On This Day March 15th

 OTD

March 15th is the Seventy-fourth Day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 291 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place on the Ides of March.

1672 – King Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, granting limited religious freedom to all Christians.

1877—The first official cricket test match is Australia vs. England at the MCG Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.

1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.

1919 – The American Legion is founded.

1927 – The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge occurs on The Isis in Oxford.

1990 – Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.

 

Birthdays

1767 – Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (d. 1845)

1912 – Lightnin' Hopkins, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)

1932 – Alan Bean, American astronaut and pilot (d. 2018)

1935 – Jimmy Swaggart, American pastor and television host.

1943 – The Iron Sheik, Iranian American wrestler and actor.

1993 – Paul Pogba, French footballer.

 

Holidays And Observances

Buzzards Day

In 1957, a Cleveland Metroparks patrolman named Walter Nawalaniec informed Robert Bordner of the Cleveland Press and local historian Miss Eunice Morton of Richfield that he observed buzzards returning on the same day each year after their migration. He was thrilled to note that they returned on the same calendar date every year, including leap years.

That year, almost 9,000 visitors came to see the birds return, and since then, Ohio has received thousands of bird lovers who visit to witness the buzzards' return. As a result, Buzzards Day was created, and the Chamber of Commerce decided to celebrate the occasion by welcoming the birds with a traditional American breakfast of sausages and pancakes.

Buzzards are fascinating birds with unique qualities not found in other scavengers. They vocalize throughout the year, and in the U.S., the term "buzzards" refers to turkey vultures, which are part of the New World vultures. In other parts of the world, buzzards refer to Old World Vultures. In North America, the term can also refer to hawks or buzzard hawks.

 

Others Include.

AAPI Women's Equal Pay Day

Ag Day, Celebrating Our Bountiful Food Supply

Brutus Day

Dumbstruck Day

Ides of March

International Day Against Police Brutality

International Day of Action Against Canadian Seal Slaughter

International Day to Combat Islamophobia

International Eat an Animal for PETA Day

National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence

National Equal Pay Day

National Everything You Think Is Wrong Day

National Peanut Lovers Day

National Pears Helene Day

National Preschool Teachers Appreciation Day

National Shoe the World Day

National VO Day

True Confessions Day

World Consumer Rights Day

World Sleep Day

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