Historical Events on March 15

  • 1781: At the Battle of Guilford Court House during the American Revolutionary War, American forces are defeated by British forces. However, the British forces suffer heavy losses in doing so.
  • 1783: George Washington pleads with his officers to not support the Newburgh Conspiracy.
  • 1820: Maine enters the United States as the 23rdS State.
  • 1864: The United State Naval fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana during the Red River Campaign of the American Civil War.
  • 1906: Automaker Rolls-Royce is incorporated.
  • 1916: Forty-eight hundred troops are dispatched by U.S President Woodrow Wilson to the Mexican border in an effort to pursue Pancho Villa.
  • 1943: In bitter house to house fighting, German forces manage to retake the city of Kharkov from the Red Army at the Third Battle of Kharkov during World War II.
  • 1945: Soviet force start an offense to push German forces out of the Upper Silesia during World War II.
  • 1956: My Fair Lady debuts at the Mark Hellinger Theater on Broadway.
  • 1965:S President Lyndon B. Johnson advocates for the Voting Rights Acts in a speech to the United States Congress.
  • 1985: The first and oldest domain name on the Internet is registered – (symbolics.com).
  • 1986: 33 people are killed when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.

Famous Birthdays on March 15

  • American general, judge and 7th President of the U.S., Andrew Jackson is born in 1767.
  • English politician and Prime Minister of the U.K., William Lamb is born in 1779.
  • American lawyer and activist, John Henry Kagi is born in 1835.
  • American actor Judd Hirsch is born in 1935.
  • American engineer Ted Kaufman is born in 1939.
  • American journalist Margo Howard is born in 1940.
  • American author and activist, Kate Bornstein is born in 1948.
  • American actress Eva Longoria is born in 1975.
  • American actress Emily Dunn is born in 1982.
  • American baseball player, Jon Jay is born in 1985.
  • American actor and model, Kellan Lutz is born in 1985.