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Historical Events on March 15th
- Lead Story
- Johnson calls for equal voting rights,1965
- American Revolution
- Washington puts an end to the Newburgh Conspiracy,1783
- Automotive
- Construction begins on America's highest vehicle tunnel,1968
- Civil War
- Edward A. Perry born,1831
- Cold War
- Gorbachev calls for radical agricultural reform,1989
- Crime
- The ides of March: Julius Caesar is murdered,-44
- Disaster
- Blizzard unexpectedly hits North Dakota and Minnesota,1941
- General Interest
- The Ides of March,-44
- Maine enters the Union,1820
- Czar Nicholas II abdicates,1917
- Hollywood
- Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather opens,1972
- Literary
- Julius Caesar is stabbed,-44
- Music
- Frankie Avalon's "Venus" hits #1,1959
- Old West
- Andrew Jackson born,1767
- Presidential
- Andrew Jackson is born,1767
- Sports
- Bobby Orr scores 100 points in one season,1970
- Vietnam War
- Army Chief of Staff reports on South Vietnam,1965
- President Nixon hints at reintervention,1973
- World War I
- Russian czar abdicates,1917
- World War II
- Nazis take Czechoslovakia,1939
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