Hinrich Schuldt
On March 15, 1944, SS-Brigadeführer Hinrich Schuldt was struck and mortally wounded by Soviet anti-tank fire near the village of Sapronovo, Russia. Medical personnel evacuated the commander of the 19th Waffen-SS Division, but he died shortly thereafter at the aid station. (Quiet Flows the Rhine: German General Officer Casualties in World War II)
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John C. Woods on troopship
Master Sergeant John C. Woods hanged August Kobus at Bruchsal Prison on March 15, 1946 , Germany for the crime of murdering an American airman who had been shot down in the war. (American Hangman, Master Sergeant John C. Woods: The United States Army’s Enigmatic Executioner un World War II and Nürnberg)
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Chicago Crime Calendar
On March 15, 1910 the Chicago Vice Commission was organized by Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison, Jr., to be able to bring an end to the Levee District brothels.