March 15th, 1951

Born on March 15th, 1951

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What happened on March 15th, 1951?

March 15th, 1951

Iranian oil industry is nationalized.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalization_of_the_Iranian_oil_industry

March 15th, 1951

The Iranian oil industry was nationalized in a movement led by Mohammad Mosaddegh.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalization_of_the_Iranian_oil_industry

What else happened on March 15th?

March 15th, 1960

Students from Atlanta University Center, inspired by similar actions in Greensboro, North Carolina, began occupying lunch counters in Atlanta, Georgia.

March 15th, 1956

The musical My Fair Lady, based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, debuted at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City.

March 15th, 1943

The deportation of 50,000 Jews from the Greek city of Thessaloniki began.

March 15th, 1927

In rowing, Oxford defeated Cambridge in the inaugural edition of the Women's Boat Race.

March 15th, 1921

Talaat Pasha, the main perpetrator of the Armenian genocide, was assassinated by Soghomon Tehlirian.

March 15th, 1917

Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate in the February Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule.

March 15th, 1916

Six days after Pancho Villa and his cross-border raiders attacked Columbus, New Mexico, U.S. General John J. Pershing led a punitive expedition into Mexico to pursue Villa.

March 15th, 1910

Prospectors drilled into a pressurized deposit within the Midway-Sunset Oil Field in California, resulting in the largest accidental oil spill in history, which eventually released 9 million barrels (1.4 million m3) of crude oil over 18 months.

March 15th, 1875

John McCloskey, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, was created the first cardinal from the United States.

March 15th, 1823

Sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reported the existence of the island of New South Greenland near Antarctica.

March 15th, 1783

George Washington delivered a speech to Continental Army officers in Newburgh, New York, asking them to support the supremacy of the Congress of the Confederation, defusing a potential coup.

March 15th, 1311

In the Battle of Halmyros, the Catalan Company defeated the forces of Walter V, Count of Brienne, taking control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in present-day Greece.

March 15th, 1147

Reconquista: Portuguese troops under King Afonso I captured the city of Santarém from the Almoravids.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 15th

Born on March 15th, 1951

73

Larry Phillips

Local politician in King County, Washington, USA

*March 15th, 1951, King County

73

Arturo Bergamasco

Rugby player

*March 15th, 1951, Due Carrare

73

Jürgen Mlynek

German physicist

*March 15th, 1951, Gronau

73

Margret Jäger

German linguist

*March 15th, 1951, Duisburg

73

David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool

British politician (born 1951)

*March 15th, 1951, London

67

Michel Bez

French painter (1951-2018)

*March 15th, 1951, Toulouse †September 21st, 2018, Sète

73

Kevin Burchett

Actor, born 1951

*March 15th, 1951, United States of America

64

Elizabeth Brown Pryor

American diplomat

*March 15th, 1951, Gary †April 13th, 2015, Richmond

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 15th?

62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

72

Andrzej Grabowski

Polish actor and voice actor

*March 15th, 1952, Chrzanów

67

David Silverman

American animator and director

*March 15th, 1957, New York City

80

Bernhard Schrader

German chemist (1931-2012)

*March 15th, 1931, Quedlinburg †January 8th, 2012, Essen

25

Margot Lambert

Badminton player

*March 15th, 1999, Guilherand-Granges

72

Dominique Orliac

French politician

*March 15th, 1952, Palaiseau

89

Judd Hirsch

American actor

*March 15th, 1935, The Bronx

28

Levin Öztunalı

German association football player

*March 15th, 1996, Hamburg

74

Wolfgang Schadewaldt

German classical philologist, literary theorist and translator

*March 15th, 1900, Berlin †November 10th, 1974, Tübingen

63

Moungi Bawendi

American chemist of French and Tunisian descent

*March 15th, 1961, Paris

49

Eva Longoria

American actress and producer (born 1975)

*March 15th, 1975, Corpus Christi

75

Molly Peters

British actress and model (1942-2017)

*March 15th, 1942, Walsham le Willows †May 30th, 2017, Taunton

81

Lynda La Plante

English writer and actress

*March 15th, 1943, Liverpool

88

Zhores Alferov

Soviet-Russian physicist (1930–2019)

*March 15th, 1930, Vitebsk †March 1st, 2019, Saint Petersburg

72

Jeff Sherman

American musician

*March 15th, 1952, Seattle

77

Ry Cooder

American guitarist, singer and composer

*March 15th, 1947, Los Angeles

38

Vimala Pons

French actress

*March 15th, 1986, Thiruvananthapuram

31

Paul Pogba

French association football player

*March 15th, 1993, Lagny-sur-Marne

78

Andrew Jackson

President of the United States from 1829 to 1837

*March 15th, 1767, Waxhaws †June 8th, 1845, The Hermitage

57

Bobby Bonds

American baseball player and coach

*March 15th, 1946, Riverside †August 23rd, 2003, San Carlos

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Born in 1951

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

72

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

72

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

72

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

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No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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