The Ides of March

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Keawalai church, MakenaMarch 15, 1925: Church-goers Press Their Luck
On this date on Maui – and statewise – in 1925, churches protested a bill in the state legislature that would allow motion pictures to be shown on Sundays. Giddy after their win over the defeat of the Sunday store hours bill, church-goers picket the state house. They lose. It seems you can mess with the soda parlor hours, but you can’t touch the flicks.

March 15, 1918: The very first recorded flight between two Hawaiian islands took place today.
Major Harold M. Clark of the Fort Kamehameha Aero Squadron (formed for World War I) flew his bi-plane from Oahu to Molokai. We’re guessing macadamia nuts were served.

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — March 15th 

  • 44BCE: Julius Caesar assasinated 
  • 1493: Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after first new world voyage 
  • 1778: Nootka Sound, Vancouver Is discovered by Capt Cook 
  • 1812: First Russian settlement in California, Russian River 
  • 1820: Maine becomes the 23rd state 
  • 1934: U.S. Information Service opens 
  • 1937: First blood bank established, Chicago, IL
  • 1960: First underwater park is established, Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve, FL 
  • 1960: National Observatory at Kitt Peak Arizona is dedicated 
  • 1991: Four Los Angeles police officers are charged with beating Rodney King 

BORN ON THIS DAY — March 15th

  • 1767: Andrew Jackson, General/7th pres
  • 1779: William Lamb, British PM 
  • 1835: Eduard Strauss, composer 
  • 1913: MacDonald Carey,  actor 
  • 1935: Judd Hirsch, actor 
  • 1939: Robert Nye, writer
  • 1940: Phil Lesh, rocker 
  • 1941: Mike Love, rock saxophonist/vocalist
  • 1944: Sly Stone, rocker 
  • 1946: Bobby Bond, baseball player  
  • 1946: Howard Scott, rocker  
  • 1947: Ry Cooder, LA, blues guitarist 
  • 1961: Fabio, Italy, model
  • 1975: Eva Longoria, actress