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03-07-2004, 09:59 AM
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On March 7 in history ..
1138 - Conrad II von Hohenstaufen re-elected German king 1530 - King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church 1560 - Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, N Africa 1573 - Turkey & Venice signs peace treaty 1621 - John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies 1633 - Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg 1644 - Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies 1696 - English king Willem III departs Netherlands 1774 - British close port of Boston to all commerce 1778 - Capt James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay 1801 - Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law 1808 - Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro 1824 - Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto," premieres in Venice 1835 - HMS Beagle returns from Concepci¢n to Valparaiso 1843 - 1st Catholic governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office 1847 - US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico 1848 - In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed 1850 - Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850 1851 - Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends 1852 - Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law 1854 - Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes 1857 - Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs 1862 - Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Gens McCulloch & McIntosh killed 1865 - -10] Battles round Kinston NC 1870 - Cin Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & East 1872 - -8øF in Boston, MA 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone 1876 - Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians 1896 - Gilbert & Sullivan's last operette "Grand Duke," premieres in London 1900 - Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, Pres Kruger flees 1900 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2 games 1902 - Boers beat British troop in Tweebosch Transvaal 1906 - Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor 1908 - Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council & announces that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles" 1911 - US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border 1911 - Willis Farnsworth, Petaluma, CA, patents coin-operated locker 1912 - Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole 1914 - Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania 1917 - 1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden NJ 1918 - H Carroll & J McCarthy's musical "Oh, Look!," premieres in NYC 1918 - Pres Wilson authorizes US Army's Distinguished Service Medal 1921 - Red Army under Trotsky attack sailors of Kronstadt 1922 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard 1922 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger 1925 - American Negro Congress organizes 1926 - 1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY) 1927 - Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan 1930 - Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball 1932 - Riots at Ford-factory Dearborn Michigan, kills 4 1933 - Game of "Monopoly" invented 1935 - Saar incorporated into Germany 1936 - Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland 1937 - Bucharin, Jagoda & Rykov pushed out of CPSU in USSR 1939 - Glamour magazine begins publishing 1939 - Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians 1st record "Auld Lang Syne" 1940 - Mont Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home 1940 - Ray Steele beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ 1941 - 3rd largest snowfall in NYC history (18.1") 1941 - 50,000 British soldiers lands in Greece 1941 - British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1942 - 15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta 1942 - 1st cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee 1943 - Gen-major Patton arrives in Djebel Kouif Tunisia 1944 - Japans begins offensive in Burma 1945 - Cologne taken by allied armies 1945 - US 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine 1945 - Yugoslavia govt of Tito forms 1946 - "Three to Make Ready" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 323 perfs 1946 - Max Frisch' "Santa Cruz," premieres in Zrich 1950 - Ice Pairs Championship at London won by K Kennedy & P Kennedy (USA) 1950 - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in London won by Alena Vrzanova CZE 1950 - Men Figure Skating Championship in London won by Richard Button (USA) 1951 - Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title 1951 - Lillian Hellman's "Autumn Garden," premieres in NYC 1953 - Jackie McGlew scores 255* v NZ at Wellington 1954 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open 1954 - Russia wins title in their 1st international ice hockey competition 1955 - 7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas & Loretta Young 1955 - Baseball Commish Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter 1955 - Mary Martin as "Peter Pan" televised 1958 - Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo 1959 - "Bells Are Ringing" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 925 perfs 1959 - 1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow) 1959 - West Indies all out 76 v Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34 1960 - Dutch Builders strike for CLA 1962 - Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio 1962 - Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data) 1965 - Alabama state troopers & 600 black protestors clash in Selma 1965 - Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for NZ after ton 1965 - Christian-democrats win parliament in Chile 1966 - "Wait A Minim!" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 457 performances 1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1967 - Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, premieres in NYC 1967 - Teamster pres Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union & jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971) 1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1970 - Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS) 1970 - Ice Pairs Championship at Ljubljana won by Rodnina & Ulanov (URS) 1970 - Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (GDR) 1970 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA) 1970 - WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1971 - Egypt refuses to renew the Suez cease fire 1973 - Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory 1973 - Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh 1974 - "Monitor" (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras NC 1974 - 1st general striking in Ethiopia 1975 - Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate 1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1976 - Morocco & Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria 1977 - Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections 1977 - Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin meets Pres Carter 1978 - Belgian baron Charles Bracht kidnapped 1978 - Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 - Dutch 2nd Chamber votes against neutron bomb 1979 - Baseball exhibition season opens with semipro & amateur umpires 1979 - Warren Giles & Hack Wilson selected to baseball Hall of Fame 1981 - "Bring Back Birdie" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 4 perfs 1981 - 1st homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death 1982 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic 1982 - Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec) 1982 - NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time 1983 - TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV 1985 - IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released 1986 - South-Africa emergency crisis in Brabant & Limburg ends 1986 - Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist 1987 - Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs 1987 - Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1988 - Howard Stern's 1st pay-per-view "Underpants & Negligee Party" 1988 - Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award 1989 - Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Rushdie's book 1989 - Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, NW North America, Greenland) 1990 - 3 passengers killed & 162 injured as subway train derails (Phila) 1990 - H Wayne Huizenga buys « Joe Robbie Stadium & 15% of Dolphins for $30M 1991 - Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait 1992 - Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78) 1993 - 23rd Easter Seal Telethon raises 1993 - Diff'rent Stroke actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant 1994 - 8th American Comedy Award: Carrot Top wins 1994 - Charles Taylor resigns as pres of Liberia 1994 - David Platt appointed captain of English football team 1994 - US Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship 1994 - ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa 1995 - Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record) 1995 - NY becomes 38th state to have the death penalty 1996 - 1st surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope) 1996 - British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million order 1996 - Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists 1997 - 11th Soul Train Music Awards 1997 - Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome & Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site 1997 - 5 sue Japanese PM Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life Famous birthdays 1543 - Johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent) 1574 - John Wilbye, composer 1602 - Kano Tanju, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits) 1621 - Georg Neumark, composer 1659 - Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) 1663 - Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer 1682 - Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke 1693 - Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69) 1707 - Stephen Hopkins, (Gov-RI) signed Decl of Ind 1715 - Ewald Christian von Kleist, German lyric poet (Der Frhling) 1731 - Jean-Louis Laruette, composer 1762 - Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, director-general (East Indies Company) 1765 - Joseph N Nipce, French inventor (photography) 1769 - Josef Alois Ladurner, composer 1773 - Tommaso Marchesi, composer 1785 - Alessandro Manzoni, Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed) 1792 - John Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer 1797 - Karl Schwencke, composer 1799 - Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech poet (national anthem, folk song) 1807 - Franz Grave von Pocci, German poet/composer (Der Alchemist) 1811 - Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer 1813 - Judocus Smits, Dutch Catholic newspaper pioneer/founder (The Time) 1820 - Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer 1822 - Victor Masse, composer 1827 - Henry DeLamar Clayton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889 1831 - John Bratton, [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brig Gen 1832 - Orlando Metcalfe Poe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 1837 - Henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter) 1841 - Olegario V¡ctor Andrade, Argentina, poet (El nido de c¢ndores) 1842 - Anne CAI van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist 1844 - Anthony Comstock, New Canaan Ct, anti-vice crusader/philatelist 1849 - Luther Burbank, Lancaster, Mass, horticulturist 1850 - Tom s G Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, Father/Pres of Czech (1918-35) 1856 - Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne) 1857 - Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) 1858 - Nikolai Artzibushev, composer 1866 - Paul Ernst, writer 1869 - Ernst J Cohen, Dutch chemist 1872 - Piet Mondriaan, Holland, abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie) 1872 - Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer 1875 - Maurice Joseph Ravel, Cibourne France, composer (Bolro) 1883 - Carl Deis, composer 1886 - Raymond Largay, Wisc, actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl) 1887 - Heino Eller, composer 1888 - Alidius WLT van Starkenborch Stachouwer, gov of Neth Indies (1936-45) 1891 - Marcel Barger, [Meyer Streliskie], cabaret performer (I keep Susy) 1895 - Juan Jose Castro, composer 1896 - Erwin Bodky, composer 1898 - Jan Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer 1900 - Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter 1900 - [Albert] Carel Willink, Dutch painter (magic realism) 1902 - Heinz Ruehmann, German actor/director (Der Hauptmann von Kpenick) 1904 - Ivar Ballangrud, Norway, Olympic speed skater (4 gold, 2 silver) 1904 - Reinhard Heydrich, German governor (Bohemen/Moravia (Lidice)) 1904 - Virginia Downing, actress (Gig, Butterfield 8) 1904 - Willy Forst, Austria actor/director (Vienna Blood) 1905 - Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki) 1906 - Alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer 1906 - Hans Lachman, composer 1907 - Juan Francisco Giacobbe, composer 1907 - Mircea Eliade, religious historian (Le Yoga) 1908 - Anna Magnani, Alexandria Egypt, actress (Rose Tattoo, Miracle) 1908 - Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st chamber member (CPN) 1908 - Tomas de Manzarraga, composer 1909 - Greta Schoon, writer 1909 - Leo Malet, writer 1911 - Stefan Kisielewski, composer 1914 - Morton DaCosta, Phila, director (Island of Love, Music Man) 1915 - Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician 1917 - Davis Roberts, Mobile Ala, actor (Mr Johnson-Boone) 1917 - Janet Collins, ballerina 1917 - Robert Erickson, composer 1918 - June Wayne, artist/lithographer/teacher 1919 - Jocelyn Olaf Hambro, financier 1919 - Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian writer (Twilight in Djakarta) 1920 - Willie Watson, cricketer (England batsman & soccer international) 1924 - Eduardo Paolozzi, British sculptor (Hydra) 1924 - Kobo Abe, Tokyo Japan, playwright (Woman, the Dunes) 1930 - James Broderick, Charleston NH, actor (Brenner-Brenner, Doug-Family) 1930 - Lord Snowdon, [Anthony Armstrong-Jones], London, photographer 1931 - C W Stubblefield, music promoter 1931 - Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen, director Social Businesses of Press 1931 - Donald Barthelme, US, writer (Snow White) 1934 - King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], rocker 1934 - Nari Contractor, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain) 1934 - Willard Scott, weather forecaster (Today Show) 1936 - Georges Perec, French writer (Seire Noire, Retour a la bien-aimee) 1937 - Anne Kristen, actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay, Sunset Song) 1937 - Don Bonker, (Rep-D-WA, 1975- ) 1938 - Homero Blancas, Houston TX, PGA golfer (1972 Phoenix Open) 1938 - Janet Guthrie, race car driver (1st woman to race in Indie 500) 1939 - Marion Marlowe, St Louis Mo, singer (Arthur Godfrey & Friends) 1940 - Daniel J Travanti, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Frank Furillo-Hill St Blues) 1940 - Harald Gerlach, writer 1940 - Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader (Glasnost Berlin) 1940 - Viktor Petrovich Savinykh, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4, T-13, TM-5) 1942 - Al[bert] Tanara, WLAF defensive coach (Amsterdam Admirals) 1942 - Michael Eisner, Mt Kisko NY, CEO (Walt Disney) 1942 - Paul Preuss, US, sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire) 1942 - Tammy Faye Bakker, gospel singer/wife of Jim Baker (PTL) 1942 - Tommy F Robinson, (Rep-D-AR, 1985- ) 1942 - U N Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68) 1943 - Carole Peel, Australian softball asst coach (Olympics-bronze-96) 1943 - Chris White, rock bassist (Zombies-Never Even Thought) 1943 - Leon Frank Sylvers, rocker 1944 - Elton Gallegly, (Rep-R-California) 1944 - Jrgen Theobaldy, writer 1944 - Townes Van Zandt, musician 1945 - Arthur Lee, rocker (Vindicator) 1945 - John Heard, actor (Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD) 1946 - Matthew Fisher, London, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum) 1946 - Peter Wolf, rock singer (J Giels Band-Centerfold, Freeze Frame) 1947 - Donna Loren, Boston Mass, singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo) 1947 - Lewis J Stadlen, Bkln NY, actor (John-Benson, Savages, Windy City) 1947 - Richard Lawson, actor (Eddie-O'Neills) 1947 - Robert O'Neill Crossman, politician 1950 - Franco Harris, NFL fullback (Pitts Steelers) 1950 - Mark Pinter, Decorah Iowa, actor (Behind the Screen, Another World) 1952 - Ernie Isley, US vocalist/guitarist (It's Your Thing, Heat is On) 1952 - Lynn Swann, NFL receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)/sportscaster 1952 - Vivian Richards, West Indian master blaster 1953 - Jules Shear, rock musician 1953 - Kathleen Sullivan, Pasadena Ca, newscaster (E!) 1954 - Matt Frenette, rock drummer (Loverboy) 1958 - Rik Mayall, comedian (Drop Dead Fred, Bottom, Little Noises) 1959 - Thomas Edward Lehman, Austin MN, PGA golfer (1994 Memorial Tournament) 1960 - Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakia, tennis pro (US Open 1985-87) 1960 - Joe Carter, Oklahoma City OK, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays) 1961 - Mary Beth Evans, Pasadena Calif, actress (Katherine-General Hospital) 1962 - Taylor Dayne, [Leslie Wunderman], NY, vocalist (I'll Always Love You) 1963 - Mike Eagles, Sussex, NHL center (Washington Capitals) 1963 - Mohammad Ishaq, cricketer (UAE batsman 1996 World Cup) 1964 - Amy Baltus, Bloomington IND, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-13th-1992) 1964 - Jeff Criswell, NFL tackle (KC Chiefs) 1965 - Cameron Daddo, Melbourne Australia, actor (Brian Petersen-Models Inc) 1965 - Jesper Bo Parnevik, Stockholm Sweden, PGA golfer (1995 Nestle-5th) 1965 - Steve Beuerlein, NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars, Car Panthers) 1965 - [Willie] Flipper Anderson, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts) 1966 - Jeff Feagles, NFL punter (Arizona Cardinals) 1966 - Mel Rojas, Haina Dom Rep, pitcher (Montreal Expos) 1966 - Terry Carkner, Smiths Falls, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers) 1967 - Zheng Haixia, WNBA center (LA Sparks) 1968 - Jeff Kent, Bellflower CA, infielder (NY Mets) 1968 - Ricky Proehl, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears) 1969 - Anne Marie Lauck, Rochester NY, marathoner (Olympics-10th-96) 1969 - Anthony Davis, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs) 1969 - Brian Jamieson, Livingston NJ, rower (Olympics-silver-1996) 1969 - Geoff Smith, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers) 1969 - Matt Blundin, NFL quarterback (KC Chiefs, Detroit Lions) 1969 - Sam Gash, NFL running back (New England Patriots) 1970 - Jacquelyn Doucette, Miss Massachusetts USA (1996) 1970 - James Calvin Spivey, Schiller Park Ill, miler 1970 - Kathy Gedney, Indianapolis Ind, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-25th-1994) 1971 - Alison Herst, Toronto Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-5-92, 96) 1972 - Andrew Finch, rower (Olympics-1996) 1972 - Marina Hatzakis, Australian rower (Olympics-96) 1974 - Joost Volmer, soccer player (FC Twente) 1975 - Andrey Savenkov, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998) 1975 - William Hampton, CFL defensive back (Calgary Stampeders) 1977 - Ludmila Richterova, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star (1995 Bournemouth) Famous deaths 0161 - Antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74 1040 - Harold I, King of England (1035-40), dies 1111 - Bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies 1274 - Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48 1305 - Gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78 1719 - Steven J Vennekool, Amsterdam's master builder, buried 1724 - Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at 68 1737 - Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/fieldmarshal, dies at 79 1750 - Cornelis Troost, Dutch painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52 1761 - Antonio Palella, composer, dies at 68 1786 - Frantisek Benda, composer, dies at 76 1802 - Johann Georg Witthauer, composer, dies at 50 1804 - John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies 1809 - Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer, dies at 73 1810 - Albertus H Wiese, gov-gen of Neth Indies, dies at about 48 1833 - Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German author, dies at 61 1842 - Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61 1862 - Ben McCulloch, US Confederate brig-general (KIA), dies at 50 1862 - John Baillie McIntosh, US general-major (Union Army), dies at 32 1862 - William Slack, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle 1907 - Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer, dies at 64 1911 - Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at 68 1924 - Pat Moran, manager (Cin Reds), dies of Bright's Disease 1926 - Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan, composer, dies at 73 1931 - Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Finnish painter/illustrator, dies at 65 1931 - Theo van Doesburg, [Christian Kupper], painter/architect, dies at 47 1932 - Aristide Briand, 11 x premier of France (Nobel 1926), dies at 69 1939 - Amadeo Roldan, composer, dies at 38 1941 - Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at 63 1941 - Gnther Prien, German commandant (U-47), dies in battle 1945 - Adolf Bartels, German writer/racist, dies at 82 1951 - Ali Razmara, Shah of Iran (1950-51), assassinated 1951 - Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at 58 1951 - Shah Ali Razmara, of Iran, assassinated 1955 - Tom Dugan, actor (Pick a Star), dies at 66 1959 - Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies 1959 - Hinsdale Smith, developer of roll-down auto windows, dies at 88 1961 - Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter, dies at 42 1961 - Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at 60 1964 - Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73 1968 - Yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin, USSR cosmonaut (Vostok I), dies at 31 1973 - Andr de Meulemeester, Belg WW I pilot [Eagle of Flanders], dies at 78 1975 - Ben Blue, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 73 1975 - Francine Larrimore, actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at 76 1976 - Erwin Kroll, composer, dies at 90 1979 - Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84 1979 - Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer (Fanitullen), dies at 72 1981 - John Gnagy, artist (Learn to Draw), dies at 73 1981 - Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin, Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67 1982 - Charles Borromeo Mills, composer, dies at 68 1983 - Igor Markevich, composer, dies at 70 1983 - Robert Bray, actor (Corey-Lassie, Simon-Stagecoach West), dies at 65 1985 - George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76 1985 - Robert W Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95 1985 - Victor W Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies 1986 - Jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY), dies in Palm Beach, Fla at 81 1988 - Divine, [Harris Milstead], female impersonator (Pink Flamingos), dies 1988 - Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at 83 of emphysema 1990 - Max Neuhaus, composer, dies at 50 1993 - Arnold Franchetti, Ital/US composer, dies 1993 - Earl Wrightson, singer/actor (Pinafore), dies of heart failure at 77 1993 - Tony Harris, cricketer (8 Tests for S Afr 1947-49, 100 runs), dies 1995 - Don Cook, British foreign correspondent, dies at 74 1995 - Jaap van den Hurk, TV-director (NCRV), dies 1995 - Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64 1995 - John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer teacher organist, dies at 69 1995 - Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, dies at 87 1995 - Thijmen Kuijt, resistance fighter/co-found paper (Typhoon), dies at 82 1996 - Aled Eames, mAritime historian, dies at 74
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03-08-2004, 09:15 AM
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On March 8 in history ..
1418 - Jacoba van Bayern marries her cousin John IV van Brabant 1586 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch chief legal advisor 1658 - Peace of Roskilde between Sweden & Denmark 1702 - England Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III 1706 - Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established 1711 - Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder 1722 - Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia 1746 - Cumberland's troops occupy Aberdeen 1754 - Marquis of Ensenada becomes premier of Spain 1766 - Willem V (18) becomes governor of United Provinces 1782 - Gnadenhutten Massacre - Ohio militia kills 90 indians 1801 - British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt 1813 - 1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic 1838 - US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes) 1854 - US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan 1855 - 1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls 1858 - Opera "I Pagliacci" is produced (Naples) 1861 - St Augustine Florida surrenders to Union armies 1862 - Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal 1862 - Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched 1862 - Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown & Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress & Monitor 1865 - Battle of Kingston, NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks) 1884 - 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite 1887 - Everett Horton, CT, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes 1894 - NY passes 1st state dog license law 1896 - Volunteers of America forms (NYC) 1898 - Richard Straus' "Don Quixote," premieres in Keulen 1900 - NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville & Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee) 1902 - 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 2nd Symphony 1904 - Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match 1906 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Smiths Falls (Ont) in 2 games 1908 - Collingwood Elementary (Cleve) burns, kills 173 kids & 2 teachers 1908 - Dutch utopist Frederick of Eden speaks in Carnegie Hall, NY 1910 - Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris is 1st licensed female pilot 1911 - 1st International Woman's Day 1913 - Federal League organizes with 6 teams 1913 - Internal Revenue Service begins to levy & collect income taxes 1915 - 1st US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned 1916 - US invades Cuba for 3rd time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime 1917 - Russian revolution breaks out [OS=Feb 24] (in Petrograd) 1920 - Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations 1924 - Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah 1927 - Pan American Airlines incorporates 1929 - US worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia 1930 - Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India 1930 - Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with NY Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth" 1934 - Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars 1939 - Lenore Coffee & William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres 1941 - 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) 1942 - Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma 1942 - KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies 1943 - 335 allied bombers attack Neurenberg 1943 - Limited gambling legalized in Mexico 1943 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill 1943 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Arthur Vaughn 1944 - US resumes bombing Berlin 1945 - "Kiss Me Kate" opens in Britain 1945 - 53 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers 1945 - International Women's Day is 1st observed 1945 - Phyllis M Daley is 1st black nurse sworn-in as US Navy ensign 1946 - 1st helicopter licensed for coml use (NYC) 1948 - Supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional 1949 - WAGA TV channel 5 in Atlanta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 - WBAP-FM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting 1950 - 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters) 1950 - Marshall Voroshilov of USSR announces they developed atomic bomb 1951 - Intl Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel) 1952 - Antoine Pinay forms French government 1952 - Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis 1953 - "Two's Company" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 90 performances 1953 - Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years 1953 - KSWO TV channel 7 in Lawton, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open 1953 - WFMJ TV channel 21 in Youngstown, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 - Herb McKinley sets ¬ mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne, Australia 1957 - 1st performance of David Diamond's 6th Symphony in Boston 1957 - Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships 1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test 1958 - Silky Sullivan comes from 40 lengths back to win by 3 at Santa Anita 1958 - William Faulkner says US school degenerated to become babysitters 1959 - Groucho, Chico & Harpo's final TV appearance together 1959 - KUAT TV channel 6 in Tucson, AZ (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open 1959 - Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq 1960 - "Greenwillow" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 95 performances 1961 - Jean Kerr's "Mary, Mary," premieres in NYC 1961 - US nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from SC in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hrs 1962 - Beatles, with Pete Best, TV debut (perform "Dream Baby" on BBC) 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1963 - Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day - Military coup in Syria 1964 - Malcolm X leaves Black Muslim Movement 1965 - 1st US combat forces arrive in Vietnam (3,500 Marines) 1966 - "Golden Boy" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 569 performances 1966 - An IRA bomb destroyed Nelson's Column in Dublin 1966 - Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame 1967 - New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day) 1968 - 6 year old Tommy Moore scores hole-in-one in golf (Hagerstown, Md) 1968 - Fillmore East opens 1968 - Students demonstrate in Warsaw 1969 - Marriage of 12 year old Marcella Rosciglione in Palermo 1970 - WTCI TV channel 45 in Chattanooga, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 - Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali in 15, retains heavyweight boxing title 1971 - Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record) 1971 - Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner" 1972 - 1st airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa) 1972 - 1st flight of the Goodyear blimp 1973 - Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest/US longest, opens 1973 - Paul & Linda McCartney are fined 100 for growing cannabis 1973 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1974 - Charles the Gaulle Airport opens in Paris 1975 - Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba 1976 - 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China 1977 - Henry L Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond 1977 - Princess Anne announces she's expecting her 1st child (Peter) 1979 - 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered (Jupiter's satellite Io) 1979 - 5th People's Choice Awards 1979 - China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam 1979 - Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale 1980 - Greg Chappell 235 & Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad 1980 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1981 - "Shakespeare's Cabaret" closes at Bijou Theater NYC after 54 perfs 1981 - Dennis Lillee ct by Qld 12th man Dennis Lillie in Shield game 1981 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic 1983 - House Foreign Affairs Com endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR 1983 - IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0 1983 - Pres Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire" 1985 - Ice Dance Championship at Tokyo won by Bestemianova & Bukin (URS) 1986 - 4 French TV crew members are abducted in west Beirut Lebanon 1986 - Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km 1986 - Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million 1987 - 17th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,184,425 1987 - David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for S Aust 1987 - FBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr in Calif 1987 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic 1987 - Nelli Cooman becomes world champion 60m indoor 1989 - "Heidi Chronicles" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 621 performances 1989 - Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 secs) 1990 - NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 1st victim, Mario Orosco 1991 - 17th People's Choice Awards: Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman 1991 - Harry Hamlin & Nicollette Sheridan wed 1991 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1991 - Planeloads of US troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists & 2 American soldiers it captured 1992 - 22nd Easter Seal Telethon 1992 - Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic 1993 - Katharine Hepburn released from the hospital after exhaustion 1993 - Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder 1994 - 20th People's Choice Awards 1994 - B737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed 1994 - Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces 1994 - Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47 1995 - -26øF (-32.2øC) in Bismarck, North Dakota 1995 - -44øF (-42.2øC) in Chosedacharad, Komi-district, on 67øN 1995 - Costis Stephanopoulos becomes president of Greece 1995 - Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections Famous birthdays 1075 - Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist 1495 - Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) 1607 - Johann Rist, composer 1714 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach 1743 - Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer 1748 - Willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau 1778 - Friedrich August Kanne, composer 1783 - Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer 1783 - Hannah Hoes Van Buren, NY, wife of pres Martin (1837-41) (died 1819) 1787 - Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery 1799 - Simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889 1815 - Jean Delphin Alard, French violinist/composer 1825 - George William Martin, composer 1836 - Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army) 1839 - James Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis) 1840 - Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor 1841 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) 1843 - Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer 1847 - Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente) 1853 - Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina) 1854 - Tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder) 1857 - Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza) 1859 - Kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows) 1859 - Otto Taubmann, composer 1862 - Joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds 1865 - Frederick William Goudy, US, printer/type designer 1872 - Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer 1876 - Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio) 1879 - M Lichnowsky, writer 1879 - Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 44, radiothorium/actinium) 1883 - Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer 1886 - Anton Portielje, Dutch radio host/zoo director (Artis) 1886 - Edward Kendall, chemist, isolated cortisone (Nobel 1950) 1888 - Stuart Chase, NH, writer/economist (Tragedy of Waste) 1889 - Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business) 1890 - Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher 1891 - Sam Jaffe, NYC, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey) 1892 - M ty s R kosi, Hungarian party leader/premier (1952-53) 1894 - Win V Aaltonen, Finnish sculptor 1898 - Louise Beavers, Cin Ohio, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for each other) 1898 - Theophilus E Dnges, South Afr minister of Internal Affairs 1899 - Eric Linklater, Scotland, novelist/poet (Blue Swallows) 1902 - Jennings Randolph, (Sen) 1907 - Charles Boost, movie critic 1909 - Anthony Donato, composer 1909 - Claire Trevor, [Wemlinger], NYC, actress (Marjorie Morningstar) 1909 - Hugh Murphy, English multi-millionaire 1911 - Alan Hovhaness, Somerville Mass, composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo) 1911 - Elsie Agnes Giorgi, physician/humanitarian 1914 - Jacob B Bakema, urban developer (St Louis Missouri) 1915 - Vivien John, artist 1916 - R W Schnell, writer 1917 - A Marja, [ATE Mooy], Dutch literary (Shreds on the River) 1918 - Alan Hale [MacKahan] Jr, LA Calif, actor (Skipper-Gilligan's Island) 1919 - Ivor Keys, musician/teacher 1920 - Eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children) 1920 - Eva Dahlbeck, Saltsjo-Duvnas Sweden, actress (Dreams, Lesson in Love) 1920 - James Daniel "Danny" Turner, saxophonist 1921 - Cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (East Side) 1921 - Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson, trumpeter 1922 - Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953) 1922 - H Kipphardt, writer 1923 - Juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz, premier of Dutch Antilles (NVP, 1973-77) 1923 - Sembene Ousmane, Senegalese author/novelist/director (Doctor Noir) 1924 - Sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur) 1924 - Victor "Toby" Neuberg, teacher/writer 1925 - Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer 1925 - Francisco Rabal, Aguilas Spain, actor (Holy Innocents, Camorra) 1925 - Petrus Steenkamp, Dutch politician (KVP/CDA) 1927 - Jaromir Podesva, composer 1927 - Joseph Berg, composer 1928 - Frank Michael Beyer, composer 1928 - Judy Johnson, Norfolk Va, singer (Your Show of Shows) 1931 - John McPhee, author (Back to ----) 1931 - Neil Adcock, cricketer (South African pace bowler, 104 wkts 1953-62) 1933 - Johnny Dollar, singer 1934 - Christian Wolff, composer 1934 - Ron Taylor, Sydney Australia, cinematographer (Those Amazing Animals) 1936 - Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle) 1936 - Sue Ane Langdon, Paterson NJ, actress (Bachelor Father, Arnie) 1937 - Juvenal Hayarimana, president of Rwanda (1973-94) 1937 - Pamela McEvoy-Johnston, psychotherapist-board member (WIC) 1937 - Raynoma Gordy, [Mayberry], US orchestra leader (Rayber Voices) 1938 - Lew DeWitt, Va, country singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall) 1939 - George William Reed, astronomy writer/cartoonist (Dark Sky Legacy) 1939 - Jim Bouton, Newark NJ, pitcher (NY Yankees)/author (Ball Four) 1939 - Lydia Skoblikova, USSR, speed skater (Olympics-6 gold-1960, 64) 1939 - Mike Lowry, (Rep-D-WA, 1979- ) 1939 - Robert Tear, Barry Wales, tenor (Welsh Natl Opera 1970) 1939 - Yannis Vlachopoulos, composer 1940 - Leslie Isben Rogge, one of FBI's most wanted 1940 - Susan Clark, Sarnia Ontario, actress (Night Moves, Webster) 1940 - Theo Laseroms, [The Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord) 1941 - Ivana Loudova, composer 1941 - Yvar Emilian Mikhashoff, composer 1942 - Ann Packer-Brightwell, England, 400m/800m runner (Oly-gold-1964) 1942 - Ralph Ellis, England, rhythm (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good) 1942 - [****] Richie Allen, baseball player (AL MVP 1972) 1943 - Lynn Redgrave, London, actress (Georgie Girl)/Weight-Watcher 1944 - Carole Bayer Sager, NY, aka Mrs Burt Bachrach, singer (Arthur) 1945 - Graeme Watson, cricketer (Australian opening batsman 5 Tests 1966-72) 1945 - Jim Chapman, (Rep-D-TX, 1985- ) 1945 - Keith Jarrett, pianist/composer 1945 - Micky Dolenz, LA Calif, actor (Circus Boy)/singer (Monkees) 1946 - Mohammad Nazir, Pakistani cricket off-spinner (14 Tests 1969-83) 1946 - Randy Meisner, rock bassist/vocalist (Poco, Eagles-Take it Easy) 1947 - Mike Allsup, Modesto Ca, rock guitarist (Three Dog Night) 1948 - Little Peggy March, [Margaret Battavio], vocalist (I Will Follow Him) 1949 - Charles Lismont, Belgian marathon runner (Olympic-silver-1972) 1951 - Philippe Henri Edmonds, cricketer (in Zambia England slow left-arm) 1952 - Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-14) 1953 - Jim Rice, Boston Red Sox outfielder (AL MVP 1978) 1953 - Kathleen Ann Shower, Brookville Oh, Playmate of the Year (May, 1985) 1954 - Cheryl Baker, rock vocalist (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies) 1954 - David Wilkie, England, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1976) 1954 - Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1976) 1957 - Cynthia Rothrock, Wilmington Del, actress (Lady Dragon, Honor & Glory) 1957 - Ruth Wysocki, Alhambra Calif, 800m/1500m runner 1958 - Andreas Maurer, West Germany, tennis star 1958 - Gary Numan, [Gary Webb], Hammersmith England, vocalist (Replicas) 1959 - Aidan Quinn, actor (Avalon, Desperately Seeking Susan, Mission) 1960 - Buck Williams, NBA forward (Portland Trail Blazers, NY Knicks) 1961 - Larry Murphy, Scarborough, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs) 1962 - Shaun Gayle, NFL strong safety (SD Chargers) 1962 - William Fuller, NFL defensive end (Phila Eagles, SD Chargers) 1963 - Gursharan Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90) 1963 - Kathy Ireland, model/actress (Alien From LA, Side Out) 1963 - Mike Lalor, Buffalo, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars) 1964 - Cheryl "Salt" James, singer (Salt-N-Pepa) 1964 - Peter Ged Gill, drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-2 Tribes) [or 1/8] 1965 - Kenny Smith, NBA guard (Houston Rockets) 1966 - Elliot Boult, Blenheim NZ, Australasia golfer 1966 - Holly Ann Salo, Keani Alaska, Miss Alaska-America (1991) 1966 - Laura McCabe, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) 1967 - Brent Fedyk, Yorkton, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars) 1967 - Dale Joseph, CFL defensive back (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1968 - Clare Wood, Zululand South Africa, tennis star (1986 Futures-Lisbon) 1968 - Rob Zettler, Sept-iles, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs) 1969 - Andrea Parker, actress (Miss Parker-The Pretender) 1970 - Harry Decheiver, soccer player (RKC) 1970 - Jason Elam, NFL kicker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) 1970 - Rhett Harty, Pasedena CA, US soccer player (Olympic-92) 1970 - Vadim Bekboulatov, NHL forward (Belarus, Oly-98) 1971 - Bob Boughner, Windsor, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres) 1971 - Marc Tobert, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos) 1972 - Craig Johnson, St Paul Mn, NHL left wing (LA Kings/Oly-1994) 1972 - Pat Riley, NFL defensive end (Chic Bears, Seattle Seahawks) 1972 - Takuro Abe, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals) 1973 - Kendell Watkins, NFL tight end (Dallas Cowboys) 1973 - Nanette Pearson, Pleasant Grove Utah, Miss America-Utah (1997) 1974 - Steve Sarkisian, CFL quarterback (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1974 - Toran James, linebacker (San Diego Chargers) 1975 - Brett Conway, NFL kicker (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) 1975 - Kenny Wheaton, cornerback (Dallas Cowboys) 1976 - Freddie Prinze Jr, actor (I Know What You Did Last Summer) 1977 - James Van Der Beek, actor (Dawson's Creek) 1977 - Petr Devyatkin, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998) Famous deaths 0883 - Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies 1144 - Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle 1403 - Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 1466 - Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 1550 - Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 1638 - Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 1640 - Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 1661 - Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58 1702 - John de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69 1702 - William III, Dutch King of England (1689-1702), dies at 51 [NS-Mar 19] 1709 - William Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62 1716 - Harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69 1720 - Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53 1724 - Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81 1728 - Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64 1734 - Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33 1754 - Don Jos de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies 1828 - Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75 1862 - Adrien de La ***e, composer, dies at 56 1862 - Nat Gordon, last pirate, hanged in NYC for stealing 1,000 slaves 1869 - Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65 1874 - Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74 1887 - Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 1889 - Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 1901 - Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64 1901 - Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (High Mass), dies at 66 1917 - Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78 1919 - Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88 1920 - Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69 1923 - Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85 1930 - William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72 1931 - Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87 1932 - Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 1936 - Peter H J "Piet" van Doorne, director BOVA Red Peppers, executed at 52 1937 - Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71 1941 - Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 1941 - Sherwood Anderson, US writer/publisher (Winesburg Ohio), dies at 64 1942 - Jos R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53 1945 - H J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald 1945 - Jan Beekes, resistance fighter, executed at 26 1950 - Jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67 1951 - Honeymoon Killers, dies in electric chair 1951 - John Winter Thompson, composer, dies at 83 1954 - Percy Twentyman-Jones, cricketer (pair in only Test for S Afr), dies 1955 - Clementine, Princess of Belg, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 82 1957 - Othmar Schoeck, composer, dies at 70 1958 - Josephina OFF "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Salontiroler), dies at 85 1959 - Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered 1961 - Thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81 1963 - John Hartley, cricketer (bowl avg 115 in 2 Tests for Eng 1906), dies 1965 - Esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at 72 1967 - John F Bothwell, actor (Freckles-Our Gang), dies at 46 1971 - Harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77 1973 - Gordon Leggat, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 351 runs at 21 93), dies 1973 - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, rocker (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots), dies at 27 1974 - Christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56 1974 - Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch actor (Silk Stockings), dies at 56 1975 - George Stevens, US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70 1977 - Henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86 1979 - Grard Blitz, Dutch 400m swimmer (WR), dies at 78 1983 - William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 1985 - Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack 1985 - Thomas Creighton, US heart patient (3 implants in 46 hrs), dies at 33 1986 - Hubert Fichte, writer, dies at 50 1992 - Red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76 1993 - Billy Eckstine, jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at 78 of stroke 1993 - Johan Bodegraven, radio host (Purses Open, ****s Closed), dies at 78 1993 - Joop Scheltens, TV host/director (Explore Your Place), dies at 69 1993 - Wells Root, US screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 92 1994 - John Ewart, Sydney Australia, dies of cancer at 55 1994 - Joop C Swart, publisher/founder (World Press Photo), dies at 69 1994 - Knut Haukelid, Norway/US resistance fighter (Rjukan 1943), dies at 82 1995 - Ota Adler, Czech/British fur trader (Jewish Aid Fund), dies at 83 1995 - Paul George Vincent O'Shaughnessy Horgan, novelist, dies at 91 1996 - Alison McCartney, pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner, dies at 45 1996 - Jack Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, commando, dies at 89 1996 - Paul Lewis Harrhy, actor/opera singer (Intelligence Park), dies at 38 1997 - Alexander Salkind, producer (Superman), dies at 75
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On March 9 in history ..
