CAD - March 15 Traditional Cache
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Cache A Day – March 15th
March 15th is the Ides of March and the 73nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 292 days remaining until the end of the year.
The entire month of March is National Preschool Education Month, National Poison Prevention Awareness Month, National Red Cross Month, and National Save Your Vision Month
Today is National Buzzard's Day, National Companies That Care Day, National Absolutely Incredible Kid Day, National True Confessions Day, and National Pasta Days (15 & 16).
N 42* 20.369
W 085* 16.828
Historical events occurring on March 15th include:
44 BC - Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated by high ranking Roman Senators. The day is known as the "Ides of March."
1341 - During the Hundred Years War, an alliance was signed between Roman Emperor Louis IV and France's Philip VI.
1493 - Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after his first New World voyage.
1778 - In command of two frigates, the Frenchman la Perouse sailed east from Botany Bay for the last lap of his voyage around the world.
1781 - During the American Revolution, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse took place in North Carolina. British General Cornwallis' 1,900 soldiers defeated an American force of 4,400.
1820 - Maine was admitted as the 23rd state of the Union.
1864 - Red River Campaign began as the Union forces reach Alexandria, LA.
1875 - The Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, John McCloskey, was named the first American Cardinal.
1892 - New York State unveiled the new automatic ballot voting machine.
1892 - Jesse W. Reno patented the Reno Inclined Elevator. It was the first escalator.
1907 - In Finland, woman won their first seats in the Finnish Parliament. They took their seats on May 23.
1909 - Italy proposed a European conference on the Balkans.
1913 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson held the first open presidential news conference.
1916 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sent 12,000 troops, under General Pershing, over the border of Mexico to pursue bandit Pancho Villa. The mission failed.
1917 - Russian Czar Nicholas II abdicated himself and his son. His brother Grand Duke succeeded as czar.
1919 - The American Legion was founded in Paris.
1934 - Henry Ford restored the $5 a day wage.
1935 - Joseph Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda banned four Berlin newspapers.
1937 - In Chicago, IL, the first blood bank to preserve blood for transfusion by refrigeration was established at the Cook County Hospital.
1938 - Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia.
1949 - Clothes rationing in Great Britain ended nearly four years after the end of World War II.
1951 - The Persian parliament voted to nationalize the oil industry.
1954 - CBS television debuted its "Morning Show."
1955 - The U.S. Air Force unveiled a self-guided missile.
1960 - Ten nations met in Geneva to discuss disarmament.
1960 - The first underwater park was established as Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve.
1964 - In Montreal, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were married.
1968 - The U.S. mint halted the practice of buying and selling gold.
1971 - CBS television announced it was going to drop "The Ed Sullivan Show."
1977 - The U.S. House of Representatives began a 90-day test to determine the feasibility of showing its sessions on television.
1979 - Pope John Paul II published his first encyclical "Redemptor Hominis." In the work he warned of the growing gap between the rich and poor.
1985 - In Brazil, two decades of military rule came to an end with the installation of a civilian government.
1989 - The U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs became the 14th Department in the President's Cabinet.
1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev was elected the first executive president of the Soviet Union.
1990 - The Ford Explorer was introduced to the public.
1991 - Yugoslav President Borisav Jovic resigned after about a week of anit-communist protests.
1994 - U.S. President Clinton extended the moratorium on nuclear testing until September of 1995.
2002 - In the U.S., Burger King began selling a veggie burger. The event was billed as the first veggie burger to be sold nationally by a fast food chain.
2002 - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told the Associated Press that the U.S. would stand by a 24-year pledge not to use nuclear arms against states that don't have them.
Born on March 15th
Andrew Jackson (U.S.) 1767
Emil von Behring 1854
Jimmy McPartland 1907
Samuel "Lightnin" Hopkins 1912
Macdonald Carey 1913
Harry James 1916
Norm Van Brocklin (NFL) 1926
Alan L. Bean 1932 - Astronaut
Cecil Taylor 1933
Judd Hirsch 1935
Jimmy Lee Swaggert 1935
Phil Lesh 1940 - Musician (The Grateful Dead)
Mike Love 1941 - Musician (The Beach Boys)
David Costell 1944 - Musician (Gary Lewis & The Playboys)
Sly Stone 1944 - Musician (Sly & the Family Stone)
Tracy Smith 1945
Bobby Bonds 1946
Howard Scott 1946 - Musician (War)
Ry Cooder 1947 - Musician
Dee Snider 1953 - Musician (Twisted Sister)
Craig Wasson 1954
Park Overall 1957
Harold Baines 1959 - Baseball player (MLB)
Fabio 1961 - Model
Terry Cummings 1961 - Basketball player (NBA)
Terence Trent D'Arby 1962 - Singer
Bret Michaels 1963 - Musician (Poison)
Rockwell (Kenneth Gordy) 1964 - Singer
Mark McGrath 1968 - Singer (Sugar Ray)
Kim Raver 1969 - Actress ("24")
Mark Hoppus 1972 - Musician (Blink 182)
Eva Longoria Parker 1975 - Actess ("Desperate Housewives")
will.i.am 1975 - Musician (Black Eyed Peas)
Joseph "Joe" Hahn 1977 - Musician (Linkin Park)
Kevin Youkilis 1979 - Baseball player
Young Buck 1981 - Rapper
Kellan Lutz 1985 - Actor ("Twilight")
Caitlin Wachs 1989
This Cache a Day Series will run all year for 2010. Caches will remain active for one year from date of placement (unless the site becomes otherwise unsuitable for a cache prior to that time).
Bonus points for finding the cache on the day it is released.
Double bonus points if it is your birthday! (Send me a note with your date of birth and I will include it in the cache listing.)
Triple bonus points for finding the entire series. (Ok, so that should be worth a lot more. We’ll figure out some suitable award for any survivors left at the end of the year)
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