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This Day in History for 7th March


Famous Deaths

322 BC - Aristotle, Greek philosopher (b. 384 BC)
161 - Antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74
203 - Perpetua and Felicitas, Christian martyrs (perhaps after 209)
308 - Saint Eubulus, Christian martyr
851 - Nominoe, Duke of Brittany
1111 - Bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies
1226 - William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader
1274 - Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48
1305 - Gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78
1578 - Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (b. 1515)
1625 - Johann Bayer, German astronomer (b. 1572)
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
1767 - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer (b. 1680)
1778 - Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1720)
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
1810 - Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (b. 1750)
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
1904 - Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist (b. 1828)
1907 - Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer, dies at 64
1911 - Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at 68
1913 - Emily Pauline Johnson, Native Canadian poet
1924 - Pat Moran, manager (Cin Reds), dies of Bright's Disease
1926 - Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan, composer, dies at 73
1928 - Robert Abbe, American surgeon (b. 1851)
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
1938 - Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
1939 - Amadeo Roldan, composer, dies at 38
1939 - John Jules Barrish, Irish writer (b. 1885)
1941 - Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at 63
1941 - Gunther Prien, German commandant (U-47), dies in battle
1945 - Adolf Bartels, German writer/racist, dies at 82
1949 - Francis Dodd, English artist (b. 1874)
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
1952 - Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (b. 1893)
1954 - Otto Diels, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
1955 - Tom Dugan, actor (Pick a Star), dies at 66
1957 - Wyndham Lewis, British author (b. 1882)
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
1967 - Alice B. Toklas, American companion to Gertrude Stein (b. 1877)
1968 - Yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin, USSR cosmonaut (Vostok I), dies at 31
1973 - Andre de Meulemeester, Belgium WW I pilot [Eagle of Flanders], dies at 78
1974 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor (b. 1906)
1975 - Ben Blue, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 73
1975 - Francine Larrimore, actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at 76
1975 - Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher (b. 1895)
1975 - Ben Blue, Canadian actor (b. 1901)
1976 - Erwin Kroll, composer, dies at 90
1976 - Wright Patman, American politician (b. 1893)
1978 - Steve Bilko, American baseball player (b. 1928)
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
1984 - Paul Rotha, English director (b. 1907)
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
1997 - E. H. Bronner, German-American soap magnate (b. 1908)
1999 - Sidney Gottlieb, American CIA official (b. 1918)
1999 - Stanley Kubrick, American film director (b. 1928)
2000 - Charles Gray, British actor (b. 1928)
2000 - Pee Wee King, American country music songwriter and musician (b. 1914)
2001 - Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1903)
2004 - Paul Winfield, American actor (b. 1941)
2005 - John Box, British film production designer and art director (b. 1920)
2005 - Debra Hill, American screenwriter and film producer (b. 1950)
2006 - Ali Farka Touré, Malian musician (b. 1939)
2006 - Gordon Parks, photographer (b. 1912)
2006 - John Junkin, British performer (b. 1930)
2009 - Jang Ja-yeon, South Korean actress (b. 1982)
2010 - Mary Josephine Ray, Canadian supercentenarian (b. 1895)
2012 - Jimmy Ellis, American soul singer, dies from complications from Alzheimer's disease at 74

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This Day in History for 8th March


Historical Events

                                             
Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Gandhi          Astronomer Edwin Hubble                        Author and Nobel
                                                                                                                                Laureate William Faulkner

                                             
African American Activist Malcolm X       Heavyweight Boxing Champ                       Author Douglas Adams
                                                                            Muhammad Ali 

                           
Tennis Player                                              Actress Julia Roberts 
Martina Navratilova


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
1777 - Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American
           Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
1782 - Gnadenhutten Massacre - Ohio militia kills 90 indians
1801 - British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt
1813 - 1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic
1817 - The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
1838 - US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)
1844 - King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
1854 - US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan
1855 - 1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls
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
1884 - Susan B. Anthony addresses the U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing for an amendment
           to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote. Anthony's argument came 16
           years after legislators had first introduced a federal women's suffrage amendment.
1887 - Everett Horton, CT, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes
1894 - The state of New York enacts the nation's first dog-licensing 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 - 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
1911 - International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of
           the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
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)
1918 - The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic.
1920 - Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations
1921 - Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in
           Madrid.
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
1936 - The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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
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 quarter 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
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"
1971 - Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Sq Garden
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 de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France
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)
1978 - The first-ever radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is
           transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
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
1980 - The first festival of rock music kicks off in the Soviet Union.
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
1987 - "A Team," last aired on NBC-TV after 4 years
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 - -26°F (-32.2°C) in Bismarck, North Dakota
1995 - -44°F (-42.2°C) in Chosedacharad, Komi-district, on 67°N
1995 - Costis Stephanopoulos becomes president of Greece
1995 - Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections
1999 - The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh
           for the Oklahoma City bombing.
2004 - A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.
2012 - Greece secures debt-restructuring deal with private lenders
2012 - Toyota recalls 700,000 vehicles over safety concerns

