It happened on a… March 15

2019

Climate change strikes held by school children take place around the world inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg.

2013

Justin Timberlake releases his 3rd studio album “The 20/20 Experience” (2013 Billboard Album of the Year).

2011

Beginning of the Syrian civil war.

1985

The first Internet domain name, symbolics.com is registered.

1977

TV comedy “Three’s Company” starring Jack Ritter, Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt premieres on ABC.

1972

“The Godfather”, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, premieres in NYC (Academy Awards Best Picture 1973).

1970

Expo ’70 opens in Osaka, Japan.

1964

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton marry for the first time, in a civil ceremony in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel (Montreal, Quebec); her fifth marriage, his second.

1938

Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia.

1917

Nicholas II, the last Russian Tsar abdicates and nominates his brother Grand Duke Michael to succeed him.

1912

Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins.

1906

Britons Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd

1827

University of Toronto is chartered.

1603

Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 leaves Honfleur with Gravé du Pont and Pierre de Monts on de Chaste’s ship ‘Bonne Renommé’; his first major voyage to Canada.