1452 - Pope Nicolaas I crowns Frederik III RC-German emperor 1496 - Jews are expelled from Carintha Austria 1497 - Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation, 1500 - Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India 1522 - -16] Marten Luther preaches his Invocavit 1551 - Emperor Karel appoints son Philip as heir to the throne 1562 - Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death) 1617 - Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa 1640 - Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris 1642 - English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis Neth 1697 - Czar Peter the Great begins tour of West-Europe 1701 - France, Cologne & Bavaria sign alliance 1721 - English Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower 1741 - English fleet under admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena 1745 - Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston 1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais 1798 - Dr George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the US navy 1820 - -11) Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die 1820 - James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House 1822 - Charles Graham of NY patents artificial teeth 1839 - Prussian govt limits work week for children to 51 hours 1841 - US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident) 1842 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan 1844 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice 1849 - Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres 1858 - Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox 1860 - 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in SF en route to Washington 1861 - Confederate currency authorized-$50, $100, $500, $1,000 1862 - "Monitor" (Union) & "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads 1864 - Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army 1868 - The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris 1873 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded 1882 - False teeth patented 1889 - Battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV 1889 - Kansas passes 1st general antitrust law in US 1893 - Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs 1895 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias awarded cup, as Queens University (Kingston Ont) loses to Montreal AAA, 5-1 1897 - Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin) 1897 - Cleveland Spiders sign Louis Sockalexis, full-blooded Penobscot 1897 - Indian, fans start calling the team Indians (in 1915 becomes official) 1902 - Composer Gustav Mahler marries Alma Schindler in Vienna 1904 - Brandon's Lester Patrick becomes 1st hockey defenseman to score a goal 1907 - 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana 1907 - Lady Gregory's "Rising of the Moon," premieres in Dublin 1914 - Henry Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Co 1914 - US Sen Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands "Cubanisation of Mexico" 1916 - General Fransisco "Poncho" Villa invades US (17 killed) 1916 - Germany declares war against Portugal 1916 - Pancho Villa leads Mexican band raid on Columbus NM, killing 12 1918 - Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party 1918 - Ukrainian mobs massacre Jews of Seredino Buda 1918 - Wageningen Agricultural College Neth opens 1922 - Eugene O'Neill's "Hairy Ape," premieres in NYC 1922 - KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions 1923 - Amsterdam taxi strike ended 1923 - Elmer Rice's "Adding Machine," premieres in NYC 1923 - NHL Championship: Mont Canadiens outscore Ottawa Senators, 3-2, in 2 1924 - South Slavia aproves Italy's annexation of Fiume (Rijeka) 1926 - Bertha Landes elected 1st woman mayor of Seattle 1929 - Marcel Pagnol's "Marius," premieres in Paris 1932 - Eamon De Valera becomes president of Ireland 1932 - Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria 1933 - Bulgarian communists Dimitrov, Popov & Vassili arrested in Berlin 1933 - Congress is called into special session by FDR, & began its "100 days" 1936 - Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player 1942 - Construction of the Alaska Highway began 1943 - Delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown 1943 - Greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps 1945 - 334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb 1945 - Japanese proclaim "independence" of Indo-China 1946 - Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang 1946 - Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican League, he refuses 1947 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill 1947 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button 1948 - Provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia 1949 - Brigadier Gen Edwin K Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1949 - England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes 1950 - Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in NYC 1952 - Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title 1953 - Josef Stalin buried in Moscow 1954 - 1st local color TV coml WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) NYC (Castro Decorators) 1954 - Edward R Murrow criticizes Sen Joseph McCarthy (See it Now) 1954 - WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, NH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 - Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested & exiled to Seychelles 1956 - Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England 1957 - 8.1 earthquake shakes Andreanof Islands, Alaska 1958 - George Yardley (Pistons) is 1st NBAer to score 2,000 points in season 1959 - "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances 1959 - 1st known radar contact is made with Venus 1959 - Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold 1961 - 1st animal returned from space, dog named Blackie aboard Sputnik 9 1961 - Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72 1961 - Sputnik 9 carries Chernushka (dog) into orbit 1961 - Supremes release "I Want A Guy" & "Never Again" 1962 - Egyptian Pres Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians 1962 - US advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight 1963 - Beatles began 1st British tour, supporting Tommy Roe & Chris Montez 1964 - 1st Ford Mustang produced 1964 - Creighton's Paul Silas grabs Midwest record 27 rebounds against Okla 1964 - Supreme Court issues NY Times vs Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel & recover damages 1966 - Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board 1967 - Svetlana Allilueva, Stalin's daughter, defected to the West 1968 - 10th Grammy Awards: Up Up & Away, Sgt Pepper's wins 4 1971 - J M Noreiga takes 9-95 WI v India at Port-of-Spain 1972 - Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary 1974 - Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended 1975 - "Lieutenant" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 9 performances 1976 - 1st female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy 1976 - Islander Glenn Resch's 10th shut-out opponent-Blues 4-0 1977 - Hanafi Moslems invade 3 buildings in Wash DC, siege ended Mar 11th 1977 - Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche 1978 - Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa Canada won by Linichuk & Karponosov 1978 - Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Rodnina & Zaitsev (URS) 1978 - Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Anett Potzsch (GDR) 1978 - Men's Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Charles Tickner (USA) 1979 - Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters 1979 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1980 - Flemish/Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured 1980 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Sunstar '80 Golf Tournament 1981 - Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News 1983 - Caryl Churchill's "Fen," premieres in London 1983 - Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana 1984 - Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections 1984 - John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time" 1984 - Phila 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record 1984 - Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1985 - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (GDR) 1985 - Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed 1986 - 16th Easter Seal Telethon raises $30,100,000 1986 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1986 - NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts 1986 - Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km 1987 - Chrysler Corp offered to buy American Motors Corp for $1 billion 1988 - President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp 1989 - Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy 1989 - Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec) 1989 - Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary 1989 - Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court 1989 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1990 - Dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as 1st hispanic/female US surgeon general 1991 - "Les Miserables," opens at Lyric Theatre, Brisbane 1991 - 5th American Comedy Award: Dennis Wolfberg 1991 - Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games 1991 - US 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit 1993 - 19th People's Choice Awards 1993 - 7th Soul Train Music Awards 1993 - Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak 1993 - Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs 1994 - IRA launch 1st of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport 1995 - Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1995 - Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record) 1995 - President Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns 1996 - Javed Miandad's last international in Pak's WC QF loss to India 1996 - Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) v England in WC QF 1996 - STS 75 (Columbia 19), lands 1997 - Senior Golf Slam 1997 - Steve Elkington wins Doral-Ryder Golf Open Famous birthdays 1454 - Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America) 1564 - David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star) 1568 - Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint 1697 - Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz) 1735 - August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer 1737 - Josef Myslivecek, composer 1753 - Jean-Baptiste Klber, French general/architect (Mainz, Fleurus) 1758 - Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology) 1777 - Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist 1791 - George Hayward, US, surgeon, 1st to use ether 1810 - Jean-Georges Kastner, composer 1812 - Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer 1814 - Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, national poet/painter/prof of Kiev [NS] 1824 - Leland Stanford, (Gov/Sen)/found Stanford U 1826 - Jean Joseph Bott, German violinist/composer 1839 - Felix Huston Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1928 1839 - Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov) [OS] 1848 - Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer 1850 - Alexandre Luigini, composer 1859 - Richard Englnder, [Peter Altenberg], Austria, author (Lebensabend) 1865 - Margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head (NACW 1896..1918) 1874 - Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer 1875 - Martin Fallas Shaw, composer 1877 - Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist 1881 - Enver Pasja, Turkish general/politician 1881 - Ernest Bevin, British minister of Labour/Foreign affairs 1883 - Umberto Saba, writer 1885 - Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player 1887 - Phil Mead, cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- & post-WWI) 1890 - Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Soviet foreign minister (UN) 1892 - David Garnett, England, novelist/editor (Lady into Fox) 1892 - Frank Puglia, Sicily Italy, actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book) 1892 - Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Adel und Untergang) 1892 - Vita Sackville-West, England, novelist/poet (The Land) 1893 - Edgar Scauflaire, Belgian muralist/decorator 1893 - Hans Munch, composer 1900 - Aimone duke of Spoleta/Aosta, Italian king of Croatia (1941-43) 1902 - Edward Durell Stone, US, architect (US Embassy, New Delhi) 1902 - Will Greer, Frankfort Ind, actor (Grandpa Walton-The Waltons) 1905 - Flix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes) 1905 - Grigori Kozintsev, Kiev Ukraine, director (Hamlet, King Lear) 1905 - Peter C Quennell, English biographer/critic (Byron in Italy) 1905 - Rex Warner, English poet/writer (Wild Goose Chase) 1907 - Henry Leland Clarke, composer 1908 - Luiz Cosme, composer 1910 - Ed[uard] Hoornik, Dutch writer/poet (Survivor) 1910 - Samuel Barber, West Chester Pa, composer (Pulitz, School for Scandal) 1911 - Ramon Campbell Batista, composer 1912 - Alan David Melville, polymath 1913 - Ger[ar]da Brautigam, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (PvdA) 1914 - Fred Clark, Lincoln Calif, actor (Burns & Allen, Auntie Mame, Hazard) 1915 - Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder (St Louis Browns) 1917 - Dante B Fascell, (Rep-D-FL, 1955- ) 1918 - Marguerite Chapman, Chatham NY, actress (Spy Smasher, Flight to Mars) 1918 - Mickey Spillane, [Frank], Brooklyn NY, mystery writer (I the Jury) 1920 - Carl Betz, Pitts, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show) 1922 - Herbert P Douglas Jr, Pitts, long jumper (Olympic-bronze-1948) 1923 - Andr Courrges, France, fashion designer (introed the miniskirt) 1923 - James Buckley, (Sen-R-NY) 1924 - Konstantin Iliev, composer 1926 - Celso Garrido Lecca, composer 1926 - Gerrit A Kooy, Dutch sociologist (Apartheid & work in South Africa) 1926 - Irene Papas, Corinth Greece, actress (Moses The Lawgiver) 1927 - Hans Ludwig Schilling, composer 1927 - Jack Jensen, baseball player (AL MVP 1958) 1927 - John Beckwith, composer 1929 - Hugh Desmond Hoyte, president (Guyana, 1985-92) 1929 - Marie Cardinal, writer 1930 - Harrie J B Aarts, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA) 1930 - Thomas Schippers, Kalamazoo Mich, conductor (Amahl & Night Visitors) 1931 - Taina Elg, Helsinki Finland, actress (Hercules in NY, Les Girls) 1932 - Heere Heeresma, Dutch writer (Han de Wit goes in development aid) 1933 - Lloyd Price, Kenner La, singer (Just Because) 1933 - William Francis McBeth, composer 1934 - Joyce Van Patten, Queens NY, actress (Good Guys, Don Rickles Show) 1934 - Yuri Gagarin, Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space (aboard Vostok 1) 1935 - Keely Smith, Norfolk Va, singer (Mrs Louie Prima) 1935 - Sister Bernard Ncube, South African nun 1936 - Marty Ingels, Bkln NY, comedian (I'm Dickens He's Fenster) 1936 - Mickey Gilley, Ferriday La, country singer (Urban Cowboy) 1936 - [Aino] Elina Salo, Sipoo Finland, actress (Hamlet Goes Business) 1937 - Grahame Chevalier, cricketer (one Test for S Afr 1970, 0 & 0*, 5-100) 1938 - Charles Siebert, Kenosha Wisc, actor (One Day at A Time, Trapper John) 1940 - Raul Julia, PR, actor (Addams Family, Kiss of the Spider Woman) 1941 - Ger van Each, sculptor 1941 - Jim Colbert, Elizabeth NJ, PGA golfer (1969 Monsanto Open) 1941 - Trish Van Devere, [Patricia Dressel], Tenafly NJ, actress (Changeling) 1942 - Bert Campaneris, shortstop (Oakland A's) 1942 - John Cale, Welsh/US bassist/altviolist/singer (Velvet Underground) 1942 - Mark Lindsay, Eugene Or, rock vocalist/sax (Paul Revers & Raiders) 1943 - Bobby Fischer, US, world chess champion (1972-75) 1944 - Geoff Arnold, cricketer (England medium-pacer in 34 Tests 1967-75) 1944 - Lee Irvine, cricketer (South African batsman, only Tests in 1970) 1944 - Trevor Burton, rocker (Move) 1945 - Laura Lee, [Rundless], singer (Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights) 1945 - Ray Royer, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) 1945 - Robin Trower, London, guitarist (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) 1946 - Gherman Semyonovich Arzamazov, Russian cosmonaut (backup TM-6) 1948 - Jamie Lyn Bauer, Phoenix Az, actr (Young & Restless, Centerfold Girls) 1948 - Jeffrey Osborne, Providence RI, rock vocalist (On the Wings of Love) 1948 - Jimmy Fadden, Long Beach Calif, singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) 1949 - Kalevi Aho, composer 1950 - Danny Sullivan, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins) 1952 - Iuliana Semenova, USSR, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976) 1952 - William Kirby Cullen, Santa Ana Calif, actor (How the West Was Won) 1953 - Henritte J Toll, actress (Soldier of Orange) 1954 - Charmain Elaine Sylvers, rocker 1954 - Keven Wade, Chappaqua NY, screen writer (Working Girls) 1955 - Fernando Bujones, Miami Fla, ballet dancer 1955 - Ornella Muti, Rome Italy, actress (Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife) 1955 - Teo Fabi, formula-1 Indy-car racer (rookie of year-1983) 1957 - Faith Daniels, news anchor (CBS-TV) 1957 - Jeff Senior, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer 1957 - Jon Engen, Oslo Norway, US biathelete (Olympics-1994) 1958 - Martin Fry, rock vocalist (ABC-All of My Heart) 1959 - Barbie, doll (Mattel) 1959 - Kato [Brian] Kaelin, actor (Beach Fever)/OJ roommate/witness 1959 - Lonny Price, NYC, actor (Muppets Take Manhattan) 1960 - Linda Fiorentino, Phila, actress (Jade, Last Seduction, Moderns) 1960 - Mike Leach, Minneapolis Minn, tennis star 1962 - Brian Green, Columbus Indiana, actor (Sam Fowler-Another World) 1963 - Kent Ferguson, Cedar Rapids Iowa, diver (Olympics-92, 96) 1963 - Terry Mulholland, Uniontown PA, pitcher (Phila Phillies) 1964 - Phil Housley, St Paul MN, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils, Team USA Oly-98) 1965 - Benito Santiago, Ponce Puerto Rico, catcher (Phila Phillies) 1965 - Brian Bosworth, NFL quarterback (Seattle) 1966 - Juliette Binoche, Paris France, actress (Unbearable Lightness) 1966 - Louis Oliver, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins) 1967 - Curt Schreiner, Albany NY, biathelete (Olympics-1994) 1967 - Eric Flaim, Pembroke Mass, short track skater (Olympics-1994) 1967 - Michael Kiselak, CFL corner (Toronto Argonauts) 1969 - Bryce Burnett, NFL/WLAF tight end (Broncos, Barcelona Dragons) 1969 - George Nimako, CFL safety (Toronto Argonauts) 1969 - Mahmoud Abdul Rauf, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets) 1970 - Melissa Rathburn-Nealy, US soldier (Iraqi POW) 1971 - Bev Oden, Millington Tenn, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96) 1971 - Emmanuel Lewis, Bkln NY, actor (Webster) 1971 - Jiro Nihei, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998) 1971 - Lou Benfatti, NFL defensive tackle (NY Jets) 1971 - Sean Holcomb, NFL linebacker (NE Patriots) 1972 - Marcia M Griffith, Washington DC, Miss America-Maryland (1996) 1972 - Sara Nicole Williams, Miss USA-Washington (1997) 1973 - David Prinosil, Olmutz Czech, tennis star (1995 ATP Newport) 1973 - Josh LaRocca, WLAF QB (Rhein Fire) 1973 - Troy Bailey, WLAF DE (Scotland Claymores) 1974 - Mark Harrity, cricketer (promising South Aust left-arm fast bowler) 1975 - Adonal Foyle, NBA center (SF Warriors) 1975 - Roy Makaay, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse) 1977 - Radek Dvorak, Tabor Cze, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers) Famous deaths 1566 - David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered 1620 - Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59 1661 - Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58 1688 - Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89 1693 - Antonio Caraffa, Italian general (Eperieser Bloedgericht), dies at 46? 1706 - Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52 1747 - Jacob Campo Weyerman, S Neth adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69 1800 - Dominique Della-Maria, composer, dies at 30 1819 - Janos Fusz, composer, dies at 41 1824 - Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79 1827 - Franz Xaver Gerl, composer, dies at 62 1831 - Friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79 1870 - Theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65 1877 - Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58 1895 - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59 1913 - Eberhard Nestle, German biblical scholar, dies at 61 1916 - Ken Hutchings, cricketer (exciting England batsman, WW I), dies 1918 - [Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind, German writer/press sec, dies at 53 1931 - Ida B Wells-Barnett, famous black, dies in Chicago at 78 1938 - Sydney Baynes, composer, dies at 59 1941 - Carlos Pedrell, composer, dies at 62 1943 - Oskar Hks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz 1947 - Stanley Jackson, cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies 1955 - Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88 1962 - Howard Engstrom, Boston, a designer of Univac computer, dies at 59 1964 - Johanna W "Mina" Bakker, Dutch actress (Boefje), dies at 87 1964 - Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician, dies at 93 1965 - Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer, dies at 65 1965 - Kazys Boruta, writer, dies 1969 - Riad, chief of staff (Egyptian army), dies 1969 - Richard Crane, actor (Surfside 6), dies at 50 1971 - Jean-Pierre Guezek, composer, dies at 36 1974 - Earl W Sutherland Jr, US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971), dies at 58 1975 - Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82 1975 - Shirley Ross, actress (Night Vision, Mindkiller), dies at 62 1979 - Barbara Mullen, actress (Talk of a Million), dies at 64 1980 - Olga Chekova, actress (Moulin Rouge, Pawns of Possession), dies at 82 1981 - Max Delbrck, German/US biologist (Nobel 1969), dies at 74 1982 - Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58 1982 - Rex Marshall, TV announcer (Circuit Rider, Herman Hickman Show), dies 1982 - Richard A Butler, England, min of Finance, dies at 79 1983 - Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65 1986 - Ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78 1988 - Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83 1989 - Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies at 42 1992 - Felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies 1992 - Jack McEdward, asst dir (Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell), dies at 94 1992 - James Brooks, US mural painter (Flight, La Guardia NY), dies at 85 1992 - Menachem W Begin, PM Israel (1977-80, 81-83, Nobel 1979), dies at 85 1993 - Ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies 1993 - Bob Crosby, swing-era bandleader (Bobcats), dies of cancer at 79 1994 - Charles Bukowski, author/poet, dies of leukemia at 73 1994 - Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (French Connection), dies of cancer at 76 1994 - John Harrison, South African correspondent (BBC), dies at 48 1994 - Lawrence E Spivak, journalist (Meet the Press), dies at 93 1994 - Louis Freeman, band leader, dies at 100 1994 - Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer, dies at 77 1995 - Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79 1995 - Ruud van den Hende, Dutch sports reporter, dies at 63 1996 - Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77 1996 - Elman Ali Ahmed, peace campaigner, dies at 42 1996 - Peter Mansfield, writer, dies at 67 1997 - Notorius B I G, [Biggie Small, Chris Walkin], rapper, shot dead at 24 1997 - Terry Nation, writer (Dr Who, Blake 7) at 66
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On March 10 in history ..
0418 - Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire 1526 - Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal 1535 - Bishop Tom s de Berlanga discovers Gal pagos Islands 1578 - Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir 20,000 to aid Dutch rebellion 1624 - England declares war on Spain 1629 - King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later 1661 - French King Louis XIV ends office of premier 1681 - English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania 1734 - Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples 1789 - Franklin College founded (1787?) 1791 - John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver 1791 - Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy 1847 - 1st money minted in Hawaii 1849 - Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only US president to do so 1862 - Great Britain & France recognizes independence of Zanzibar 1862 - US issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000) 1864 - Grant is named commander of the Union armies 1864 - Red River campaign LA 1865 - Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, NC 1874 - Purdue University (Indiana) admits it's 1st student 1876 - 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson) 1880 - General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria 1880 - Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare & religious activity 1888 - 1st performance of Csar Franck's "Psyche" 1888 - HW Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds 1893 - Ivory Coast becomes a French colony 1893 - New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed & killed the night before 1896 - Bronx acquires O'Brien Square 1896 - Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 [OS] 1896 - After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall" 1900 - Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) 1902 - Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri 1903 - Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine 1903 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Montreal AAA in 2 games 1905 - Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang) 1906 - 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Sonatine" 1906 - Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France 1906 - London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line) 1909 - Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in 6 for box title 1910 - China ends slavery 1910 - Pittsburgh Courier, begins publishing 1913 - Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Sydney (NS) Millionaires in 2 games 1913 - William Knox, becomes 1st in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300 1914 - Suffragettes in London damages painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez 1915 - British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle 1920 - NHL's Quebec Bulldog Jim Malone scores 6 goals vs Ottawa Senators 1922 - KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions 1922 - state of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg S Africa 1925 - Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran 1926 - Run on Belgian banks 1927 - Albania mobilize by threat of Serbian, Croatian & Slovenes 1927 - Bavaria lifts ban on Hitler's speeches 1931 - British Labour party removes fascist sir Oswald Mosley 1933 - Major earthquake in Long Beach, Calif 1933 - Nevada becomes 1st US state to regulate narcotics 1934 - Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games) 1934 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Suzanne Davis 1934 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner 1939 - 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India 1940 - 1st US opera telecast, W2XBS, NYC, I Pagliacci 1941 - Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets 1945 - Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine 1945 - Japan declares Vietnam Independence 1945 - Patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's 1st Army 1945 - Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombing 1945 - US troops lands on Mindanao 1946 - Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju Brazil 1948 - 1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca 1949 - Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949 1951 - "Where's Charley?" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 56 perfs 1951 - FBI director J Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner 1952 - Military coup by general Fulgencio Batista in Cuba 1956 - General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios 1956 - Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph) 1957 - Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy 1959 - Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck 1959 - Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," premieres in NYC 1959 - Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet 1960 - USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing 1962 - Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel & move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida 1963 - Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training 1963 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 70 points vs Syracuse 1964 - US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany 1965 - Dutch Princess Margriet & Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged 1966 - 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires 1966 - Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg 1966 - North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley 1968 - Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington NZ (200 killed) 1969 - James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King Jr 1970 - Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" & "I Can Do It" 1970 - South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia 1971 - Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18 1972 - 1st black US political convention opens (Gary Indiana) 1972 - Gen Lon Nol becomes pres & prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia 1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1973 - BPAA US Open by Mike McGrath 1973 - Morocco adopts constitution 1974 - "Sextet" closes at Bijou Theater NYC after 9 performances 1974 - Carol Mann wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic 1974 - Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election 1974 - Lawrence Rowe completes 302 v Eng Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six 1975 - "Rocky Horror Show" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances 1975 - Dog spectacles patented in England 1977 - Rings of Uranus discovered during occulation of SAO 1978 - Soyuz 28 returns to Earth 1980 - Willard Scott becomes the weather forcaster on the Today Show 1982 - Pres Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya 1982 - Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL) 1982 - Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun 1982 - Travis Jackson & Happy Chandler elected to Hall of Fame 1983 - Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame 1984 - Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page 1985 - Bonnie Lauer wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational 1985 - Dallas Maverick coach **** Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games 1985 - French socialists lose election (National Front 9%) 1985 - Ice Pairs Championship at Tokyo won by Elena Valova & O Vasiliev (URS) 1985 - India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket" 1985 - Mens Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (URS) 1986 - Ernie Lombardi, NL MVP in 1938, & Bobby Doerr, elected to Hall of Fame 1987 - Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization & embryo transfer 1988 - Avalanche at Swiss Ski resort "Klosters" nearly kills Prince Charles 1988 - NY Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night 1990 - 4th American Comedy Award: When Harry Met Sally 1990 - Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (URS) 1990 - Ice Pairs Championship at Halifax won by Gordeeva & Grinkov (URS) 1990 - Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA) 1990 - Lt Gen Avril resigns as pres of Haiti 1990 - Mens Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1990 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1991 - Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs 1991 - Laura Davies wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic 1991 - Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg clinches his 4th slalom World Cup 1991 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 m indoor (22.24 sec) 1991 - Rico Lieder/Jens Carlowitz/Karsten Just/Thomas Schnlebe walk 4x400m indoor world record (3:03.05) 1992 - 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole & Color Me Badd win 1992 - Sandra Seuser/Katrin Schreiter/Annet Hesselbarth/Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22) 1994 - 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral 1995 - Car bomb explodes in Karachi at ****e mosque, 17+ killed 1995 - Chiel Meijering's "St Louis Blues," premieres in Arnhem 1995 - Dow-Jones hits record 4035.64 1996 - 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks wins 1996 - NYC Mayor Guiliani visits Israel 1998 - 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Famous birthdays 1452 - Ferdinand II, the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily (expelled Jews) 1503 - Ferdinand I, German emperor (1558-64) 1538 - Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth (1572) 1628 - Constantine Huygens Jr, Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist 1656 - Adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician 1698 - Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer 1713 - Christian Friedrich Schale, composer 1713 - Raphael Weiss, composer 1748 - John Playfair, Scotland, clergyman/geologist/mathematician 1755 - Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer 1771 - Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian (Idea und Probe) 1772 - Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde) 1776 - Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III 1780 - Juan Jose Landaeta, composer 1787 - William Etty, English painter (nudes) 1788 - Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (Das Marmorbild) 1809 - William David Porter, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1864 1810 - John McCloskey, US, pres of St John's College (Fordham U) 1812 - Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice 1818 - George Wythe Randolph, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1867 1822 - Willem Roelofs, Dutch painter/lithographer 1824 - Thomas James Churchill, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1905 1832 - William Henry Penrose, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 1833 - Pedro Antonio de Alarc¢n, Spain, writer (Three-Cornered Hat) 1839 - Dudley Buck, Hartford, Ct, organist/church composer 1842 - Ina Donna Coolbrith, US, poet laureate of Calif 1844 - Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer (Spanish Dancing) 1845 - Alexander III A Romanov, Russian tsar (1881-94) 1850 - Mary Mills Patrick, US, 1st pres of Istanbul Woman's College 1865 - Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/writer/sport-organizer 1867 - Lillian D Wald, US, sociologist/organizer (Visiting Nurses) 1870 - Alfred Kastner, composer 1872 - Felix Borowski, composer 1873 - Jakob Wassermann, Germany, novelist (My Life as German & Jew) 1875 - Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer 1877 - David M Chumaceiro, Curaao, poet 1877 - David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curaao, poet (Cris lidas) 1878 - Karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea) 1880 - Michael Jacobs, NYC, boxing promoter 1884 - Stuart Holmes, Chicago IL, actor (Prisoner of Zenda) 1888 - Barry Fitzgerald, Dublin Ireland, actor (Acad Award-Going My Way) 1888 - Krsto Odak, composer 1891 - Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (SDAP) 1892 - Arthur Oscar Honnegger, Le Havre France, composer (King David) 1892 - Eva Turner, British soprano 1896 - Harry Krimer, actor (Napoleon) 1896 - Nancy Cunard, writer 1898 - Cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown) 1899 - Finn Hoffding, composer 1900 - Sherman Billingsley, Enid Ok, talk show host (Stork Club) 1903 - Bix Biederbecke, rocker 1905 - Rene Bernier, composer 1907 - Robert de Roos, composer 1908 - Carl Albert, US speaker of house (1971-77) 1908 - Kristian Palusalu, Finland, heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-gold-1936) 1909 - Gerard Croiset, Dutch paragnost 1911 - Warner Anderson, Bkln, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Matthew-Peyton Place) 1914 - Chandler Harper, golfer (1950 PGA champ) 1916 - James Herriot, Scotland, writer (All Creatures Great & Small) 1916 - Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer 1918 - Heywood Hale Broun, journalist 1920 - Jethro Burnsburns, country singer (Homer & Jethro) 1921 - Cec Linder, Galica Poland, actor (Goldfinger) 1921 - Paul Coates, NYC, columnist (Tonight! America After Dark) 1922 - Adam Kennedy, Lafayette Ind, actor (Dion-Californian) 1922 - Pamela Mason, London, actress (Navy vs Night Monsters) 1923 - Ara Parseghian, football coach (Northwestern, Notre Dame) 1923 - Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer (Homer & Jethro) 1925 - Ed van der Elsken, movie photographer (Een liefdesgeschiedenis) 1925 - M J J A [Sef] Imkamp, Dutch politician (D66) 1926 - Marques Haynes, NBA hall of famer (Harlem Globetrotters) 1927 - Claude Laydu, actress (Diary of a Country Priest) 1927 - Donn Trenner, New Haven Ct, orch leader (ABC's Nightlife) 1927 - Paul Wunderlich, German lithographer/painter/sculptor 1928 - Arthur Milton, cricketer (England opening batsman late 50's) 1928 - James Earl Ray, assassin (Martin Luther King Jr) 1930 - Raymond Rasberry, pianist/singer 1930 - Sandor Iharos, athlete 1932 - Anatoliy Roschin, USSR, super heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-gold-1972) 1933 - Bernadetta Matuszczak, composer 1934 - Judith Jamison, artistic director (Alvin Ailey Dance Theater) 1935 - Gary Owens, announcer (Laugh-in) 1936 - Juda Bar-Norwegian, Israeli/Dutch mime/actor (King) 1937 - Oscar Abrams, community organizer 1938 - Ijaz Butt, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman in 8 Tests 1958-60) 1938 - Marina Vlady, Clichy France, actress (Conjugal Bed, The Hunt) 1938 - Ron Mix, NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders) 1939 - Irina Press, USSR, 80m hurdles/Pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1960, 64) 1940 - Chuck Norris, [Carlos Ray], OK, martial arts actor (Missing in Action) 1940 - David Rabe, Dubuque Iowa, playwright (Streamers) 1940 - Dean Torrence, LA Cal, surf music singer (Jan & Dean-Little Old Lady) 1940 - Francis Schwartz, composer 1940 - Wayne Dyer, psychologist (Universe Within You) 1941 - Daniel Kirkland Lentz, composer 1941 - Piotr Warzecha, composer 1941 - Sandra Palmer, Ft Worth TX, LPGA golfer (1986 Mayflower Classic) 1943 - Alfred Whitford Lerdahl, composer 1943 - Angelique Pettyjohn, LA Calif, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek) 1943 - Stephen Montague, composer 1945 - Katharine Houghton, Hartford, actress (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) 1946 - Gaylord Birch, drummer (Reconstruction, Honey Dripper) 1947 - Avril "Kim" Campbell, Canada's 1st female premier (1993- ) 1947 - Laurie Langenbach, Dutch author 1947 - Tom Scholz, rock guitarist/keyboardist (Boston-More Than a Feeling) 1948 - Austin Carr, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers) 1948 - Eddie Grundy, rocker 1950 - Ted McKenna, rocker (Alex Harvey Band) 1952 - Oupa J Gqozo, South African warden/army commandant (Ciskei) 1953 - Caroline H "Carolien" van de Berg, actress (Havinck) 1955 - Bunny DeBarge, Grand Rapids Mich, rocker (Debarge) 1955 - Juliusz Machulski, Poland, director/writer/actor (Do It Yourself) 1955 - Mark David Chapman, assassin (John Lennon) 1956 - Janet Anderson, West Sunbury PA, LPGA golfer (1982 US Women's Open) 1957 - Adolfo Horta, Camaguey Cuba, HW boxer (Olympic-silver-1980) 1957 - Shannon Lee Tweed, St Johns NF, playmate (Nov 1981)/actr (Meatballs 3) 1958 - Sharon Stone, Meadville Pa, actress (Basic Instinct, Sliver, Casino) 1960 - Linda Jezek, Calif, backstroke swimmer (Pan Am Gold-1979) 1961 - Jesse Sapolu, NFL guard (SF 49ers) 1961 - Laurel B Clark, Ames Iowa, Lt cmdr USN/astronaut 1961 - Mitch Gaylord, CA, gymnist (Olympics 1984)/actor (American Anthem) 1962 - Andre Waters, NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals) 1962 - Gary Clark, rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer) 1963 - Jasmine Guy, Boston Mass, actress (Whitley-Different World) 1963 - John Cangelosi, Brooklyn NY, outfielder (Houston Astros) 1964 - Cynthia Brimhall, Ogden Utah, playmate (Oct, 1985) 1964 - Edward Anthony Richard Louis, Prince of Britain/Elizabeth II grandson 1964 - Greg Campbell, cricketer (Aussie pace-bowler 1989-90) 1964 - Neneh Cherry, Stockholm Sweden, Swedish pop singer (Money Love) 1965 - Paul Masotti, CFL receiver (Toronto Argonauts) 1965 - Rod Woodson, NFL cornerback/kick returner (Pitts Steelers, SF 49ers) 1966 - Edie Brickell, Mrs Paul Simon/rocker (& New Bohemians) 1966 - Michael Timlin, Midland TX, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays) 1966 - Stephen Mailer, NYC, actor (Red Meat, League of Their Own, War & Love) 1967 - Derrick Graham, guard (Seattle Seahawks) 1969 - Jay Hillmann, WLAF running back (Rhein Fire) 1969 - Ricky Seagall, rocker (Partridge Family) 1969 - Stephen Leaney, Australia, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Infinit TPC-7th) 1970 - Antonio Edwards, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks) 1971 - Frank Habermann, WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire) 1971 - Morris Unutoa, corner (Philadelphia Eagles) 1971 - Shad Williams, Fresno CA, pitcher (California Angels) 1972 - Jack Kellogg, WLAF CB (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1973 - Eva Herzigova, Litvinov Czech, model (Guess Jeans, Wonderbra) 1975 - Stefan Bergkvist, Leksand Swe, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins) 1976 - Barbara Schett, Innsbruck Austria, tennis star 1977 - Shannon Miller, Rolla MO, gymnast (Oly2 gold-2 silver/3 bronze-92, 96) Famous deaths 0037 - Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (14-37), dies at 78 0483 - Simplicius, Italian Pope (468-83), dies 1546 - Thomas Elyot, English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46 1585 - Rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist, dies at 67 1592 - Michiel Coxcie, Flemish (court)painter/carpet designer, dies 1597 - Petrus Forestus, Dutch physician (Willem of Orange), dies 1700 - Diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer, dies at 61 1701 - Johann Schelle, composer, dies at 52 1716 - Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer, dies at 48 1735 - Dirk T van Cloon, Dutch lawyer/gov-gen of E Indies, dies at about 46 1792 - John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78 1819 - Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, writer, dies 1826 - Johan VI M L J, King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at 56 1832 - Muzio Clementi, Italian composer, dies at 79 1861 - Josepf Franois Snel, composer, dies at 67 1864 - Maximilian II Jozef, King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at 52 1865 - William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting, Confed gen-maj, dies at 48 1866 - Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer, dies at 87 1870 - Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer, dies at 75 1872 - Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66 1875 - Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer, dies at 84 1888 - Ciro Pinsuti, Italian pianist/composer, dies at 57 1892 - Otto van Raised, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1884-88), dies at 69 1897 - Teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79 1900 - Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer, dies at 94 1901 - Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, composer, dies at 38 1906 - Eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67 1910 - Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke, composer, dies at 85 1910 - Karl Lueger, Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies at 65 1913 - Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, dies in NY 1922 - Arthur Hervey, composer, dies at 67 1922 - Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer, dies at 73 1935 - Barend Barendse, actor/director (Broken Lives), dies at 82 1940 - Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at 68 1943 - Tully Marshall, actor (Let's Go, Red Dust), dies at 78 1944 - David Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52 1948 - Jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered 1953 - Charles Gordon Curtis, inventor of (Curtis-steam turbine), dies at 92 1966 - Frederik "Frits" Zernike, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1953), dies at 77 1966 - Mari Sandoz, US author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64 1968 - Helen Walker, actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at 47 1971 - Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer, dies at 92 1973 - Richard Sharples, governor of Bermuda, assassinated 1974 - June Harrison, actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at 48 1974 - Quinto Maganini, composer, dies at 76 1975 - Leopold Samuel, composer, dies at 91 1977 - E Power Biggs, English organist/composer (CBS), dies at 70 1977 - Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 74 1977 - Willem Schermerhorn, Dutch premier (1945-46), dies at 82 1980 - Herman Tarnower, doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris 1984 - June Marlowe, actress (Pardon US), dies at 81 1985 - Konstantin Chernenko, party leader/pres of USSR (1984-85), dies at 73 1986 - Ray Milland, actor (Lost Weekend-Acad Award 1945), dies at 81 1988 - Andy Gibb, singer, dies of heart infection at 30 1988 - Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at 78 1988 - William Brocklesby Wordsworth, composer, dies at 79 1990 - Michael Stewart, UK Sect of State (1965-66, 68-70), dies 1992 - Roy Holmer Wallack, dies of pneumonia at 64 1993 - C Northcote Parkinson, English historian/sociologist (Law of P), dies 1993 - David Gunn, abortion doctor, killed by Michael Griffin at 47 1994 - Cecil Rolph Hewitt, journalist/policeman, dies at 92 1994 - Charles Bukowski, German/US writer (Barfly, Hollywood), dies at 73 1994 - Robert Shea, author, dies of cancer 1995 - Alexander Hyatt-King, Mozart scholar, dies at 84 1995 - Carel Birnie, ballet producer, dies at 69 1995 - Hendrik W van Leeuwen, Dutch musician, dies at 79 1995 - Richard Baerlein, racing writer, dies at 84 1996 - Lucius E Burch Jr, US civil rights leader, dies at 84 1996 - Ross Hunter, US producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at 75
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On March 11 in history ..
