March 15 in San Antonio history…

1822
Stephen F. Austin arrives in San Antonio.

1951
A screaming, stark-naked, 185-pound Korean veteran, a B-29 radio operator, hung two stories above morning rush traffic on Broadway and threatened to jump.

1970
Nineteen-year-old Margarito Guzman becomes the first person to commit suicide by jumping from the Tower of the Americas.

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