2026: Four members of a Palestinian family are shot dead in Tammun by the Israeli military.
2022: The 2022 Sri Lankan protests begins amidst Sri Lanka’s economic collapse.
2019: Fifty-one people are killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings.
2019: Beginning of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.
2019: Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change.
2011: Beginning of the Syrian revolution.
2008: Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people.
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.
1990: Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first and only President of the Soviet Union.
1986: Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.
1978: Somalia and Ethiopia sign a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.
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.
1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells the U.S. Congress “We shall overcome” while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
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.
1951: The Iranian oil industry is nationalized.
Famous Births 👶
2005: Rodri Mendoza, Spanish footballer
2004: Isaiah Bond, American football player
2003: Quinn Ewers, American football player
2001: Ellie Leach, English actress
2000: Kristian Kostov, Russian-Bulgarian singer-songwriter
1996: Maxwell Jacob Friedman, American professional wrestler
1996: Seonaid McIntosh, Scottish sports shooter
1996: Jinjin, South Korean singer and actor
1995: Jabari Parker, American basketball player
1994: Matt Gay, American football player
1994: Scott Seiss, American comedian
1993: Alia Bhatt, British actress
1993: Michael Fulmer, American baseball player
1993: Taylor Heinicke, American football player
1993: Aleksandra Krunić, Serbian tennis player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
2025: Wings Hauser, American actor (born 1947)
2025: Nita Lowey, American politician (born 1937)
2025: Rajnikumar Pandya, Indian writer (born 1938)
2022: Barbara Maier Gustern, American vocal coach and singer (born 1935)
2020: Vittorio Gregotti, Italian architect (born 1927)
2019: Larry DiTillio, American film and TV series writer (born 1948)
2016: Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress and television and film producer (born 1927)
2016: Asa Briggs, English historian and academic (born 1921)
2016: Seru Rabeni, Fijian rugby player (born 1978)
2015: Collins Chabane, South African politician (born 1960)
2015: Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (born 1928)
2015: Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (born 1928)
2015: Curtis Gans, American political scientist and author (born 1937)
2015: Mike Porcaro, American bass player (born 1955)
2014: Scott Asheton, American drummer (born 1949)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
Ancient Roman religious observance:
Ides of March
Christian feast day:
Aristobulus of Britannia (Roman Catholic Church)
Christian feast day:
Artémides Zatti
Christian feast day:
Clement Mary Hofbauer
Christian feast day:
Leocritia
Christian feast day:
Saint Longinus
Christian feast day:
Louise de Marillac
Christian feast day:
Blessed William Hart
Christian feast day:
March 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (Belarus)
International Day To Combat Islamophobia
Joseph Jenkins Roberts’ Birthday (Liberia)
National Day, celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (Hungary)
