15 March

Notable Births

Rodri Mendoza

b. 2005

Spanish footballer

Isaiah Bond

b. 2004

American football player (born 2004)

Quinn Ewers

b. 2003

American football player (born 2003)

Kristian Kostov

b. 2000

Bulgarian-Russian singer (born 2000)

Maxwell Jacob Friedman

b. 1996

American professional wrestler (born 1996)

Jinjin

b. 1996

South Korean rapper (born 1996)

Jabari Parker

b. 1995

American basketball player (born 1995)

Matt Gay

b. 1994

American football player (born 1994)

Alia Bhatt

b. 1993

British actress (born 1993)

Michael Fulmer

b. 1993

American baseball player (born 1993)

Taylor Heinicke

b. 1993

American football player (born 1993)

Aleksandra Krunić

b. 1993

Serbian tennis player (born 1993)

Paul Pogba

b. 1993

French footballer (born 1993)

Mark Scheifele

b. 1993

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1993)

Devonta Freeman

b. 1992

American football player (born 1992)

Xavier Henry

b. 1991

American basketball player (born 1991)

Trayce Thompson

b. 1991

American-British baseball player (born 1991)

Nick Ahmed

b. 1990

American baseball player (born 1990)

Tavon Austin

b. 1990

American football player (born 1990)

JD McDonagh

b. 1990

Irish professional wrestler (born 1990)

Notable Deaths

Nita Lowey

d. 2025

American politician (1937–2025)

Rajnikumar Pandya

d. 2025

Indian Gujarati-language writer

Barbara Maier Gustern

d. 2022

American vocal coach (1935–2022)

Vittorio Gregotti

d. 2020

Italian architect (1927–2020)

Sylvia Anderson

d. 2016

British producer (1927–2016)

Asa Briggs

d. 2016

English historian (1921–2016)

Seru Rabeni

d. 2016

Fiji international rugby union player

Robert Clatworthy (sculptor)

d. 2015

British sculptor and art teacher (1928–2015)

Sally Forrest

d. 2015

American actress (1928–2015)

Curtis Gans

d. 2015

American activist and writer (1937-2015)

Mike Porcaro

d. 2015

American bassist (1955–2015)

Scott Asheton

d. 2014

American drummer (1949–2014)

David Brenner

d. 2014

American comedian and actor (1936–2014)

Bo Callaway

d. 2014

American businessman and politician (1927–2014)

Clarissa Dickson Wright

d. 2014

English television cook (1947–2014)

Booth Gardner

d. 2013

Governor of Washington from 1985 to 1993

Mervyn Davies (rugby union)

d. 2012

British Lions & Wales international rugby union player

Dave Philley

d. 2012

American baseball player (1920–2012)

Nate Dogg

d. 2011

American singer and rapper (1969–2011)

Smiley Culture

d. 2011

British reggae singer and DJ (1963–2011)

On This Day in History

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2026

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

Killing of members of the Bani Odeh family

2022

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

Aragalaya

2019

Fifty-one people are killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings.

Christchurch mosque shootings

2019

Beginning of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.

2019–2020 Hong Kong protests

2019

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

Fridays for Future

2011

Beginning of the Syrian revolution.

Syrian revolution

2008

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

2008 Gërdec explosions

1991

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

Cold War

1990

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

Mikhail Gorbachev

1986

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

Collapse of Hotel New World

1978

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

Somalia

1974

Fifteen 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.

Sterling Airways Flight 901

1965

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

Lyndon B. Johnson

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1961

At 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.

1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference