March 15, 1767 - Andrew Jackson, 7th president, is born.

March 15, 1812 - The first Russian settlement is established in California, at the mouth of the Russian River.

March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes the 23rd state, allowed in as a free state, with the deal including admitting Missouri as a slave state.

March 15, 1892 - Jesse Reno receives a patent for the first escalator.

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March 15, 1913 - President Woodrow Wilson holds the first open presidential new conference.

March 15, 1937 - The nation's first blood bank was established in Chicago, Illinois at Cook County Hospital.

March 15, 1954 - The Morning Show on CBS premieres, with Water Cronkite as host.

 

"Sometimes people call me an idealist.  Well, that is the way I know I am an American.  America is the only idealistic nation in the world." - Woodrow Wilson