March 15 is celebrated as National Peanut Lovers’ Day, not to be confused with National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day (March 1st)
Everything You Think is Wrong Day
Incredible Kid Day
Dumbstruck Day
“Beware the Ides of March” commemorating the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. According to William Shakespeare, Caesar had been warned by a soothsayer that he would die on the Ides of March. The word “ides” simply means “middle”, so the “Ides of March” refers to the middle of the month, the 15th day.
Birthday of Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767), seventh President of the U. S. (from 1829-1837).
Publication of Federalist Paper #70: The Executive Department Further Considered written by Alexander Hamilton in 1788.
From www.teaparty911.com
In Federalist 70 Hamilton begins a discussion of the need for energy in the executive if one is to have good government. He defines energy in the executive as unity, duration, an adequate provision for its support and competent powers. This paper is all about unity in the executive which he defines as having a single person responsible for the execution of the presidency as opposed to any type of shared responsibility. Decision, activity, secrecy, and dispatch, are what he considers the characteristics of an effective executive, and these are more likely from a single individual “than the proceedings of a greater number, and in proportions the number is increased these qualities will be diminished”.
Maine Admission Day 1820, twenty-third state
- Capital: Augusta
- Nickname: Pine Tree State
- Animal: Moose
- Bird: Chickadee
- Flower: White pine cone & tassel
- Gemstone: Tourmaline
- Herb: Wintergreen
- Insect: Honeybee
- Tree: White Pine
- Motto: I direct
See our page for the state of Maine for more interesting facts and trivia about Maine.
1869 – Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first professional baseball team
1892 – Jesse W. Reno patented the Reno Inclined Elevator. It was the first escalator.
1906 – Britons Rolls, Royce & Johnson formed Rolls Royce Ltd
President Woodrow Wilson sent 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa on March 15, 1916.
1938 – Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia.
1940 – Hermann Goering said that 100-200 church bells were enough for Germany, smelt the rest.
My Fair Lady received its premiere performance on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in 1956. Based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, the Broadway musical starred Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews. See benneynlinda.com for more information.
1985 – The first Internet domain name was registered (symbolics.com).