0417 - Zosimus becomes bishop of Rome 0537 - Goths lay siege to Rome 0843 - Icon worship officially re-instated in Aya Sofia Constantinople 1302 - Romeo & Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare 1502 - Tebriz] shah Ismail I of Persia crowned 1513 - Giovanni de' Medici chosen Pope Leo X 1563 - League of High Nobles routes 2nd protest against King Philip II 1567 - Geuzen army leaves Walcheren to return to Oosterweel 1597 - Land guardian Albrecht occupies Amiens on France 1598 - Countess Charlotte of Nassau marries duke Claude de la Tremoille 1649 - Treaty of Rueil destroys 1st Fronde-uprising 1665 - NY approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights 1669 - Volcano Etna in Italy erupts killing 15,000 1702 - 1st English daily newspaper "Daily Courant," publishes 1779 - US army Corps of Engineers established (1st time) 1789 - Benjamin Banneker with L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington DC 1791 - Samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent 1794 - Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens 1795 - Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols 1810 - Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise 1812 - Citizenship granted to Prussian Jews 1823 - 1st normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vt 1824 - US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair 1835 - HMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile 1850 - Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school) 1851 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," premieres in Venice 1861 - Confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution 1862 - Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief & makes him head of 1862 - 12] Gen Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief 1864 - Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee 1865 - Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC 1867 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris 1867 - Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano) 1882 - Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ 1888 - Great blizzard of '88 strikes NE US 1892 - 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Mass) 1895 - Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed 1901 - Cincinnati Enquirer reports Balt mgr John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant 1904 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games 1905 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1 1910 - Jack Hobbs 1st Test ton (187 v SAfr), his only Test hit wicket 1912 - 1st Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-min periods, formerly played in 30-min halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep 1917 - British troops occupy Baghdad 1917 - 1st NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 13) 1918 - Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia 1918 - Save the Redwoods League founded 1919 - General strike in Germany, crushed 1922 - Western Hockey Championship: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Regina Capitals, in 2 games 1924 - 3rd term of Belgium Theunis govt begins 1924 - Eden Phillpotts' "Farmer's Wife," premieres in London 1924 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweeps Ottawa Senators in 2 games 1926 - Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Fein 1927 - 1st armored commercial car hold-up in US, Pittsburgh 1927 - 1st golden gloves tournament 1927 - Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens famous Roxy Theater (NYC) 1928 - Netherlands & Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam) 1930 - Pres & Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington 1934 - Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer 1935 - Bank of Canada opens 1935 - Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe 1938 - Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country 1941 - Bronko Nagurski beats Ray Steele in Minn, to become wrestling champ 1941 - FDR signs Lend-Lease Bill (lend money to Britain) 1942 - 1st deportation train leaves Paris for Auschewitz Concentration Camp 1942 - Gen MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia 1942 - Japanese troop land on North-Sumatra 1943 - Nazi Militia forms in Netherlands 1944 - Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested 1945 - 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs 1945 - Flemish nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death 1948 - 1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir) 1948 - Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed 1948 - Reginald Weit became the 1st black to play in the US Tennis Open 1948 - WBAL TV channel 11 in Baltimore, MD (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 - 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams) 1953 - American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches 1954 - US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics 1956 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1958 - Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21" 1958 - Starting this season, AL batters are required to wear batting helmets 1959 - "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens 1959 - Teddy Scholten wins Eurovision Song festival with "A Little Bit" 1960 - Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth & Venus 1961 - Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks & Maple Leafs (20 each) 1963 - Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain 1965 - Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto 1966 - Military coup led by Indonesian Gen Suharto breaks out 1967 - Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne) 1968 - Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting 1968 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 12nd string quartet 1968 - Otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for " Dock of the Bay" 1970 - 12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills & Nash, Peggy Lee win 1970 - Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation 1972 - "Inner City" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 97 performances 1973 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic 1974 - Mount Etna in Sicily erupted 1974 - Rhino Store gives people 5 to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album 1975 - Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails 1975 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1977 - Moslems hold 130 hostages in Wash DC 1978 - Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed 1978 - USF-led Bill Cartwright scores 23 points as the Dons oust NC 1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic 1979 - Randy Hold receives 67 min in penalties in a 60 min NHL hockey game 1980 - Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust v Pak cricket draw 1981 - Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins 1981 - Johnny Mize & Rube Foster elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1982 - Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname 1982 - Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion 1982 - Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Wash DC 1983 - Ice Dance Championship at Helsinki Finland won by Torvill & Dean (GRB) 1983 - Ice Pairs Championship at Helsinki won by Valova & Vasiliev (URS) 1983 - Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA) 1983 - Men's Fig Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1984 - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic 1985 - Mikhail S Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader 1986 - 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC 1986 - 12th People's Choice Awards 1986 - 187.27 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange 1986 - Islander Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seasons 1986 - Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km 1986 - NFL adopts instant replay rule 1987 - Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point 1988 - Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire 1988 - note ceases to be legal tender, replaced by coin 1990 - 16th People's Choice Awards 1990 - Lithuania declares it's Independence 1990 - Maggie Will wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International 1991 - Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records 1991 - John Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award 1991 - Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1 1993 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN 1994 - Eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as president of Chile 1995 - -36.8øF (-38.2øC) in Chosedachar, Komi-district, on 67øN 1995 - Pres Nazarbajev disbands Kazachstan parliament 1995 - Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in US 1995 - Yolanda Chen hop-skip-jumps world indoor record 15.03m 1996 - Chris Harris scores 130 in losing NZ side v Australia, World Cup 1996 - Mark Waugh scores 110 v NZ for his third century of the World Cup 1997 - 3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1997 - Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space 1997 - Beatle McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen 1997 - SF Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch Famous birthdays 1544 - Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) 1549 - Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer 1549 - Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) 1596 - Isaac Elsevier, book publisher 1654 - Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer 1683 - Giovanni Veneziano, composer 1726 - Louise-Florence d'pinay, France, writer (Woman, Man & 2 Kingdoms) 1731 - Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence) 1754 - Juan Melndez Valds, Spanish lawyer/poet 1781 - Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer 1793 - Jan F Willems, Flemish writer/philologist 1811 - Marsena Rudolph Patrick, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 1811 - Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier, co-discoverer (Neptune) 1812 - James Speed, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1887 1812 - Pieter Bluss van Oud-Alblas, Dutch liberal minister of Finance 1812 - William Vincent Wallace, composer 1818 - John Wilkins Whitfield, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879 1819 - Henry Tate, English sugar producer (Tate Gallery) 1819 - Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer/choreographer (Don Quiotte) 1822 - Allison Nelson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 1827 - Septimus Winner, composer 1832 - Franz Melde, German phyicist (Melde test) 1832 - William Ruffin Cox, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 1840 - Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 1846 - Ant¢nio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet 1860 - Thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library) 1863 - Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod) 1863 - Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist 1872 - Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant/art collector 1876 - Carl Ruggles, Marion Mass, composer (Evocations) 1876 - David Wijnkoop, Dutch revolutionary socialist 1879 - Justus Hermann Wetzel, composer 1879 - Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist (ph tests) 1884 - Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer/actor (Beautiful Juliet) 1885 - Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min (8 km/min) 1890 - Vannevar Bush, developed 1st electronic analogue computer 1892 - Raoul Walsh, NYC, director (Thief of Baghdad, Battle Cry) 1892 - Wladyslaw Anders, Polish general (WW I, WW II) 1897 - Henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources) 1898 - Dorothy Gish, Massillon OH, film actress (Orphans of the Storm) 1899 - Frederick IX, [Christian FFMKWG], King of Denmark (1947-72) 1902 - Josef Martin Bauer, writer 1903 - Dorothy Schiff, publisher (NY Post) 1903 - George Dickinson, cricketer (bowled for NZ in their 1st 3 Tests) 1904 - Cornelis Jan Bakker, Dutch/US nuclear physicist 1904 - Maurits Wertheim, Dutch writer (Isaac De Fuentes) 1906 - Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer 1907 - Eleni Gatzoyiannis, heroine (saved her kids) 1907 - Helmuth J von Moltke, German politician (July 20th plot) 1907 - Jessie Matthews, London England, actress (Gangway, First a Girl) 1907 - Margaret Herbison, British minister (Lab) 1908 - Lawrence Welk, Strasburg ND, orch leader (Lawrence Welk Show) 1909 - Ljubica Maric, composer 1910 - Robert H G Havemann, German chemist 1911 - Alan Gifford, Boston MA, actor (Time Lock, Up Periscope) 1911 - Fitzroy Maclean, British diplomat soldier politician/historian 1912 - Robert Clifford Latham, pepys Scholar 1912 - Xavier Montsalvatge, Spanish composer (El gato con botas) 1913 - John Jacob Weinzweig, Toronto Canada, composer (Enchanted Hill) 1913 - Thomas Gray, professor/anaesthetist 1915 - Karl Krolow, writer 1915 - Vijay Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54) 1916 - [James] Harold Wilson, (L) British PM (1964-70, 1974-76) 1917 - GE Gran Schildt, Finnish art historian/writer (Solbten) 1919 - Mercer Ellington, son of Duke Ellington/bandleader 1920 - D J Enright, England, poet/novelist (Some Men are Brothers) 1920 - Henry Marking, CEO (British Airways) 1920 - Kenneth Dover, chancellor (St Andrews University) 1921 - Astor Piazzolla, Argentina composer (Tango Nuevo) 1921 - F[rancis] M[arion] Busby Jr, US, sci-fi author (Star Rebel) 1922 - Abdul Razak bin Hussain, premier of Malaysia (1970-77) 1922 - Thom Kelling, Dutch singer/guitarist (Programa de Manha) 1922 - Vinnette Carroll, NYC, actress (Alice's Restaurant, Reivers) 1923 - A Louise Brough Clapp, Okla, tennis player (4 time Wimbledon champ) 1923 - A X Gwerder, writer 1923 - Ad[rianus C] de Besten, Dutch literary (River Basin) 1923 - Morschi Mirando, [Thomas Weiss], German/Dutch gypsy artist 1923 - Terry Alexander, London, actor (Tony-Behind the Scenes) 1925 - James Miskin, QC/recorder of London 1926 - Adrienne Keith Cohen, travel editor 1926 - Ilhan Mimaroglu, composer 1926 - Patricia Tindaole, England, architect 1926 - Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader (Southern Christian Leadership) 1927 - Alan Betts, emeritus professor (Royal Veterinary College) 1927 - Raymond Jackson, [Jaki], British cartoonist 1927 - Robert Mosbacher, US politician(?) 1927 - Ron Todd, British trade unionist 1928 - Albert Salmi, Bkln NY, actor (Daniel Boone, 79 Park Avenue) 1928 - Peter Roger Hunt, London England, director (Dr No) 1929 - Erskine Childers, unofficial/civil servant 1929 - Francisco Bernardo Pulgar Vidal, composer 1929 - Jackie McGlew, cricketer (dour South African opening bat of the 50') 1930 - David Gentleman, designer/painter 1931 - Peter Walters, CEO (Midland Bank) 1931 - Rupert Murdoch, Australia, publisher (NY Post)/CEO (FOX-TV) 1932 - Nigel Lawson, British government official (The Power Game) 1932 - Valerie French, London England, actress (Jubal) 1933 - Terry J Hatter Jr, US judge in California 1934 - George Stamatoyannopoulos, Greece, medical genetics researcher 1934 - Joep Straesser, composer (Blossom songs, Ramasasiri) 1934 - Keith Speed, British MP 1934 - Sam Donaldson, El Paso Tx, ABC White House correspondent (Prime Time) 1934 - Sydney Burke, cricketer (S Afr quick, 11 wkts on Test debut v NZ 1961) 1936 - Antonin Scalia, Trenton NJ, 105th Supreme Court Justice (1986- ) 1937 - John Ward, NZ cricket wicket-keeper (8 Tests 1964-68) 1938 - Malcolm Keith Speed, British high court judge 1942 - Peter Eyre, actor (Hedda) 1944 - Ric Rothwell, drummer (Mindbenders-Games of Love) 1945 - Harvey Mandel, rock guitarist (Drei Amerikanische LP's) 1945 - Mark Stein, vocalist/organist (Vanilla Fudge-You Keep Me Hanging On) 1945 - Timothy Mason, consultant (British Arts Council) 1945 - Tricia O'Neal, Shreveport Louisiana, actress (Piranha Part II) 1946 - Brigitte Fossey, Tourcoing France, actress (Man Who Died Twice) 1947 - Dominique Sanda, [Varaigne], Paris France, actress (1900, First Love) 1947 - Geoffrey Hunt, Australia, world-champion squash player 1947 - Mark Stein, singer/organist/keyboardist (Vanilla Fudge) 1948 - George Kooymans, Dutch guitarist/singer (Golden Earring) 1949 - Richard de Bois, Dutch drummer/producer 1950 - Bobby McFerrin, singer (Don't Worry Be Happy-Grammy 1989) 1950 - Jerry Zucker, Milwaukee WI, director (Airplane, Naked Gun) 1952 - Douglas Adams, England, author (Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 1952 - Susan Richardson, Coatesville Pa, actress (Susan-8 is Enough) 1955 - [Kater]Nina Hagen, East Berlin German DR, actress (Blue Angel) 1956 - Curtis L Brown Jr, NC, astronaut (STS 47, STS 66, 77, 85, sk:95) 1961 - Bruce Watson, Ontario Canada, rock guitarist (Big Country-Wonderland) 1961 - Mike Percy, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round) 1962 - Peter Berg, actor (Chicago Hope) 1964 - Raimo Helminen, Tampere FIN, hockey forward (Team Finland, Oly-Br-98) 1965 - Eric Jelen, West Germany, tennis star 1966 - Pavel Petrovich Mukhortov, Russian cosmonaut 1966 - Ralph Tamm, NFL guard/center (Denver Broncos, KC Chiefs) 1966 - Steve Reed, LA Calif, pitcher (Colorado Rockies) 1967 - Andrew Zesers, cricketer (played for Australia in 1987 World Cup) 1967 - Bill Houlder, Thunder Bay, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning) 1968 - John Barrowman, actor (Peter Fairchild-Central Park West) 1969 - Dan Lacroix, Montreal, NHL left wing (NY Rangers) 1969 - John Fina, NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills) 1970 - Brett Liddle, Boksburg S Afr, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Newcastle) 1970 - Evgeniy Koreshkov, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998) 1971 - Bob Kronenberg, WLAF corner (Rhein Fire) 1971 - Jiri Vykoukai, Olomouc CZ, hockey player (Team Czech Rep, Oly-gold-98) 1971 - Marta Lovera Parquet, Miss Universe-Paraguay (1996) 1971 - Martin Rucinsky, Most Cze, NHL left wing (Canadiens, Oly-Gold-1998) 1972 - Carl Greenwood, NFL cornerback (NY Jets) 1972 - Chris Shelling, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire) 1972 - Jamal Duff, NFL defensive end (NY Giants, Wash Redskins) 1973 - Kennedy Otieno, Kenya cricket wicket-keeper (85 v Aust 1996 World Cup) 1973 - Mike Mihelic, CFL offensive tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1973 - Sammie Brennan, CFL defensive back (BC Lions) 1973 - Tony Veland, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) 1974 - Billy Granville, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals) 1974 - David Cameron, Australian rower (Olympics-96) 1974 - Kevin Donovan, Des Plaines Ill, figure skater (1997 Great Lakes-2nd) 1975 - Cedric Henderson, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers) 1975 - Shawn Springs, cornerback (Seattle Seahawks) 1982 - Hasan Raza, cricketer (Test cricketer at the age of 14) Famous deaths 0222 - Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18? 0638 - Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies 1486 - Albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71 1715 - Jan-Erasmus Quellinus, Flemish painter, dies at 80 1772 - George Reuter, composer, dies at 63 1786 - Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Dutch/Swiss poet, dies at 28 1787 - Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45 1807 - Anton Eberl, composer, dies at 41 1820 - Benjamin West, British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81 1826 - Gervais-Franois Couperin, composer, dies at 66 1833 - Fridolin Weber, composer, dies at 71 1845 - John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], dies in Allen County Indiana 1857 - Manuel Jos Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84 1874 - Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63 1894 - John Selby, cricketer (6 Tests for England 1877-82), dies 1897 - Berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58 1897 - Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist, dies at 45 1900 - Edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies 1907 - Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered 1908 - Peter Milne, composer, dies at 83 1919 - Harald Fryklof, composer, dies at 36 1921 - Sherburne W Burnham, US astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83 1925 - Andreas Hallen, composer, dies at 78 1926 - John Henry Anderson, cricketer (score 32 & 11 in Test for S Afr), dies 1937 - Paul Scheinpflug, composer, dies at 61 1941 - Walford Davies, British organist/composer, dies at 71 1944 - Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 1947 - Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45 1949 - Henri-Honor Giraud, French genl/MP, dies at 70 1949 - Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76 1950 - Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78 1951 - Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66 1955 - Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73 1956 - Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83 1957 - Richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68 1959 - Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76 1960 - Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76 1962 - Will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79 1963 - Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies 1965 - James Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered 1967 - Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85 1969 - John Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65 1970 - Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80 1971 - Philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64 1971 - Roy Glenn, dies in Los Angeles at 56 1971 - Whitney M Young Jr, leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at 49 1972 - Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 1973 - Manuel Rojas Sep£lveda, writer 1975 - Philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59 1975 - Sammy Spear, orch leader (Dom Deluise Show), dies at 65 1975 - Walter Kinsella, actor (Happy-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 74 1979 - Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88 1982 - Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55 1984 - Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at 76 1987 - [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74 1988 - Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74 1989 - Johan Fleerackers, Flemish linguist, dies at 57 1992 - David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41 1992 - Heinz Khn, PM (Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany), dies at 80 1992 - Manuel De Dios Unanue, US anti-drug journalist, murdered at 48 1992 - Richard Brooks, director (Blackboard Jungle, Key Largo), dies at 79 1993 - Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44 1993 - Edgar Nelson Barclift, dancer, dies after lengthy illness at 76 1993 - Manuel da Fonseca, Portuguese writer (Cerro Maior), dies at 81 1994 - Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69 1995 - Carel Birnie, found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69 1995 - Ernest Kabushemeye, Burundese minister of Mijnbouw, murdered 1995 - Frank Fidler, artist, dies at 84 1996 - Barry Appleby, cartoonist, dies at 86 1996 - Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer, dies at 92 1996 - Clifton Eugene Bancroft Robinson, public servant, dies at 70 1996 - John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian, dies at 96 1996 - Vince Edwards, actor (Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 67
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I am going out of town tonight so I will be back on Monday
On March 12 in history .. 1000 - Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III 1054 - Pope Leo IX escapes captivity & returns to Rome 1144 - Gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II 1350 - Orvieto city says it will behead & burn Jewish-Christian couples 1365 - University of Vienna founded 1496 - Jews are expelled from Syria 1572 - Lu¡s Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lus¡ados" in Portugal 1587 - English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1594 - Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies 1597 - England routes troops to Amiens 1609 - Bermuda becomes an English colony 1619 - Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia 1622 - Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint 1642 - Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand 1664 - 1st naturalization act in American colonies 1664 - New Jersey becomes a British colony 1689 - Former English King James II lands in Ireland 1737 - Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy 1755 - 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine 1773 - Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago 1789 - US Post Office established 1799 - Austria declares war on France 1848 - 2nd republic established in France 1849 - 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif 1850 - 1st US $20 gold piece issued 1857 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice 1860 - Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists 1865 - Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri 1867 - Last French troops leave Mexico 1868 - Britain annexed Basutoland in Africa 1868 - Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax 1868 - Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa 1877 - British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa 1877 - Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony 1884 - Mississippi establishes 1st US state college for women 1888 - 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE US (400 die) 1889 - Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated 1889 - Start of South Africa's 1st Test, v England, Port Elizabeth 1894 - Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday & Friday 1896 - 1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220) 1897 - Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel 1900 - President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein 1901 - Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds) 1903 - NY Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL 1904 - 1st main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to Southport) 1904 - Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund 1906 - Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast 1908 - Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers sweep Win Maple Leafs in 2 games 1910 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3 1912 - Capt Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane 1912 - Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) forms in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low 1912 - Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St NYC 1913 - Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid 1916 - French airship sinks British submarine D3 1917 - Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1917 - Stalin, Kamenev & Muranov arrives in St Petersburg 1919 - Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany) 1919 - George Bernard Shaw's "Augustus Does His Bit," premieres in NYC 1925 - British govt of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement 1926 - Denmark begins unilateral disarmament 1926 - Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium 1930 - Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax 1930 - Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (0:26.1) 1933 - FDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat" 1934 - Acting Pres Constantine Pts commits coup in Tallinn Estonia 1934 - Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail 1934 - Paul Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Berlin 1935 - England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns & villages 1938 - Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss) 1939 - Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies 1940 - Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus 1941 - German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands 1942 - British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal 1943 - Soviet troops liberate Wjasma 1945 - 30 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers 1945 - British Empire celebrates it's 1st British Empire Day 1945 - Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy 1945 - NY is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment 1945 - USSR returns Transylvania to Romania 1946 - Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland 1947 - "Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater NYC for 69 performances 1947 - Belgian govt of Huysmans resigns 1947 - Pres Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism 1948 - -5øF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1950 - Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III 1950 - Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda" 1951 - Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office 1951 - Communist troops driven out of Seoul 1954 - 1st performance of Arnold Schnberg's "Moses und Aaron" 1956 - Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24) 1957 - German DR accepts 22 Russian divisions 1958 - British Empire Day is renamed "Commonwealth Day" 1959 - Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections 1959 - US House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood 1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open 1962 - Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia 1963 - Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold 1963 - Bob Dylan cancels "Ed Sullivan Show" television appearance 1964 - 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Striesand wins 2 1964 - Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years 1964 - Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam 1964 - SN Behrmann's "But for Whom Charlie," premieres in NYC 1964 - WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1966 - Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record 1966 - Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins) 1966 - Love's 1st album released "Love" 1966 - Pioneer Plaza dedicated [SF?] 1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1967 - Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet 1967 - Indonesian congress deprives president Sukarno of authority 1968 - Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1969 - 11th Grammy Awards: Mrs Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins 1969 - 120 joints found at George & Patti Harrison's home 1969 - Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London 1970 - US lowers voting age from 21 to 18 1971 - Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca Prez Morena de Macias 1971 - Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected president 1971 - Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army 1972 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open 1972 - NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons 1974 - Bundy victim Donna Manson disappears, Evergreen SC, Olympia, Wash 1975 - Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam 1976 - South African troops leave Angola 1977 - Chile president Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party 1977 - Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel 1977 - Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel 1978 - Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:14.99) 1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic 1980 - Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago 1980 - NY Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin 1981 - Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station 1981 - Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in NYC 1981 - Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, VA 1982 - 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica v Leeward Islands 1982 - PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline" 1983 - Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49) 1984 - Coal Miners' strike ended 1984 - National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike 1984 - British ice dancing team, Torvill & Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships 1985 - Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points 1986 - 210.25 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange 1986 - Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 1987 - "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial NYC for 4000+ perfs 1987 - David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game 1987 - Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North 1987 - Ice Pairs Championship at Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva & Grinkov (URS) 1987 - Men's Fig Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (CAN) 1987 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1989 - 15th People's Choice Awards 1989 - 2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia) 1989 - Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election 1990 - LA Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland 1991 - 5th Soul Train Music Awards 1993 - 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay 1993 - Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney 1993 - Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show 1993 - Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2« week speech 1994 - Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests 1995 - Congress party loses India national election 1995 - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA PING/Welch's Golf Championship 1995 - Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham UK won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS) 1995 - Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova & Rene Novotny 1995 - Lara scores 139 in ODI v Australia at Port-of-Spain 1995 - Letitia Vriesde runs S Amer indoor record 800m (2:00.35) 1995 - Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) 1995 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN) 1996 - Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy 1998 - "Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC Famous birthdays 1336 - Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern 1479 - Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence 1515 - Caspar Othmayr, composer 1685 - George Berkeley, Ireland, philosopher/bishop of Cloyne 1710 - Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia) 1755 - Georges Couthon, French politician 1758 - Leopold earl of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician [or March 22] 1768 - Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer 1788 - Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor 1793 - Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer 1800 - Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian 1806 - Jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1st lady (1853-57) 1808 - Gerrit van der Linde Jz, "Schoolmaster", Dutch poet 1816 - David Stuart, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 1818 - John Lorimar Worden, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1897 1821 - John Abbott, Qubec Canada, (C) 3rd Canadian PM (1891-92) 1821 - Luitpold von Bayern, Prince-regent of Bayern 1823 - William Flank Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 1824 - Gustav R Kirchoff, Prussia, physicist (spectral analysis) 1826 - Robert Lowry, composer 1827 - John Robert Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 1827 - William Richard Terry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 1830 - William Felix Brantley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870 1831 - Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer (Studebaker) 1832 - Charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager/caused boycotts 1835 - Simon Newcomb, US, scientist/mathematician/astronomer 1837 - Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer 1838 - William Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye) 1848 - Cyrill Kistler, composer 1855 - John White, composer 1859 - Josef Cyril Sychra, composer 1860 - Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer 1862 - Jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross) 1863 - Adolf A Wolfschoon, Curaao, poet 1863 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italy, writer/military hero (Intruder) 1874 - Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer 1875 - Julio Garreta, composer 1877 - Wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia/Moravia 1878 - Gemma Galgani, Italian saint 1878 - Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer 1880 - House Peters, England, silent film actor (Kansas Territory) 1881 - Daniel Webster Hoan, Wisc (Mayor-Socialist-Milwaukee) 1881 - Kemal Atatrk, 1st pres of Rep of Turkey 1881 - Vin A Tanner, premier of Finland (1926-27) 1883 - Judge Jackson, composer 1885 - Raphal HLAJM Verwilghen, Flemish architect/urban developer 1888 - Hall Johnson, composer 1889 - Philip Guedalla, historian 1890 - A Evert Taube, Swedish writer/troubadour 1890 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Ukrainian/US ballet dancer (Petroesjka) [OS=Feb 28] 1891 - Michael Polany, Hungarian/English chemist/economist/sociologist 1896 - Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great 1898 - Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa) 1900 - David Croll, QC senator 1900 - Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer 1904 - Ken James, cricket wicketkeeper (NZ's 1st Test, later Northants) 1907 - (Margaret Peggy McCrorie) Herbison, politician 1908 - David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer/politician 1908 - Inez Courtney, NYC, actress (13th Man, Crime Ring, Raven) 1910 - Roger L Stevens, producer (Giant) 1910 - Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, Orange NJ, boxer/actor (On the Waterfront) 1910 - Wilhelmus L Reijers, sculptor 1911 - Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, president of Mexico 1912 - James McKay, lord provost of Edinburgh 1912 - Kylie Tennant, novelist (Battlers, Lost Haven) 1912 - Paul Weston, Springfield Mass, orch leader (Jim Nabors Hour) 1913 - Harold Butler, cricketer (England pace bowler late 40's) 1914 - Jan Kapr, composer 1915 - Alberto Burri, Italian physician/sculptor/abstract painter 1917 - Googie Withers, Karachi India, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing) 1917 - Tom Normanton, British MP 1918 - James Bracken, race horse trainer 1921 - Giovanni Agnelli, CEO (Fiat Automakers) 1921 - Gordon MacRae, East Orange NJ, singer/actor (Oklahoma, Carousel) 1921 - Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator 1921 - Ralph Shapey, Phila, composer (Fantasy, Rituals) 1922 - Helen Parrish, Columbus Ga, actress (Hour Glass, Show Business) 1922 - Jack Kerouac, Beat writer (On the Road, Mexico Blues) 1922 - Lane Kirkland, union president (AFL-CIO) 1922 - Thomas Hugh Eastwood, composer 1923 - Hjalmar Andersen, Norway, 1500, 5K, 10K speed skater (Oly-gold-1952) 1923 - Mstislav Rostropovich 1923 - Norbert Brainin, violinist 1923 - Walter M Schirra Jr, Hackensack NJ, Capt USN/ast (Mer 8, Gem 6, Ap 7) 1925 - Georges Delerue, composer 1925 - Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, UK, sci-fi author (Deathworld Trilogy) 1925 - Leo Esaki, [Esaki Reona], Japan, physicist (Tunnel effect-Nobel 1973) 1925 - Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55) 1925 - William G Whitehurst, (Rep-R-Va) 1926 - David Oliver Williams, trade unionist (COHSE) 1926 - George R Ariyoshi, (Gov-D-Hawaii) 1926 - Gudrun Ure, British actress (Lady MacBeth, BBC Sorcerer) 1926 - Hildy Park, Wash DC, actress (To Tell the Truth) 1926 - John C[lellon] Holmes, US writer (Horn) 1926 - Rolv Berger Yttrehus, composer 1926 - Ronald Alley, art gallery manager (Tate Gallery) 1927 - Mstislav Rostropovich, Baku Russia, cellist (Cello Concerto) [3/22 NS] 1927 - Raul Alfonsin, president (Argentina) 1928 - Edward Albee, Washington, DC, playwright (Virgina Woolfe, Zoo Story) 1928 - Phil Jones, principal (Trinity College of Music) 1928 - Roland Moyle, British deputy chairman (Police Complaints Authority) 1929 - Bernard Costello, US, double sculls (Olympic-silver-1956) 1929 - Lupe Anguiano, Mexican-American civil rights activist 1930 - Antony Acland, provost of Eton/British ambassador (to US) 1930 - Robin Cavendish, disabled campaigner 1930 - Scoey Mitchill, Newburgh NY, comedian (Barefoot in the Park, Rhoda) 1930 - Stanko Horvat, composer 1931 - Geoffrey de Bellaigue, director (Royal Collection) 1931 - William "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor (Little Rascals) 1932 - Andrew Young, US ambassador to UN (1977-79)/(Mayor-D-Atlanta) 1934 - Rudolph Agner, CEO (Consolidated Gold Fields) 1935 - Helga Pilarczyk, German soprano (Salome, Lulu) 1935 - John Gross, author (Age of Kipling, Dickens & 20th Century) 1936 - Anthony Loehnis, vice chairman (S G Warburg & Co) 1936 - Keith Slater, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1958-59 series) 1936 - Lloyd Dobbins, Newport News Va, newscaster (NBC News Overnight) 1936 - Patrick Procktor, painter 1937 - Elizabeth Vaughan, opera soprano (Victor-Victoria) 1938 - Dimitri Terzakis, composer 1938 - Johnny Rutherford, auto racer (26 championship races) 1938 - Karl Soderlund, Duluth Minn, Mr Sally Jesse Raphael 1938 - Millie Perkins, actress (Diary of Anne Frank, Table for 5, Shooting) 1938 - Norman Hogg, British MP 1938 - Tona Scherchen-Hsiao, composer 1938 - Vijay Mehra, cricketer (Indian Test batsman from age 17) 1939 - Barbara Feldon, Pitts Pa, actress (Agent 99-Get Smart) 1939 - David Mlinaric, British interior director 1940 - Al Jarreau, Milwaukee WI, jazz singer (Moonlighting) 1940 - Albert Johanneson, soccer star 1942 - Bert Campaneris, baseball player (Oakland A's) 1942 - Brian O'Hara, rocker 1942 - Paul Kantner, SF Calif, rock singer/guitarist (Jefferson Airplane) 1942 - Salvatore "the Bull" Gravano, mobster (testified against Gotti) 1945 - Hans van Emden, Dutch guitarist (Les Baroques) 1946 - Liza Minnelli, Hollywood CA, singer/actress (Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret) 1947 - Jill O'Hara, Warren Penn, Broadway actress (Promises! Promises!) 1948 - Dana Walden, rock keyboardist (Champaign) 1948 - James Taylor, Boston MA, vocalist/guitarist (Up on the Roof) 1948 - Kent Conrad, (Sen-D North Dakota) 1948 - Les Holroyd, Oldham England, rocker (Barclay James Harvest) 1948 - Virginia Bottomley, secretary (Heritage) 1948 - Virginia Bottomley, British minister of state health 1949 - Bill Payne, Waco TX, rock keyboardist (Little Feat-Time Loves a Hero) 1949 - David Mellor, secretary of the British treasury/MP 1949 - Mary Alice Williams, news reporter (NBC-TV) 1949 - Mike Gibbons, Swansea Wales, rock drummer (Badfinger) 1949 - Sara Lane, NYC, actress (Elizabeth Grainger-The Virginian) 1950 - Jon Provost, actor (Timmy-Lassie) 1950 - Willie Duggan, rugby football player 1951 - Caren Kaye, NYC, actress (My Tutor, Bambi-Blansky's Beauties) 1951 - Jack Green, rocker 1953 - Labamba, [Richard Rosenberg], rocker (Asbury Jukes) 1956 - Dale Murphy, Portland Ore, slugger (Atlanta Braves, 2 time NL MVP) 1957 - Jerry Levine, New Brunswick NJ, actor (Born on 4th of July) 1957 - Marlon D Jackson, Gary IN, singer (Jackson 5-Maybe Tomorrow) 1957 - Steve Harris, London, hard rock bassist (Iron Maiden-Gypsy's Kiss) 1958 - Debra Jensen, Orange County Cal, playmate (January, 1978) 1960 - Courtney B Vance, Detroit MI, actor (Hamburger Hill) 1960 - Eldine Baptiste, cricketer (WI all-rounder early 80's) 1962 - Darryl Strawberry, LA Calif, right fielder (Mets, Dodgers, Yankees) 1962 - Gunde Svan, Swedish long jumper (Olympics-gold-1984, 88) 1963 - Candy Costie, Seattle Wash, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984) 1963 - Joaquim Carvalho Cruz, Brazil, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1984) 1963 - John Andretti, race car driver 1963 - Julia Campbell, Huntsville Ala, actress (Opportunity Knocks) 1963 - Paul Way, British golfer 1964 - Tony Terry, rock producer (Tony Terry) 1965 - Fran Harris, WNBA guard (Houston Comets) 1965 - Molly Van Nostrand, West lslip NY, tennis star 1965 - Randy Dixon, NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts) 1965 - Steve Finley, Union City TN, outfielder (San Diego Padres) 1966 - Alecia Stephenson, North Vancouver BC, softball ss (Olympics-96) 1966 - Erich Fischer, Dinuba CA, US Olympic water polo foward (Olympic-92) 1966 - Grant Long, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks) 1967 - Irvin Smith, CFL cornerback (Montreal Alouettes) 1967 - Rowelle Blenman, WLAF cornerback/safety (London Monarchs) 1968 - Merton Hanks, NFL safety (SF 49ers) 1969 - Graham Coxon, singer (Blur) 1969 - J P Izquierdo, CFL slot back (Calgary Stampeders) 1969 - Karen Snelgrove, London Ontario, softball pitcher (Olympics-96) 1969 - Muhammad Oliver, NFL cornerback/safety (Washington Redskins) 1970 - Michael Bankston, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals) 1970 - Rex Walters, NBA guard (Phila 76ers, Miami Heat) 1970 - Rod Smith, NFL cornerback (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers) 1971 - Greg Hansell, Bellflower CA, pitcher (Minn Twins) 1971 - Isaiah Rider, NBA guard/forward (Minn Timberwolves, Port Trailblazers) 1971 - Raul Mondesi, San Cristobal Dom Rep, outfielder (LA Dodgers) 1972 - Alisa Castillo, Miss Nevada USA (1996) 1973 - Antonio Banks, cornerback (Minnesota Vikings) 1973 - Gabriel Mendez, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96) 1973 - Keif Bryant, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks) 1973 - Louis Laros, Dutch soccer player (Willem II, Vitesse) 1974 - Chris Carr, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Minn Timberwolves) 1978 - Cristina Teuscher, New Rochelle NY, 4X200m freestyle (Olymp-gold-96) 1978 - Tara Mounsey, ice hockey defenseman (USA, Oly-98) Famous deaths 0417 - Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies 0604 - Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 1209 - Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies 1471 - Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies 1496 - Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies 1507 - Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31 1563 - John Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies 1570 - Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies 1628 - John Bull, English organist/composer, dies 1648 - Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63 1681 - French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45 1734 - Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74 1753 - George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday 1824 - Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48 1831 - Johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64 1832 - Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45 1834 - Karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33 1840 - Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 1852 - Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75 1877 - Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52 1883 - Murrumgunarriman, [Twopenny], cricketer (Aboriginal team 1868), dies 1888 - Henry Bergh, founder (ASPCA), dies at 76 1889 - Yohannes IV, [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle 1902 - John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54 1905 - Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92 1908 - Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (L'idioma Gentile), dies at 61 1909 - Johanna "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach, dies at 34 1913 - Joseph Bayer, composer, dies at 61 1914 - George Westinghouse, US engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67 1916 - M v Ebner-Eschenbach, writer, dies at 39 1924 - Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies 1925 - Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary president, dies at 58 1932 - Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide 1937 - Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93 1937 - Jeno Hubay, composer, dies at 78 1941 - Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72 1942 - Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76 1945 - Anne Frank, diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), killed in Belsen Camp 1946 - Philip Merivale, dies at 59 1949 - Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95 1950 - L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at 78 1955 - Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in NYC 1955 - Theodor Plievier, writer, dies 1957 - Harry Dean, cricketer (England left-arm bowler in 3 Tests, 1912), dies 1957 - Josephine Hull, actress (Harvey), dies at 71 1958 - Ingeborg, Princess of Sweden, dies at 79 1961 - Belinda Lee, actress (Joseph & his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25 1966 - Estelita Rodriguez, actor (Golden Stallion, Susanna Pass), dies at 37 1973 - Esther Williamson Ballou, composer, dies at 57 1973 - Frankie "Fordham Flash" Frisch, baseball player, dies at 74 1973 - Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chilean writer (Hijo de Ladron), dies at 77 1974 - Billy Fox, Protestant Dublin MP, assassinated 1978 - John Cazale, actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Deer Hunter), dies at 41 1978 - Tolchard Evans, composer/conductor, dies 1982 - Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90 1983 - Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85 1984 - Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88 1985 - Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85 1988 - Billie Rhodes, dies 1988 - William Camp, dies at 74 1989 - Maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87 1991 - Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92 1992 - Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84 1992 - Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking), dies at 70 1992 - Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies 1992 - Karel Poons, father of Paul Deen, dies 1992 - Philippe Soupault, writer, dies 1992 - Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/MP (chr-dem), murdered 1993 - Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62 1993 - June Valli, singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62 1993 - Michael Kanin, screenwriter (Woman of the Year), dies at 83 1993 - Wang Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China (1988), dies 1994 - Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59 1996 - Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine, dies at 92 1996 - Gyula Kallai, PM of Hungry (1965-67), dies at 85 1996 - 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I don't know how I would have survived with out it!
