Born on 15 March 1973

At A Glance

15 March 1973 at a glance

Day of the week

15 March 1973 was a Thursday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“You're So Vain” by Carly Simon was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1973

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1973 was The Exorcist.

Star sign

The star sign for 15 March is Pisces.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 15 March 1973 fell in the Year of the Ox.

Birthstone

The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 15 March 1973 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 15 March

• 1961 At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.
• 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells the U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
• 1978 Somalia and Ethiopia sign a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.
• 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first and only President of the Soviet Union.
• 1991 Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Famous people born on 15 March

• Mike Tomlin, American football player and coach (born 1972)
• Eva Longoria, American actress (born 1975)
• Alia Bhatt, British actress (born 1993)
• Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (1767–1845)

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