March 15 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryTable of Contents |
March 15 History Highlights |
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The Ides of March, featuring Julius Caesar |
Julius Caeser was brought into this world by a knife (cesarean) and left this world by a knife (stabbed in the back). The Ides Of March: |
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| Everything You Think is Wrong Day The Ides of March Pears Helene Day |
March 15 Birthday Quotes |
“There are no problems that can’t be solved. The world is too full of options. If you can’t solve the #problem, it’s because you haven’t found the right option … But the answer is always there.” “You can make it if you try, push a little harder, think a little deeper.” “Every now and then it helps to be a little deaf…That advice has stood me in good stead. Not simply in dealing with my marriage, but in dealing with my colleagues.” “I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.” “I learned that when you do the best job that you can do, some people will idolize you, others won’t care, and some will vilify you.” |
March 15 Birthdays |
| 270 – Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (died in 343) 1767 – Andrew Jackson, American general and politician, 7th President of the United States (died in 1845) 1887 – Marjorie Merriweather Post, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded General Foods (died in 1973) 1912 – Lightnin’ Hopkins, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died in 1982) 1933 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and judge (died in 2020) 1935 – Judd Hirsch, American actor 1935 – Jimmy Swaggart, American pastor and television host 1941 – Mike Love, American singer-songwriter and musician, Beach Boys 1943 – Sly Stone, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer 1943 – The Iron Sheik, Iranian-American wrestler 1947 – Ry Cooder, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1955 – Dee Snider, American singer-songwriter 1962 – Terence Trent D’Arby, American singer-songwriter 1964 – Rockwell, American singer-songwriter 1968 – Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer-songwriter 1975 – Eva Longoria, American actress 1975 – will.i.am, American rapper and producer 1990 – Siobhan Magnus, American singer-songwriter |
March 15 History |
| 1545 – First meeting of the Council of Trent, the ‘Counter-Reformation’. 1806 – A chondrite meteorite, carrying carbon-based, organic chemicals, was identified for the first time. Found outside Alais, France, the organic chemicals it carried suggested the possibility of life on whatever body was the source, somewhere out in space. 1906 – Rolls-Royce Limited was incorporated. 1956 – My Fair Lady debuted on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. 1922 – Fuad I became King of Egypt. 1952 – #1 Hit March 15, 1952 – May 16, 1952: Kay Starr – Wheel Of Fortune March 15, 1956 – 1st appearance Robbie the Robot in Forbidden Planet, Film 1956 – Broadway Show – My Fair Lady (Musical) March 15, 1956 March 15, 1964 Birthday (fictional) Michael Scott, The Office, TV 1969 – #1 Hit March 15, 1969 – April 11, 1969: Tommy Roe – Dizzy 1975 – #1 Hit March 15, 1975 – March 21, 1975: The Doobie Brothers – Black Water 1977 – Eight Is Enough & Three’s Company debuted on ABC. 1985 – The first Internet domain name was registered – symbolics.com. 1986 – #1 Hit March 15, 1986 – March 21, 1986: Starship – Sara 2008 – #1 Hit March 15, 2008 – April 4, 2008: Usher featuring Young Jeezy – Love In This Club |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
| Useless Pronunciation: I as in if The Dad From Gremlins, Hoyt Axton, Wrote the Song “Joy to the World (Jeremiah was a bullfrog)” covered by 3 Dog Night. Goldilocks is real fussy for someone who wanders into stranger’s houses and eats their breakfast. “Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape.” – George Taylor (Charlton Heston) #moviequotes Whether you say the word “vegetables” with 3 or 4 syllables is greatly dependent on whether you happen to be Cookie Monster. When writing an angry email, save it as a draft then get up to clear your head and cool off before hitting send. #advice “Jane, you ignorant slut” – Dan Aykroyd to Jane Curtin (Saturday Night Live) A group of Nightingales is called a Watch. The only difference between intuition and paranoia is whether you’re right or wrong. The United States officially adopted the metric system in 1975. “Pardon me, sir. I did not do it on purpose” – Queen Marie Antoinette (as she accidentally stepped on the foot of her executioner) #LastWords A group of Chickens is called a Brood or Peep. I think it should be called a “cluck”. |
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