March 15

Events

 * 1679 - describes binary numbering

Births

 * 1684 -, Italian composer (d. 1755)
 * 1835 -, Austrian composer (d. 1916)
 * 1838 -, Russian cellist (d. 1889)
 * 1864 -, Norwegian composer (d. 1935)
 * 1912 -, American musician (d. 1982)
 * 1926 -, American composer
 * 1927 -, American singer
 * 1929 -, American jazz pianist
 * 1936 -, American songwriter (d. 1986)
 * 1940 -, American musician (Grateful Dead)
 * 1944 -, American musician
 * 1946 -, American musician (War)
 * 1947 -, American guitarist
 * 1955 -, American singer (Twisted Sister)
 * 1963 -, American musician (Poison)
 * 1968 -, Japanese singer
 * 1968 -, American musician (Sugar Ray)
 * 1968 -, Italian singer
 * 1968 -, American guitarist (Iced Earth)
 * 1969 -, Finnish musician
 * 1972 -, American musician (+44 and blink-182)
 * 1974 -, American musician
 * 1975 -, American musician
 * 1977 -, American musician
 * 1981 - Young Buck, American rapper
 * 1982 - Jordan Hastings, Canadian drummer (Alexisonfire)

Deaths

 * 1575 –, Italian composer (b. 1527)
 * 1842 –, Italian composer (b. 1760)
 * 1959 –, American musician (b. 1909)
 * 1991 –, American jazz musician (b. 1906)