March 15, 1918 Juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger, composer, dies at 24 March 15, 1918 Lili Boulanger, composer, dies at 24 March 15, 1918 Richard Ellmann, U.S., literary scholar/writer (Oscar Wilde) March 15, 1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate [3/3 OS] March 15, 1916 Geert Lubberhuizen, publisher (Busy Bee) March 15, 1916 Gen Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos March 15, 1916 Harry James, Albany Ga, trumpeter (married to Betty Grable) March 15, 1916 University of Gent goes under Dutch control March 15, 1915 David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris) March 15, 1915 Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea March 15, 1915 Richard Ward, Glenside Pa, actor (Beacon Hill) March 15, 1913 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) March 15, 1913 Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court March 15, 1913 Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof) March 15, 1913 MacDonald Carey, Sioux City Iowa, actor (One Life to Live, Dream Girl) March 15, 1912 Duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot March 15, 1912 Lightnin' [Sam] Hopkins, Texas, blues stylist (Ball of Twine) March 15, 1912 Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Kapellekensbaan) March 15, 1912 Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins March 15, 1910 An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race)