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15 March, 2007
Production ceased on the passenger version of the Boeing 747-400.
15 March, 2004
Announcement of the discovery of 90377 Sedna, the farthest natural object in the Solar system so far observed.
15 March, 2003
Hu Jintao takes over presidency for the Peoples Republic of China.
15 March, 1991
Germany formally regains complete independence after the four post-World War II occupying powers (France, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union) relinquish all remaining rights.
15 March, 1990
Gulf War: Iraq hangs British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying.
15 March, 1990
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union.
15 March, 1990
The Soviet Union announces that Lithuanias declaration of independence is invalid.
15 March, 1990
The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mures begin on the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.
15 March, 1989
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is established.
15 March, 1988
Publication of Marvin Minskys Society of Mind theory.
15 March, 1988
The Halabja poison gas attack of the Iran-Iraq War begins.
15 March, 1985
The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).
15 March, 1972
The film version of Mario Puzos The Godfather novel of the same name, is released in theaters. It went on to be considered one of the greatest films of all time.
15 March, 1970
The Expo 70 worlds fair opens in Osaka, Japan.
15 March, 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
15 March, 1963
Victor Feguer, a Federal prisoner, is put to death at the Fort Madison, Iowa prison. This is the last execution of a Federal prisoner until the execution of Timothy McVeigh in 2001.
15 March, 1961
South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.
15 March, 1956
The Broadway musical My Fair Lady opens in New York City.
15 March, 1952
In Cilaos, Réunion, 73 inches (1870 mm) of rain falls in one day, setting a new world record.
15 March, 1944
World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino - Allied aircraft bomb the German-held monastery and stage an assault.
15 March, 1943
World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov - the Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting.
15 March, 1939
World War II: German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist.
15 March, 1926
The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
15 March, 1922
After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
15 March, 1919
The American Legion forms in Paris.
15 March, 1917
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne and his brother the Grand Duke becomes Tsar.
15 March, 1916
President Woodrow Wilson sends 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
15 March, 1906
Rolls-Royce Ltd. is registered.
15 March, 1905
Cretan revolutionaries announce the re-unification of Crete with the rest of Greece.
15 March, 1877
The first Test cricket match begins, between England and Australia.
15 March, 1873
Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity is founded at Massachusetts Agricultural College
15 March, 1848
Revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.
15 March, 1827
The University of Toronto is chartered.
15 March, 1820
Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state.
15 March, 1783
In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup detat never takes place.
15 March, 1781
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Courthouse - Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat an American force numbering 4,400.
15 March, 1776
South Carolina became the first American colony to declare its independence from Great Britain and set up its own government.
15 March, 1672
Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
15 March, 1545
First meeting of the Council of Trent.
15 March, 1493
Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
15 March, 1311
Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.
15 March, 933
After a ten-year truce, German King Henry I defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the river Unstrut.
15 March, 351
Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire.
15 March, 221
Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han, claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty.

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