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In command of two frigates, the Frenchman la Perouse sailed east from Botany Bay for the last lap of his voyage around the world.
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Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, was discovered by Captain Cook.
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Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, astronomer who mapped the Southern Hemisphere, was born.
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England’s King Charles II enacted a 2nd Declaration of Indulgence.
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Spanish king Philip II put 25,000 gold coins on head of Prince William of Or-ange.
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Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippine Islands, where he was killed by natives the following month. [see Apr 26]
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- Current / Future Events
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938 –
Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)
1991 –
Kie Kitano, Japanese actress
1989 –
Caitlin Wachs, American actress
1988 –
Ever Guzman, Mexican footballer
1987 –
Taiwan Brown, American video jockey
1986 –
Adrianne Leon, American singer-songwriter and actress
1985 –
Antti Autti, Finnish snowboarder
1985 –
Eva Amurri, American actress
1985 –
James MacLurcan, Australian actor
1985 –
Kellan Lutz, American model and actor
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March, 15
- Births
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2009,
Ron Silver, American actor (b. 1946)
2008,
Mikey Dread,Jamaican singer (b. 1954)
2008,
Vytautas Kernagis, Lithuanian singer, TV shows announcer (b. 1951)
2008,
Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
2007,
Charles Harrelson, American hitman and father of Woody Harrelson (b. 1938)
2007,
Bowie Kuhn, American commissioner of baseball (b. 1926)
2007,
Stuart Rosenberg, American film and television director (b. 1927)
2006,
George Rallis, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918)
2006,
Red Storey, Canadian football player and hockey referee (b. 1918)
2005,
Bob Bellear, Australian judge (b. 1944)
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March, 15
- Deaths
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