March 15 in Pop Culture History |
March 15th is… Consumer Rights Day Dumbstruck Day Egg Cream Day Everything You Think Is Wrong Day The Ides of March Peanut Lovers Day Pears Helene Day Shoe the World Day True Confessions Day |
44 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate house by 60 conspirators, Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. #bewaretheidesofmarch 1545 – First meeting of the Council of Trent, the ‘Counter-Reformation’. 1806 – A chondrite meteorite carrying carbon-based, organic chemicals was identified for the first time. Found outside Alais, France, the organic chemicals it carried suggested the possibility of life on whatever body was the source, somewhere in space. 1906 – Rolls-Royce Limited was incorporated. 1933 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose from 53.84 to 62.10. The day’s gain of 15.34%, achieved during the depths of the Great Depression, is the largest 1-day percentage gain for the index. 1956 – My Fair Lady debuted on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. 1922 – Fuad I became King of Egypt. 1952 – #1 Hit March 15, 1952 – May 16, 1952: Kay Starr – Wheel Of Fortune 1956 – My Fair Lady (Broadway Musical) Opened on March 15, 1956, and closed on September 29, 1962 1969 – #1 Hit March 15, 1969 – April 11, 1969: Tommy Roe – Dizzy 1975 – #1 Hit March 15, 1975 – March 21, 1975: The Doobie Brothers – Black Water 1977 – Eight Is Enough & Three’s Company debuted on ABC. 1985 – The first Internet domain name was registered – symbolics.com. 1986 – #1 Hit March 15, 1986 – March 21, 1986: Starship – Sara 2008 – #1 Hit March 15, 2008 – April 4, 2008: Usher featuring Young Jeezy – Love in This Club |