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The annular eclipse of March 15, 1858
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1897Obs....20..246L



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Anna Perenna was an old Roman deity of the circle or "ring" of the year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Perenna

The Ides of March
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t41727986/ides-of-march/

The bacchanalia were wild and mystic festivals of the Greek and Roman god Bacchus (or Dionysus).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacchanalia



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World Contact Day was first declared on March 1953
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Contact_Day

The Sikkim Expedition was a British military expedition to expel Tibetan forces from Sikkim.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikkim_Expedition



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Express AT1 and AT2 satellites were successfully launched at 23:08 UT, March 15, 2014
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t59815080/express-at1-and-at2-satellites/



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Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 - May 26, 2018) was a former NASA astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bean

Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (born March 15, 1930) is a Soviet and Russian physicist 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhores_Ivanovich_Alferov

Bert Rickard Johannes Bolin (15 March 1925 - 30 December 2007) was a Swedish meteorologist 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_R._Bolin

Philip John Stooke (1952) is a geographer at the University of Western Ontario
http://www.rasc.ca/asteroid/172996

Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (15 March 1713 - 21 March 1762) was a French astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Louis_de_Lacaille

Carl Rolf Brahde (15 March 1918 - 25 May 2009) was a Norwegian astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Brahde



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The Kitt Peak National Observatory was dedicated on the 15th March, 1960.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t8841978/kitt-peak-observatory/

The first Internet domain name, Symbolics.com, was registered March 15, 1985. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t9018671/world-wide-web/

Star Trek: "Bread and Circuses" was first broadcast on March 15, 1968.

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NGC 2872 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021445/ngc-2872/

NGC 2678 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021429/ngc-2678/

NGC 2874 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021419/ngc-2874/

NGC 3323 was discovered by Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 15th March 1877.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021413/ngc-3323/

NGC 3366 was discovered by John Herschel on the 15th March 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021396/ngc-3366/

NGC 3385 was discovered by John Herschel on the 15th March 1830.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021384/ngc-3385/

NGC 3387 was discovered by John Herschel on the 15th March 1830.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021367/ngc-3387/

NGC 3666 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021356/ngc-3666/

NGC 3973 was discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 15th March 1855.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021345/ngc-3973/

Messier 98 was discovered by French astronomer Pierre Méchain on 15 March 1781
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021320/messier-98/

Messier 100 was discovered by Pierre Méchain on March 15, 1781 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47320068/messier-100/

NGC 4352 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021295/ngc-4352/

NGC 4368 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021266/ngc-4368/

NGC 4371 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021332/ngc-4371/

NGC 4390 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021244/ngc-4390/

NGC 4503 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021228/ngc-4503/

NGC 4528 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021207/ngc-4528/

NGC 4606 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021184/ngc-4606/

NGC 4608 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021175/ngc-4608/

NGC 4638 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021167/ngc-4638/

NGC 4647 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021158/ngc-4647/

NGC 4660 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021150/ngc-4660/

NGC 4681 was discovered by John Herschel on the 15th March 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021138/ngc-4681/

NGC 4694 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021129/ngc-4694/

NGC 4733 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021126/ngc-4733/

NGC 4751 was discovered by John Herschel on the 15th March 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021117/ngc-4751/

NGC 4754 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021103/ngc-4754/

NGC 4762 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021094/ngc-4762/

NGC 5253 was discovered by John Frederick William Herschel on 15 March 1787
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47957048/ngc-5253/

NGC 5483 was discovered by John Herschel on the 15th March 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021077/ngc-5483/

NGC 5970 was discovered by William Herschel on the 15th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57021059/ngc-5970/



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Asteroid (118) Peitho was discovered by R. Luther on March 15, 1872
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45011926/asteroid-118-peitho/

Asteroid (400) Ducrosa was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 15, 1895 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57026310/asteroid-400-ducrosa/

Comet C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy) was discovered by Terry Lovejoy on 15 March 2007.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2007_E2_(Lovejoy)

Washington meteor 15 March 1879
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57022590/washington-meteor-15-march-1879/

March 15, 1957, A Meteor over Cajun Louisiana
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53694329/new-iberia-meteor/



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Meteorites

The Alais (CI1) meteorite fell in Languedoc-Roussillon, France, on the 15th March, 1806.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48276438/alais-meteorite/

The San Juan Capistrano (H6) meteorite fell in California, USA, on the 15th March, 1973.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48276421/san-juan-capistrano-meteorite/

The Jartai (L6) meteorite fell in Nei Mongol, China, on the 15th March, 1979.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48276441/jartai-meteorite/



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