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  • 15th March, 1820
    Maine becomes the 23rd state of the United States.

  • 15th March, 1912
    First-ever international Figure Skating Championship takes place in New Haven, Connecticut.

  • 15th March, 1937
    First blood bank is established at Cook County Hospital in Chicago.

  • 15th March, 1956
    My Fair Lady, a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, premieres in New York City.

  • 15th March, 1965
    President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses Congress with a call for equal voting rights, leading to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

  • 15th March, 1975
    First meeting of Microsoft's founders, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, takes place.

  • 15th March, 1985
    The first internet domain name, symbolics.com, is registered.

  • 15th March, 1985
    Symbolics, Inc., becomes the first registered .com domain.

  • 15th March, 1993
    Intel ships the first Pentium chips.

  • 15th March, 1999
    Rapper Eminem releases his second studio album, "The Slim Shady LP", which goes on to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.

  • 15th March, 2001
    Apple releases the first version of the Mac OS X operating system, codenamed "Cheetah".

  • 15th March, 2004
    Social networking website Facebook is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.

  • 15th March, 2011
    Comedy-drama film "The Intouchables" premieres in France, receiving critical acclaim and becoming a box office success.

  • 15th March, 2012
    The Hunger Games, based on the novel by Suzanne Collins, premieres in Los Angeles.

  • 15th March, 2013
    Science fiction film "Oblivion", starring Tom Cruise, premieres in the United States.

  • 15th March, 2015
    Actor Eddie Redmayne wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything".

  • 15th March, 2016
    Disney's animated film "Zootopia" is released in the United States, receiving widespread acclaim for its themes and animation.

  • 15th March, 2018
    Musician Ed Sheeran announces his engagement to Cherry Seaborn.

  • 15th March, 2019
    Disney completes its acquisition of 21st Century Fox for $71.3 billion, expanding its entertainment empire.

  • 15th March, 2020

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