On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 18, 2015, covering March 21, 2015.
Kelly Clarkson
Soundtrack
Taylor Swift
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Big Sean
Maroon 5
Sam Smith
Brandi Carlile
Meghan Trainor
2015Ishaya Bakut, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Benue State (born 1947)[†]
Ishaya Bakut was Military Governor of Benue State in Nigeria from September 1986 to December 1987 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. He was Field Commander in Liberia of the ECOMOG West African multinational force from September 1991 to December 1992.
2015Chuck Bednarik, American lieutenant and football player (born 1925)[†]
Charles Philip Bednarik, nicknamed "Concrete Charlie", was an American professional football linebacker and center who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn Quakers, and was selected with the first overall pick of the 1949 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, where he played his entire 14-year NFL career from 1949 through 1962. Bednarik is ranked one of the hardest hitting tacklers in NFL history, and was one of the league's last two-way players.
2015James C. Binnicker, American sergeant (born 1938)[†]
James C. Binnicker was a senior enlisted non-commissioned officer in the United States Air Force who served as the 9th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force from 1986 to 1990.
2015Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (born 1909)[†]
Hans Erni was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, illustrator, engraver and sculptor.
2015Jørgen Ingmann, Danish singer and guitarist (born 1925)[†]
Jørgen Ingmann was a Danish jazz and pop guitarist from Copenhagen. He was popular in Europe and had a wider international hit in 1961 with his version of "Apache". He and his wife Grethe Ingmann won the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Dansevise".
2015Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (born 1955)[†]
Faith Susan Alberta Watson, better known as Alberta Watson, was a Canadian film and television actress.
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Those hues of the Irish’s sneakers have streaked across basketball courts over the last two and a half weeks, offending traditionalists, clashing with the team’s gold jerseys and blinding viewers at home.
Even in a city with a black chief of police, relations between law enforcement and the public are strained.
The chair will be forever linked to Georgia State Coach Ron Hunter and the 14th-seeded Panthers’ upset of third-seeded Baylor.
The profitability of today’s giant cruise ships depends on a tightly choreographed routine that’s part Nascar pit stop, part Noah’s Ark.
A fire that ripped through the home of an Orthodox Jewish family, trapping the children — ages 5 to 16 — in their bedrooms, was sparked by a malfunctioning hot plate, officials said.
The chilling progression of a Minnesota man suggests that the Islamic State may rely on recruiters inside the United States and shows how hard it is to predict who will be swept away by ideological fervor.
Two new proposals aim to make top executives think twice before taking outsize risks, because breaking rules would cost them money.
In a trend on full display at the N.C.A.A. men’s tournament, players increasingly cover their lower bodies, mostly out of fashion, partly out of protection, sometimes out of prudish modesty.
Universities, rather than being forums for free expression, are encouraging “safe spaces” to protect delicate sensibilities.
A senator’s son is 8,500 times more likely than his peers to become a senator.
A number of officials make the case that, if a deal is reached, surveillance of Iran will intensify and covert action may become more important to ensure that Iran does not import critical materials or pursue a covert path to a bomb.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a former chief of staff to President Obama, faces a surprisingly competitive runoff against Jesus G. Garcia, who is supported by progressives frustrated with business-backed politics.