"1964 - WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting " 
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On March 15 in history ..
0493 - Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker of Italy 0933 - Battle at Riade: German King Henry I beats Magyaren 1360 - France invasion army lands on English south coast, conquers Winchel 1382 - Conservative "Popolo Grasso" regain power in Florence Italy 1391 - Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews 1493 - Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after 1st new world voyage 1560 - Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise France 1562 - General Franois de Guise enters Paris 1580 - Spanish king Philip II puts 25,000 gold coins on head of prince Willem of Orange 1672 - King Charles II enacts Declaration of Indulgence 1729 - Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st US nun, takes her vows, N Orleans 1744 - French King Louis XV declares war on England 1778 - Nootka Sound, Vancouver Is discovered by Capt Cook 1781 - Battle of Guilford Court House, SC (British suffer heavy losses) 1812 - 1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River 1820 - Maine admitted as 23rd state 1827 - Freedom's Journal, 1st Black newspaper, publishes 1827 - University of Toronto is chartered 1855 - Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine 1862 - Gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, TN 1864 - Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, LA 1867 - Michigan becomes 1st state to tax property to support a university 1869 - Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st pro baseball team 1869 - Cincinnati Red Stockings beat Antioch 41-7 1875 - 1st US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested 1877 - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket, Australia v England at MCG 1885 - 1st performance of Csar Franck's "Lesson Djinns" 1887 - 1st salaried fish & game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan) 1889 - 6 US & German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die 1892 - 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (NYC) 1892 - NY State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) 1897 - 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden 1901 - Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th 1903 - Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa 1906 - Brits Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd 1907 - Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote 1908 - 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole" 1912 - Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins 1913 - 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) 1913 - Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court 1915 - Neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea 1916 - Gen Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos 1916 - University of Gent goes under Dutch control 1917 - Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate [3/3 OS] 1919 - American Legion forms (Paris) 1922 - 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia) 1923 - Lenin is hit with his 3rd stroke 1926 - Belgium's "black monday," franc falls 1928 - Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose) 1930 - 1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, NY 1930 - 1st streamlined submarine of US navy, USS Nautilus, launched 1933 - NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation & discrimination 1934 - US Information Service opens 1935 - George Headley completes 270 in cricket v England at Kingston 1937 - 1st blood bank forms (Chicago IL) 1937 - 1st state contraceptive clinic opens (Raleigh NC) 1939 - Hitler occupies Bohemia & Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independ 1940 - Gring says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest 1941 - Blizzard in ND kills 151 1943 - Allied reconnaissance flight over Java 1943 - Red Army evacuates Kharkov 1944 - Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing 1945 - 17th Academy Awards - "Going my Way," Bing Cosby & Ingrid Bergman win 1945 - Bert Shepard (1 legged WW II vet) tries out as a pitcher for Senators 1945 - Billboard publishes its 1st album chart (King Cole Trio is #1) 1945 - Catholic University of Nijmegen reopens 1945 - Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain NY 1946 - British premier Attlee agrees with India's right to independence 1947 - John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in US Navy 1948 - Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team v Western Australia 1948 - Sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine 1948 - WCAU TV channel 10 in Philadelphia, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 - WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 - WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1950 - "Consul" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 269 performances 1950 - Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Consul," premieres in NYC 1950 - NYC hires Dr Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker" 1951 - Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company 1952 - "2 in the Aisle" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 276 perfs 1952 - Greatest 24-hr rainfall begins: 187 cm at La Runion, Indian Ocean 1953 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1953 - West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1 1954 - "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite & Jack Paar 1954 - WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 - Dutch 2nd Chamber requires TV licenses 1955 - US Air Force unveils self-guided missile 1955 - WLEX TV channel 18 in Lexington, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 - "My Fair Lady" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 2,715 perfs 1956 - Whipper Billy Watson beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA champ 1957 - 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb (Britain) 1958 - "Body Beautiful" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 60 performances 1958 - KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, MT (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1958 - Oscar Robertson of Cin scores a NCAA midwest region-record 56 pts 1958 - Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma & is permanently disabled 1958 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test 1959 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1959 - Richard Rogers' "No Strings" opens on Broadway 1959 - Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 m 42.5 s 1959 - WILX TV channel 10 in Lansing, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1960 - Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park) 1960 - National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated 1961 - South Africa withdrews from British Commonwealth 1962 - "No Strings" opens at 84th St Theater NYC for 580 performances 1962 - 5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter 1962 - Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump 1962 - KATU TV channel 2 in Portland, OR (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 - Richard Rodger's musical "No Strings," premieres in NYC 1962 - Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4,000 pts in an NBA season 1963 - WFAN TV channel 14 in Washington, DC (IND) begins broadcasting 1964 - LBJ asks for a War on Poverty 1964 - Liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton) 1964 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1965 - LBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote 1965 - T.G.I. Friday's 1st restaurant opens in NYC 1965 - WMFE TV channel 24 in Orlando, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 - 8th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra & Striesand 1966 - Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles 1967 - AFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum 1967 - Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as pres of Brazil 1967 - WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville/Knoxville, TN (PBS) 1st broadcast 1968 - Bob Beamon sets indoor long jump record (27'2-3/4") 1968 - British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown resigns 1968 - LIFE mag calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world" 1968 - US Mint stops buying & selling gold 1968 - Uprising in South Yemen 1968 - Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept," but wouldn't prohibit rock & roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri 1969 - US Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns 1969 - Violent Chinese-Russian border dispute (100s dead?) 1970 - "Purlie" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 689 performances 1970 - Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan 1970 - Gary Geld & Peter Udell's "Purlie," premieres in NYC 1971 - CBS TV announces it is dropping "Ed Sullivan Show" 1971 - Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet 1972 - Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama 1972 - Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112 1972 - NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle 1974 - Brazilian president Garastazu Mdici resigns 1975 - Bundy victim Julie Cunningham disappears from Vail, Colo 1975 - Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (37.99 sec) 1976 - Failed coup in Niger 1977 - "Eight is Enough" premiers on ABC-TV 1977 - US House of Reps begin 90 day test of televising its sessions 1978 - -21] operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon 1978 - A's trade Vida Blue to Giants for 7 players & $390,000 1978 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC 1979 - Apparat releases Newdos + 2.1 for Radio Shack's TRS-80 1979 - Isle's Bryan Trottier's 5th career hat trick 1979 - Sarfraz takes 9-86 at MCG as Australia lose 7-5 to lose the Test 1981 - "Broadway Follies" opens/closes at Nederlander Theater NYC 1981 - Patty Hayes wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic 1981 - Suriname failed coup under sgt-mjr Wilfred Hawker 1982 - Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan 1982 - KGB-AM in San Diego CA changes call letters to KCNN (now KPOP) 1982 - Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days 1983 - Karnataka beat Bombay on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy 1984 - 10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields 1984 - Tanzania adopts constitution 1985 - Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title 1985 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1986 - Funeral services held for Swedish PM Olaf Palme 1987 - "Starlight Express" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 761 performances 1987 - "Sweet Charity" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 368 performances 1987 - 13th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby 1987 - Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes & Joel Garner 1987 - NZ beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket 1987 - US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay 1988 - Eugene Marino of Atlanta, appointed 1st African American archbishop 1988 - NASA reports accelerated breakdown of ozone layer by CFK 1988 - NFL's St Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix 1989 - "Les Miserables," opens at Royal Alexandra Theatre Toronto 1989 - Dept of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position 1989 - NY Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's #1 uniform 1990 - Fernando Collor de Mello sworn in as pres of Brazil 1991 - 4 LA police are charged with beating Rodney King 1991 - Sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20¬' 1991 - Territories of Amapa & Roraima become states in Brazil 1992 - Brandie Burton wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship 1992 - UN officially embarks on its largest peacekeeping operation 1993 - Vinod Kambli scores 227 v Zimbabwe, his 2nd consecutive Test 200 1994 - 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win 1994 - Experts from AL certify Indian's Jacobs Field is properly lit 1997 - Pitts Penguins' Joe Mullen, is 1st American to score 500 NHL goals 1998 - "Cabaret," opens at Club Expo Theater NYC 1998 - Welch's/Circle K Golf Championship 1999 - Pluto again becomes outermost planet Famous birthdays 0076 - Hadrian, Roman Emperor (builder of Hadrian's Wall) 1493 - Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France 1666 - Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden) 1678 - Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop 1713 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, astronomer who mapped the So Hemisphere 1733 - Johann Zoffany, German painter, baptized 1750 - Caroline Herschel, astronomer/discoverer 1754 - Silvestro Palma, composer 1767 - Andrew Jackson, Carolinas, General/(D) 7th pres (1829-37) 1779 - William Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41) 1790 - Nicola Vaccai, composer 1801 - Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer 1808 - Gaetano Gaspari, composer 1809 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st pres of Liberia 1810 - Aernout Drost, Dutch literary (Hermingard van de Eikenterpen) 1811 - Robert Allen, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1886 1824 - Branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising) 1830 - Paul von Heyse, Germany, writer (Nobel 1910) 1831 - Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army) 1835 - Eduard Strauss, Austria, composer (318 Dance) 1836 - Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer 1838 - Alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist (Stranger in Her Native Land) 1844 - Bransby Cooper, cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test) 1851 - Jozef Surzynski, composer 1852 - Augusta Gregory, Ireland, playwright/poet/Yates mistress 1855 - L£tzen Wagenaar, Frisian writer/vicar (Tsjerk Ages) 1858 - Liberty Hyde Bailey, US botanist (Plantbreeding) 1864 - Johan Halvorsen, composer 1864 - Leslie Stuart, composer 1867 - Lionel Pigot Johnson, England, poet/critic (Ireland & Other Poems) 1867 - Will Rossiter, composer 1871 - Betsy van den Arend, Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs) 1873 - David Vaughan Thomas, composer 1873 - Lee Shubert, producer (theatres in NY & LA named after him) 1874 - Harold L Ickes, social activist, New Deal politician 1878 - Hanson Carter, cricketer (Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century) 1879 - Gerrit J Heering, Dutch theologist (Fall of Christianity) 1884 - Rudolf Piskacek, composer 1894 - Slava Vorlova, composer 1900 - Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer 1901 - Colin McPhee, Montral Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles) 1901 - J Pat O'Malley, England, actor (Touch of Grace, Gunn, Star!) 1901 - Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader 1902 - Kitty Masters, actress 1902 - Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela) 1904 - George Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel) 1905 - Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler 1905 - Joe E Ross, comedian (Gunther Toody-Car 54, Ritzik-Phil Silvers Show) 1907 - Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn) 1907 - Paul Maxey, Wheaton Ill, actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice) 1910 - An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race) 1912 - Duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot 1912 - Lightnin' [Sam] Hopkins, Texas, blues stylist (Ball of Twine) 1912 - Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Kapellekensbaan) 1913 - Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof) 1913 - MacDonald Carey, Sioux City Iowa, actor (One Life to Live, Dream Girl) 1915 - David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris) 1915 - Richard Ward, Glenside Pa, actor (Beacon Hill) 1916 - Geert Lubberhuizen, publisher (Busy Bee) 1916 - Harry James, Albany Ga, trumpeter (married to Betty Grable) 1918 - Janet Leach, potter 1918 - Richard Ellmann, US, literary scholar/writer (Oscar Wilde) 1919 - John Gregson, Liverpool England, actor (Gideon CID, Shirley's World) 1919 - Lawrence Tierney, Brooklyn, actor (Abduction, Dillinger) 1920 - Ranganandhan Francis, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56) 1922 - Louis Boon, writer 1923 - George Vogel, race horse trainer 1923 - Laurence A Tisch, NYC, CEO (Loews Corp) 1924 - Juij Bondarew, writer 1924 - Lockrem Johnson, composer 1926 - Benjamin Burwell Johnson, composer 1926 - Norm Van Brocklin, NFL QB/coach (LA Rams), hall of famer 1926 - Tim Valentine, (Rep-D-NC, 1983- ) 1927 - Carl Smith, Maynardville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) 1927 - Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb, architect 1928 - Nicolas Flagello, composer 1929 - Tiezo Matsumura, composer 1932 - Alan Lavern Bean, Wheeler Texas, Capt USN/astronaut (Ap 12, Skylab 3) 1932 - David Alliance, Iran/British textile factory/multi-millionaire 1933 - Cecil Perceval Taylor, composer/jazz pianist (U of Wisconsin) 1933 - Ronald Roseman, composer 1934 - Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar, composer/songwriter 1934 - Wolfgang Hufschmidt, composer 1935 - Jimmy Lee Swaggart, evangelist 1935 - Judd Hirsch, Bronx, actor (Alex-Taxi, Dear John, Ordinary People) 1936 - Donald K Sundquist, (Rep-R-Tennessee, 1983- ) 1938 - **** Higgins, composer 1939 - Robert Nye, writer (Facts of Life & other fiction, 3 Views of Man) 1940 - Phil Lesh, [Chapman], Calif, rock bassist (Grass Roots, Grateful Dead) 1941 - **** Top, Dutch actor/director (Witch of Haarlem) 1941 - Mike Love, Calif, rock saxophonist/vocalist (Beachboys-In My Room) 1942 - Hughie Flint, London England, rock drummer (Bonzo Dog Band) 1943 - Brenda Scott, Cincinnati Oh, actress (Midge-Road West) 1943 - David Cronenberg, Toronto Ontario, director (Shivers, Fly, Brood) 1944 - Chi Cheng, Taiwan, sprinter/80m hurdler (Oly-Bronze-68) 1944 - David Costell, Pitts, rocker (Gary Lewis & the Playboys-Diamond Ring) 1944 - Davld Costell, rocker 1944 - Jacques Doillon director/writer (La Fille de Quinze Ans) 1944 - Ralph MacDonald, rock percussionist (Graceland) 1944 - Sly Stone, Dallas, rocker (Sly & the Family Stone-Everyday People) 1945 - Jrgen Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968) 1945 - Mark J Green, Bkln NY, lawyer/author (Closed Enterprise System) 1945 - Tracy Smith, runner 1946 - Bobby Bond, baseball player (Giants, Yankees, etc) 1946 - David Wall, English ballet dancers/director (Royal Academy of Dancing) 1946 - Howard Scott, San Pedro Cal, rock guitarist/vocalist (War, Cisco Kid) 1947 - David Colley, cricketer (NSW quickie, 3 Tests for Australia 1972) 1947 - Larisa Grigoriyevna Pozharskaya, Russian cosmonaut 1947 - Ry[land] Cooder, LA, blues guitarist (Crossroads) 1947 - Stomu Yamash'ta, composer 1947 - Tomas Pettersson, Sweden, cyclist (Olympic-silver-1968) 1949 - John Duttine, actor (Day of the Triffids) 1953 - Colin Croft, cricketer (West Indian fast bowler 1977-82) 1953 - Judi Spiers, TV presenter 1954 - Craig Wasson, Oregon, actor (Body Double, 4 Friends, Men's Club) 1955 - Dee Snider, Massapequa NY, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It) 1955 - Marcia McCabe, Bryn Mawr Pa, actress (Alicia Grande-1 Live to Live) 1955 - Mohsin Khan, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman late 70s early 80s) 1956 - Clay Matthews, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons) 1957 - Park Overall, Tenn, actress (Laverne-Empty Nest, Mississippi Burning) 1958 - Laura Carrington, actress (Louisa-Alphabet City) 1959 - Eliot Teltscher, Calif, tennis player (US Davis Cup team) 1959 - Harold Baines, Easton MD, outfielder (Chic White Sox, Texas Rangers) 1960 - Donna Smith, Portland Oregon, playmate (March, 1985) 1961 - Craig Ludwig, Rhinelander, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars) 1961 - Fabio [Lanzoni], Italy, romance novels model (Fabio After Dark) 1961 - John Melendez, jockey 1961 - Terry Cummings, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks, Phila 76ers) 1962 - Igor Aleinikov, film Maker 1962 - Jimmy Baio, Bkln, actor (Billy Tate-Soap, Brass, Playing for Keeps) 1962 - Steve Coy, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round) 1962 - Terrence Trent D'Arby, NYC, rock vocalist (Wishing Well) 1963 - Bret Michaels, Harrisburg Pa, guitarist (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me) 1963 - Don Simington, jockey 1963 - Frans Koenn, Dutch rock bassist (Los Lane-Precious) 1964 - Alison Johnson, Tustin CA, WPVA volleyball player (US Open-4th-1993) 1964 - Rockwell, [Kennedy Gordy], Det MI, rock vocalist (Someone Watching Me) 1964 - Ron Hall, NFL tight end (Detroit Lions) 1965 - Marianne Morris, Middletown OH, LPGA golfer (1995 McDonald's LPGA-3rd) 1966 - Chris Bruno, actor (Michael-All My Children, Dennis-Another World) 1966 - Karen Weiss, St Paul MN, LPGA golfer (1995 Chick-fil-A Charity-7th) 1967 - Kirk Scrafford, NFL tackle (SF 49ers) 1968 - John Tardy, US heavy metalist (Obituary, Slowly We Rot) 1968 - Rob Anderson, Kamloops BC, Canadian Tour golfer (BC Amateur-1990, 92) 1968 - Sabrina [Salerno], Genoa Italy, Miss Italy (1984)/singer (Boys) 1969 - Louis Riddick, NFL safety (Cleve Browns, Atlanta Falcons) 1970 - Chris Dalman, NFL guard/center (SF 49ers) 1970 - Diego Nargiso, Naples Italy, tennis pro 1970 - Eric Castle, NFL free safety (SD Chargers) 1970 - Paul Kruse, Merritt, NHL left wing (Calgary Flames) 1971 - Patrick Reidy, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96) 1971 - Reyna Royo, Miss Universe-Panama (1996) 1971 - Robbie Pratt, jockey 1972 - Casey Cristin Mizell, Miss USA-South Carolina (1997) 1972 - David Rhodes, WLAF wide receiver (Rhein Fire) 1972 - Filip Dewulf, Belgium, tennis star 1972 - Oliver Gibson, NFL defensive tackle (Pitts Steelers) 1972 - Steve Danielson, Honolulu, field hockey defender (Olympics-96) 1973 - Franca Fehlauer, Hamburg Germany, golfer (Belgian Intl Jr champ 1991) 1974 - Imad Baba, Humble Tx, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96) 1975 - Cornell Brown, linebacker (Baltimore Ravens) 1976 - Laurent Gras, hockey forward (Team France 1998) 1980 - Deidra Graham, Salt Lake City Utah, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96) 1986 - Tyler Noyes, actor (CJ-One Life to Live) 1989 - Caitlin Wachs, actress (Chloe Waters-Profiler) Famous deaths 0493 - Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies 0752 - Zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22] 0963 - Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25 1034 - Mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies 1673 - Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter (Baroque)/poet/music/actor, dies at 57 1723 - Johann C Gnther, writer, dies at 27 1731 - Adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician, dies at 75 1842 - Maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81 1880 - Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51 1881 - Emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42 1883 - Karol Studzinski, composer, dies at 55 1905 - Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60 1905 - B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norwegian author (Paa St Jírgen), dies at 58 1906 - Alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81 1918 - Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer, dies at 82 1918 - Juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger, composer, dies at 24 1918 - Lili Boulanger, composer, dies at 24 1929 - Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24 1930 - Antonio Beltramelli, writer, dies at 51 1938 - Edmund Tylecote, cricketer (England keeper in 6 Tests 1882-86), dies 1940 - Alfred Marr, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 & 5), dies 1942 - Alexander van Zemlinsky, Aust/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70 1944 - Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86 1945 - Herman B Wiardi Beckman, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies at 41 1954 - Arthur Fickenscher, composer, dies at 82 1962 - Sam Wren, actor (Wren's Nest), dies at 64 1964 - Paul Cavanagh, actor (Black Arrow, Woman in Green), dies at 75 1966 - Abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63 1966 - Heinrich Lemacher, composer, dies at 74 1969 - Miles Malleson, actor/writer (Postman's Knock), dies at 80 1970 - Josef Martin Bauer, writer, dies at 68 1970 - Tarjei Vesaas, Nowegian author/novelist/writer (Isslottet), dies at 72 1971 - Jean-Pierre Monser, Flemish cyclist, dies at 22 1973 - Carl Benton Reid, actor (Burke's Law), dies at 82 1975 - Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler/sportscaster, dies at 49 1975 - Aristotle S Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, dies at 69 1977 - Kamal Joemblat, Lebanese politician, murdered 1983 - Jos Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80 1984 - Tommy Cooper, comedian, collapses & dies on stage 1987 - Sterling W Cole, (Rep-R-NY), dies at 82 1988 - Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian secret-general/top spy for US, executed 1990 - Tom Harmon, NFL tail back (Heisman Trophy), dies at 70 1991 - Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, US jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at 84 1991 - Eileen Sedgwick, silent film actress (Hot Heels), dies at 93 1992 - Helen Deutsch, screenwriter, dies of natural causes 1992 - Jack Washburn, actor (Black Orchid), dies after long illness at 64 1992 - Vanessa Lee, actress (Split), dies at 71 1993 - Anthony Bowles, music writer (Jesus Christ Superstar), dies at 61 1993 - Dennis Gregory, actor (Village of the Damn), dies of pneumonia at 40 1993 - Ricardo M Arias Espinosa, president of Panama (1955-56), dies 1994 - Mae Zetterling, Swedish actress (Night Games), dies at 68 1995 - Carlos Menem Jr, son of Argentine pres, dies at 26 1996 - Helen Chadwick, artist, dies at 42 1996 - Olga Rudge, violinist, dies at 100 1996 - Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, lawyer/diplomat, dies at 89 1997 - Gail Davis, ( Annie Oakley), dies at 72
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On March 16 in history ..
1079 - Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar 1190 - Crusades begin massacre of Jews of York England 1190 - Jews of York England commit mass sucide rather than submit to baptism 1345 - Holy spirit glides above fire: "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend) 1517 - Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen 1521 - Magelhaes' fleet discovers Zamal (Samar) 1521 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines 1527 - Battle at Khanua: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Rajputen 1621 - Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass 1641 - General court declares RI a democracy & adopts new constitution 1660 - English Long Parliament disbands 1690 - French king Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland 1730 - Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe 1731 - Treaty of Vienna: Emperor Charles VI of England & Netherlands 1792 - Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera 1802 - Law signed to establish US Milt Academy (West Point, NY) 1802 - US army Corps of Engineers established (2nd time) 1815 - Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium 1822 - Composer Gioacchino Rossini marries Spanish soprano 1827 - 1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (NYC), begins publishing 1829 - Ohio authorizes high school night classes 1830 - London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard) 1830 - New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) 1833 - Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman grad of a pharmacy college 1834 - HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands 1836 - Texas approves a constitution 1850 - Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published 1861 - Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union 1861 - Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain 1862 - Battle at Pound Gap Kentucky: Confederates separate battles 1865 - Battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities) 1869 - Hiram R Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate 1871 - 1st fertilizer law enacted 1872 - 1st FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton 1876 - Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY) 1877 - Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 v Eng 1881 - Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts 1882 - US Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross 1894 - Jules Massenet's opera "Thas," premieres in Paris 1896 - Premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" 1897 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG) 1900 - AL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in 1900 - Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus 1900 - Chicago, KC, Minn, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleve & Buffalo 1907 - 1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia 1910 - Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona 1911 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ont) 13-4 1912 - Mrs William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Wash DC 1915 - Brit battle cruisers Inflexible & Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle 1915 - Federal Trade Commission organizes 1916 - James Barries' "Kiss for Cinderella," premieres in London 1916 - US & Canada sign migratory bird treaty 1918 - Geoffrey O'Hara's "K-K-K-Katy" song published 1919 - Frank Wedekind's "Elius Erweckung," premieres in Hamburg 1920 - 1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park 1922 - Sultan Fuad I crowned king of Egypt, England recognizes Egypt 1922 - WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions 1923 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Der Unbestechliche," premieres in Vienna 1926 - Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters) 1929 - WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions 1930 - USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a natl shrine 1931 - Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Neth) 1933 - Hitler names Hjalmar Shaft, president of Bank of Germany 1934 - Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act 1935 - Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty 1937 - All but one senior fouls out of a scrimmage game between seniors & sophomores, but he holds on to win the game 35-32 1938 - Nol Coward's musical "Operette," premieres in London 1938 - Temple defeats Colorado to win 1st NIT 1939 - Germany occupies Czechoslovakia 1939 - Hungary annexes republic of Karpato-Ukraine 1939 - NHL record 10 goals in 1 period-NY Rangers (7), NY Americans (3) & a record 26 points in the 3rd period 1940 - German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow 1941 - Blizzard hits North Dakota & Minnesota killing 60 1941 - Dmitri Shostakovitch receives the Stalin Prize 1941 - National Gallery of Art opens in Wash DC 1943 - Elin K (No) & Zaanland (Neth) torpedoed & sinks 1944 - Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death 1945 - Allies secure Iwo Jima 1946 - "Would-Be Gentleman" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 77 performances 1947 - Convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested 1949 - KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1950 - 1st annual National Book Awards 1952 - 1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Runion (world record) 1952 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1953 - AL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St Louis Browns to Baltimore 1955 - Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge 1955 - President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war 1956 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright 1956 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins 1957 - 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young & Loretta Young 1957 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1957 - Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating NY Rangers 14-1 1958 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1959 - Iraq & USSR sign economic/technical treaty 1962 - 1st launching of Titan 2-rocket 1962 - US Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167 1964 - KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1964 - Paul Hornung & Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension 1966 - Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong & Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits 1966 - Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London 1967 - Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down 1968 - My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die 1968 - Robert F Kennedy announces presidential campaign 1969 - "1776" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1217 performances 1969 - Boston Bruins scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period 1969 - Peter Stone & Sherman Edward's "1776," premieres in NYC 1969 - Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155 1970 - New English Bible published 1970 - WNIN TV channel 9 in Evansville, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 - 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win 1971 - KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, TX (IND) suspends broadcasting 1972 - John & Yoko are served with deportation papers 1974 - 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville 1975 - "Lieutenant" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 9 performances 1975 - US Mariner 10 makes 3rd & final fly-by of Mercury 1976 - British premier Harold Wilson resigns 1977 - US president Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland 1978 - Amoco Cadiz spills 223,000 tons of crude oil off French coast 1978 - Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed 1978 - Soyuz 26 returns to Earth 1978 - US Senate accepts Panama Canal treaty 1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 - CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney 1980 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic 1983 - Smallest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Nets-1,814) 1984 - Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut 1984 - South-Africa & Mozambique sign non attack treaty 1985 - Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut 1985 - Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 yrs 1986 - Chris Johnson wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic 1988 - Federal grand jury indicts North & Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair 1988 - North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed 1988 - US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras 1991 - 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash 1991 - Members of Irish Gay & Lesbian Organization march in NYC parade 1991 - NJ Net coach Bill Fitch is 4th coach to win 800 NBA games 1991 - NY Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner (#s are 18-21-32-33-35-38) 1991 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi 1992 - Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball 1994 - Moravcik forms Slovakia government 1994 - Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on Nancy Kerrigan 1995 - Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15 1995 - Manhattan upsets 4th seeded Okla 77-67 1995 - Miss House of Representatives ratifies 13th Amendement-slavery ends 1995 - Mississippi formally abolishes slavery & ratifies 13th Amendment 1995 - World best 7th wkt stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Jr & P Dharmani 1996 - Mike Tyson KOs Frank Bruno in 2nd round 1997 - Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship 1997 - NJ Devils' Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL to score 500 goals 1997 - Stuart Appleby wins Honda Golf Classic 1997 - Toshiba Senior Golf Classic Famous birthdays 1585 - Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) 1609 - Michael Franck, composer 1634 - Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist 1651 - Zaccaria Tevo, composer 1663 - Nicholas Siret, composer 1729 - Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic) 1739 - George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution) 1745 - Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer 1750 - Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer 1751 - James Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17) 1757 - Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen) 1774 - Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia) 1776 - Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs 1787 - Georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law) 1802 - George Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 1806 - Norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner) 1812 - Henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 1814 - Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer 1821 - Ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau) 1822 - John Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 1822 - Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill) 1823 - William Henry Monk, composer 1832 - Charles Camp Doolittle, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteer) 1836 - Andrew S Hallidie, inventor (cable car) 1839 - Ren F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901) 1849 - James E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger 1856 - E Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince 1868 - Maxim Gorki, USSR, playwright (The Lower Depths) [3/28 NS] 1873 - Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit) 1876 - Charles Halton, Wash DC, actor (Dr Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again) 1878 - Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi 1878 - Henry B Walthall, Shelby City AL, actor (Birth of a Nation, Klon****) 1878 - Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], shah of Iran 1884 - Harrison Ford, Kansas City MO, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires) 1885 - Giacomo Benvenuti, composer 1885 - Sydney Chaplin, S Afr, actor (Limelight) 1892 - Csar Vallejo, Peruvian/French poet (Los Heraldos Negros) 1892 - Harrison Ford, actor (Vanity Fair, Love In High Gear) 1893 - Isobel Elsom, actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger) 1896 - Conrad Nagel, Keokuk Iowa, actor (Celebrity Time) 1901 - Walter E Schfer, German playwright 1902 - Lucie Rie, potter 1903 - Mike Mansfield, (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip 1903 - Morgan Conway, actor (**** Tracy) 1903 - Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Revel Estonia, composer (Variaioni Concertanto) 1904 - Clive Morton, London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker) 1906 - Francisco Ayala, writer 1906 - Henny Youngman, London England, comedian (Take my wife please) 1908 - Robert Rossen director/writer (Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo) 1910 - Aladar Gerevich, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1948) 1910 - Andrew Miller-Jones, British TV pioneer 1910 - Iftikhar Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, England & India) 1910 - Martijn Lijnema, boer/resistance fighter (WW II) 1910 - Norman Wooland, Dusseldorf Germany, actor (Hamlet) 1912 - Patricia Nixon, [Thelma Catherine], Ely Nevada, 1st lady (1968-74) 1916 - Lloyd McBride, union president (United Steelworkers) 1918 - Aldo E van Eyck, Dutch architect (City Hall) 1918 - Howard Boatwright, composer 1919 - Erno Kiraly, composer 1920 - John Addison, Surrey England, composer (Tom Jones-Acad Award) 1920 - Leo McKern, Sydney Aust, actor (Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared) 1920 - Percy Mansell, cricketer (leg-spin all-rounder in 13 Tests for S Afr) 1922 - Geoffrey Freeman Allen, railway writer 1922 - Harding Lemay, North Bangor NY, headwriter (Another World) 1923 - George Bean, cricketer (92 runs in 3 Tests for Eng v Aust) 1925 - Cornell Borchers, Germany, actress (Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul) 1926 - Jerry Lewis, [Levitch], comedian/fund raiser (MDA), loved in France 1927 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, US ambassador to UN/(Sen-D-NY, 1977- ) 1927 - Karlheinz Boehm, Germany, actor (Face of Fear, Peeping Tom, Unnatural) 1927 - Olga San Juan, NYC, actress (Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus) 1927 - Vladimir M Komarov, Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (Voshkod I Soyuz 1) 1928 - Christa Ludwig, Berlin Germany, soprano (Vienna State Opera) 1928 - Ramon Barce, composer 1929 - Edwin London, composer 1930 - Minoru Miky, composer 1931 - Betty Johnson, Guilford County NC, singer (Jack Paar Show, I Dreamed) 1931 - Don Richard Carpenter, novelist 1932 - Ronnie Walter Cunningham, Creston Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut (Apollo 7) 1933 - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, justice (US Supreme Court) 1936 - Thelma Hopkins, England, high jumper (Oly-silver-1956) 1937 - Constanca Capdeville, composer 1937 - David Del Tredici, Cloverdale California, composer (1980 Pulitzer) 1940 - Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma Italy, director (Last Tango in Paris) 1940 - Chuck Woolery, Ky, TV game show host (Love Connection) 1940 - Jan P Pronk, Dutch politician (PvdA) 1940 - Jan Schaefer, Dutch asst secretary of state (PvdA) 1945 - Brries von Mnchhausen, writer, dies 1946 - Erik Estrada, NYC, actor (CHiPs, Cross & Switchblade, Lightblast) 1948 - Margaret [Edith] Weis, US, sci-fi author (Dragons of Spring Dawning) 1948 - Michael Bruce, rocker/actor (Rudy-Rainbow Drive) 1949 - Bertha Knox Gilkey, welfare & tenament rights for urban women 1949 - Elliott Murphy, US singer/songwriter 1949 - Victor Garber, Montral Qubec, actor (Days & Nights of Molly Dodd) 1951 - Kate Nelligan, London Ontario, actress (Bethune, Eye of the Needle) 1951 - Ray Benson, Phila Pa, country singer (House of Blue Lights) 1951 - Ritchie Teeter, rocker 1954 - Dav Whatmore, cricketer (Colombo Aust bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995-) 1954 - Hollis Stacy, Savannah Ga, LPGA golfer (US Open 1977, 78) 1954 - Jimmy Nail, singer/actor (Evita, Spender, Howling II) 1954 - Nancy Wilson, SF, rock guitarist (Heart-Never, What about Love) 1955 - Isabelle Huppert, Paris France, actress (Cactus, Heaven's Gate) 1956 - Ozzie Newsome, NFL tight end (Cleve Browns) 1957 - Pearl Moore, WBL guard (NY Stars) 1959 - Michael J Bloomfield, Flint Mich, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 86) 1959 - Stan Thorn, Kenosha Wisc, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South) 1961 - Mel Gray, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (Houston/Tennessee Oilers) 1962 - Marcel Brands, soccer player (RKC) 1963 - Phung Vuong, Saigon Vietnam, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 1965 - Cindy Brown, US, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1988) 1966 - Brad Bergen, PA Sask, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998) 1966 - Catarina Pollini, WNBA forward (Houston Comets) 1966 - David Nascimento, soccer player (Roda JC/FC Utrecht) 1966 - Rodney Peete, NFL quarterback (Phila Eagles) 1967 - Dan Owens, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions) 1967 - John Mangum, NFL safety (Chic Bears) 1968 - Jason van Blerk, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles) 1969 - Ottis Gibson, cricketer (Barbados fast bowler, WI 1995) 1969 - Pat Harlow, NFL tackle (NE Patriots, Oakland Raiders) 1969 - Steve Israel, NFL cornerback (SF 49ers, New England Patriots) 1970 - Kelli James, Medford NJ, field hockey forward (Olympics-96) 1970 - Tammi Terrell, rocker (Ain't No Mountain High Enough) 1971 - Brett Carolan, NFL tight end (SF 49ers) 1971 - Eric Ravotti, NFL linebacker (Pitts Steelers) 1973 - Bert Zuurman, soccer player (SC Heerenveen) 1974 - Heath Streak, cricketer (Zimbabwean pace bowler 1993-) 1974 - Lamont Burns, guard (NY Jets) 1976 - Michelle Rae Collie, Miss Universe-Bahamas (1996) 1991 - Wolfgang Van Halen, son of Eddie Van Halan & Valerie Bertinelli Famous deaths 0037 - Tiberius Claudius Nero, emperor of Rome (14-37), dies at 77 1072 - Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies 1536 - Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 1629 - Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59 1736 - Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26 1738 - Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72 1804 - Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75 1806 - Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74 1819 - Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73 1838 - Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 1841 - Flix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49 1843 - Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 1867 - Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33 1878 - William Banting, English undertaker, dies 1881 - Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 1882 - Charles R Darwin, English naturalist (Origin of species), dies at 73 1887 - Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 1898 - Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 1909 - George Thorn**** Angell, lawyer (ASPCA), dies at 85 1910 - Eduard FW Pflger, German physiologist, dies at 80 1914 - Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55 1914 - John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies 1919 - Sigurd von Koch, composer, dies at 39 1930 - Miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Sp dictator (1923-30), dies at 60 1933 - Alfred Her, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 47 1935 - John J R Macleod, Scot/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), dies at 58 1937 - J Austen Chamberlain, English Min of For affairs (Nobel), dies at 73 1938 - Egon Friedell, writer, dies 1940 - Selma O Lagerlf, Swed author (Nils Holgersson, Nobel-09), dies at 81 1941 - John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73 1942 - Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69 1945 - Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52 1946 - Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61 1955 - Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75 1956 - Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77 1957 - Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian MP (communist), dies at 67 1958 - Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65 1959 - John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111 1962 - John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85 1964 - Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80 1967 - James Friskin, composer, dies at 80 1968 - Bengt Gunnar Ekelf, Swedish poet (Nun Serviam), dies at 60 1968 - June Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60 1968 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer, dies at 72 1970 - Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61 1970 - Tammi Terrell, singer (You're All I Need), dies of brain tumor at 24 1971 - Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70 1971 - Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, cricketer (Vict & Aust), dies 1971 - Thomas E Dewey, US president candidate (R 1944, 48), dies at 68 1972 - Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72 1973 - Carl Benton Reid, actor (Trap, Underwater City), dies at 79 1973 - M Revis, [Willem Fisherman), author (People that Mutiny), dies at 68 1975 - T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64 1978 - Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists 1979 - Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90 1983 - Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79 1985 - B V A Rling, Dutch lawyer (WW II Tokyo trials), dies at 78 1985 - Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88 1987 - Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71 1988 - Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88 1990 - Ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91 1991 - 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash 1991 - Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at 85 1991 - Wim van den Brink, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit, Red Sien), dies 1992 - Renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies 1993 - Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86 1993 - Djilalli Lyabs, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered 1993 - Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87 1993 - Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Arialda), dies at 69 1993 - Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered 1995 - Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95 1995 - Clan Fraser of Lovat, soldier/Landowner, dies at 83 1995 - Lord Lovat, [Shimi], Scottish landowner, dies at 83 1995 - Sydney Simone, band leader, dies at 80 1996 - Joseph Lee Pope, singer, dies at 62 1996 - Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's bookshop), dies at 104 1996 - Peter Clemoes, Anglo-Saxon scholar, dies at 76
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On March 17 in history ..
