Today is Friday, March 15, the 74th day of 2019. There are 291 days left in the year.
1580 — Spanish King Philip II puts 25,000 gold coins on head of Prince Willem of Orange
1672 — King Charles II enacts Declaration of Indulgence
1744 — French King Louis XV declares war on England
1867 — Michigan becomes first state to tax property to support a university
1875 — First U.S. cardinal John McCloskey invested
1901 — Horse racing is banned in San Francisco
1907 — Finland is first European country to give women the right to vote
1908 — First performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole"
1912 — Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins