March 15: Ides of March; National Day in Hungary (1848)
Pancho Villa
- 1783 – A potential uprising in Newburgh, New York, was defused when George Washington asked Continental Army officers to support the supremacy of Congress.
- 1892 – Liverpool F.C., one of England's most successful football clubs, was founded.
- 1916 – Six days after Pancho Villa (pictured) and his cross-border raiders attacked Columbus, New Mexico, US General John J. Pershing led a punitive expedition into Mexico to pursue Villa.
- 1941 – Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines took its first flight, making it the oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.
- 2011 – Arab Spring: Protests erupted across Syria against the authoritarian government.
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