0432 - St Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a slave 0455 - Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor 1190 - Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Philippines 1521 - Magelhaes lands on Homohon 1526 - French king Franois I freed from Spain 1537 - French troops invade Flanders 1580 - Prince Willem of Orange welcomed in Amsterdam 1658 - Pro-Charles II plot in England discovered 1672 - England declares war on Netherlands 1722 - Willem KH Friso appointed mayor of Drente 1753 - 1st official St Patrick's Day 1755 - Transylvania Land Co buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief 1756 - St Patrick's Day 1st celebrated in NYC at Crown & Thistle Tavern 1757 - Prince Mas Sad of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java 1762 - 1st St Patrick's Day parade in NYC 1766 - Britain repeals Stamp Act 1776 - British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War 1800 - English warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die 1804 - Johann von Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell," premieres 1824 - England & Netherlands sign a trade agreement 1833 - Phoenix Society forms (NY) 1836 - Texas abolishes slavery 1842 - Indians land in Ohio, a 12ý-mile area in Upper Sandusky 1845 - Bristol man, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour 1845 - Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London 1847 - "Macbeth" opera premieres in Florence 1854 - 1st park land purchased by a US city, Worcester, Mass 1860 - Japanese embassy arrives aboard Candinmarruh [sic] 1861 - Italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed 1863 - Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA (211 casualities) 1868 - Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued 1870 - Mass legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary 1871 - National Association of Professional Base-Ball players organized 1876 - 1st record high jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks) 1876 - Gen Crook destroy Cheyennes & Oglala-Sioux indian camps 1877 - Bill Midwinter completes Test Crickets' 1st 5-wkt haul, 5-78 v Eng 1884 - John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, Calif 1886 - Carrollton Massacre, (Mississippi) 20 blacks killed 1891 - British Steamer "Utopia" sinks off Gibraltar killing 574 1894 - US & China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering US 1897 - Bob Fitzsimmons KOs James J Corbett in 14 for heavyweight boxing title 1898 - 1st practical submarine 1st submerges, NYC (for 1 hour 40 minutes) 1899 - Windsor luxury hotel in NYC catches fire, 92 die 1900 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2 1901 - Free thinking-Democratic Union forms in Netherlands 1902 - Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA beat Winnipeg Victorias, 2 games to 1 1905 - Eleanor Roosevelt marries FDR in NY 1906 - Pres Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckrake" 1906 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Ottawa Silver 7, although both winning a game, Montreal outscores Ottawa 12-10 1908 - Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Burns KOs Roche in 88 seconds) 1908 - Tommy Burns KOs Jem Roche in 1 for heavyweight boxing title 1910 - DHC soccer team forms in Delft Neth 1912 - Camp Fire Girls organization announced by Mrs Luther Halsey Gulick 1917 - 1st exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in St Louis 1917 - Tsar Nicolas II of Russia abdicates the throne [NS] 1918 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Rosemary Beresford 1918 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles 1919 - Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hr day & minimum wages 1921 - Dr Marie Stopes opens Britain's 1st birth control clinic (London) 1921 - Lenin proclaims New Economic Politics 1921 - Sailors revolt in Kronstadt (thousands die) 1924 - Eugene O'Neill's "Welded," premieres in NYC 1924 - Netherlands & USSR begin talks over USSR recognition 1924 - Sweden & USSR exchange diplomats 1926 - Dutch Calvinists oust Rev J G Geelkerken over Genesis 3 1926 - Richard Rodgers & L Hart's musical "Girl Friend," premieres in NYC 1926 - Spain & Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations 1927 - US govt doesn't sign league of Nations disarmament treaty 1929 - General Motors acquires German auto manufacturer Adam Opel 1929 - Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid 1931 - Stalin throws Krupskaya Lenin out of Central Committee 1932 - German police raid Hitler's nazi-headquarter 1934 - Dollfuss, Mussolini & Gmbs sign Donau Pact (protocols of Rome) 1935 - KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa call sign is given to KWCR 1941 - National Gallery of Art, Wash DC opens 1942 - Belzec Concentration Camp opens-30,000 Lublin Polish Jews transported 1942 - Gen Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander 1943 - Aldemarin (Ned) & Fort Cedar Lake (US) torpedoed & sinks 1943 - F Hugh Herbert's "Kiss & Tell," premieres in NYC 1944 - Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke 1945 - Allied ships bomb North-Sumatra 1950 - Belgian govt of Eyskens resigns 1950 - Element 98 (Californium) announced 1951 - Govt of Drees takes power 1951 - Test Cricket debut of Brian Statham, England v NZ Christchurch 1953 - Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St Louis Browns for $2,475M 1953 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1953 - WBAY TV channel 2 in Green Bay, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 - WWLP TV channel 22 in Springfield, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montral 1956 - 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show & Lucy Ball 1957 - Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted 1957 - Ramon Magsaysay, president of Philipines dies in a plane crash 1958 - Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd US), measures Earth shape 1959 - Australia & USSR restore diplomatic relations 1959 - Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India 1960 - Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA 1960 - WSLA (now WAKA) TV channel 8 in Selma, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1961 - NY DA arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players 1961 - South Africa leaves British Commonwealth 1963 - Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game 1963 - Elizabeth Ann Seton of NY beatified (canonized in 1975) 1963 - Eruptions of Mount Agung Bali, kills 1,900 Balinese 1965 - Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help) 1966 - South Africa govt bans Defense & Aid Fund 1966 - US sub locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean 1968 - 2-tiered gold price negotiated in Wash DC by US & 6 European nations 1968 - Kathie Whitworth wins LPGA St Petersburg Orange Blossom Golf Open 1969 - Golda Meir becomes Israel's 4th PM 1969 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Open 1970 - Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of LA Dodgers 1970 - US casts their 1st UN Security Council veto (Support England) 1972 - Ringo releases "Back off Bugaloo" in UK 1973 - Queen Elizabeth II opens new London Bridge 1973 - St Patrick Day marchers carry 14 coffins commemorating Bloody Sunday 1974 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Bing Crosby Golf Classic International 1975 - Valeri Muratov skates world record 1000m (1:16.92) 1976 - Malikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.76) 1976 - Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1977 - Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877 1978 - Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 1.6 mil gallons of oil off French coast 1978 - Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre," premieres in Stockholm 1978 - Reds don green uniforms for St Patricks Day 1979 - Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk & G Karponosov USSR 1979 - Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Tai Babilonia & R Gardner USA 1979 - Men's Figure Skating Champ in Vienna won by Vladimir Kovalev (USSR) 1979 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Vienna won by Linda Fratianne 1981 - FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms 1982 - 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador 1983 - 70th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy 1983 - 9th People's Choice Awards 1985 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1985 - Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623' 1986 - Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million BF 1987 - IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3 1987 - Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak 1988 - "Les Miserables," opens at Det Norske Teatret, Oslo 1988 - Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115 1988 - Iran says Iraq uses poison gas 1989 - "Chu Chem" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 44 performances 1989 - Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St Patrick Day Parade 1990 - PBA National Championship Won by Jim Pencak 1991 - 9 of 15 Soviet reps officially approve new union treaty 1991 - Irish Lesbians & Gays march in St Patrick Day parade 1991 - John Robin Baitz' "Substance of Fire," premieres in NYC 1991 - NJ raises turnpike tolls 70% 1991 - Penny Hammel wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International 1992 - "Death & the Maiden" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 159 perfs 1992 - 18th People's Choice Awards: Garth Brooks & Reba McEntire 1992 - 28 killed in truck bombing of Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Arg 1992 - De Klerk wins a white only referendum 1992 - Islamic Jihad truck bombs Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires killing 29 1992 - Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit 1993 - 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta 1994 - "Little More Magic" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 30 performances 1994 - Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan (32 killed) 1994 - It is announced there is no smoking in Cleve Indians new ballpark 1995 - British hits 2.4545 to Dutch guilder (record) 1995 - Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House 1995 - USt approves 1st chicken pox vaccine, Varivax by Merck & Co 1996 - "Bus Stop" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 29 performances 1996 - "Getting Away With Murder" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 17 perfs 1996 - Aravinda De Silva gets 107* & 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory 1996 - Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship 1996 - Mike Tyson beat Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain Heavyweight title 1996 - Montreal Canadian's 1st game in their new arena 1996 - Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup 1997 - CNN begins spanish broadcasts 1998 - USA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for 1st Olympic Gold medal Famous birthdays 1473 - James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513) 1578 - Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension) 1628 - Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian 1664 - Georg Osterreich, composer 1675 - Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer 1685 - Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter 1746 - Jan David Holland, composer 1777 - Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec) 1780 - Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47) 1781 - Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies 1787 - George Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law) 1789 - Edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock) 1804 - James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance 1820 - Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 1825 - Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain) 1826 - Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Vlkerkunder) 1828 - Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army) 1832 - Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine) 1832 - Walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 1834 - Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle 1839 - Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser) 1846 - Kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window) 1848 - Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer 1872 - Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902) 1873 - Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31) 1873 - Margaret Bondfield, Brit Labour leader/1st woman cabinet member 1874 - Kincsem, horse that never lost a race 1874 - Stephen Samuel Wise, US, pres of Zionist Org of America 1876 - Frederic Ayers, composer 1877 - Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (People/Nutcracker) 1880 - Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer 1881 - Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Less bror Harris) 1887 - Ben Sajet, Dutch physician/politician 1888 - Frank Buck, actor (Africa Screams, Tiger Queen, Tiger Fangs) 1890 - Harold Morris, composer 1892 - Sayed Darwish, composer 1894 - Paul Green, US, novelist/playwright (In Abraham's Bosom) 1895 - Shemp Howard, Bkln, comedian (3 Stooges, Bank ****) [or 1891] 1899 - Gloria Swanson, Chicago IL, actress (Sadie Thompson, Killer Bees) [OS] 1900 - Alfred Newman, New Haven, composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing) 1901 - Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (Nobel 1974) 1902 - Bobby Jones Jr, Atlanta Georgia, PGA golfer (Grand Slam 1930) 1906 - Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], Berlin, actr (Gloria, Gold) 1906 - Michael O'Shea, Hartford Ct, actor (Denny-It's a Great Life) 1906 - Tamara Geva, dancer 1907 - Jan M J van Houtte, premier Belgium (1952-54) 1908 - Boris N Poveloi, [Kampov], Russian journalist/writer [OS=Mar 4] 1908 - Radie Britain, composer 1909 - Patrick Reilly, British diplomat 1910 - Bayard Rustin, civil rights leader 1911 - Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer 1914 - Sammy Baugh, Texas, NFL hall of famer QB (Wash Redskins) 1915 - Hans Namuth, German/US photographer (Todos Santos, Guatemala) 1915 - William Roycroft, Austria, equestrian 3 day (Olympic-bronze-1976) 1917 - Arthur Basil Cotle, medievalist 1917 - Brian Boydell, composer 1918 - D Arendo, [Arend Honhoff], Dutch pianist/composer (Eleonora) 1918 - Mercedes McCambridge, Joliet Ill, actress (All the King's Men) 1918 - Wilhelmus M J Russell, Dutch attorney/Member of 1st chamber (KVP/CDA) 1919 - Hank Sauer, baseball player (NL MVP 1952) 1919 - Nat "King" Cole, Montgomery Ala, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa) 1920 - John La Montaine, Oak Park Ill, composer (Pulitzer 1959) 1921 - Mick Harvey, cricketer (in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire) 1922 - Megan Bull, British head mistress (Holloway Jail) 1923 - Margaret Bondfield, 1st woman chairman (Trades Union Congress) 1924 - Stephen Dodgson, composer 1925 - G M Hughes, British zoologist 1925 - Jerome Lejeune, physiologist 1926 - Siegfried Lenz, German writer (Ein Kriegsende) 1927 - Kenneth S Goldstein, folklorist/enthomusicologist 1927 - Maurice Ingvar Karkoff, composer 1927 - Nancy Sheehan, writer 1927 - Patrick Allen, Malawi, actor (Roman Holiday, Dial "M" for Murder) 1927 - Sulkhan Ivanovich Nasidze, composer 1928 - Edino Krieger, composer 1930 - James Benson Irwin, Pittsburgh Penn, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15) 1931 - Eunice Gayson, London England, actress (Dr No, From Russia With Love) 1932 - **** Curless, singer/songwriter 1934 - Erhard Grosskopf, composer 1934 - Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar 1935 - Adam Wade, Pitts Pa, singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn) 1935 - H Wollschlger, writer 1936 - Ladislaw Kupkovic, composer 1936 - Thomas K Mattingly II, Chic, Capt USN/astro (Apollo 16, STS-4, 51C) 1937 - Adam Wade, actor (Kiss Me Goodbye, Crazy Joe) 1937 - Galina Samsova, ballerina 1938 - Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer/choreographer (Kirov) 1939 - Shahid Mahmoud, cricketer (opener scored 16 & 9 in only Pak Test) 1940 - Vito Picone, rocker (Elegants) 1941 - Clarence Collins, US singer (Imperials-Tears on my pillow) 1941 - Edward Harper, composer 1942 - John Wayne Gacy, Chicago Ill, serial killer (32 boys) 1942 - Sidney K Barthelmy, US politician(?) 1943 - Don Mitchell, Houston Tx, actor (Mark-Ironside) 1944 - Cito Gaston, MLB manager (Toronto Blue Jays) 1944 - Danny DeVito, Neptune NJ, actor (Louie-Taxi, Twins) 1944 - John Sebastian, NYC, singer (Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter) 1944 - Pat McCauley, N Ireland, rock drummer (Them) 1944 - Patti Boyd, Somerset England, (Mrs George Harrison/Mrs Eric Clapton) 1945 - Paco Gonzalez, race horse trainer 1946 - Harold Brown, Long Beach Ca, rock drummer (War-Summer, Galaxy) 1946 - Michael Peter Finnissey, composer 1947 - Ian Gomm, rock guitarist 1948 - Fran Byrne, rocker 1948 - Pat Lloyd, rocker 1948 - Robert Braunwart, who added thousands of dates to this database 1948 - William [Ford] Gibson, Canada, sci-fi author (Neuromancer, Count Zero) 1949 - Patrick Duffy, Townsend Mont, actor (Bobby-Dallas, Man from Atlantis) 1951 - Kurt Russell, Springfeild Mass, actor (Thing, Overboard, Mean Seasons) 1951 - Scott Gorham, Irish hard rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-21 Guns) 1954 - Lesley-Anne Down, London, actress (A Little Night Music, Moonraker) 1954 - Rena Jones, rock vocalist 1954 - Wally Stocker, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Babys-Missing You) 1955 - Bill Beyers, actor (Wally McCandless-Capitol) 1955 - Cynthia McKinney, (Rep-D-Georgia) 1955 - Gary Sinise, actor (Apollo 13, Forrest Gump) 1955 - Paul Overstreet, Van Cleave Miss, country singer (Daddy's Come Around) 1956 - Will Rigby, rock percussionist (Amy Rigby Diary of a Mad Housewife) 1957 - Robin Cousins, England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1980) 1959 - Brian Douglas Jones, Auckland NZ, tornado class yachter (Olympics-96) 1959 - Danny Ainge, NBA coach (Phoenix Suns) 1959 - Mike Lindup, British rock keyboardist/singer (Level 42-Hot Water) 1959 - Terry Hall (Specials, Fun Boy 3) 1960 - Lee Ann Michelle, Surrey England, playmate (Feb, 1979) 1960 - Vicki Lewis, Cincinnati, actress (Beth-Newsradio) 1961 - Casey Siemaszko, Chicago IL, actor (Biloxi Blues, 3 O'Clock High) 1962 - Clare Grogan, rocker (Altered Images-Happy Birthday) 1962 - Janet Patricia Gardner, Juneau Alaska, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up) 1962 - Patrick Thomas Burke, Hollywood FL, PGA golfer (1992 BellSouth-6th) 1962 - Roxy Dora Petrucci, Rochester Minn, rock drummer (Vixen-Rev It Up) 1963 - Rebeca Arthur, actress (Mary Anne-Perf Strangers, Opposites Attract) 1963 - Roger Harper, cricketer (Guyana & WI off-spinner Extraordinary field) 1964 - Alex Shoumidoub, NHL goaltender (Belarus, Oly-98) 1964 - Don Griffin, NFL cornerback (Cleve Browns) 1964 - Rob Lowe, Charlottesville Va, actor (St Elmo's Fire, Hotel NH, Class) 1964 - Ron Warren Jr, jockey (Bay Meadows) 1965 - Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player 1965 - Caitlin Bilodeaux, Boston Mass, US fencer (Olympic-92) 1965 - John Smiley, Phoenixville PA, pitcher (Cin Reds) 1966 - Andrew Hudson, cricketer (South Africa, 163 on debut vs WI 1992) 1967 - Chris Luongo, Detroit, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders) 1967 - Kim Cathrein, Salinas CA, LPGA golfer (1994 Rochester Intl-24th) 1967 - Melissa Allen, Port OR, WPVA volleyballer (Reebok National-13th-1994) 1967 - Van Conner, rocker (Screaming Trees) 1968 - Judy Mosley McAfee, WNBA forward (Sacramento Monarchs) 1968 - Tyrone Hill, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers) 1969 - Andrew McMarlin, Vienna VA, rower (Olympics-1996) 1969 - Domenic "Filane" Figliomeni, Terrace Bay Ontario, boxer (Olympics-96) 1969 - Gilbert Schaller, Bruck Austria, tennis star 1970 - Shannan Mitchem, Decatur GA, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets) 1971 - Katrina Colleton, WNBA guard/forward (LA Sparks) 1971 - Tommy Thigpen, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons) 1972 - Mia Hamm, Selma Alabama, soccer forward (Olympics-96) 1973 - Amelia Weatherly, actress (Stephanie Brewster-Loving/The City) 1973 - Jerome Woods, safety (KC Chiefs) 1974 - Eric Lane, running back (NY Giants) 1974 - John Hall, kicker (NY Jets) 1976 - Stephen Gately, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone) 1977 - Hadeel Abol-Naga, Miss Universe-Egypt (1996) 1977 - Iveta Jankularova, Miss Universe-Slovak Republic (1996) Famous deaths 0180 - Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58 0461 - St Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend) 0659 - Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32 1040 - Harold, British King (1035-40), dies 1516 - Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37 1565 - Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], theologist/physician, dies at 64 1588 - Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies 1605 - Pieter Bast, [Bastius], Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34 1640 - Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies 1649 - Gerardus Johannis Vossius, [Gerrit Vos], Dutch regent, dies at 71 1653 - Johan van Galen, admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48 1680 - Franois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer, dies 1704 - Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63 1764 - George Parker, English astronomer, dies 1796 - Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41 1801 - Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer, dies at 64 1803 - Candido Jose Ruano, composer, dies at 42 1806 - David Dale, industrialist & philanthropist, dies 1846 - F W Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies 1846 - Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies at 61 1849 - Willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands (1840-49), dies at 56 1853 - Christian Doppler, physicist, dies 1855 - Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65 1857 - Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42 1861 - Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56 1862 - Fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62 1863 - John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 1864 - Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53 1889 - Joseph A Alberdingk Thijm, [Pauwels Foreestier], poet, dies at 68 1891 - Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68 1898 - Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington 1901 - Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde Test), dies at 69 1902 - George William Warren, composer, dies at 73 1906 - Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82 1910 - Joaquin Valverde, composer, dies at 64 1915 - Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69 1927 - James Scott Skinner, composer, dies at 83 1933 - Ferdinand Von Alten, actor (Champagne), dies at 48 1941 - Isaak E Babel, writer, dies at 46 1941 - Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, Rus writer (Crvena Konjica), executed at 46 1941 - Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle 1949 - Felix Bressart, actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at 54 1953 - Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer, dies at 73 1954 - Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88 1956 - Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61 1959 - Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday 1961 - Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101 1962 - Frank Orth, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at 82 1963 - William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91 1965 - Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (U of Chic), dies in Calif at 102 1965 - Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI), dies at 62 1966 - Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69 1967 - Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67 1967 - Richard Reeves, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel), dies at 54 1970 - Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83 1971 - Ernst Bachmeister, writer, dies 1972 - Manny Martindale, cricketer (10 Tests for WI, 34 wickets), dies 1973 - Geertruida M W "Truus" Bakker, Dutch actress (2 Orphans), dies at 81 1974 - Carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at 72 1974 - Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73 1976 - Luchino Visconti di Modrone, It director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at 69 1978 - George Dickinson, cricketer (8 wickets in 3 Tests for NZ), dies 1979 - Merv Inverarity, cricketer (father of John WA player 1925-40), dies 1980 - Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68 1982 - Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador 1982 - Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador 1982 - Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador 1982 - Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador 1985 - Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies 1986 - Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49 1988 - Reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies 1989 - Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29 1990 - Capucine, actress (Lion, Red Sun, Fellini Satyricon), dies at 55 1990 - Germaine Capucine, actress (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 57 1990 - Mar¡ Mej¡a, Guatemalian feminist, murdered 1990 - Rick Grech, rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44 1992 - Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69 1992 - George Lovi, US columnist (Sky & Telescope's "Ramblings"), dies 1992 - Grace Stafford Lantz, cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87 1992 - Jack Arnold, actor/dir (Sid Caeser Special, Emmy 1967), dies at 75 1993 - Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92 1993 - Laadi Flici, Algerian MP, murdered 1993 - Skip Young, actor (Smokey & Hotwire Gang), dies at 62 1994 - Arthur C Jacobs, poet, dies at 57 1994 - Harold Myers, film journalist, dies at 81 1994 - Mai Zetterling, actress (Night is My Future), dies of cancer at 68 1994 - Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79 1995 - Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48 1995 - Donald Baverstock, television Producer, dies at 71 1995 - Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director (Weevers' Duin), dies at 56 1995 - Rick Aviles, US comic/actor (Ghost), dies of AIDS 1995 - Ronnie Kray, English gangster (The Firm), dies at 61 1995 - Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87 1996 - Bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist, dies at 83 1996 - Kenneth Jameson, art educationalist, dies at 83 1996 - Rene Clement, film director, dies at 83 1996 - Thomas Enders, diplomat, dies at 64 1997 - Gail Davis, actress (Annie Oakley), dies at 71
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On March 18 in history ..
0417 - St Zosimus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 0731 - St Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1123 - 1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1167 - Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians 1190 - Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmonds England 1229 - German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem 1438 - Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Germany 1509 - Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands 1532 - English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome 1541 - Hernan de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R) 1582 - Prince Willem of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp 1583 - Dutch States General & Anjou sign treaty 1673 - Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers 1754 - Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier 1766 - Britain repeals the Stamp Act 1773 - Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London 1793 - 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France 1810 - "Converse," 1st US opera, premieres in NY 1813 - David Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas 1818 - Congress approves 1st pensions for government service 1834 - 1st railroad tunnel in US completed, in Penn (275 m long) 1835 - Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass 1847 - 1st Dutch public telegram 1850 - Henry Wells & William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo 1858 - Dutch Van der Brugghen govt resigns 1859 - Vera Cruz besieged by Miram¢n (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform 1864 - Dale **** on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240 1865 - Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, AL 1865 - Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time 1870 - 1st US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland Calif) 1871 - Communards revolt in Paris 1877 - President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Wash DC 1881 - Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG) 1890 - 1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts) 1891 - Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone 1892 - Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup) 1895 - 200 blacks leave Savannah, Ga for Liberia 1899 - Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering 1900 - Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms 1902 - Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record 1902 - Schnberg's "Verklrte Nacht," premieres in Vienna 1904 - 1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)" 1909 - Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast 1910 - 1st opera by an US composer (Converse) performed at the Met, NYC 1911 - North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law 1914 - White Wolf gang beats govt army in Jingdezhen China 1915 - Failed British attack in Dardanelles 1915 - French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed 1918 - Soccer team SON OF Meerssen forms 1918 - Socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam 1919 - Order of DeMolay forms in Kansas City 1920 - Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar 1921 - 2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged 1921 - Steamer "Hong Koh" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000 1922 - 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale) 1922 - Brit magistrates in India sentence Gandhi to 6 years for disobedience 1922 - Mohandas K Gandhi sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment 1922 - WBT-AM in Charlotte NC begins radio transmissions 1925 - (8) 60-MPH tornadoes speed Mo, In, Il, Ky, & Tn kills 689 1929 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' "The new Babylon," premieres in Leningrad 1930 - Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game 1931 - 1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick) 1931 - Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain 1933 - Radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission 1933 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1933 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner 1937 - Gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die 1938 - Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties 1938 - NY 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women 1938 - Pres Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US & British oil companies 1940 - Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France & Britain 1942 - Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters 1942 - 2 black players, Jackie Robinson & Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out 1943 - James Oglethorpe (US) & Terkolei (Neth), torpedoed & sinks 1943 - Red Army evacuates Belgorod 1944 - Nazi Germany occupies Hungary 1944 - 2,500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago Illinois dept store 1945 - 1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin 1945 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals 1945 - US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu 1948 - France & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels 1948 - Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting 1949 - NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified 1949 - WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1950 - "Touch & Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances 1950 - CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship 1951 - Pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1952 - 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Phila) 1952 - Communist offensive in Korea 1953 - 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68 1953 - Boston Braves move to Milwaukee 1953 - Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die 1953 - KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 - NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903) 1955 - I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan 1957 - WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins 1958 - Dodgers announces mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958 1959 - Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws 1959 - President Dwight D Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill 1961 - Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced 1962 - Algerian War ends after 7« yrs (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees 1962 - Dmitri Shostakovitch becomes member of Supreme Soviet of USSR 1963 - "Tovarich" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 264 performances 1963 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1963 - Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers 1963 - WGSF TV channel 31 in Newark, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 - "Do I Hear a Waltz?" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 220 performances 1965 - Rolling Stones fined 5 each for public urination 1965 - USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 mins) 1966 - "Pousse Cafe" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 3 performances 1966 - General Suharto forms government in Indonesia 1966 - Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1 1967 - Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1 1967 - Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock & spills oil 1968 - Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve 1968 - WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 - WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 - "Come Summer" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 7 performances 1970 - -25) US Postal begins strike 1970 - Cambodia military coup under Gen Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees 1970 - KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, TX (ABC) suspends broadcasting 1970 - Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike 1970 - NFL selects Wilson as official football & scoreboard as official time 1971 - 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru 1972 - AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48 1972 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC 1972 - Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston U) 1972 - Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game 1973 - "Seesaw" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 296 performances 1973 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic 1974 - Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US 1975 - Kurds end fight against Iraqi army 1977 - Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot" 1977 - US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia 1977 - Vietnam hands over MIA to US 1978 - 250,000 attend rock concert Calif Jam II in Ontario Calif 1978 - Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death 1979 - "On the 20th Century" closes at St James Theater NYC after 460 perfs 1979 - Battles between Kurds & Iranians break in Sananday Iran 1979 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic 1980 - Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50 1981 - Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto) 1982 - Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident 1984 - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Tucson Conquistadores Golf Open 1985 - Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC 1985 - Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays & Mickey Mantle 1986 - Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Qld 1986 - Treasury Dept announces plans to alter paper money 1987 - Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica & Matthew) 1987 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1989 - 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth 1989 - California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios 1989 - Dino Ciccarelli sets Wash Cap record of 7 pts in a game 1989 - Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen 1990 - 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists 1990 - 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends 1990 - A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch 1990 - Biggest US art robbery, $100's millions at Gardner Museum, Boston 1990 - Colleen Walker wins Circle K Tucson LPGA Golf Open 1991 - Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell 1991 - Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round 1991 - Phila '76ers retires Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey 1991 - Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games 1992 - "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 38 perf 1992 - Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame 1992 - Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion 1992 - Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury 1993 - "Sisters Rosensweig" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 556 perfs 1993 - Amsterdam stock exchange hits record 12.2 billion 1993 - Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC 1993 - Sri Lanka beat England in Test match by 5 wickets 1994 - South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police 1994 - Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), lands 1994 - Zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy 1995 - Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement 1995 - STS 67 (Endeavour 8) lands after 16« days 1995 - Spanish princess Elena (31) weds Jaime de Marichalar y Saenez Tejada 1996 - 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96 1997 - Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die Famous birthdays 1380 - Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint 1548 - Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet 1556 - Franois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant 1578 - Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized 1609 - Frederick III, King of Denmark & Norway (1648-70); absolutist 1644 - Gottfried Wegner, composer 1657 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer 1690 - Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position) 1734 - Joseph Schmitt, composer 1756 - Johann Christoph Vogel, composer 1765 - David H Chass, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo) 1781 - Gustave Vogt, composer 1782 - John Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32) 1809 - Gabriel de la Concepci¢n Valds, [Placido], Cuban poet 1813 - Friedrich Hebbel, writer 1829 - William Robertson Boggs, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911 1830 - Numa D Fustel de Coulanges, French historian/sociologist 1837 - Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97) 1838 - Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter 1838 - Randal Cremer, Britain, trade unionist, pacifist (Nobel 1903) 1839 - Francis Fessenden, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 1843 - Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899) 1844 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade) 1848 - Nathaniel Herreshoff, America Cup yacht designer 1858 - Rudolph C K Diesel, German engineer (Diesel motor) 1864 - Karl M Lybeck, Finnish/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten) 1866 - Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer 1866 - John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs (1913-18) 1867 - Michael G de Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam) 1869 - [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, British PM (C, 1937-40) 1872 - Frank Hoyt Losey, composer 1877 - Clem Hill, cricketer (all-time great Australian batsman) 1880 - Christopher K H de Nere tot Babberich, cartoonist 1881 - Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963) 1881 - Paul Le Flem, composer 1882 - Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer 1886 - Edward Everett Horton, Bkln NY, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show) 1886 - Kurt Koffka, Germany, Gestalt psychologist 1886 - Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author (Between Heaven & Earth) 1888 - Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor 1889 - F Rijkens, oldest living person in Netherlands 1890 - Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education 1892 - Robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter (WW II) 1893 - Wilfred Owen, England, anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth) 1897 - Betty Compson, actress (Big City, Docks Of New York) 1898 - Otto Jochum, composer 1899 - Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin 1901 - Piotr Perkowski, composer 1905 - John Kirkpatrick, NYC, pianist (Concord Sonata) 1905 - Mollie Parnis, NYC, fashion designer (Mollie Roberts Collection) 1905 - Robert Donat, England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Citadel) 1906 - Roy L Johnson, US admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean) 1907 - Eleanor L "Betty" Compton, US actress (Here Comes Trouble) 1908 - Louis Gaste, songwriter 1910 - Chiang Ching-huo, son of Chinese pres Chiang Kai-shek/pres (1978-88) 1911 - Smiley Burnette, Summum Ill, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction) 1913 - Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/Rhine 1913 - Rene Clement, Bordeaux France, director/writer (Is Paris Burning) 1913 - William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author 1914 - Cesar Guerra Peixe, composer 1914 - James Pack, naval officer museum curator 1915 - Richard Thomas Condon, author 1916 - Louis Toebosch, composer 1919 - Laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936) 1919 - Len Johnson, cricketer (Australian fast bowler played Test in 1948) 1920 - Eric Halsall, sheepdog trial commentator 1920 - John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978- ) 1922 - Egon Bahr, German journalist/politician 1924 - Madhussudan Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49) 1925 - Peter Graves, Minneapolis Mn, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible) 1927 - George Plimpton, NYC, sports writer (Paper Lion) 1927 - John Harold Kander, composer (Cabaret, Funny Lady, Kramer vs Kramer) 1928 - Fidel V Ramos, pres (Phillipines) 1928 - William R Boggs, Georgia, Brig Gen/chief of engineers under Bragg 1929 - Christa Wolf, German novelist (Divided Heaven) 1929 - Ctirad Kohoutek, composer 1929 - Kai Winding, rocker 1930 - Maurice Peress, NYC, conductor (KC Philharmonic 1974-80) 1931 - Howard Coble, (Rep-R-NC, 1985- ) 1932 - F[rederik] W[illem] de Klerk, president South Africa (1989-94) 1932 - John Up****, Shillington Pa, poet/novelist (Rabbit Run) 1933 - Unita Blackwell, 1st black mayor in Mississippi 1934 - Pavle Despalj, composer 1936 - Hans Peter Bleuel, writer 1936 - Robert Lee Smith, US singer (Tams, You Lied to Your Daddy) 1936 - Tony Nash, England, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1964) 1937 - Mark Donohue, auto racer (1972 Indianapolis 500) 1937 - Robin Wright, race horse trainer 1938 - Carl Gottlieb, comedian (Ken Berry Wow Show) 1938 - Charley Pride, Sledge Miss, country singer (Sweet Country) 1938 - Shashi Kapoor, Calcutta India, actor (Shalimar, Heat & Dust) 1939 - Travis Pritchett, rocker (Travis & Bob) 1940 - Kathy Hutchinson, race horse trainer 1941 - Wilson Pickett, Prattville Alabama, R&B singer (Funky Broadway) 1941 - Wolfgang Bauer, writer 1943 - Kevin Dobson, Jackson Hgts NY, actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Shannon) 1945 - Aleksey Vakhonin, USSR, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1964) 1946 - Michael Reagan, talk show host, Ronald's son 1947 - Barry Wilson, Engld, rock drummer (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) 1947 - David Lloyd, cricketer (England opener, 214 v India 1974) 1947 - Steven H Schiff, (Rep-R-New Mexico) 1948 - Eknath Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder) 1949 - Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, Irish snooker player (2X world-champ) 1949 - Starr Danias, NYC, ballerina (Turning Point) 1950 - Brad Dourif, WV, actor (Ragtime, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty) 1950 - James Conlon, NYC, conductor (Cincinnati May Festival-1979) 1950 - John Hartman, Falls Church Va, rock drummer (Doobie Brothers) 1953 - Helmer C Koetje, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA) 1953 - Jamie West-Oram, rocker (Fixx) 1953 - Margaret L Augustine, Buffalo NY, project manager (Biosphere 2) 1953 - Nicholas Wisdom, cricketer (son of comic Norman, 2 games Sussex 1974) 1954 - James F Reilly II, Mt Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut (STS 89, sk:100) 1955 - Graham Porter, cricketer (1 day intl for Australia 1979) 1956 - "The Model" Rick Martel, [Richard Vignault], wrestler (WWF/AWA) 1956 - Ingamar Stenmark, Sweden, slalom (Olympic-2 gold-1980) 1957 - Christer Fuglesang, Stockholm Sweden, physicist/astronaut (Mir backup) 1957 - Melvin Gentry, vocalits/guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking) 1958 - Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein, skier (Olympic-silver-1980) 1959 - Irene Cara, Bronx NYC, actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury) 1960 - Claudia Udy, Albuquerque NM, actress (Out of Control, Nightforce) 1960 - Guy Carbonneau, Sept-iles, NHL center (Dallas Stars) 1960 - Patricia Farinelli, LA Calif, playmate (December, 1981) 1960 - Richard Biggs, Columbus Ohio, actor (Marcus-Days of Our Lives) 1961 - Kevan James, cricketer (all-rounder 4 wkts/4 balls & ton v India 1996) 1961 - Mark Van Thillo, Wilrijk Belgium, co-capt (Biosphere 2) 1961 - Todd Nelson, Dalles Ore, tennis star 1962 - Trevor Franklin, cricketer (opened for NZ mid-80's) 1963 - Vanessa L Williams, Millwood NY, 1st black Miss America (1983)/singer 1964 - Bonnie Blair, Champaign Ill, speed skater (Oly-5 gold/brz-88, 92, 94) 1964 - Christina Ferguson, Phoenix Az, playmate (Apr, 1983) 1965 - Geronimo Berroa, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, outfielder (Oakland A's) 1965 - Jeff Labarr, rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station) 1966 - Jerry Cantrell, US rock guitarist (Alice in Chains-Dirt) 1967 - Andre Rison, NFL wide receiver (Cleve Browns, KC Chiefs) 1967 - Derrick Graham, NFL tackle (GB Packers, Car Panthers, Seat Seahawks) 1968 - Joseph Ouellet, hockey forward (Team France 1998) 1968 - Pat Terrell, NFL strong safety (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers) 1969 - Michael Dumas, NFL free safety (SD Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars) 1969 - Shaun Udal, cricketer (Hants off-spinner, England to Aust 1994-95) 1969 - Sheila Taormina, 4X200m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-96) 1970 - Michael Rapaport, actor (Zak-Zebrahead) 1970 - Queen Latifah, rap singer/actress (Khadijah James-Living Single) 1970 - Sarah Thorsett, Winona Minn, 1.5k runner 1971 - Mariaan de Swardt, Johannesburg, tennis star (1996 3rd round Aust)) 1973 - Marlon Kerner, NFL cornerback (Buffalo Bills) 1973 - Rob Johnson, NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars) 1974 - Petra Kamstra, Rotterdam Holland, tennis star (1995 Surabaya doubles) 1974 - Tina Krizan, Maribor Slovenia, tennis star (1995 Surabaya doubles) 1974 - Torrian Gray, safety (Minnesota Vikings) 1975 - Claude N'Goran, Adzope Ivory Coast, tennis pro 1975 - Kimmo Timonen, hockey defenseman (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998) 1978 - Dionne Bainbridge, Brisbane QLD Aust, NZ 200m swimmer (Olympics-96) 1996 - ?, son of woman in coma raped by John Horace Famous deaths 0235 - Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered 0978 - Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 1227 - Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies 1314 - Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies 1493 - John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 1582 - Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched 1584 - Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 1690 - Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies 1745 - Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29] 1768 - Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies 1799 - John Randall, composer, dies at 82 1816 - Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67 1817 - Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67 1823 - Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69 1870 - Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48 1875 - Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43 1876 - F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65 1886 - Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91 1889 - William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66 1899 - Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76 1899 - Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Crushed Ideals), dies at 35 1900 - Ant¢nio Nobre, Portuguese poet (S¢ [Lonely]), dies at 32 1913 - George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67 1917 - William Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies 1918 - Willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80 1924 - John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79 1928 - Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32 1933 - Luigi A duke of the Abruzzi, Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies at 60 1936 - Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at 58 1938 - Cyril Rootham, composer, dies at 62 1944 - Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79 1954 - Walter Mead, cricketer (one Test for England 1899), dies 1956 - Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85 1956 - Louis Bromfield, writer, dies at 59 1964 - Norbert Wiener, US mathematician (cybernetics), dies at 69 1965 - Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45 1967 - Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42 1968 - Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85 1969 - Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43 1971 - George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v S Africa 1924), dies 1973 - Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 82 1974 - David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87 1976 - James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73 1976 - Robert de Roos, composer, dies at 69 1977 - Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered 1978 - Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84 1978 - Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86 1980 - Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79 1980 - Herman Griffith, cricketer (13 Tests for WI, 44 wickets), dies 1982 - Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60 1983 - Umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies 1984 - Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50 1984 - Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies of Parkinson's disease at 76 1985 - Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89 1986 - Bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71 1987 - Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82 1989 - Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51 1989 - William Challee, actor (Desperate, Moonchild), dies 1990 - Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36 1991 - Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72 1991 - Vilma Banky, actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel), dies at 93 1992 - Cornelis B Vaandrager, [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56 1995 - Charles Drain, singer, dies at 65 1995 - Frederic Ramsey Jr, folklorist/author, dies at 80 1995 - Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Raskolnikov), dies at 84 1996 - Alepoude Odysseus Elytis llis, poet, dies at 84 1996 - Hawkes Jessie Jacquetta Priestley, archaeologist, dies at 85 1997 - ?, raped comatose woman who bore a child 1 year earlier, dies at 30 1997 - Willem de Kooning (abstract artist), dead Alzheimer's at 92
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On March 19 in history ..
