2026-03-15

Iraqi authorities hanged Iranian freelance reporter Farzad Bazoft on charges of spying for Israel.

Transvestism and Transsexualism in Modern Society, the UK's first trans-rights conference, opened with an evening reception in Leeds.

Students from the Atlanta University Center, inspired by similar actions in Greensboro, North Carolina, began occupying lunch counters in Atlanta, Georgia.

The musical My Fair Lady, based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, debuted at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City.

The Iranian oil industry was nationalized in a movement led by Mohammad Mosaddegh.

World War II: German forces recaptured Kharkov after four days of house-to-house fighting against Soviet troops, ending the month-long Third Battle of Kharkov.

The deportation of 50,000 Jews from the Greek city of Thessaloniki began.

Sing-Song Girl Red Peony (booklet pictured), one of the first sound films produced in China, was released in Shanghai.

In rowing, Oxford defeated Cambridge in the inaugural edition of the Women's Boat Race.

Talaat Pasha, the main perpetrator of the Armenian genocide, was assassinated by Soghomon Tehlirian.