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This Day in History for 8th March


Famous Weddings

1418 - Jacqueline, Countess of Haintaut marries her cousin John IV Duke of Brabant in The Hague
1820 - 5th US President James Monroe's daughter Maria 1st child of a President to marry in the
           White House
1952 - Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis
1969 - Marriage of 12 year old Marcella Rosciglione in Palermo
2012 - Former "Raising Sextuplets" star Jenny Masche weds longtime beau Levi McClendon in San
          Diego

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This Day in History for 8th March


Famous Birthdays

                                             
Surgeon Karl Ferdinand                           Actress Claire Trevor (1909)                  Actor James Van Der Beek (1977)
von Graefe (1787)


1075 - Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist
1286 - John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)
1293 - Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)
1495 - John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550). Founder of the Hospitaller Order of
           St. John of God.
1514 - Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)
1560 - Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)
1607 - Johann Rist, composer
1659 - Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738)
1700 - Anne Bonny Irish-American pirate (d. 1782)
1712 - John Fothergill, English physician (d. 1780)
1714 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach
1726 - Richard Howe, British admiral (d. 1799)
1743 - Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer
1746 - André Michaux, French botanist (d. 1802)
1748 - William V of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic
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 Graefe, German surgeon who helped create modern plastic surgery
1799 - Simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889
1814 - Ede Szigligeti, Hungarian dramatist (d. 1878)
1822 - Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish inventor (d. 1882)
1825 - George William Martin, composer
1827 - Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875)
1830 - João de Deus, Portuguese poet (d. 1896)
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)
1856 - Bramwell Booth, the 2nd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1929)
1856 - Tom Roberts, Australian artist (d. 1931)
1859 - Kenneth Grahame, Scottish author (Wind in the 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
1872 - Anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (d. 1918)
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 government official (Everybody's Business)
1890 - Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher
1891 - Sam Jaffe, NYC, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey)
1892 - Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian party leader/premier (1952-53)
1896 - Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician (d. 1975)
1898 - Louise Beavers, Cin Ohio, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for each other)
1899 - Eric Linklater, Scotland, novelist/poet (Blue Swallows)
1899 - Elmer Keith, Firearms enthusiast and Author (d. 1984)
1902 - Jennings Randolph, (Sen)
1902 - Louise Beavers, American actress (d. 1962)
1907 - Charles Boost, movie critic
1907 - Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician, President of Greece (d. 1998)
1909 - Anthony Donato, composer
1909 - Claire Trevor, [Wemlinger], NYC, actress (Marjorie Morningstar)
1909 - Hugh Murphy, English multi-millionaire
1910 - Bernard Benjamin, statistician, actuary and demographer (d. 2002)
1911 - Alan Hovhaness, Somerville Mass, composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo)
1911 - Elsie Agnes Giorgi, physician/humanitarian
1912 - Preston Smith, Governor of Texas (d. 2003)
1914 - Jacob B Bakema, urban developer (St Louis Missouri)
1914 - Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (d. 1987)
1915 - Vivien John, artist
1915 - Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (d. 1979)
1916 - R W Schnell, writer
1916 - John Seybold, American economist and computer typesetting pioneer (d. 2004)
1917 - A Marja, [ATE Mooy], Dutch literary (Shreds on the River)
1918 - Alan Hale [MacKahan] Jr, LA California, 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 (Singing in the Rain)
1921 - Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson, trumpeter
1921 - Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (d. 1990)
1922 - Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953)
1922 - H Kipphardt, writer
1922 - Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese soldier and Mangaka
1922 - Ralph Baer, Creator of the first video game console
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)
1930 - Bob Grim, American baseball player (d. 1996)
1931 - John McPhee, author (Back to ----)
1931 - Neil Adcock, cricketer (South African pace bowler, 104 wkts 1953-62), (d. 2013)
1931 - Neil Postman, American cultural critic (d. 2003)
1933 - Johnny Dollar, singer
1934 - Christian Wolff, composer
1934 - Ron Taylor, Sydney Australia, cinematographer (Those Amazing Animals), (d. 2012)
1934 - Marv Breeding, American baseball player (d.2006)
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)
1937 - Richard Farina, American writer and folk rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind)
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
1941 - Andrei Mironov, Soviet actor (d. 1987)
1942 - Ann Packer-Brightwell, England, 400m/800m runner (Oly-gold-1964)
1942 - Ralph Ellis, England, rhythm (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good)