1227 - Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX 1452 - Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor 1524 - Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas 1540 - Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic" 1563 - Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots 1571 - Spanish troops occupy Manila 1628 - Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen 1644 - 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide 1682 - Nationally Council accept independence of French church 1702 - James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England 1748 - English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US 1775 - 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy) 1775 - Poland & Prussia sign trade agreement 1799 - Joseph Haydn's "Die Schpfung," premieres in Vienna 1803 - Johann von Schillers "Die Braut von Messina," premieres in Weimar 1822 - Boston, Mass incorporated as a city 1831 - 1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000) 1859 - Opera "Faust" by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris 1864 - Opera "Mireille" premieres in Paris 1865 - Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC 1866 - Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die 1870 - The opera "Guarany," premieres in Milan 1877 - Australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match 1883 - Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes 1885 - Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional govt, Sask 1892 - 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket Eng v SA (Cape Town) 1895 - Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service 1897 - Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game 1906 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi," premieres in Munich 1907 - 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record) 1914 - Stanley Cup: Tor Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Vict Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game 1915 - Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time) 1917 - US Supreme Court upheld 8-hr work day for railroad employees 1918 - Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time 1918 - S Potter becomes 1st US pilot to shoot down a German seaplane 1920 - US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy) 1925 - Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop 1927 - Bloody battles between communists & nazis in Berlin 1928 - "Amos & Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago) 1930 - Nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi 1931 - Nevada legalizes gambling 1937 - Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism 1938 - Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes 1940 - Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt 1940 - French govt of Daladier, falls 1941 - Jimmy Dorsey & Orch record "Green Eyes" & "Maria Elena" 1942 - FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non military duty 1942 - Thoroughbred Racing Assn of US formed in Chicago 1943 - Airship Canadian Star torpedoed & sinks 1944 - Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London 1945 - 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan 1945 - Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities 1945 - British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine) 1945 - Hitler orders all German factories destroyed 1945 - US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure 1946 - Fr Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique & Runion become overseas depts 1946 - Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as president of USSR 1947 - Belgian govt of Spaak, forms 1947 - Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan 1948 - Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, NYC 1949 - 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tn 1950 - 5th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias 1950 - City College of NY defeats Bradley to win the NIT 1951 - Herman Wouk's "Caine Mutiny," published 1953 - Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real," premieres in NYC 1953 - 25th Academy Awards - "Greatest Show on Earth," Gary Cooper & Shirley Booth win (1st time televised) 1954 - 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, NYC 1954 - 1st rocket-driven sled on rails was tested in Alamogordo, NM 1954 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright 1954 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins 1954 - Weekes, Worrell & Walcott complete tons in innings v England 1955 - 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: SF beats La Salle 77-63 1956 - Biggest NBA margin of victory - Minn Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75 1957 - Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score 1958 - Britain's 1st planetarium opens at Madame Tussaud's in London 1958 - Sobers completes a century in each innings v Pakistan 1959 - "1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 84 performances 1960 - "Redhead" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 455 performances 1960 - 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats Calif 75-55 1962 - "All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances 1962 - Archbishop Suenens of Mechelen-Brussels appointed cardinal 1964 - Sean Connery's 1st day of shooting on "Goldfinger" 1965 - Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies 1965 - Rembrandt's "Titus" sells for then record 7,770,000 1965 - Stoica becomes president & Ceausescu party leader of Romania 1966 - "Pousse Cafe" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 3 performances 1966 - 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Ky 72-65 1966 - Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins 1967 - Fr Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France 1967 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Orange Golf Classic 1968 - Howard University students seize administration building 1969 - British invade Anguilla 1969 - Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention 1970 - W German chancellor & E German premier Willy Brandt meet 1971 - Phila 76ers outscore Cincinnati Royals 90-8 in 1 half 1972 - "To Live Another Summer" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 173 perfs 1972 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic 1972 - India & Bangladesh sign friendship treaty 1972 - LA Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts 1973 - Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency" 1974 - Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour 1975 - "Dr Jazz" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 5 performances 1975 - Penn is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports 1976 - Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years 1977 - "Side by Side by Sondheim" closes at Music Box NYC after 390 perfs 1977 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 - Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.33) 1978 - 50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb 1978 - Sally Little wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic 1979 - House of Reps begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN 1981 - -21] Emmy 8th Daytime Awards - Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time 1981 - 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident 1981 - Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4 1982 - National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27 1984 - "Kate & Allie," premieres 1984 - John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of NY 1984 - KSD-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KUSA 1984 - Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River 1984 - Pitcher Denny McLain, indicted on various charges of racketeering 1984 - STS 41-C vehicle moves to launch pad 1985 - "Spin Magazine" begins publishing 1985 - NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket 1985 - Senate votes 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile 1987 - Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 m (39.43 sec) 1987 - Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company 1987 - Hassanali inaugurated as president of Trinidad & Tobago 1987 - PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn 1987 - Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85) 1988 - 2 British soldiers lynched in Belfast North Ireland 1988 - Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25) 1989 - Boeing B-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight 1989 - Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by M Klimova & S Ponomarenko (USR) 1989 - Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by E Gordeeva & S Grinkov (USSR) 1989 - Lori Garbacz wins Circle K LPGA Golf Open Tucson 1989 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1989 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Midori Ito (Japan) 1990 - 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa) 1991 - KC Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers 1991 - Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses 1991 - St Louis Blue Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season 1991 - NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona Not recognizing Martin Luther King Day 1992 - "Master Builder" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances 1992 - British Prince Andrew & Princess Sarah Ferguson announce separation 1993 - Ice Dance Championship at Prague won by M Usova & A Zhulin (RUS) 1993 - Ice Pairs Championship at Prague won by I Brasseur & L Eisler (CAN) 1993 - Supreme Court Justice Byron R White announced plans to retire 1994 - 2500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde Neth 1994 - Lara scores 167 for WI v England at Georgetown 1994 - Largest omelet (1,383ý ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama Japan 1994 - NJ Devils club record 41st win of the season 1995 - "Translations" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 25 performances 1995 - "Uncle Vanya" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 29 performances 1995 - 5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway 1995 - Arizona outside of Phoenix begins using new area code 520 1995 - Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450) 1995 - Finland Social-Democratic Party wins parliamentary election 1995 - Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament 1995 - Michael Jordan rejoins Chic Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers 1995 - NBA NY Knicks beat NY Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47) 1995 - Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:54.08) 1996 - Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marrage 1997 - Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel & Ingo Steuer (GER) 1997 - Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi 1997 - Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments 1998 - "Ah Wilderness!," opens at Vivian Beaumont theater Famous birthdays 1503 - Benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina) 1589 - William Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized) 1593 - Georges de la Tour, French painter 1601 - Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada) 1604 - Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56) 1610 - Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter 1629 - Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia 1673 - Pedro Vaz Rego, composer 1715 - Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer 1716 - Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Mausole du Dauphin) 1721 - Tobias Smollett, Scottish writer, baptized 1728 - Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter 1734 - Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence) [or Apr 19] 1740 - Johann Georg Roser, composer 1740 - Joseph F Weigl, German/Austrian(?), violin cellist 1742 - Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch literary/poet 1745 - Nicolas Sejan, composer 1752 - Jose Mauricio, composer 1767 - Leonhard von Call, composer 1777 - Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat 1785 - Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer 1809 - Fredrik Pacius, composer 1813 - David Livingstone, Scotland, explorer (found by Stanley in Africa) 1816 - Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer 1817 - Lewis Henry Little, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 1819 - David Henry Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 1821 - Francis Barretto Spinola, Brig General (Union volunteers) 1821 - Richard Burton, explorer/translator (Arabian Nights) 1821 - William Allingham, Irish poet (Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland) 1823 - Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82) 1827 - Alexander Shaler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1911 1837 - Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 1844 - Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia) 1845 - Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/politician 1847 - Constantin Dimitrescu, composer 1848 - Wyatt Earp, Monmouth Ill, sheriff (OK Corral) 1851 - Roque S enz Pe€a, pres of Argentina (1910-14) 1860 - William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman 1871 - Joseph McGinnity, Rock Island Ill, baseball pitcher (NY Giants) 1871 - Schofield Haigh, cricketer ("Sunshine of the Yorkshire 11") 1872 - Sergei Diaghilev, Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director 1873 - Max Reger, Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/prof (Leipzig Univ) 1874 - Arthur Hoyt, Georgetown CO, actor (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along) 1879 - Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Tobias Wunderlich) 1882 - Gaston Lachaise, US sculptor (Standing Woman) 1883 - Josef Matthais Hauer, composer 1883 - Joseph W Stilwell, US general (China) 1888 - Josef Albers, German/US graphic artist/painter/writer (Bauhaus) 1889 - Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10) 1891 - Earl Warren, Ca, (Gov-R-Ca)/14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69) 1892 - Robert Denzler, composer 1892 - Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica) 1894 - Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Brevard SC, comedienne (Merv Griffin Show) 1897 - Betty Compson, Beaver UT, actress (Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth) 1897 - L O'Flaherty, writer 1900 - Roy Roberts, Tampa Fla, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show) 1900 - [Jean] Frdric Joliot-Curie, French physicist (Nobel 1935) 1901 - Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Min of Justice (Nobel 1954) 1901 - Jo Mielziner, Paris, set designer (Carousel, Death of a Salesman) 1903 - Benjamin M Telders, president of Dutch Liberal States Party 1903 - James Bullock, colliery manager 1904 - John J Sirica, US federal judge (Watergate hearings) 1904 - Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, composer 1905 - Albert Speer, German architect/minister of Armament (NSDAP) 1906 - Adolf Eichmann, Ruhr Germany, Nazi Gestapo officer 1906 - Normand Lockwood, composer 1907 - Cor Treslem, [Cornelis L Melsert], actor/director (Willem van Oranje) 1907 - Elizabeh LeFanu Maconochy, composer 1907 - Kent Smith, NYC, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders) 1907 - Marc Vaubourgoin, composer 1907 - Nakagawa Soen, Formosa, Zen teacher (Rinzai line) 1909 - Louis Hayward, Johannesburg S Africa, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors) 1910 - Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, cosmonaut 1911 - Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman 1912 - Adolf Galland, fighter Pilot 1912 - Russ Case, Hamburg Iowa, orch leader (Julius La Rosa Show) 1913 - William Chatterton, cricketer (48 in only Test for England 1892) 1914 - J Jay Berwanger, 1st Heisman Trophy winner (1935) 1914 - Patricia Morison, actress (Peyton Place, Dressed to Kill) 1915 - Norman Yardley, English cricket captain (late 40's) 1916 - Irving Wallace, author (People's Almanac, The Man) [or Mar 18] 1917 - Dino Lipatti, composer 1919 - Cornelis Berkhouwer, Member of 2nd chamber (Dutch Liberal Party) 1923 - Janine Dacosta, French pianist 1923 - Tige Andrews, Bkln, actor (Capt Adam Greer-Mod Squad) 1925 - Brent Scowcroft, Ogden Utah, Lt Gen (USAF)/National Security Council 1927 - Richie Ashburn, baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)/sportscaster 1928 - Clive Van Ryneveld, cricketer (South African all-rounder 1951-58) 1928 - Patrick McGoohan, Astoria NY, actor (#6-Prisoner, Secret Agent) 1929 - Herman van San, composer 1929 - Michael Ryan, actor (John Randolph-Another World) 1929 - Robert Muczynski, composer 1930 - Bill Henderson, Chic Ill, jazz singer (Torpedo-Dreams) 1930 - Ornette Coleman, jazz composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966) 1931 - Bill Hoskyns, England, pe fencer (Olympic-silver-1964) 1932 - Gay Robert Brewer, Middletwon OH, PGA golfer (1972 Canadian) 1933 - Philip Roth, Newark, novelist (Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint) 1934 - Brge Andersen, Denmark, Danish Chess Champion (1967, 68) 1935 - Burt Metcalfe, Saskatchewan Canada, actor/dir (Father of the Bride) 1935 - Phyllis Newman, Jersey City NJ, actress (Coming of Age, TW3) 1935 - Renee Taylor, NYC, actress (Jack Paar Show, Mary Hartman, Nanny) 1936 - Amancio D'Silva, musician 1936 - Ursula Andress, Berne Switzerland, actress (She, Sensuous Nurse) 1937 - Clarence "Frogman" Henry, musician (You Always Hurt the One You Love) 1939 - Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959) 1939 - Joe Kapp, NFL QB (Minn Vikings, Boston Patriots, Houston Oilers) 1941 - Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire (Union International) 1942 - David Minge, (Rep-D-Minnesota) 1942 - Jeff Neighbour, US bassist (Joy of Cooking) 1942 - Robin Luke, rocker (Susie Darlin') 1942 - Ross Valory, rocker (Journey) 1944 - Joseph Celli, composer 1944 - Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, LBJ's daughter 1944 - Myung-Wha Chung, Seoul Korea, cellist (Chung Sisters) 1945 - Lisa Nicole Baker, Detroit TX, playmate of the year (Nov 1966) 1946 - Bigas Luna, director/writer (Anguish) 1946 - Mohammad Ilyas, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in ten Tests 1964-69) 1946 - Paul Atkinson, rock guitarist (Zombies-Never Even Thought) 1946 - Ruth Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-I'm So Exicted) 1947 - Earlie Fires, jockey (Hialeah Park) 1947 - Glenn Close, Greenwich Ct, actress (The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction) 1947 - John Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1947 - Vince Martino, Schenectady NY, WLAF offensive asst (Barcelona Dragons) 1948 - Vintcent Van der Bijl, Natal cricket bowler (superb 2m of 70's & 80's) 1949 - Denny Albee, Oklahoma City OK, actor (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live) 1949 - Denny Albee, Oklahoma City OK (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live) 1952 - Derek Longmuir, Edinburgh Scotland, rock drummer (Bay City Rollers) 1952 - Warren Lees, NZ cricket wicket-keeper (late 70's) 1953 - Billy Sheehan, rocker (Mr Big-Lean Into It) 1953 - Hans Rinn, German DR, 2 man lugist (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 1953 - Ricky Wilson, Athens Ga, rock guitarist (B-52's-Love Shack) 1954 - Charles Pinnell, horse trainer 1955 - Bruce Willis, Penna Grove NJ, actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard) 1956 - Alina Castro, Havanna Cuba, daughter of Fidel 1957 - Blake Passey, horse trainer 1959 - Shelley Burch, Tucson Az, actress (One Life to Live, Identity Crisis) 1959 - Terry Hall, rocker (Colourfield-Animal Liberation) 1966 - Paul Devenport, New Zealand, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Texas Tour) 1968 - Liam Jewell, Toronto Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-96) 1968 - Tyrone Hill, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks) 1969 - Arjan Vermeulen, soccer player (Vitesse) 1969 - Michael Bergin, model (Coca Cola)/actor 1969 - Scott Alexander Brownlee, Hamilton NZ, rowing coxless 4 men (Oly-96) 1970 - Errol Refos, soccer player (Feyenoord) 1970 - Janne Laukenen, Lahti FIN, NHL defenseman (Finland Oly-B-98, Senators) 1970 - Rick Mirer, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears) 1970 - Sean Fleming, CFL kicker (Edmonton Eskimos) 1971 - Cory Fleming, NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys) 1971 - Dalton James, actor (My Father the Hero, Mark-Beverly Hills 90201) 1971 - Kirk Botkin, NFL tight end (NO Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers) 1971 - Louie Debrusk, Cambridge, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers) 1971 - Marty Moore, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots) 1971 - Taase Faumui, NFL defensive linebacker (Pitts Steelers) 1971 - Whitney Hedgepeth, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympics-2 silver-96) 1972 - Maria Maunder, St John's New Foundland, rower (Olympics-96) 1973 - John Michels, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) 1974 - Jennifer Lynn Drayton, Saginaw Michigan, Miss America-Michigan (1997) 1974 - John Coppinger, El Paso TX, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles) 1975 - Antonio Daniels, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies) 1976 - Rachel Blanchard, Toronto, actress (Cher Horowitz-Clueless) 1982 - Che' Vonne Burton, Miss Michigan Teen USA (1997) 1992 - Henry & Angus Bernsen, twin sons of Corbin Bernsen & Amanda Pays Famous deaths 1263 - Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies 1556 - Lieven van der Maude, [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70 1635 - Pieter Christiaensz Bor, Dutch historian, dies 1638 - Paul Moreelse, Dutch painter/master builder, dies at about 66 1644 - Si Sang, last Ming-emperor of China, commits suicide 1687 - Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, Fren explorer (Louisiana), killed at 43 1702 - Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England/Scot, dies at 51 1721 - Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italian Pope (1700-21), dies at 71 1782 - Adrien Trudo Sale, composer, dies at 59 1782 - Louis-Henry Paisible, composer, dies at 33 1796 - Stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33 1797 - Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 1811 - Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65 1845 - George Augustus Kollmann, composer, dies at 56 1850 - Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer, dies at 87 1862 - F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73 1866 - Louis Clapisson, composer, dies at 57 1869 - Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (triangulatie), dies at 64 1876 - Jozef Stefani, composer, dies at 75 1884 - Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer, dies at 54 1893 - Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 69 1897 - Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87 1898 - Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26 1905 - Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer, dies at 49 1907 - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, US writer (Stillwater Tragedy), dies at 70 1913 - John Thomas, composer, dies at 87 1918 - Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/liberal politician, dies at 73 1924 - Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71 1930 - Arthur J Balfour, British theologist/premier (1902-05), dies at 81 1934 - Anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at 66 1936 - John Larkin IV, actor/writer (Charlie Chan in Panama), dies at 63 1937 - Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet, commits suicide at 58 1940 - Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54 1943 - Vicente Ripolles, composer, dies at 75 1945 - Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed 1946 - Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Buah Rindu), dies at 35 1947 - Willem F J Pijper, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 52 1950 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74 1951 - H Zur Mhlen, writer, dies 1954 - Walter Braunfels, composer, dies at 71 1958 - Vernon Ransford, cricketer (20 Tests for Australia, 1211 runs), dies 1961 - Edric Cundell, composer, dies at 68 1969 - Theodor Schaefer, composer, dies at 65 1971 - Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82 1971 - Mary Dorna, Dutch author, dies at 79 1974 - Anne Klien, fashion designer, dies at 51 1974 - Edward Platt, actor (Chief-Get Smart), dies at 58 1974 - Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist/daughter of Otto K, dies at 70 1975 - John A DeMott, dies at 63 1976 - George Sklavos, composer, dies at 87 1976 - Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at 25 1979 - Al Hodge, actor (Capt Video), dies at 65 1979 - Richard Beckinsale, actor (Doing Time, Porridge, Lovers), dies at 31 1982 - Randy Rhoads, heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), air crash at 25 1987 - Arch Oboler, radio writer (Lights Out), dies at 77 1987 - Emile Meyer, actor (Young Jesse James, Lineup), dies 1987 - Louis Broglie, French physicist (Nobel 1929), dies at 94 1987 - Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record co CEO (Charisma), dies at 53 1991 - John Russell Thomas, NFL general manager (Detroit Lions), dies 1991 - Ron Pagano, dies after lengthy illness at 37 1991 - Sunday Wilshin, actor (Murder by Rope), dies at 86 1992 - Cesare Danova, actor (Tentacles, Viva Las Vegas), dies at 66 1993 - Barend P Tammeling, journalist (Trouw, Peek on the North), dies at 58 1993 - Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30 1994 - Giuseppe Diana, Italian anti-mafia priest, murdered 1994 - Jose Coronel Urtecho, poet, dies at 87 1995 - Fernand Lodewick, literature historian (Literature), dies at 85 1995 - Gerard Tebroke, 5/10 km-dasher, dies at 45 1995 - Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician, dies at 83 1996 - Christopher John Magenis Headington, musician, dies at 65 1996 - William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author, dies at 83 1997 - Willem De Kooning, artists (Abstract), dies of Alzheimer at 92
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On March 20 in history ..
0141 - 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1345 - Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic" 1525 - Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants 1569 - Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the C 1598 - French king Henri IV & duke van Mercour sign treaty 1602 - United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms 1616 - Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana 1627 - France & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism 1697 - Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" 1760 - Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings 1800 - French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, & advance to Cairo 1814 - Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands 1815 - Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule 1816 - US Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions 1833 - US & Siam sign commercial treaty 1848 - King Louis I of Bayern abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston) 1863 - Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals 1865 - 2nd day of Battle of Bentonville NC 1865 - Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives 1868 - Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville Kentucky of $14,000 1883 - Unity treaty of Paris signed: protects industrial property 1885 - John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine 1885 - Yiddish theater opens in NY with Golldfaden operetta 1886 - 1st AC power plant in US begins commercial operation, Mass 1888 - Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia" 1890 - General Federation of Womans' Clubs founded 1890 - German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck 1896 - Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens 1896 - Uprising in Matabeleland 1897 - 1st US orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorporates in NY 1897 - 1st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats Penn 32-10 1897 - France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia 1906 - George B Shaws "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," premieres in London 1911 - National Squash Tennis Association forms (NYC) 1911 - Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway NYC 1914 - 1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven 1916 - Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium 1920 - 1st flight from London to South Africa lands (1« months) 1920 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld 1920 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger 1922 - USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier 1922 - WIP-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions 1923 - Bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA 1923 - Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent 1924 - Finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn 1924 - Stanley Cup: Mont Canadiens (NHL) sweep Vanc Millionaires (PCHA) in 2 1930 - Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph 1931 - Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin 1932 - Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR 1933 - Dachau, 1st concentration camp, completed 1934 - Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany 1934 - Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Germany 1934 - Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Phila A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers 1935 - "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio 1937 - Franco-offensive at Guadalajara Spain 1939 - 7,000 Jews flee German occupied Memel Lithuania 1940 - Paul Reynoud becomes French premier 1941 - Nazi-German/Yugoslav pact drawn 1942 - Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia 1942 - Gen MacArthur vows, "I shall return" 1942 - Major German assault on Malta 1943 - British offensive against Mareth-line 1943 - German U-384 bombed & sinks 1944 - Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River NJ, killing 16 1944 - Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes 1945 - US 70th Infantry division/7th Armour division attack Saar 1946 - Belgian govt of Spaak, resigns 1947 - 180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic 1948 - 1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90 1948 - 20th Academy Awards - "Gentleman's Agreement," L Young, R Colman win minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC 1951 - Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java 1952 - 24th Academy Awards - "American in Paris," H Bogart & Vivian Leigh win 1952 - Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan 1952 - US senate ratifies peace treaty with Japan 1953 - Senator Edwin C Johnson offers a bill to give clubs the sole 1954 - "King & I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances 1954 - 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76 1954 - 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania) 1955 - KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 - 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends 1956 - E Ochab succeeds Beirut as 1st secretary of Polish CP 1956 - Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes 1956 - Tunisia gains independence from France 1956 - USSR performs nuclear test 1956 - Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp 1957 - Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it 1958 - 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line 1958 - Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting 1958 - Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission 1962 - Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater 1963 - 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC) 1963 - Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke 1964 - ESRO established, European Space Research Organization 1965 - 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80 1965 - Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 v NZ at Delhi 1966 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open 1967 - Supremes release "The Happening" 1967 - WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 - LBJ signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money 1968 - Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign) 1969 - Abebe Bikila's auto-accident, near Addis Ababa 1969 - Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar 1969 - US president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 1971 - Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game 1972 - 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche 1972 - S Mansholt succeeds Malfatti as chairman of European Committee 1973 - Roberto Clemente elected to Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death 1976 - Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.70) 1976 - Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery 1977 - Communists/socialists win French municipal elections 1977 - Parisians elect former PM Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century 1977 - Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India 1978 - Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders 1979 - Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center 1980 - The Mi Amigo ship containing England's pirate Radio Caroline sinks 1980 - US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran 1981 - Argentine ex-president Isabel Per¢n sentenced to 8 years 1981 - Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr 1982 - 1st-class debut of Richie Richardson, Leeward Is v Barbados 1982 - France performs nuclear test 1982 - Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks 1982 - Rev A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa 1983 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1984 - Andy Kaufman & Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premieres 1984 - Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools 1985 - Libby Riddles is 1st woman to win Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race 1986 - 228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (UK record) 1986 - Jacques Chirac forms French government 1987 - FDA approves sale of AZT (AIDS treatment) 1987 - NASA launches Palapa B2P 1987 - Soap opera "Capitol" final episode 1987 - Soviet filmmakers arrive in Hollywood for an entertainment summit 1987 - Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 5 km (7:20.36) 1988 - David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly," premieres in NYC 1988 - Laura Davies wins Circle K LPGA Tucson Golf Open 1988 - Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title 1989 - Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation 1989 - Richard J Kerr replaces Robert M Gates as deputy director of CIA 1990 - LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33 1990 - Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident 1991 - Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney 1991 - Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records 1991 - Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus 1991 - US forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland 1992 - Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set 1992 - Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses 1993 - Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (36.02 sec) 1993 - IRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington England 1993 - Morton Downey Jr weds Lori Krebs 1994 - "Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 137 perfs 1994 - "Flowering Peach" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 41 performances 1994 - "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 61 performances 1994 - 14th Golden Raspberry Awards: Indecent Proposal wins 1994 - Brett Hart wins WWF championship at Wrestlemania X 1994 - El Salvador's 1st pres election following 12-year-old civil war 1994 - Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament 1994 - Mashonaland U-24 beat Matabeleland on 1st inn to win Logan Cup 1994 - Wrestlemania X at MSG NY, Bret Hart pins Yokozuna 1994 - Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa 1995 - Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record) 1995 - Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured 1995 - Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years 1996 - "Love Thy Neighbor," opens at Booth Theater NYC 1996 - Erik & Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents 1996 - UK admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease) 1997 - "Play On!," opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 61 performances 1997 - Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive 1997 - Mens Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) Famous birthdays 1634 - Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets) 1680 - Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) 1725 - Abdl-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89) 1728 - Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist 1739 - Eligio Celestino, composer 1750 - Martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus) 1770 - Johann Friedrich Hlderlin, Tbingen Germany, poet (Der Rhein) 1774 - John Braham, composer 1804 - Neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 1811 - George Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election) 1811 - Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte II, Napoleon's son/King of Rome 1812 - George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880 1813 - Matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High) 1820 - Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania 1823 - John Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 1825 - William Nelson Rector Beall, Brig General (Confederate Army) 1826 - Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor 1828 - Henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler) 1829 - Charles Albert White, composer 1830 - Eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910 1833 - Henry Southwick Perkins, composer 1834 - Charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909) 1846 - Auguste Bender, writer 1853 - George Godfrey, Chelsea Mass, heavyweight boxer (Old Chocolate) 1856 - Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management 1863 - Ernesto Nazareth, composer 1868 - Obe Postma, Frisian poet/geography/historian (Frisian Clay Farm) 1870 - Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician (East Africa) 1872 - Bernhard Seklas, composer 1872 - Karin Michaelis, writer 1873 - Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/US pianist/composer (Aleko) [NS=Apr 1] 1882 - Ren Coty, Le Harve France, president of France (1953-58) 1883 - Colin Campbell, Falkirk Scot, actress (High Bright Sun, Leather Boys) 1883 - Karl Hasse, composer 1885 - Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe 1885 - Hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological/sociologist 1888 - S V Vegesack, writer 1890 - Lauritz Melchior, Copenhagen Denmark, baritone tenor (Natl Symphony) 1896 - Hal Walker, Ottumwa Ia, director (I Married Joan) 1902 - Edgar Buchanan, Humansville Mo, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction) 1902 - Kathryn Forbes, short story writer (mama's bank account) 1903 - Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro (elected 1961) 1904 - B[urrhus] F[rederic] Skinner, Pa, Behaviorism pioneer (Skinner box) 1906 - Abraham Beame, (Mayor-D-NYC), NYC's 1st Jewish mayor 1906 - Ozzie Nelson, Jersey City NJ, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet) 1906 - Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer 1908 - Frank Stanton, Muskegon Mich, broadcasting executive (CBS) 1908 - Michael Redgrave, Bristol Eng, actor (Browning Version, Lady Vanishes) 1908 - Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (Czardasvorstin) 1911 - Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Dutch actress (Pleasantly Settled) 1913 - Judith Evelyn, Seneca SD, actress (13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window) 1914 - Sviatosiav Richter, Zhitomir Ukraine, pianist (Stalin Prize-1945) 1914 - Wendell Corey, Dracut Mass, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl) 1914 - William Baddeley, rector (St Jame's Piccadilly) 1915 - Rudolf Kirchschlger, president of Austria (1974-86) 1915 - Svyatoslav Richter, pianist 1916 - Pierre Messmer, PM (France) 1917 - Dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958) 1917 - Kalervo H Hortamo, Finnish poet (Sydnmaa) 1917 - Peter Caddy, founder (Findhorn Community) 1917 - Vera Lynn, singer (Anniversary Waltz) 1918 - Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers) 1918 - Jack Barry, Lindenhurst NY, game show emcee (Joker's Wild) 1920 - Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician 1920 - Marian McPartland, jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland) 1920 - Werner Klemperer, Cologne Germany, actor (Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes) 1921 - Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general (UNESCO) 1921 - Primoz Ramovs, composer 1922 - Arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea) 1922 - Carl Reiner, Bronx, comedian (2000 Year Old Man, **** Van Dyke Show) 1922 - Doug Barnard Jr, (Rep-D-GA, 1977- ) 1922 - Jack Kruschen, Winnipeg Canada, actor (Papa-Webster, Busting Loose) 1922 - Larry Elgart, New Haven Ct, bandleader/alto sax (Elgart Orch) 1922 - Ray Goulding, Lowell Mass, comedian (Bob & Ray) 1923 - Marc Saporta, French writer/essayist (Le Grand Dfi) 1925 - James Pickles, judge 1925 - John D Erlichman, Politician (Nixon aide, Watergate) 1926 - Ted Bessell, Flushing NY, actor (Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle) 1927 - John Pierre Herman Joubert, composer (Chamber Music for brass quintet) 1928 - Anthony Blond, British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book) 1928 - Christopher Benstead, race horse trainer 1928 - Fred Rogers, Latrobe PA, children TV host (Mr Rogers' Neighborhood) 1928 - Hans Kng, Swiss religious theologist 1928 - Jerome Cousins Biffle, Denver Co, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1952) 1930 - Michel Magne, composer 1931 - Antonio Tauriello, composer 1931 - David Montgomery, chairman (British Forestry Commission) 1931 - Hal Linden, [Harold Lip****z], actor (Barney Miller, Blacke's Magic) 1931 - John Rae, British educator (Conscience & Politics) 1932 - Tod Dockstader, composer 1933 - David James Moore, educationalist 1933 - Jacquez Guyonnet, composer 1934 - Eric Hebborn, artist/faker 1934 - Marion Conti, arch bishop (Aberdeen England) 1937 - Elizabeth Gille, writer translator/editor 1937 - Helmut Recknagel, Germany, 90m ski jump (Olympic-gold-1960) 1937 - Jerry Reed, Atlanta GA, singer/actor (Bat 21, Smokey & the Bandit) 1937 - Joe Rivers, rocker (Johnnie & Joe) 1937 - Mark Saville, QC, British high court judge 1938 - Frans J van der Heijden, Dutch journal/Dutch MP (CDA) 1939 - Brian Mulroney, (P-C) 18th PM of Canada (1984-93) 1939 - Earl of Seafield, [Ginger], English large landowner 1940 - Mickey Preger, horse trainer 1941 - Carlos Lopez, jockey 1945 - Larry Combest, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- ) 1945 - Pat Riley, Schenectady NY, NBA coach (Lakers, Knicks, Heat) 1945 - Tim Yeo, British MP/under-sect (State of Environment) 1946 - Ranger Doug, [Douglas Green], Ill, singer (Riders in Sky-Cowboy Way) 1947 - Carl Palmer, drummer (Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake & Palmer) 1947 - John Eastburn Boswell, medievalist 1948 - Bobby Orr, Parry Sound, Ontario, HOF NHL defenseman (Boston Bruins) 1948 - John de Lancie, actor (Q-Star Trek Next Gen, Days of our Lives) 1948 - Pamela Sargent, US, sci-fi author (Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives) 1950 - William Hurt, Wash DC, actor (Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God) 1951 - Guy Perry, rock guitarist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely) 1951 - Jimmie Vaughan, guitarist (Fabulous Thunderbirds) 1951 - John Wetton, rocker (Asia) 1951 - Madan Lal, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's) 1951 - Tanya Boyd, Detroit Mich, actress (Celeste-Days of our Life) 1952 - Anand Armitraj, India, tennis player (Brother of ViJay) 1954 - Charlie Simmer, Ontario, NHL left winger (LA Kings) 1954 - Jim Seales, Hamilton Ala, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South) 1956 - Phillip Oppenhein, British MP 1957 - Spike Lee, Atlanta, dir (Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X) 1957 - Theresa Russell, [Paup], SD Calif, actress (Black Widow, Razor's Edge) 1958 - Holly Hunter, Atlanta Georgia, actress (Broadcast News, Roe vs Wade) 1958 - Rickey Jackson, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers) 1959 - Dale Reid, Ladybank Scotland, LPGA golfer (European Solheim Cup team) 1959 - Richard Drummie, rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down) 1961 - John Clark Gable, LA Calif, actor (Bad Jim) 1961 - Kathy Guadagnino, Albany NY, LPGA golfer (1985 US Women's Open) 1961 - Slim Jim Phantom, [Jim Mcdonnell], rock drummer (Stray Cats) 1963 - Paul Annacone, Southampton NY, tennis star 1963 - Paul Mirkovich, rock keyboardist (Nelson-Love & Affection) 1963 - Ramon Andersson, Middle Swan Australia, canoeist (Olympics-br-92, 96) 1964 - Ruth Davidon, Balt MD, rower (Olympics-6th-96) 1965 - Chris Hoiles, Bowling Green OH, catcher (Baltimore Orioles) 1965 - Danielle Woodward, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) 1966 - Blas Minor, Merced CA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners) 1966 - Giulio Caravatta, CFL quarterback (BC Lions) 1967 - Bryan Genesse, actor, (Rocco-Bold & Beautiful, Grady-Street Justice) 1967 - Dana Rinehart Dalton, Orlando Florida, Miss Florida-America (1991) 1967 - Mookie Blaylock, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks) 1967 - Randy Gullatt, horse trainer 1968 - Eric Viscaal, Dutch soccer star (PSV/AA Gent) 1968 - Jurgen Rumrich, Miesbach GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998) 1968 - Sheree Megan Higgins, Matamata NZ, golfer (1991 Bridgestone) 1969 - Caroline Brunet, Quebec City Quebec, kayaker (Olympics-silver-96) 1969 - Konstantine Starikovitch, Podolsk Rus, 238lbs US weightlift (Oly-96) 1969 - Paul Atkinson, jockey 1969 - Sharon Manning, WNBA center/forward (Charlotte Sting) 1969 - Thang Thanh Nguyen, Soc Trang Vietnam, murderer (FBI Most Wanted) 1970 - Kristin Klein, Santa Monica Calif, volleyball outside hitter (Oly-96) 1970 - Ralph Dawkins, NFL running back (NO Saints) 1970 - Ron George, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons) 1970 - Todd Burger, NFL guard (Chic Bears) 1971 - Janis Kelly, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyball player (Olympics-96) 1971 - Manny Alexander, Dominican Republic, infielder (Baltimore Orioles) 1972 - Ajah Wilson-Ogechukwu, soccer player (Roda JC) 1973 - Jane March, Edgeware England, actress (Lover) 1973 - Nico Boje, cricketer (South African ODI left-arm spinner 1996) 1973 - Norman Tome, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96) 1974 - P J Bogart, NYC, diver (Olympics-96) 1975 - Brian Buetsch, Rockford Ill, figure skater (1997 Great Lakes Sr champ) 1976 - Arno Knapen, Dutch soccer player (Holten, FC Twente) 1997 - ? Hefner, mother of Hugh Hefner (playboy), dies at 101 Famous deaths 0842 - Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies 1191 - Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies 1351 - Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies 1393 - Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed 1415 - Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45 1501 - Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 1531 - Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded 1549 - Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded 1568 - Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77 1617 - Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50 1619 - Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies 1646 - Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 1703 - Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies 1727 - Issac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84 1751 - Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies 1757 - Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 1767 - Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87 1804 - Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47 1812 - Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52 1848 - Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 1866 - Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23 1871 - Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56 1873 - Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52 1874 - Hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63 1887 - Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73 1892 - Arthor Goring Thomas, composer, dies at 41 1894 - Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian freedom fighter/president (1849), dies at 91 1898 - Luis Pals Matos, Puerto Rican poet (Tunt£n the paso y grifer¡a), dies 1899 - Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to die by electrocution 1910 - Flix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies at 89 1911 - Jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75 1913 - Christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75 1913 - Song Jiao-ren, leader Chinese Guomindang-Party, dies 1920 - Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60 1925 - George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66 1928 - Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood) 1929 - Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77 1933 - Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR 1934 - A Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent), dies at 76 1936 - Durant Clifford Parkin, cricketer (Tests for S Afr 1891-92), dies 1941 - D A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies 1942 - Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41 1944 - Felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83 1950 - Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59 1951 - Jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74 1951 - Kathleen Lockhart Manning, composer, dies at 60 1953 - Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60 1962 - Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies 1962 - C Wright Mills, US sociologist (Power Elite), dies at 45 1963 - Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73 1964 - Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41 1964 - Jean Rogister, composer, dies at 84 1967 - A J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam 1968 - Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies 1972 - Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51 1972 - Jan Engelman, Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71 1972 - Marilyn Maxwell, actress (Grace-Bus Stop), dies at 50 1974 - Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62 1974 - [Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, Black US advocate in Virg, dies at 83 1976 - Michael Goodliffe, actor (Gorgon, 7th Dawn, Way Out), dies at 61 1982 - Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral, dies at 52 1987 - Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure 1988 - Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75 1990 - Jannetje Visser-Roosendaal, Dutch writer, dies at 90 1990 - Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie, dies at 60 1991 - Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls out of 53rd floor window at 5 1992 - Avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers), dies at 93 1992 - Frank Westbrook, dancer/choreographer, dies at 82 1992 - Georges Delerue, French composer (Hiroshima, My Love), dies at 67 1993 - Claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin, dies at 85 1993 - Jonathan Ball, English youngster, killed by IRA at 3 1995 - Merv Harvey, cricketer (scored 12 & 31 in Test Aus v Eng 46-47), dies 1995 - Rachida Hammadi, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 32 1995 - Sidney Kingslei, playwright, dies at 88 1995 - Sidney Kingsley, US playwright (Pulitzer prize 1934), dies at 88 1996 - Alan Ridout, composer, dies at 61 1996 - Claude Bourdet, human rights activist/journalist, dies at 86 1996 - Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist, dies at 71 1997 - Carlo Fassi, figure skating coach (Fleming, Hamill), dies at 67
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On March 21 in history ..
