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Today in History
Sunday, 15 March 2026
1990
Iraq hangs British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying.
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union.
1989
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is established.
1985
The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).
1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
1961
1952
In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in one day, setting a new world record.
1943
World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov
1939
World War II: German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist.
1933
Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps members of the National Council from convening, starting the austrofascist dictatorship.
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