March 15th (1939) was a Wednesday. It's the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 291 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 15th March, 1939
» World War II: Nazi Germany called German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist.
» Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
Famous Birthdays on March 15 in 1939
» David Eisenberg, American biologist
» Ted Kaufman, American politician
» Robert Nye, English author, poet, and playwright
» Julie Tullis, English mountaineer (d. 1986)
March 15th Famous Deaths for 1939
» Luis Barceló, Spanish officer and commander in the Spanish Civil War e.g Civil War, (b. 1896).
March 15th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Clemens Maria Hofbauer
» Martyrs of Córdoba Leocritia named Leocritia
» Saint Longinus named Longinus
» Louise de Marillac
» Raymond of Fitero
» March 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Constitution Day (Belarus)
» Earliest day on which Palm Sunday can fall, while April 18 is the latest; celebrated on the sixth Sunday of Lent (Christianity)
» Hōnen Matsuri (Japan)
» International Day Against Police Brutality (International observance known as International)
» Public holidays in Hungary known as National holiday, celebrating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (Hungary)
» World Consumer Rights Day (International observance or International)
» World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film (International observance known as International)