1349 - 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany 1421 - Battle of Beauge-French beat British 1492 - Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus 1610 - King James I addresses English House of Commons 1681 - 3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London 1697 - Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe 1702 - Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament 1788 - Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana 1788 - Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans 1790 - Thomas Jefferson reports to Pres Washington in NY as Sec of State 1791 - Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN 1804 - French civil Code of Napoleon adopted 1824 - Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses 1826 - Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna 1835 - Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass 1843 - Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today 1844 - Origin of Bah '¡ Era-Bah '¡ calendar starts here (Bah 1, 1) 1851 - Yosemite Valley discovered in California 1857 - Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die 1859 - 1st Zoological Society incorporates (Phila) 1859 - Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh 1859 - Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1st in US, incorporated 1860 - US extradition treaty with Sweden 1863 - Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon 1864 - Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana 1865 - Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman 1866 - Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes 1868 - 1st US professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in NYC 1871 - Journalist Henry M Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa 1871 - Otto von Bismarck elevated Frst 1874 - US Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House 1885 - 2nd French government of Ferry resigns 1888 - Arthur Pinero's "Sweet Lavender," premieres in London 1890 - Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law 1891 - A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing & lasted 20 years 1899 - British & French accord about West-Africa 1907 - US invades Honduras 1909 - Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin) 1913 - -26] Flood in Ohio, kills 400 1914 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld 1914 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Norman M Scott 1916 - JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as gov-gen of Neth Indies 1917 - 1st female US Navy Petty Officer is Loretta Walsh 1918 - -28] During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive 1921 - Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC 1922 - KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions 1923 - US foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognition 1924 - 1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC) 1924 - Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US 1925 - Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens 1925 - Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar 1927 - Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee 1931 - KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland 1931 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1931 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner 1933 - Hitler, Gring, Prince Ruprecht, Brning & top army meet in Berlin 1934 - Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500 1934 - Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play 1935 - Jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier," premieres in Paris 1935 - Persia officially renamed Iran 1937 - Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade 1939 - Nazi-Germany demands Gdansk (Danzig) from Poland 1941 - Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title 1942 - Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk 1942 - Heavy German assault on Malta 1943 - Assassination attempt on Hitler fails 1943 - British 8th army opens assault on Mareth line, Tunisia 1944 - Gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy 1945 - 1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa 1945 - During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany 1945 - Dutch Resistance fighter Hannie Schaft arrested by Nazi police 1946 - Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933 1946 - UN set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx) 1947 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur 1947 - Pres Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States 1947 - Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, NZ v England at Christchurch 1948 - "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio 1949 - WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, FL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 - 2,900,000 US soldiers in Korea 1951 - Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage 1952 - "3 Wishes for Jamie" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 94 perfs 1952 - -22] Tornadoes in Ark, Tenn, Mo, Miss, Ala & Ky cause 343 deaths 1952 - 31 storms crosses 6 states killing 340 in South-Central US 1952 - Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock & roll concert ever 1953 - NBA record 106 fouls & 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse) 1954 - KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 - Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece 1955 - Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums" 1956 - 28th Academy Awards - "Marty," Anna Magnani & Ernest Borgnine win 1957 - Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending," premieres in NYC 1958 - 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award 1958 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test 1959 - "Juno" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 16 performances 1959 - 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats W Va 71-70 1960 - Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa & outlaws ANC 1961 - Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000) 1961 - Beatles' 1st appearance at the Cavern Club 1962 - A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds 1962 - Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Neth for birth control 1962 - Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control 1962 - Philadelphia retires pitcher Robin Roberts' # 36 1963 - Alcatraz federal penitentiary in SF Bay closed 1963 - David Hendon & Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London 1964 - 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83 1964 - Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks 1964 - UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0) 1965 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open 1965 - Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama 1965 - US Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact 1966 - Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene 1968 - "Royals" chosen as the name of new KC AL franchise 1968 - Hill, Hawkins & Coghill's musical premieres in London 1968 - Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases 1968 - Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tom 1969 - John & Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton) 1969 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1970 - 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69 1971 - Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown 1971 - Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic 1971 - Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2" 1971 - WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 - US Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-yr residency to vote 1973 - Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHLer to score 500 goals 1974 - Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall 1975 - Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years 1978 - Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training) 1979 - Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel 1980 - On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot 1982 - "Little Johnny Jones" opens & closes at Alvin Theater NYC 1982 - Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard 1982 - Movie "Annie" premieres 1982 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1983 - Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled 1984 - Border scores 100* v WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings 1984 - NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule 1984 - Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon 1984 - Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan 1985 - Arthur Ashe is named to Intl Tennis Hall of Fame 1985 - Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South-Africa, 19 killed 1986 - 199.22 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange 1986 - Kania skates ladies world record 500 m (39.52 sec) & 3 km (4:18.02) 1986 - Pittsburgh Associates buy Pitts Pirates for $218 million 1987 - PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (17 million) 1988 - 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr 1989 - 1st sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral 1990 - "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC for 149 perfs 1990 - "Normal Life" starring Moon Unit & Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV 1990 - "Sydney" starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV 1990 - Namibia becomes independent of S Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president 1991 - 27 lost at sea when 2 US Navy anti-submarine planes collide 1991 - Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome 1991 - Tatsumi Fujinami beats Ric Flair for NWA wrestling championship 1991 - UN Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq 1992 - 2nd WLAF season begins 1992 - Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul NZ in exciting World Cup semi 1993 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament 1993 - Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint 1993 - South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl 1994 - 66th Academy Awards - "Schindler's List," Tom Hanks & Holly Hunter win 1994 - Anne P Sidamon-Eristoff named chairwoman of Museum of Natl History 1994 - Dudley Moore arrested for hitting girlfriend 1994 - Watne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals 1995 - NJ officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295 1995 - NYC agrees to sell it's 2 owned radio stations (WNYC AM & FM) 1996 - "Night of the Iguana" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 perfs 1997 - Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Rus) 1997 - Wrestlemania XIII Famous birthdays 1466 - French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen 1474 - Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint 1521 - Mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53) 1527 - Hermann Finck, composer 1609 - Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68) 1624 - Franois Roberday, composer 1642 - Georg Schmezer, composer 1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach, Eisenach Germany, composer (Matthus-Passion) 1708 - Caspar Ruetz, composer 1713 - Francis Lewis, signer (Decl of Ind) 1716 - Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer 1763 - Jean Paul, writer 1765 - Henry ***el, Dutch/English baron/diplomat 1768 - Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist 1779 - Alexis Garaude, composer 1806 - Benito Pablo Ju rez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mxico (1858-72) 1813 - James Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56) 1816 - Charlotte Bronte, novelist/poet 1820 - Frank Mori, composer 1836 - Jesus Monasterio, composer 1839 - Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS] 1854 - Alick A C Bannerman, cricketer (bro of Charles, Australia 1878-1893) 1863 - Hugo Kaun, composer 1866 - Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury, astronomer 1869 - Albert Kahn, architect, originated modern factory design 1869 - Florenz Ziegfeld, producer (Ziegfield Follies) 1878 - Thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer 1880 - Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real) 1880 - Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist 1881 - Hermann Sandby, composer 1882 - Gilbert M Anderson, [Max Aronson], Little Rock AR 1883 - Jules van Nuffel, composer 1884 - George D Birkhoff, US mathematician (Aesthetic measure) 1887 - Edwin Scharff, German "entartet" painter/sculptor 1891 - Jonathan Hale, actor (Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back) 1893 - Geoffrey Dearmer, poet 1900 - Eugenie Leontovitch, Moscow Russia, actor (Homicidal) 1900 - Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor 1901 - Carmelita Geraghty, Rushville IN, actress (My Best Girl, Texas Ranger) 1901 - Richard Leslie Hill, historian 1902 - Carl Jaffe, Hamburg Germany, actor (1st Man in Space, Escapement) 1902 - Eddie James "Son" House, folk blues musician (Delta Blues) 1902 - William Downie Forrest, journalist 1904 - Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer 1905 - Phyllis McGinley, US, poet (Pulitzer 1961, Love Letters) 1906 - John D Rockefeller III, billionaire philanthropist (oil) 1908 - Maurice Stans, rocker 1910 - Nick Castle, Bkln, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland) 1911 - John Paxton, screenwriter (On The Beach, Kotch, Farewell My Lovely) 1912 - Peter Bull, actor/author (Executioner, Tom Jones, Dr Strangelove) 1913 - George Ghita Ionescu, academic 1913 - Max Youngstein, NYC, producer (United Artists) 1914 - Herman Siles Zuazo, politician 1914 - Paul Tortelier, composer 1918 - Howard Cosell, Winston-Salem NC, sportscaster (Monday Night Football) 1918 - Joe Carveth, NHL forward (scored 20 or more goals in 3 seasons) 1919 - Geoffrey Pinnington, journalist 1919 - Lois Collier, SC, actress (Mary-Boston Blackie, Slave Girl) 1920 - Bruno Maderna, composer [or Apr 21] 1921 - Antony Hopkins, composer 1921 - Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist 1921 - Logan Ramsey, Long Beach Calif, actor (Head, Joy Sticks, Say Yes) 1923 - Mort Lindsey, Newark NJ, orch leader (Merv Griffin Show) 1923 - Philip Abbott, Lincoln Neb, actor (Arthur Ward-The FBI) 1924 - Karl Heinz Fussl, composer 1925 - John E Grotberg, (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86) 1925 - Peter Brook, London, director (1776)/TV writer 1926 - Andr Delvaux, Heverie Belgium, director/writer (Benvenuta) 1926 - Virginia Weidler, Hollywood CA, actress (Babes on Broadway) 1927 - Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German minister of Foreign affairs (FDP) 1928 - Evelyn Ruth Anderson, composer 1928 - James W Kinnear, Pittsburgh Pa, CEO (Texaco) 1928 - Peter Hacks, German playwright (Tie Windloch) 1929 - James Coco, Bronx NY, actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death) 1929 - Jules Verne Berman, space & science reporter (ABC-TV) 1931 - Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist 1932 - Joseph Silverstein, Detroit Mich, violinist (Denver Symphony Orch) 1933 - John Hall, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire 1933 - Michael Heseltine, Welsh/British minister of Defense (1986)/MP 1934 - Al Freeman Jr, Tx, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie) 1934 - Lister Carney, Bellaire Oh, 200m runner (Olympic-silver-1960) 1935 - Brian Clough, soccer manager 1935 - Hubert Fichte, writer 1936 - Marek Stachowski, composer 1937 - Tom Flores, Fresno Calif, NFL quarterback/coach (Raiders) 1938 - Grahame Thomas, cricketer (Australian batsman of the mid-60's) 1938 - Wilf Corrigan, English/US electronic manufacturer (LSI Logic) 1939 - Kathleen Widdoes, Wilmington Del, actress (Without a Trace) 1939 - Martha Hudson, Eastman Ga, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1960) 1941 - Dirk D Frimout, Belgium, cosmonaut 1941 - Malcolm Francke, cricketer (leg-spinner, Ceylon 1956 to Qld 1984) 1942 - Franoise Dorlac, Paris France, actress (That Man From Rio) 1943 - Antal Dunai, Hungary, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1968) 1943 - Vivian Stanshall, songwriter/comic 1944 - Charles Edward Greene, Pine Bluff Ark, 4x100m runner (Oly-gold-1968) 1944 - Henrik Colding-Jorgensen, composer 1944 - Jamary Oliveira, composer 1944 - Marie-Christine Barrault, Paris France, actress (Stardust Memories) 1945 - Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People) 1945 - Vernon Guy, US gospel singer (Cool Sounds, Sharpees) 1946 - Ray Dorset, rocker (Cold Blue Excursion) 1946 - Timothy Dalton, North Wales, actor (James Bond-Living Daylights) 1949 - Alvin Kallicharran, cricketer (wonderful West Indies LHB 1972-81) 1950 - Peter Banks, rocker (Genesis) 1950 - Roger Hodgson, rock vocalist (Supertramp-It's Raining Again) 1951 - Helena Antonaccio, playmate (June, 1969) 1951 - Russell Thompkins Jr, US soul singer (Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing) 1952 - Chris O'Connell, rocker 1953 - Carl Wolfson, Wash DC, comedian (Thicke of the Night) 1953 - Robert Johnson, rocker 1953 - Shotgun Johnson, rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Boys-Give it Up) 1954 - Mary Jane Smith, Van Nuys Ca, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1993) 1955 - Barbel Wockel-Eckert, German DR, sprinter (Olympic-4 gold-1976, 80) 1955 - Jean Marie Hon, SF Calif, actress (Jane-Man From Atlantis) 1956 - Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway, marathoner (Olympic-4th-1984, Bost-86, 89) 1957 - Sabrina Le Beauf, New Orleans La, actress (Sondra-Crosby Show) 1958 - Brad Hall, Santa Barbara Calif, comedian (SNL) 1958 - Gary Oldman, actor (Sid & Nancy, Criminal Law, State of Grace) 1958 - Marlies Ghr, German DR, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 1960 - Ayrton Senna, Brazilian formula-1 racer (1988 champ) 1960 - Dale Baze, jockey 1960 - Guy Chadwick, English singer/songwriter (House of Love) 1961 - Kassie Wesley, Ky, actress (Evil Dead 2, Blair-One Life to Live) 1961 - Slim MacDonnell, Jim Phantom rock percussionist (Stray Cats) 1961 - Wei Wang, Beijing China, US table tennis player (Olympics-96) 1962 - Matthew Broderick, NYC, actor (WarGames, Biloxi Blues) 1962 - Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne (League of Their Own, Flintstones, Rosie) 1963 - Ronald Koeman, Dutch soccer star (Ajax, PSV, Barcelona, Feyenoord) 1963 - Sharon June Howe Pederson, Glencoe Mn, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up) 1963 - Shawon Dunston, Brooklyn NY, infielder (SF Giants) 1966 - Al Iafrate, Dearborn Mich, NHL defenseman (San Jose Sharks) 1966 - Karen Lunn, Cowra Australia, LPGA golfer (1993 Women's British Open) 1966 - Matthew Maynard, cricketer (big hitting Glamorgan & England player) 1967 - Elaina Oden, Orange CA, volleyball middle blocker (Oly-bronze-92, 96) 1967 - Troy Westwood, CFL kicker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1968 - Erwin Vanderbroeck, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC) 1968 - Jeff Lazaro, Waltham Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994) 1968 - Johan Garpenlov, Stockholm Swe, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers) 1968 - Mark Sander, WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores) 1968 - Samantha Leah Dorman, Lakeland Fla, playmate (Sept, 1991) 1968 - Scott Williams, NBA forward (Phila 76ers) 1969 - Jennifer Lyn Jackson, Cleveland Ohio, playmate (April, 1989) 1969 - Mark Allen, Australia, Australasia golfer 1971 - Hason Graham, NFL wide receiver (NE Patriots) 1972 - (Olympics-silver-1998) 1972 - Boris Mironov, Moscow, NHL defenseman (Team Russia Oly-S-98, Edmonton) 1972 - Chris Ball, Costa Mesa Calif, kayak (alt-Olympics-96) 1972 - Frank West, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1972 - John Leach, CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts) 1972 - Michele Michael, Miss Maryland USA (1996) 1973 - Chiou Hai Ta, Miss Taiwan ROC Universe (1997) 1973 - Larry Bowie, running back (Washington Redskins) 1975 - Vitaly Potapenko, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers) Famous deaths 1487 - Nicholas van Flu, Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies 1538 - Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79 1556 - Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66 1652 - Vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flem historian/mayor (Brugge), dies at 55 1654 - Johann Neukrantz, composer, dies at 51 1656 - Armagh James Ussher, Archbishop (said world began 4004 BC), dies at 76 1729 - John Law, Scottish financier, dies at about 57 1734 - Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer, dies at 48 1768 - Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75 1793 - Johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51 1801 - Andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59 1810 - Philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies 1844 - Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65 1857 - Abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64 1863 - Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 1894 - Jacob Rosenhaim, composer, dies at 80 1916 - Victor de Stuers, Dutch art expert, dies at 72 1920 - Federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at 37 1921 - "Big Jim" Colisimo, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone 1934 - Franz Schreker, composer, dies at 55 1934 - Lilyan Tashman, actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at 34 1936 - Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70 1938 - Oscar Apfel, actor (Inspiration), dies at 60 1939 - Evald Aav, composer, dies at 39 1941 - Robert Liefmann, German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 67 1942 - Captain Mor vec, Czech resistance fighter, commit suicide 1945 - J Woortman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen at 39 1952 - A J Pieters, SS-Untersturmfhrer, executed 1952 - Wilhelm Albrecht, German SD-chief, executed 1954 - Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer, dies at 84 1955 - Muriel Aked, dies at 67 1958 - Cyril M Kornbluth, US sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at 34 1969 - Gerhart Fritsch, writer, dies at 44 1970 - Marlen Haushofer, writer, dies at 49 1973 - Antoni Szalowski, composer, dies at 65 1974 - Candy Darling, [James Slattery], female impersonator, dies 1975 - Berend Giltay, composer, dies at 64 1975 - Ralph Hawtrey, economist (multiplier), dies at 95 1980 - Gideon ***an, composer, dies at 75 1982 - Harry H Corbett, Brits actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky), dies at 57 1985 - Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Mr Arkadin), dies at 77 1985 - Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78 1986 - August de Boodt, Belgian politician, dies at 90 1987 - Dean Paul Martin, actor (Billy-Misfits of Science), dies at 35 1987 - Robert Preston, actor (Harold Hill-Music Man), dies at 68 1989 - Milton Frome, actor (Family Jewels), dies 1991 - Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies 1991 - Rajiv Gandhi, former PM of India, killed by bomb at 46 1992 - John Ireland, actor (Rawhide), dies of leukemia at 78 1994 - Dack Rambo, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies from AIDs at 52 1994 - Lili Damita, wife of Errol Flynn (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 89 1994 - Macdonald Carey, actor (Days of Our Lives), dies of cancer at 81 1995 - Daan Wildschut, Dutch painter/author, dies at 81 1995 - Etienne Martin, French sculptor, dies at 82 1995 - Norman Schwartz, record Producer, dies at 66 1995 - Robert Urquhart, actor (Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed), dies at 72 1996 - Eric Brand, diplomat, dies at 73 1996 - 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On March 22 in history ..
0752 - Stephen II elected Catholic Pope (or 23rd) 1349 - Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death) 1457 - Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book 1556 - Cardinal Reginald Pole becomes archbishop of Canterbury 1594 - French King Henri IV festival in Paris 1621 - Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Neth 1622 - 1st Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites Jamestown Va; 347 slain 1630 - 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston) 1638 - Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony 1680 - Parliament of Breisach accept French sovereignty over Elzas 1692 - Emperor Leopold I names duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king 1733 - Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer) 1765 - Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists 1775 - Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament 1778 - Capt Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state 1790 - Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State 1794 - Congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries 1822 - Gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna 1822 - NY Horticultural Society founded 1841 - Cornstarch patented (Orlando Jones) 1861 - 1st US nursing school chartered 1862 - San Marino & Italy conclude treaty of friendship & cooperation 1865 - Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas AL to Macon GA 1871 - William Holden of NC becomes 1st governor removed by impeachment 1872 - Illinois becomes 1st state to require sexual equality in employment 1873 - Slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico 1874 - Young Men's Hebrew Association organizes in NYC 1882 - Congress outlaws polygamy (again); bad news for Mormons 1882 - Edmunds Act adopted by US to suppress polygamy in the territories 1888 - English Football League established 1894 - Stanley Cup: Mont AAA beat Ottawa Generals, 3-1 (1st Cup game ever) 1895 - Auguste & Louis Lumiere show their 1st movie to an invited audience 1896 - Charilaos Vasilakos wins 1st marathon (3:18) 1903 - NY Highlanders (Yankees) tickets 1st go on sale 1903 - Niagera Falls runs out of water because of a drought 1914 - World's 1st airline, St Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins 1922 - British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison 1927 - Federico Garc¡a Lorca's "El Maleficio," premieres in Madrid 1928 - Nol Coward's musical "This Year of Grace," premieres in London 1929 - 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes 1929 - KIT-AM in Yakima WA begins radio transmissions 1929 - USCG vessel sank Canadian schooner suspected of carrying liquor 1933 - FDR makes wine & beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal 1934 - 1st Masters golf championship began in Augusta, Ga 1934 - Fire destroys Hakodate Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000) 1935 - Blood tests authorized as evidence in court cases (NY) 1939 - Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany 1941 - Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation 1942 - Heavy German assault on Malta 1943 - Dutch work week extended to 54 hour 1943 - Obligatory work for woman ends in Belgium 1943 - SS police chief Rauter threatens to kill half Jewish children 1944 - 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin 1945 - Arab League forms with adoption of a charter in Cairo Egypt 1945 - US 3rd Army crosses Rhine at Nierstein 1946 - 1st US rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up) 1946 - Britain signs treaty granting independence to Jordan 1947 - President Truman signs executive order calling for loyalty 1952 - Dutch DC-6 crashes near Frankfurt, killing 44 1953 - Anton¡n Z potocky chosen as president of Czechoslovakia 1953 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open 1954 - 1st shopping mall opened in Southfield, Mich 1956 - "Mr Wonderful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 383 performances 1956 - Death penalty against KPM-director Lon Jungschlaeger 1956 - Musical "Mr Wonderful" with Sammy Davis Jr premieres in NYC 1957 - Earthquake gives SF shakes 1957 - Republic of India adopts Saka calendar along with Gregorian 1958 - 20th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Seattle 84-72 1958 - Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi-Arabia 1958 - Liz Taylor's 3rd divorce (Mike Todd) 1958 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Nehi Golf Tournament 1960 - 1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes 1960 - AL Schawlow & C H Townes obtain patent for the laser 1962 - "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" opens at Shubert NYC for 300 perfs 1963 - Beatles release 1st album, "Please Please Me" 1963 - Brit Min of War John Profumo denies having sex with Christine Keeler 1963 - Oregon State's Terry Baker becomes 1st & only Heisman Trophy winner 1964 - Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of NY Times Magazine section 1964 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open Invitational 1965 - D Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1965 - US confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong 1967 - Muhammad Ali KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title 1968 - Jarmila Novotna resigns presidency of Czechoslovakia 1968 - Lynda Johnson ordered off SF cable car for eating an ice cream cone 1968 - Student riot in Nanterre near Paris 1969 - "Billy" opens & closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 1 performance 1969 - "Come Summer" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 7 performances 1969 - 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72 UCLA wins its 5th national championship in 6 years 1970 - "Blood Red Roses" opens & closes at John Golden Theater NYC 1970 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic 1971 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1972 - "Selling of the President" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 5 perfs 1972 - Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified) 1972 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP 1972 - Nick Mileti purchases Cleve Indians for $9 million 1972 - Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle 1975 - "Dinge-competed" wins Eurovisie Song festival 1975 - "Dr Jazz" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 5 performances 1975 - "Letter for Queen Victoria" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 18 perfs 1975 - Delta State beats Immaculata for the women's AIAW championship 1975 - Teach-In wins Eurovision Song Festival with "Dinge-Dong" 1975 - Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens 1977 - Dutch Den Uyl government falls 1977 - Indira Gandhi resigns as PM of India 1977 - Uyl govt falls 1978 - France performs nuclear test 1978 - Robert Frost Plaza, at California, Drumm & Market, SF, dedicated 1978 - Rutle's "All You Need is Cash" is show on NBC-TV 1979 - Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt 1979 - NHL votes to accept 4 WHA teams (Oilers, Jets, Nordiques & Whalers) 1981 - 1st class postage raised to 18 from 15 1981 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Desert Inn Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1981 - Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6 1981 - Toshihiko Seko runs world record 25k (1:13:55.8)/30k (1:29:18.8) 1982 - 3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched 1982 - Iran offensive against Iraq 1983 - Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president 1984 - Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game 1985 - NASA launches Intelsat VA 1986 - Ehrig skates ladies world record 5 km (7:20.99) 1986 - HBO launches boxing's heavyweight-title-unification-tournament 1986 - Heart's "These Dreams," single goes #1 1986 - Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Gordeeva & Grinkov (URS) 1986 - Kania skates ladies world record 1500m (1:59.30) 1986 - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Debi Thomas (USA) 1986 - Trevor Berbick beats Pinklon Thomas in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1987 - Betsy King wins LPGA Circle K Tucson Golf Open 1988 - Congress overrides Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill 1988 - WA beat Queensland by 5 wkts to win the Sheffield Shield Final 1989 - Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years 1989 - US Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of NYC Board of Estimate 1990 - "Grapes of Wrath" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 188 performances 1990 - "Les Miserables," opens at Shunert Theatre, Boston 1990 - Anchorage jury finds Capt Hazelwood innocent of Valdez oil spill 1990 - The ML umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games 1991 - Law enforcement officers raid fraternities at U of Va seizing drugs 1991 - NY Daily News begins using motto "Forward with NY" 1991 - Pamela Smart (HS teacher) found guilty in NH of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband 1992 - "Private Lives" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 37 performances 1992 - Danielle Ammaccapane wins Standard Register Ping Golf Championship 1992 - England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final 1992 - Joseph A Molloy elected NY Yankee general partner 1992 - Record producer Lou Adler weds Paige Hannah (Daryl's sister) 1992 - US Air NY to Cleveland crashes on take off at LaGuardia, 27 die 1993 - Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS 1994 - Dutch Ambassador to US christens a new tulip (the Hillary Clinton) 1994 - Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.68 sec) 1994 - South African Govt/ANC take power in Ciskei homeland 1994 - Soyuz TM-21 lands 1995 - Deputy Gov of Bank of England, Rupert Pennant-Rea, resigns following revelations of his affair with a freelance journalist 1996 - Cheryl Depew, of Florida, crowned 13th Miss Hawaiian Tropic Intl 1996 - STS 76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit 1997 - "Sunset Boulevard," closes at Minskoff NYC after 977 performances 1997 - Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU) 1997 - Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Tara Lipinski (USA) 1998 - 18th Golden Raspberry Awards 1998 - wins Standard Register PING Golf Famous birthdays 1459 - Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria 1599 - Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England) 1609 - John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68) 1700 - Giuseppe Sellitto, composer 1728 - Anton Raphael Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter 1728 - Giacomo Insanguine, composer 1752 - Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer 1767 - Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance 1771 - Heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf) 1785 - Adam Sedgwick, British? geologist 1797 - Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) 1799 - F W A Argelander, Memel E Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars 1803 - Anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer 1813 - Gabriel Rene Paul, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 1814 - Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood) 1817 - Braxton Bragg, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1876 1819 - William Wirt Adams, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 1822 - Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice 1822 - Isaac D Fransen van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866) 1822 - Seth Williams, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1866 1824 - William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army) 1834 - Francis Asbury Shoup, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 1842 - Carl A N Rosa, German violinist/composer 1842 - Mykola Vytal'yevich Lysenko, composer 1846 - Randolph Caldecott, England, illustrator (Caldecott Medal namesake) 1852 - Theodor Birt, [Beatus Rhenanus], German classical/writer 1857 - Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse) 1857 - Paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32) 1865 - Theophile Ysaye, composer 1867 - Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam's pitchman 1868 - Hamish MacCunn, composer 1868 - Henry W Methorst, lawyer/director (Dutch Cent Bureau of Statistics) 1868 - Robert A Millikan, US physicist (photoelectric effect; Nobel 1923) 1874 - Ellen Glasgow, novelist 1885 - Adriano Lualdi, composer 1885 - Jakabs Medins, composer 1887 - Chico Marx, [Leonard Martin], NYC, comedian (Marx Brothers) 1895 - Joseph Schildkraut, Vienna, actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents) 1896 - Giulia D De Albertis, writer 1902 - Ellin Berlin, [MacKay], Mrs Irving Berlin, writer (Lace Curtain) 1903 - James S Russell, US pilot/admiral (WW II Pacific Ocean) 1903 - Jochen Klepper, writer 1905 - Carlo Alberto Pizzini, composer 1905 - Grigorij M Kosinzev, Russian director 1905 - Phyllis McGinley, poet 1905 - Ruth Page, US choreographer/ballet leader (Diaghilev, Pygmalion) 1907 - James Gavin, US, 82nd Airborne Div General (Sicily/Normandy) 1907 - Paul J Steenbergen, Neth, actor (Ciske Rat)/founder (Hague's Comedy) 1908 - Albrecht Goes, writer 1908 - Louis D L'Amour, Jamestown ND, author (Hondo, Jubal Sackett) 1908 - Maurice H Stans, Shakope Minn, Secretary of Commerce (1969-72) 1909 - Gabrielle Roy, French-Canadian novelist (Tin Flute) 1909 - Jack Popplewell, composer/playwright 1910 - Nicholas Monsarret, England, writer (Cruel Sea) 1912 - Henri Rousselot, admiral 1912 - Lord Alport 1912 - Wilfrid Brambell, Dublin Ireland, actor (Hard Day's Night) 1913 - James Westerfield, Nashville TN, actor (Jungle Heat, Lucky Johnny) 1913 - Karl Malden, Chicago, actor (Mike-Streets of SF, American Express) 1913 - Martha Mdl, German singer/soprano (Wagner) 1914 - Cec Burke, cricketer (NZ leg-spinner v Australia 1946, 1 & 3, 2-30) 1914 - Lord Stokes 1914 - Masao Maruyama, social scientist 1915 - Forest Sagendorf, cartoonist 1915 - George Cresswell, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ aged 35) 1916 - George Wyle, NYC, orch leader (Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show) 1916 - Josephine van Gasteren, Dutch actress/director (Bluejackets) 1917 - C S Pick, publisher 1917 - Paul Rogers, British? actor (Looking Glass War, Billy Budd) 1917 - Virginia Grey, LA, actress (Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho) 1918 - Cheddi B Jagan, dentist/founder PPP/Guyanese Premier (1953, 1957-64) 1918 - Harry Kay, vice-chancellor (Exeter U) 1918 - Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer 1920 - Fanny Waterman, concert pianist & teacher 1920 - Ross Martin, Grodek Poland, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West) 1921 - Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Netherland, foreign minister (KVP) 1922 - Mujib ur-Rahman, Pakistan, sheik/premier 1922 - Stewart Stern, screenwriter (Rebel Without A Cause) 1923 - Bryan Clieve Roberts, lawyer/civil servant 1923 - Cor N van Dis Jr, Dutch MP (SGP, 1971-94) 1923 - Marcel Marceau, Strasbourg France, mime (Barbarella, Silent Movie) 1924 - Al Neuharth, newspaper founder (USA Today) 1924 - Bill Wendell, NYC, TV announcer (Late Night With David Letterman) 1925 - Colin Spedding, CEO (Council of Science & Technology Institutes) 1925 - Wolfgang Bchler, writer 1926 - Julius Marmur, biochemist/geneticist 1926 - Lawrence Jackson, Provost Emeritus (Blackburn) 1927 - George Thoms, cricketer (1 Test Aust against WI 1952, scored 16 & 28) 1927 - Mstislav Rostropovich, composer [3/12 OS] 1927 - Viscount Bolingbroke 1928 - Betty Callaway, figure skating trainer 1928 - Bill Archer, (Rep-R-TX, 1971- ) 1928 - DC Ingman, CEO (British Waterways Board 1928 - Dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov, soldier/historian 1928 - Ed Macauley, NBAer (Boston Celtics) 1930 - Derek Bok, college president (Harvard) 1930 - Lynden O Pindling, PM of Bahamas (1967-92) 1930 - Pat Robertson, televangelist (700 club, Pres candidate-R-1989) 1930 - Stephen Sondheim, NYC, lyricist (West Side Story, Company) 1931 - Igor Hajek, translator/writer 1931 - Leslie Thomas, author 1931 - William Shatner, Montral Canada, actor (Star Trek, T J Hooker) 1932 - Richard Thomas, admiral 1933 - Buddy MacKay, (Rep-D-FL, 1983- ) 1933 - Chris Duckworth, cricketer (South African batsman v England 1956-57) 1934 - Leslie Turnberg, president (Royal College of Physicians) 1934 - Orrin G Hatch, (Sen-R-UT, 1977- ) 1934 - Sheila Cameron, QC, Vicar-General (Province of Canterbury) 1935 - M[ichael] Emmet Walsh, Ogdensburg NY, actor (Wildcats, War Party) 1936 - Alan Bleasdale, author/playwright (Are You Lonesome Tonight) 1936 - May Britt, Sweden, actress (Young Lions)/wife of Sammy Davis Jr 1936 - Philip Ely, president (British Law Society) 1936 - Roger Whittaker, Nairobi Kenya, country singer (Durham Town) 1936 - Ron Carey, union pres (Teamsters) 1937 - Jon Hassell, composer 1938 - Glen Campbell, singer (By the Time I get to Phoenix, Galveston) 1938 - Vivian Pulliam, horse trainer 1940 - William Ritchie, vice-chancellor (Lancaster U) 1941 - Bruno Ganz, Zurich Switzerland, actor (Strapless, Wings of Desire) 1941 - Gary Lewis, horse trainer 1942 - Jon Arthur English, composer 1943 - George Benson, Pittsburgh, singer/guitarist (Greatest Love of All) 1943 - Joseph Schwantner, composer 1943 - Keith Reif, England, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love, Renaissance) 1944 - Jeremy Clyde, rocker 1944 - R P Mardling, headmaster (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield) 1944 - T S "Tony" McPhee, rocker (Sad Go Round) 1945 - Alan Opie, baritone (Boughton Bethlehem, Britten 5 Canticles) 1945 - Charles "Chuck" Jackson, US singer (Playboy, Independents) 1945 - Jeremy Clyde, England, rocker (Chad & Jeremy-Yesterday's Gone) 1945 - Paul Schockemhle, showjumper 1946 - Don Chaney, NBA player (Houston Rockets)/coach (Detroit Pistons) 1946 - Laraine Ashton, fashion models' agent (London) 1946 - Rudy/Rudolf [von Bittner] Rucker, US, sci-fi author (Wetware) 1946 - Serge, [Ruud Schaap], Dutch singer/guitarist (Saskia & Serge) 1947 - Harry Vanda, [Vandenberg], Hague Neth, rock guitarist (Easybeats) 1947 - Patrick Olive, percussionist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing) 1947 - Priscilla Yates, director (Royal Academy of Dancing) 1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, London, composer (Into the Woods, Phantom) 1948 - Randy Hobbs, rocker (Johnny Winter Band, McCoys) 1949 - Brian Hanrahan, British TV newsman (BBC) 1949 - D Watson, director (Brighton U) 1949 - Fanny Ardant, Monte Carlo, actress (Australia, Confidentially Yours) 1949 - Fran Sheehan, Boston Mass, rock bassist (Boston-More than a Feeling) 1950 - Mary Tamm, British? actress (Odessa File) 1951 - Howard Reitzes, Southgate Ca, rocker (Iron Butterfly) 1951 - Musa Khiramanovich Manarov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-4, TM-11) 1952 - Bob Costas, Queens NY, sportscaster/talk show host (Later) 1953 - Peter McEvoy, British? actor (Against the Innocent) 1953 - Thomas H Andrews, (Rep-D-Maine) 1956 - Lena Olin, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Enemies A Love Story) 1956 - Lyndsay Stephen, Donnybrook WA, Australasia golfer 1957 - Stephanie Mills, singer/actress (Wiz) 1958 - Joyce Lester, Australian softball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96) 1958 - Pete Wylie, Liverpool, rocker (Sinful) 1959 - Matthew Modine, Loma Linda Cal, actor (Full Metal Jacket) 1960 - Laurie Sargent, rock vocalist (Face To Face) 1962 - Diane Pavich, Melbourne Aust, golfer (1993 T50 Alpine Aust Ladies) 1962 - Juan Aguilera, Spain, tennis star 1962 - Tim Elliott, Perth WA, Australasia golfer 1963 - Hannu Virta, Turku FIN, hockey defenseman (Team Finland) 1963 - Rich Monteleone, Tampa FL, pitcher (California Angels) 1963 - Suzanne Sulley, Sheffield S Yorks, rocker (Human Leauge-Human) 1964 - Jeffrey Wagner, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer 1966 - Brad Edwards, NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons) 1966 - Brian Shaw, NBA guard (Orlando Magic, SF Warriors) 1966 - Sean Berry, Santa Monica CA, infielder (Houston Astros) 1966 - Todd Ewen, Saskatoon, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks) 1966 - Yahya Ayyash, militant 1968 - Ramon Martinez, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, pitcher (LA Dodgers) 1969 - Darrell Russell, defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders) 1969 - Russell Maryland, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys, Oak Raiders) 1970 - Jason Rouser, Tucson Arizona, 200m/400m runner 1970 - Reggie White, NFL nose tackle (NE Patriots) 1970 - Travis Richards, Crystal Minn, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994) 1971 - Richard Castillo, jockey 1972 - Elvis Stojko, Richmond Hill Ontario, (Oly-silver-94) 1972 - John Farquhar, tight end (New Orleans Saints) 1972 - Mikhail Sloutsky, WLAF LB (Scotland Claymores) 1972 - Pieter Christiaan, Prince of Netherlands 1972 - Shawn Bradley, NBA center (Dallas Mavericks, NJ Nets, Space Jams) 1973 - Dax Griffin, KS, actor (Tim Truman-Sunset Beach) 1973 - Joe Nedney, kicker (Arizona Cardinals) 1973 - Luther Elliss, NFL defensive end (Detroit Lions) 1974 - Kim Yun-Jung, Miss Universe-Korea (1996) 1974 - Marcus Camby, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors) 1974 - Tuomas Gronman, NHL defenseman (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998, Pitts) 1975 - Chris Bayne, safety (Atlanta Falcons) 1975 - Jiri Novak, Czechostovakia, tennis star 1976 - Kellie Shanygne Williams, Wash DC, actress (Laura-Family Matters) 1979 - Mariah Leanne Bergmann, Miss Kansas Teen USA (1997) 1990 - Eugenie, Princess of Britain Famous deaths 0337 - Constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47 1471 - George van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies 1589 - Lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67 1627 - Cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81 1639 - Thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies 1661 - Hendrick Uylenburgh, art dealer, buried at about 73 1743 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, Ital/Fr composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77 1758 - Jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies at 54 1771 - Gottlieb W Rabener, German author (Bremer Beitrge), dies at 56 1777 - John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77 1796 - Gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68 1798 - Justin Morgan, composer, dies at 51 1820 - Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41 1824 - Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer, dies at 76 1832 - J W Goethe, writer, dies at 82 1838 - Hendrik ***el, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73 1845 - Franz Joseph Volkert, composer, dies at 67 1867 - Ferdinando Giorgetti, composer, dies at 70 1871 - Johnny Cuzens, cricketer (Australian aboriginal tourist 1868), dies 1890 - Dsir de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader, dies at 85 1906 - Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59 1909 - Gyula Erkel, composer, dies at 66 1922 - Louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian, dies at 86 1923 - Theophile Delcass, French statesman, dies at 71 1924 - R G Nivelle, French general (Verdun), dies at 67 1929 - Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer, dies at 64 1931 - Ban Johnson, founder of baseball's American League, dies at 67 1944 - ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed 1945 - J Postuma, Dutch resistance fighter, dies 1946 - Clemens A von Galen, bishop of Munster/anti fascist, dies at 68 1951 - J Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (Matthus Passion), dies at 79 1953 - James Anderson II, (Jo-Northern Exposure), dies 1956 - George A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71 1958 - Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 56 1962 - Aura Abranches, Port actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio), dies at 65 1964 - Addison Richards, actor (Col-Pentagon), dies at 76 1964 - Joseph Schildkraut, Austr actor (Flame of Barbary Coast), dies at 68 1969 - Ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Czech actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at 78 1971 - Martin Bodmer, writer, dies 1974 - Peter Revson, US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35 1975 - Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65), dies at 75 1975 - Cass Daley, actress (Red Garters), dies at 59 1975 - Paul Verhoeven, director (Robocop, 4th Man, Total Recall), dies at 73 1978 - Karl Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in PR at 73 1979 - Ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at 78 1986 - Charles Starrett, actor (Silver Streak, Jungle Bride), dies 1987 - Joan Shawlee, actress (Abbott & Costello Show), dies at 58 1991 - Gloria Holden, actress (Dracula's Daughter, Test Pilot), dies at 73 1993 - Cec Pepper, cricketer (NSW & Commonwealth XI leggie), dies 1993 - Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91 1993 - Phia [Sophia R] Berghout, Dutch harpist, dies at 83 1993 - Steve Olin, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 27 1993 - Tim Crews, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 31 1994 - Dan Hartman, US singer/songwriter (Love Sensations), dies at 42 1994 - Igor Aleinikov, Russian director (tractors, air crash), dies at 32 1994 - Luther Diamond, radio Personality, dies at 89 1994 - Walter Lantz, US cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 93 1995 - Peter Woods, newsreader, dies at 64 1996 - Claude Mauriac, writer, dies at 81 1996 - Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS 5, STS 51-B), dies at 59 1996 - Robert Mellors, gay activist, dies at 47 1996 - Ronald George Hayward, political manager, dies at 78
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On March 23 in history ..
