March 15th, 1980

Born on March 15th, 1980

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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, 1951

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

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.

March 15th, 0856

Byzantine emperor Michael III (pictured) overthrew the regency of his mother Theodora to assume power for himself.

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

Born on March 15th, 1980

44

Camilla Renschke

German actress

*March 15th, 1980, Cologne

44

Giovanni Morassutti

Italian actor, theatre director, writer, artist and cultural entrepreneur

*March 15th, 1980, Padua

44

Josefin Lillhage

Swedish swimmer

*March 15th, 1980, Gothenburg

44

Kang Ye-won

South Korean actress

*March 15th, 1980, Daegu

44

Shelley-Ann Brown

Canadian bobsledder

*March 15th, 1980, Scarborough

44

Ola Afolabi

Boxer

*March 15th, 1980, London

44

Stefán Gíslason

Icelandic footballer

*March 15th, 1980, Fjarðabyggð

44

Sergio Adrián Guillermo

Argentinian association football player

*March 15th, 1980, Moreno

44

Freddie Bynum

American baseball player

*March 15th, 1980, Wilson

44

Valeria Andrews

Australian actress

*March 15th, 1980, Sydney

44

Hanna Mirhorodska

Ukrainian gymnast

*March 15th, 1980, Odesa

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

62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

25

Margot Lambert

Badminton player

*March 15th, 1999, Guilherand-Granges

49

Eva Longoria

American actress and producer (born 1975)

*March 15th, 1975, Corpus Christi

43

Mikael Forssell

Finnish footballer

*March 15th, 1981, Steinfurt

38

Vimala Pons

French actress

*March 15th, 1986, Thiruvananthapuram

80

Bernhard Schrader

German chemist (1931-2012)

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

49

will.i.am

American rapper, singer, actor, songwriter and record producer

*March 15th, 1975, Los Angeles

31

Paul Pogba

French association football player

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

67

David Silverman

American animator and director

*March 15th, 1957, New York City

43

Young Buck

American rapper

*March 15th, 1981, Nashville

43

Judith Hoersch

German actress

*March 15th, 1981, Cologne

74

Wolfgang Schadewaldt

German classical philologist, literary theorist and translator

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

38

Jai Courtney

Australian actor

*March 15th, 1986, Sydney

31

Alia Bhatt

Indian origin british actress

*March 15th, 1993, India

39

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad

French-Algerian track and field athlete

*March 15th, 1985, Reims

33

Nigel Ng

Malaysian comedian

*March 15th, 1991, Kuala Lumpur

40

Olivier Jean

Canadian short track speed skater

*March 15th, 1984, Repentigny

39

Kellan Lutz

American actor and model

*March 15th, 1985, Dickinson

45

Kevin Youkilis

American baseball player

*March 15th, 1979, Cincinnati

89

Judd Hirsch

American actor

*March 15th, 1935, The Bronx

Same year
Born in 1980

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

44

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

44

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

44

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Kennevic Asuncion

Badminton player

*March 21st, 1980, Barbaza

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Leap year

Yes: 1980 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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