxwell Jacob Friedman, American professional wrestler

1996Seonaid McIntosh, Scottish sports shooter

1995Jabari Parker, American basketball player

1994Matt Gay, American football player

1994Scott Seiss, American comedian

1993Aleksandra Krunić, Serbian tennis player

1993Alia Bhatt, British actress

1993Mark Scheifele, Canadian ice hockey player

1993Michael Fulmer, American baseball player

1993Paul Pogba, French footballer

1993Taylor Heinicke, American football player

1992Devonta Freeman, American football player

1991Trayce Thompson, American baseball player

1991Xavier Henry, American basketball player

1990JD McDonagh, Irish professional wrestler

1990Nick Ahmed, American baseball player

1990Tavon Austin, American football player

1989Adrien Silva, Portuguese footballer

1989Caitlin Wachs, American actress

1989Gil Roberts, American sprinter

1989Sam Baldock, English footballer

1989Sandro, Brazilian footballer

1988Éver Guzmán, Mexican footballer

1988James Reimer, Canadian ice hockey player

1988Lil Dicky, American rapper, comedian, and actor

1987Eric Decker, American football player

1986Jai Courtney, Australian actor

1986Jannik Hansen, Danish ice hockey player

1985Eva Amurri, American actress

1985Jon Jay, American baseball player and coach

1985Kellan Lutz, American actor and model

1984Badradine Belloumou, French-Algerian footballer

1984Kostas Vasileiadis, Greek basketball player

1984Olivier Jean, Canadian speed skater

Died on this day

2025Nita Lowey, American politician (born 1937)

2025Rajnikumar Pandya, Indian writer (born 1938)

2025Wings Hauser, American actor (born 1947)

2022Barbara Maier Gustern, American vocal coach and singer (born 1935)

2020Vittorio Gregotti, Italian architect (born 1927)

2019Larry DiTillio, American film and TV series writer (born 1948)

2016Asa Briggs, English historian and academic (born 1921)

2016Seru Rabeni, Fijian rugby player (born 1978)

2016Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress and television and film producer (born 1927)

2015Collins Chabane, South African politician (born 1960)

2015Curtis Gans, American political scientist and author (born 1937)

2015Mike Porcaro, American bass player (born 1955)

2015Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (born 1928)

2015Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (born 1928)

2014Bo Callaway, American soldier and politician, United States Secretary of the Army (born 1927)

2014Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (born 1947)

2014David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (born 1936)

2014Scott Asheton, American drummer (born 1949)

2013Booth Gardner, American businessman and politician, Governor of Washington (born 1936)

2013Leverne McDonnell, Australian actress (born 1963)

2013Peter Worsley, English sociologist (born 1924)

2013Terry Lightfoot, English clarinet player (born 1935)

2012Dave Philley, American baseball player and manager (born 1920)

2012Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby player (born 1946)

2011Nate Dogg, American rapper (born 1969)

2011Smiley Culture, English singer and DJ (born 1963)

2010Kazim al-Samawi, Iraqi poet (born 1925)

2009Ron Silver, American actor, director, and producer (born 1946)

2008G. David Low, American astronaut and engineer (born 1956)

2008Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (born 1954)

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“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.”

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