What happend on 15th March

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1976

Rock group KISS releases the legendary album Destroyer.

1970

The Expo '70 world's fair opens in Osaka, Japan.

1963

Victor Feguer, a Federal prisoner, is put to death at the Fort Madison, Iowa prison. This would be the last execution of a Federal prisoner until the execution of Timothy McVeigh in 2001.

1961

South Africa withdraws from the British Commonwealth.

1956

The Broadway musical My Fair Lady opens in New York City.

1953

World contact day

1952

In Cilaos, Réunion, 73 inches (1,870mm) of rain falls in one day, setting a new world record.

1944

World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino

1943

World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov

1939

World War II: Nazi troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist.