Important Events From This day in History – 15 March

Today in History

• 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes President of the Soviet Union

  His economic and political reforms, as well as his support for free speech, boosted pro-democracy movements in other Eastern European countries, eventually leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War.

• 1985 The world’s first internet domain name is registered

  Symbolics.com was registered by the Massachusetts-based Symbolics Computer Corporation. Today, there are over a billion domains.

• 1972 Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather is premiered

  The gangster movie based on Mario Puzo’s novel is one of the most popular films of all time.

• 1917 The last emperor of Russia abdicates

  Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated in the aftermath of the February Revolution. He was later executed alongside his family and a few of his servants.

• 1895 Enrico Caruso makes his stage debut

  The Italian tenor is arguably the most famous opera singer of all time.