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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_15" title="March 15">March 15</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March" title="Ides of March">Ides of March</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/856" title="856">856</a> – Byzantine emperor <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_III" title="Michael III">Michael III</a></b> overthrew the regency of his mother <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodora_(wife_of_Theophilos)" title="Theodora (wife of Theophilos)">Theodora</a> to assume power for himself.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1147" title="1147">1147</a> – <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconquista" title="Reconquista">Reconquista</a></i>: Portuguese troops under King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I_of_Portugal" title="Afonso I of Portugal">Afonso I</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquest_of_Santar%C3%A9m" title="Conquest of Santarém">captured the city</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santar%C3%A9m,_Portugal" title="Santarém, Portugal">Santarém</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almoravid_dynasty" title="Almoravid dynasty">Almoravids</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1875" title="1875">1875</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCloskey" title="John McCloskey">John McCloskey</a></b>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_New_York" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York">archbishop of New York</a>, was created the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">cardinal</a> from the United States.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974" title="1974">1974</a> - <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transvestism_and_Transsexuality_in_Modern_Society" title="Transvestism and Transsexuality in Modern Society">Transvestism and Transsexuality in Modern Society</a></b>, the UK's first trans rights conference, opened with an evening reception in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a> – Iraqi authorities hanged Iranian freelance reporter <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farzad_Bazoft" title="Farzad Bazoft">Farzad Bazoft</a></b> on charges of spying for Israel.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernulf" title="Ernulf">Ernulf</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1124); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniele_Comboni" title="Daniele Comboni">Daniele Comboni</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1831); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Compton" title="Arthur Compton">Arthur Compton</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1962)</p>
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