March 15 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 281 days remaining until the end of time.
1892 1st escalator is patented by inventor Jesse W. Reno, but not built until 1896
1906 Lovers Henry Royce and Charles Stewart Rolls form Rolls Royce Ltd. and immortalize their favorite sex toy.
1912 Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins despite throwing like a girl
1916 General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing and 15,000 troops chase his runaway boyfriend, Pancho Villa, into Mexico and stay 10 months because those Mexicans are just so darned hospitable
1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson declares a War on Poverty with insufficient weapons for the troops
1968 Bob Beamon, who obviously favors a jock strap over those silly briefs, sets indoor long jump record (27'2-3/4")
1991 Sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20' although his dom knows he could've done 21'
2011 Syrian uprising begins.
1767 Andrew Jackson, 7th US president/Old Hickory/guy on the $20 bill
