March 15 birthdays & history

Famous people born on March 15

• 1767Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States
• 1830Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1993Alia Bhatt, British actress
• 1993Paul Pogba, French footballer
• 1933Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and judge
• 1854Emil von Behring, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1975Eva Longoria, American actress
• 1930Zhores Alferov, Belarusian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1932Alan Bean, American astronaut and pilot

What happened on March 15

• 856Byzantine emperor Michael III overthrew the regency of his mother Theodora to assume power for himself.
• 1820Maine is admitted as the twenty-third U.S. state.
• 1823American sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reported the existence of New South Greenland, a phantom island, near Antarctica.
• 1874France and Vietnam signed the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
• 1874France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
• 1875John McCloskey, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, was created the first cardinal from the United States.
• 1877First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
• 1907The first parliamentary elections of Finland (at the time the Grand Duchy of Finland) are held.
• 1931Sing-Song Girl Red Peony, one of the first sound films produced in China, was released in Shanghai.
• 1951The Iranian oil industry was nationalized in a movement led by Mohammad Mosaddegh.
• 1956The musical My Fair Lady, based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, debuted at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City.
• 1974Transvestism and Transsexualism in Modern Society, the UK's first trans-rights conference, opened with an evening reception in Leeds.

Also observed on March 15

• Ancient Roman religious observance: Ides of March
• Constitution Day (Belarus)
• Joseph Jenkins Roberts' Birthday (Liberia)
• National Day, celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (Hungary)
• World Consumer Rights Day (International)
• Youth Day (Palau)