1026 - Koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy 1066 - 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1153 - Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I "Barbarossa" & Pope Eugene III 1490 - 1st dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" published 1490 - Maimonides Mishneh Torah published 1534 - Arag¢n legal 1568 - Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike 1579 - Friesland joins Union of Utrecht 1593 - English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander 1630 - French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont 1657 - France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk 1708 - English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth 1743 - English premiere of Hndel's "Messiah" 1743 - George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" premieres in London 1752 - Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later 1775 - Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death" 1794 - 1st US patent (Joseph G Pierson for a riveting machine) 1794 - Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine 1794 - Lt-general Tadeusz Kosciuszko returns to Poland 1801 - Murder attempt on Czar Paul I 1806 - Lewis & Clark reach Pacific coast 1808 - Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain 1832 - British Parliament passes reform bill 1835 - Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales, in the Andes 1836 - Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale 1839 - 1st known use of term OK (Boston) 1839 - 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post) 1840 - Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype) 1849 - Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert vs Italian republic) 1857 - Elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC) 1858 - Streetcar patented (E A Gardner of Phila) 1861 - London's 1st tramcars, designed by Mr Train of NY, begins operating 1862 - Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign 1864 - Encounter at Camden AR 1865 - General Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro NC 1867 - Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over Pres Johnson's veto 1868 - U of Calif founded (Oakland Calif) 1873 - Slavery abolished in Puerto Rico 1880 - Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisc) 1881 - Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war 1881 - Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die 1889 - Pres Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization 1891 - 1st jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall 1896 - Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chnier," premieres in Milan 1901 - Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast 1903 - Wright brothers obtain airplane patent 1910 - 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway) 1912 - Dixie Cup invented 1915 - Zion Mule Corp forms 1917 - Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest US 1918 - Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River 1918 - Crpy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris, 256 killed 1918 - Lithuania proclaims independence 1918 - Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's ****" (nickname for the widow Krupp) 1919 - Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted 1919 - Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan Italy 1919 - Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms 1920 - Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms 1922 - 1st airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington, DC 1922 - KMJ-AM in Fresno CA begins radio transmissions 1922 - WEW-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions 1923 - Frank Silver & Irving Conn release "Yes, We Have No Bananas" 1925 - Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution 1926 - NHL Championship: Mont Canadiens outscore Pitt Pirates, 6-4 in 2 games 1929 - 1st telephone installed in White House 1930 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1930 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner 1933 - Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers 1933 - Kroll Opera in Berlin opens 1934 - US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945 1936 - Italy, Austria & Hungary sign Pact of Rome 1937 - LA Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars 1938 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 St L Cardinals minor leaguers 1940 - 1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS 1940 - All-India-Moslem League calls for a Moslem homeland 1942 - 2,500 Jews of Lublin massacred or deported 1942 - Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean 1942 - US move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers 1943 - German counter attack on US lines in Tunisia 1944 - Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die 1944 - Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 m without a parachute & lives 1945 - British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine 1945 - Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 US Navy ships bomb Okinawa 1945 - Premier Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen 1946 - 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NC 43-40 1948 - John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m)) 1949 - Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in NYC 1950 - "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 52 perfs 1950 - 22rd Academy Awards - "All King's Men," Crawford & De Havilland win 1950 - Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government 1950 - UN World Meteorological Org established 1951 - Wages in France increase 11% 1952 - Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds 1956 - 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: SF beats Iowa 83-71 1956 - Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (Natl Day) 1956 - Sudan becomes independent 1957 - 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Kansas 54-53 (3 OTs) 1957 - US army sells last homing pigeons 1960 - Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit 1962 - JFK visits SF 1962 - Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket v WI age 21 years 77 days 1962 - Wake Forest coach "Bones" McKinney becomes 2nd person to play & coach 1962 - William DeWitt buys Cin Reds for $4,625,000 1963 - 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Loyola beats Cin 60-58 (OT) 1963 - Rolf Hochhuth's "Der Stellvertreter," premieres in Berlin 1964 - UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva 1965 - Gemini 3 launched, 1st US 2-man space flight (Grissom & Young) 1965 - Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed 1966 - 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic & Anglican Church 1968 - 30th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats NC 78-55 1968 - Rev Walter Fauntroy, is 1st non-voting congressional delegate from DC 1969 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Charlotte Golf Invitational 1969 - Rally for Decency (Miami) 1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1971 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accept simplified divorce 1971 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1972 - Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars 1972 - NY Yanks agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx 1973 - After a 5« year run soap "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" ends 1973 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 - Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in US 1975 - Sue Roberts wins LPGA Bing Crosby International Golf Classic 1976 - International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying) 1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 - Larry Holmes TKOs Osvaldo Ocasio in 7 for heavyweight boxing title 1979 - Wings release "Goodnight Tonight" 1980 - Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket v Pakistan 1980 - Donna Caponi Young Pro-Am wins LPGA National Golf Tournament 1980 - France performs nuclear test 1980 - Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt 1981 - Supreme Court upholds law making statutory rape a crime only for men 1981 - Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions 1982 - Guatemala military coup under gen Rios Montt, pres Romeo Lucas flees 1982 - Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals 1983 - US president Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars"-plan (SDI) 1984 - Andrea Schne skates ladies world record 3 km (4:20.91) 1984 - Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa won by J Torvill & Chris Dean (GRB) 1984 - Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Underhill & Paul Martini (CAN) 1984 - Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Katarina Witt (GDR) 1984 - Men's Fig Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1985 - Billy Joel weds supermodel Christie Brinkley 1985 - Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-D mission 1985 - Julian Lennon's 1st concert (San Antonio Texas) 1985 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1986 - 6th Golden Raspberry Awards: Rambo: First Blood Part II wins 1986 - Heavyweight Trevor Berbick KOs Pinklon Thomas 1986 - Penny Pulz wins LPGA Circle K Tucson Golf Open 1987 - Soap "Bold & Beautiful" premieres 1987 - US offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf 1987 - West Germany SPD chairman Willy Brandt resigns 1989 - 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature 1989 - Joel Steinberg sentenced to 25 yrs for killing his adopted daughter 1990 - Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound & pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill 1991 - 20 Tornadoes kill 5 in Tennessee 1991 - Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12m) 1991 - 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 & Mont beats Birmingham 20-5 1992 - Florida Marlins begin selling tickets 1993 - Belgian govt of Dehaene, resigns 1993 - NY Knicks & Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl 1994 - Amy Fisher's lover Joey Buttafuoco is released from jail 1994 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:28) 1994 - Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for NY governor 1994 - Joey Buttafuoco, released from jail after 4 months & 9 days 1994 - Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev 1994 - Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed) 1994 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored 1994 - Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field) 1995 - "How To Succeed in Business..." opens at R Rodgers NYC for 548 perfs 1995 - Dollar equals 88.41 yen (record) 1997 - "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," closes at Lyceum Theater NYC 1997 - 17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins 1997 - Betsy King wins LPGA Standard Register PING 1997 - Liberty Legends of Senior Golf 1997 - Phil Mickelson wins Bay Hill Golf Invitiational 1997 - Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title 1997 - wins Standard Register PING 1998 - 70th Academy Awards - Famous birthdays 1599 - Thomas Selle, composer 1638 - Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist 1699 - John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany 1736 - Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) 1749 - Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer 1749 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, mathematician/astronomer/physicist 1750 - Johannes Matthias Sperger, composer 1761 - John W de Winter, Dutch vice-admiral (Battle at Kamperduin) 1769 - William Smith, geologist (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils) 1795 - Leopold Jansa, composer 1801 - Peterus D Regout, Dutch industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht) 1808 - Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, sociologist/historian (Statistic yearbook) 1811 - Camille Marie Stamaty, composer 1811 - Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer 1818 - Don Carlos Buell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898 1821 - Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper) 1823 - Schuyler Colfax, (R) 17th VP (1869-73) 1825 - Edward Lloyd Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1898 1826 - Leon Minkus, composer 1834 - Julius Reubke, composer 1837 - Joseph Wieniawski, composer 1844 - Eugene Gigout, composer 1847 - Alexandru D Xenopol, Romania, historian 1854 - Alfred Milner, Giessen Germany, British governor (Cape colony) 1857 - Fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company) 1858 - Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel prize 1927) 1860 - Horatio W Bottomley, British? journalist/swindler 1863 - Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh 1864 - Hjalmar Borgstrom, composer 1876 - Muirhead Bone, Glasgow Scotland, etcher/engraver of architecture 1878 - Franz Schrecker, composer 1881 - Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53) 1881 - Roger Martin du Guard, France, novelist (Les Thibault-Nobel 1937) 1882 - C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia 1883 - Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria 1884 - Glauco Velasquez, composer 1887 - Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog) 1887 - Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch 1887 - Juan Gris, Spain, cubist painter (Still Life Before an Open Window) 1887 - Sidney Hillman, union leader (Sidney Hillman Foundation) 1891 - Catherine Murphy Urner, composer 1895 - Dane Rudhyar, composer 1898 - Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus 1898 - Hazel Dawn, [LaTout], Utah, actress (Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl) 1900 - Erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society) 1900 - Jose Antonio Calcano, composer 1901 - Edmund Rubbra, composer [or May 23] 1901 - Jan H de Groot, Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder (Free Netherlands) 1902 - Philip Ober, Fort Payne Ala, actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie) 1905 - Paul Grimault, animator 1905 - Ralph Perring, Lord Mayor (London) 1906 - George Posford, composer 1907 - Daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957) 1907 - Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay, politician 1908 - Dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate 1908 - Joan Crawford, [Lucille Le Sueur], Texas, actress (Mildred Pierce) 1910 - Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living) 1910 - Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, German singer/actress (Der Pott) 1911 - Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player 1911 - Charles Joseph A Russhon, USAF lt col/liaison (James Bond films) 1911 - Denis Wright, diplomat 1911 - Edward Warner, diplomat 1911 - Richard Chapman, golfer (1940 US amateur, 1951 British amateur) 1912 - Alfred Schwarzmann, Germany, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1936) 1912 - John Payne, Roanoke Va, actor (Dodsworth, Razor's Edge) 1912 - Werner von Braun, Wirsitz Germany, rocket expert (I Aim at the Stars) 1914 - Robert Gross, composer 1915 - Francis Berry, poet/Shakespearean scholar 1917 - H C Allen, American historian 1917 - Johnny Guarnieri, NYC, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show) 1917 - Kenneth Tobey, actor (The Thing, Strange Invaders) [or Feb 23] 1917 - Patricia Burke, Milan Italy, actress (Forbidden) 1919 - Michael Lyne, British air Vice-marshal 1920 - Alexander Grigori Harut'unyan, composer 1920 - Geoffrey Bush, composer 1920 - James Brown, Desdemona Tx, actor (Lt Rip Masters-Rin Tin Tin) 1920 - Jimmy Edwards, comedy actor (Barnes) 1920 - Neal Smith, (Rep-D-IA, 1959- ) 1921 - Donald Malcome Campbell, Surrey UK, boat racer (1955 speed records) 1921 - Ian Todd, pres (Royal College of Surgeons) 1921 - Wolfgang Altendorfer, writer 1922 - Marty Allen, Pitts, comedian (Allen & Rossi), "Hello Dere" 1922 - Ugo Tognazzi, Cremona Italy, actor/director (La Cage Aux Folles) 1923 - Arnie Weinmeister, AAFC, NFL def tackle (NY Yankees, Giants) 1924 - Peter Godfrey, chartered accountant 1925 - Cees de Ruyter, European champion billiards player 1925 - David McNee, commissioner (Metropolitan Police) 1926 - Martha Wright, Seattle, singer (Let's Dance, Martha Wright Show) 1927 - Osvaldo Lacerda, composer 1928 - 11th duke of Beaufort, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1928 - Alfred Morris, British MP 1929 - Albert H Crews, astronaut 1929 - Gerrit den Braber, Dutch composer/producer 1929 - James Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Pyt Potter, Otley) 1929 - Michael Manser, architect 1929 - Roger Bannister, England, 1st to run a 4 minute mile (May 6, 1954) 1931 - Norman F Lent, (Rep-R-NY, 1971- ) 1933 - Geoffrey Leigh, CEO (Allied London Properties) 1933 - Monique van Vooren, Belgium, actress (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein) 1933 - Norman Bailey, British bass-baritone (Flying Dutchman) 1934 - Bryan Bass, headmaster (City of London School) 1934 - Mark Rydell, NYC, actor (Havana, Punchline, Long Goodbye) 1935 - Barry Cryer, comedian/writer (Goodies Rule-OK, All You Need is Cash) 1935 - Desmond Pitcher, CEO (Merseyside Development Corporation) 1935 - Szil rd Kun, Hungary, rapid fire pistol (Olympic-silver-1952) 1937 - Craig Breedlove, LA, auto-racing champion (613 MPH-Spirit of America) 1937 - Heinz Martin Lonquich, composer 1938 - Christopher Glenn, NYC, news anchor (CBS Nightwatch) 1938 - Kenneth J Gregory, warden (Goldsmiths' College) 1939 - Bert Berdis, Pitts, comedian (Tim Conway Show) 1939 - Boris Ivanovich Tischenko, composer 1940 - Brian Hastings, cricketer (NZ batsman in 70's) 1940 - Luis Gasca, rocker 1940 - Tariq Yunus, actor (Bollywood, Ashanti, Deceivers) 1942 - Jimmy Miller, US pop drummer (Rolling Stones, Motrhead) 1943 - Gail Goodrich, NBA star (Lakers, Suns) 1943 - Peter Graves, supt minister (Westminster Central Hall) 1944 - Michael Nyman, composer (Mesmer, Carrington) 1944 - Salim Altaf, cricketer (Pakistan medium-pacer in 21 Tests 1967-78) 1947 - Barbara Rhodes, Poughkeepsie NY, actress (Don't Just Stand There) 1948 - Michael Gleeson, otolaryngologist 1948 - R J Bennett, FBA/geographer 1948 - Wasim Bari, cricket wicket-keeper (Pakistan's most successful) 1949 - Karen English, (Rep-D-Arizona) 1949 - Ric Ocasek, Balt, rock vocalist (Cars-Double Life, Bye Bye Love) 1950 - Corrine Clery, Paris France, actress (Moonraker, Yor) 1950 - P R Scott, Headmaster (Bancroft's School, Woodford Green) 1951 - **** Mast, Bluffton OH, Nike golfer (1990 Mississippi Gulf Coast) 1951 - Lis Howell, director of programs (GMTV) 1952 - Patricia Richardson, Bethesda MD, actress (Jill-Home Improvement) 1953 - Chaka Khan, [Stevens], Great Lakes Il, rocker (Rufus-I am Every Woman) 1953 - Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, British MP 1953 - Louie Anderson, Minn, comedian (Ratboy, Wrong Guys) 1954 - Moses Malone, NBA center (Atlanta Hawks, Milw Bucks, Phila '76ers) 1955 - Cindy Olavarri, Pleasant Hills Calif, cyclist (7-Eleven team) 1956 - Andrew Mitchell, British MP 1956 - Laura Thorne, chef (named one of 10 best American chefs) 1957 - Amanda Plummer, NYC, actress (Hotel New Hampshire, Dollmaker) 1957 - Sheila Rena Ingram, Wash DC, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1976) 1957 - Teresa Ganzel, Toledo Ohio, actress (Teachers Only, Duck Factory) 1958 - Serena Grandi, [***ioli], Bologna Itay, actress (Miranda) 1960 - Oscar Michael Moore, journalist 1960 - Terry Sweeney, St Albans NY, writer/comedian (SNL) 1962 - Johan Steur, soccer player (FC Volendam) 1963 - Ana Quirot, Cuba, 800m runner (Olympics-bronze/silver-92, 96) 1963 - Kim Williams, Bethesda MD, LPGA golfer (1995 GHP Heartland-26th) 1965 - Dante Jones, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos) 1965 - Daren Puppa, Kirkland Lake, NHL goalie (Tampa Bay Lightning) 1965 - Richard Grieco, Waterton NY, actor (21 Jump Street, Booker) 1965 - Wayne Presley, Detroit, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs) 1966 - James Saxon, NFL fullback (Phila Eagles) 1966 - Marti Pellow, rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was) 1966 - Mike Remlinger, Middletown NY, pitcher (Cin Reds) 1967 - David Ford, Edmonton Alberta, kayaker (Olympics-15-92, 96) 1967 - Duncan Macrae, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped), dies at 61 1967 - Sandra Reinhardt, Pitts, actress (Another World, Illegal in Blue) 1968 - Atul Wassan, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1989-90) 1968 - Curtis Mayfield, CFL receiver (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1968 - David Maeva, CFL linebacker (BC Lions) 1968 - Mark Maddox, linebacker (Buffalo Bills) 1968 - Mike Atherton, cricketer (Lancashire batsman & England captain) 1970 - Carl Pickens, NFL wide receiver (Cin Bengals) 1970 - Turhon O'Bannon, CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1971 - Alexander Selivanov, Moscow Rus, NHL right wing (Tampa Bay Lightning) 1971 - Chris Lipuma, Oak Lawn, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning) 1971 - Demetrius DuBose, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs) 1971 - Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, wrestler (NJPW) 1971 - Karen McDougal, Gary IN, playmate (Dec, 1997) 1971 - Renette Cruz, Miss Universe-Canada (1996) 1971 - Yasmeen Ghauri, Montrael Canada, model (Valentino Perfume) 1972 - Jennifer K Chapman, Miss USA-Massachusetts (1997) 1972 - Jonas Bjorkman, Vaxjo Sweden, tennis star (Davis Cup 1994) 1972 - Ryan Kuwabara, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) 1973 - David Vaughn, NBA forward (Orlando Magic, SF Warriors) 1973 - Igor Nikitin, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998) 1973 - Jason Kidd, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks) 1973 - Kathy Carboy, Cincinnati, Ohio, diver (Olympics-96) 1973 - Naoko Sawamatsu, Nishinomiya Japan, tennis star (1994 Singapore) 1973 - Ninya Perna, Miss USA-Nevada (1997) 1973 - Rob Lazeo, CFL offensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1974 - Eric Washington, NBA guard (Denver Nuggets) 1974 - Scott Galyon, linebacker (NY Giants) 1974 - Tony Alberda, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen, Emmen) 1975 - Rita Grande, Napoli Italy, tennis star (3rd round 1996 Aust Open) 1976 - Keri Russell, actress (Mickey Mouse Club, Lottery, Daddy Girls) 1976 - Nolan Baumgartner, Calgary, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals) 1977 - Josh Ackerman, actor (Mickey Mouse Club) 1978 - Nicholle Tom, Hinsdale IL, actress (Beethoven, Maggie-Nanny, BH 90210) 1990 - Eugenie OF, Princess of York/daughter of prince Andrew/Sarah Ferguson Famous deaths 1169 - Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies 1237 - Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies 1369 - Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered 1555 - Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67 1606 - Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58 1653 - Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48 1658 - Valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79 1669 - Philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54 1676 - Paulus Wirtz, [Wrtz], German/Neth army commander, dies at 63 1748 - Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63 1756 - Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer, dies at 57 1783 - Gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67 1786 - Patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown) 1801 - Paul I, tsar of Russia (1796-1801), strangled at 46 1806 - George Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20 1809 - Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60 1816 - Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer, dies at 95 1818 - Nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42 1819 - August v Kotzebue, writer, dies 1821 - Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56 1832 - Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer, dies at 41 1842 - Stendhal, [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Lamiel), dies at 59 1862 - Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81 1869 - Charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60 1880 - Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67 1881 - Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45 1902 - K lm n Tisza, premier of Hungary (1875-90), dies at 71 1906 - Victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies 1907 - Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79 1914 - Teunis Stoel, actor, dies at 62 1918 - Cesar Cortinas, composer, dies at 27 1919 - Jean HL Bossard, actor/impresario (2 Orphans), dies at 45 1925 - Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76 1937 - Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist, dies at 66 1943 - Andr Lichtenberger, French Sudan writer (Le Petit Roi), dies at 72 1943 - Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer, dies at 47 1944 - O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash 1946 - Alexandru Zirra, composer, dies at 62 1950 - Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies 1952 - Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61 1953 - Raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France 1957 - L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77 1958 - Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76 1960 - Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78 1961 - A C Russell, cricketer (10 Tests for England 910 runs), dies 1961 - James Edward Murray, (Sen-D-Montana) (1935-61), dies 1961 - Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko, cosmonaut, dies in accident at 24 1962 - Josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Neth, dies at 80 1962 - Val Paul, producer (F-Man), dies at 73 1963 - Davey Moore, dies seconds after KOed in feather-weight championship 1964 - Peter Lorre, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 59 1964 - Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at 66 1965 - Mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at 75 1966 - Johannes W Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie), dies at 82 1967 - Duncan Macrae, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped), dies at 61 1968 - Edwin O'Connor, US writer, dies at 49 1969 - Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at 87 1971 - Armin Loos, composer, dies at 67 1971 - Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author/poet (Brass Garden), dies at 72 1973 - Ken Maynard, actor (Phantom Rancher, $50,000 Reward), dies at 77 1979 - Philip Bourneuf, actor (Big Night, Frankenstein), dies at 71 1982 - Mario Praz, Italian author (Casa della vita), dies at 85 1983 - Barney Clark, 1st artifical heart recipient, dies after 112 days at 62 1985 - Anton Constandse, Dutch anarchist/writer, dies at 85 1985 - Patricia Roberts Harris, (Rep-D), dies at 60 1985 - Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium at 52 1987 - Dean Paul Martin, musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29 1991 - Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68 1991 - Fons Jansen, Dutch night club performer, dies at 65 1991 - Mona Maris, actress (Camila, Berlin Correspondent), dies at 88 1992 - Friedrich A von Hayek, British economist (Road to Serfdom), dies at 92 1993 - Hans Werner Richter, German writer/founder (Gruppe 47), dies at 84 1994 - Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei bishop, dies at 80 1994 - Giulietta Masina, wife of Federico Felini/(La Strada), dies at 74 1994 - Jim Moloney, dies of Parkinson's disease 1994 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican pres candidate, assassinated at 44 1995 - Alan Barton, singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash 1995 - Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar, composer/songwriter, dies at 61 1995 - Davie Cooper, soccer star, dies at 39 1995 - Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter, dies at 81 1995 - Ripley L. Ingram, singer, dies at 65 1995 - Robert Turner, winner of 1st All-American Soap Box Derby, dies at 72 1995 - Russell Reading Braddon, author, dies at 74 1996 - Jay D. Miller, record producer, dies at 73 1996 - Peter Baer, artost/printmaker, dies at 72
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On March 24 in history .. 1379 - End of Gelderse war victory 1545 - German Parliament opens in Worms 1550 - France & England sign Peace of Boulogne 1603 - Scottish king James VI becomes King James I of England 1629 - 1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia 1645 - Battle at Jankov Bohemia: Sweden beatS RC emperor Ferdinand III 1664 - Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island 1721 - Johann Sebastian Bach opens his Brandenburgse Concerts 1734 - Neth's William K H Friso marries princess Anne of Hanover 1765 - Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers 1792 - Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London 1801 - Aleksandr P Romanov becomes emperor of Russia 1828 - Philadelphia & Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized 1832 - Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred & feathered in Ohio 1837 - Canada gives blacks the right to vote 1848 - State of siege proclaimed in Amsterdam 1855 - Manhattan Kansas founded as New Boston Kansas 1860 - Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY 1868 - Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms 1877 - University boat race between Oxford & Cambridge ends in a dead heat 1878 - British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost 1880 - Tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in CT 1882 - German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB 1883 - 1st telephone call between NY & Chicago 1887 - Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey) 1890 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (BG) 1894 - 37 miners killed at Franklin, WA 1898 - 1st automobile sold 1906 - "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world 1910 - 83øF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1913 - Netherlands soccer team's 1st victory over England 1913 - Palace Theater opens at 1564 Broadway NYC 1920 - 1st US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) 1922 - Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish 1924 - Greece becomes a republic 1925 - KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions 1926 - The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands 1927 - Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie 1927 - Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Belgian & Neth's Wielingen Treaty 1930 - 1st religious services telecast in US (W2XBS NYC) 1930 - Planet Pluto named 1930 - Rnsburgse Boys soccer team forms 1932 - 1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD) 1933 - Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency 1934 - US declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945 1935 - Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network 1936 - Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 mins & 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 mins), ends 1-0 1937 - Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois) 1937 - National Gallery of Art established by Congress 1941 - British troops defeat British Somalia 1941 - German troops occupy El Agheila Libya 1941 - Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie for 20th Century Fox 1941 - LIU beats Ohio U 56-42 for NIT basketball championship 1941 - Richard Wright & Paul Green's "Native Son," premieres in NYC 1944 - 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) 1944 - 811 British bombers attack Berlin 1944 - In occupied Rome, Nazis execute more than 300 civilians 1945 - Gen Eisenhower, Montgomery & Bradley discuss advance in Germany 1945 - Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports & 1300 gliders 1945 - Operation Varsity: British, US & Canadian airborne landings E of Rhine 1945 - US minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa 1947 - Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the presidency 1947 - John D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN 1949 - 21st Academy Awards - "Hamlet," Laurence Olivier & Jane Wyman win 1949 - Walter & John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win 1950 - Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship 1950 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman 1950 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button 1952 - Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa 1953 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1955 - 1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service 1955 - British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years 1955 - Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens for 694 performances 1958 - Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761) 1959 - Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact 1960 - US appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene 1961 - NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows 1962 - 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59 1962 - Benny Paret, KOed in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later 1962 - Mick Jagger & Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue & Blue Boys 1964 - Kennedy half-dollar issued 1965 - US Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) NE of crater Alphonsus 1966 - Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance 1967 - U of Mich holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam 1968 - Mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational 1970 - Dutch cartoonist Frans Pit ends "Sjors & Sjimmie" strip 1972 - Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland 1973 - Harley Race beats Dory Funk Jr in Kansas City, to become NWA champ 1973 - Immaculata beats Queens College, 59-52 to win AIAW Basketball title 1973 - Professional track debut of Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile 1973 - SF 49er pres Lou Spadia proposes NFL expand to 30 teams 1974 - 36th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: NC State beats Marquette 76-64 1975 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1976 - Argentine Pres Isabel Peron deposed by country's military 1978 - Wings release "With a Little Luck" 1979 - "Ballroom" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 116 performances 1979 - 1st appearance as Australian cricket capt for Kim Hughes 1979 - Columbia flown on carrier aircraft lands at Kennedy Space Center 1979 - 10 rebounds & 10 assists, as the Spartans cruise to a 101-67 by Penn Mich State's Earvin "Magic" Johnson registers triple-double 29 pts, 1980 - 42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA 59-54 1980 - ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline" 1980 - Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks 1981 - "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC 1981 - Bombay beat Delhi by innings & 46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy 1981 - Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba 1982 - US sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia 1984 - Andrea Schne skates ladies world record 5 km (7:34.52) 1984 - IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics 1984 - Igor Malkov skates world record 10 km (14:21.51) 1985 - 5th Golden Raspberry Awards: Bolero wins 1985 - Golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins) 1985 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA GNA Golf Classic 1985 - Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Aust, Sharjah) 1986 - 58th Academy |
