March 15

People born on this day are Pisces.

On this day in history01

1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells the U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
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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.
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1978
Somalia and Ethiopia sign a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.
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1986
Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.
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1990
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first and only President of the Soviet Union.
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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.
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2008
Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people.
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2011
Beginning of the Syrian revolution.
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2019
Fifty-one people are killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings, which remains the deadliest terror attack in New Zealand history.
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2019
Beginning of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.
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2019
Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change.
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2022
The 2022 Sri Lankan protests begins amidst Sri Lanka's economic collapse.
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