1942 - [Dick] Richie Allen, baseball player (AL MVP 1972)
1942 - Ann Packer, British athlete
1943 - Lynn Redgrave, London, actress (Georgie Girl)/Weight-Watcher
1944 - Carole Bayer Sager, NY, aka Mrs Burt Bachrach, singer (Arthur)
1944 - Buzz Hargrove, Canadian labour leader
1944 - Sergey Nikitin, Russian composer
1944 - Palito Ortega, Argentine singer and actor
1945 - Graeme Watson, cricketer (Australian opening batsman 5 Tests 1966-72)
1945 - Jim Chapman, (Rep-D-TX, 1985- )
1945 - Micky Dolenz, LA California, actor (Circus Boy)/singer (Monkees)
1945 - Bruce Broughton, American composer
1945 - Jim Chapman, American politician
1945 - Anselm Kiefer, German painter
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)
1947 - Carole Bayer Sager, American composer
1947 - Florentino Pérez, Spanish football executive
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)
1952 - George Felix Allen, American politician
1953 - Jim Rice, Boston Red Sox outfielder (AL MVP 1978)
1953 - Kathleen Ann Shower, Brookville Oh, Playmate of the Year (May, 1985)
1953 - Bob Brozman, American musician
1953 - Jim Rice, American baseball player
1953 - Don Werner, American baseball player
1954 - Cheryl Baker, rock vocalist (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies)
1954 - David Wilkie, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1976), is born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
           to Scottish parents
1954 - Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1976)
1955 - Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1981)
1956 - John Kapelos, Canadian actor
1956 - Laurie Cunningham, English former footballer (d. 1989)
1957 - Cynthia Rothrock, Wilmington Del, actress (Lady Dragon, Honor & Glory)
1957 - Ruth Wysocki, Alhambra California, 800m/1500m runner
1957 - Billy Childs, composer/pianist
1957 - Bob Stoddard, American baseball player
1958 - Andreas Maurer, West Germany, tennis star
1958 - Gary Numan, [Gary Webb], Hammersmith England, vocalist (Replicas)
1958 - Nick Capra, American baseball player
1959 - Aidan Quinn, actor (Avalon, Desperately Seeking Susan, Mission)
1960 - Buck Williams, NBA forward (Portland Trail Blazers, NY Knicks)
1960 - Max Metzker, Australian swimmer
1961 - Larry Murphy, Scarborough, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1961 - Camryn Manheim, American actress
1962 - Shaun Gayle, NFL strong safety (San Diego Chargers)
1962 - William Fuller, NFL defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego 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)
1963 - Lorelei, American fetish model and photographer
1964 - Cheryl "Salt" James, singer (Salt-N-Pepa)
1964 - Peter Ged Gill, drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-2 Tribes) [or 1/8]
1964 - Lance McCullers, American baseball player
1965 - Kenny Smith, NBA guard (Houston Rockets)
1965 - Fátima Lopes, Portuguese fashion designer
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)
1967 - Joel Johnston, American baseball player
1968 - Clare Wood, Zululand South Africa, tennis star (1986 Futures-Lisbon)
1968 - Rob Zettler, Sept-iles, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1968 - Michael Bartels, German race car driver
1968 - Ellen Forney, American cartoonist
1968 - Shawn Mullins, American musician
1968 - Jim Dougherty, American baseball player
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)
1971 - Kit Symons, Welsh footballer
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)
1972 - Georgios Georgiadis, Greek footballer
1972 - Angie Hart, Australian pop singer
1973 - Kendell Watkins, NFL tight end (Dallas Cowboys)
1973 - Nanette Pearson, Pleasant Grove Utah, Miss America-Utah (1997)
1973 - Anneke van Giersbergen, Dutch singer (The Gathering)
1973 - Boris Kodjoe, Austrian model
1973 - Kurt Mollekens, Belgian racing car driver
1973 - Justin Thompson, American baseball player
1974 - Steve Sarkisian, CFL quarterback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1974 - Toran James, linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
1974 - Mike Moriarty, American baseball player
1975 - Brett Conway, NFL kicker (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1975 - Kenny Wheaton, cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
1975 - Fardeen Khan, Indian actor
1975 - Peggy Zina, Greek singer
1976 - Freddie Prinze Jr, actor (I Know What You Did Last Summer)
1976 - Juan Encarnacion, American baseball player
1976 - Hines Ward, American football player
1977 - James Van Der Beek, actor (Dawson's Creek)
1977 - Petr Devyatkin, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1977 - Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer
1978 - Nick Zano, American actor
1979 - Tom Chaplin, English singer (Keane)
1979 - Andy Ross, American guitarist (OK Go)
1980 - Stephen Milne, Australian rules footballer
1981 - Michael Beauchamp, Australian footballer
1982 - Nicolas Armindo, race car driver
1982 - Leonidas Kabantais, Greek footballer
1982 - Nicoleta Onel, Romanian gymnast
1982 - Kat Von D, Mexican-American tattoo artist
1982 - Craig Stansberry, American baseball player
1983 - Mark Worrell, American baseball player.
1984 - Dave Moffatt, Canadian musician
1985 - Ewa Sonnet, Polish model and pop singer
1988 - Armanti Edwards, American college football player
1990 - Ben Tozer, English footballer
1991 - Devon Werkheiser, American actor
1992 - Charlie Ray, American actress
1996 - Lorna Fitzgerald, English actress

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 8th March


Famous Deaths

                                             
13th US President                                      Physicist/Nobel Laureate                 Yankee Clipper Joe DiMaggio (1999)
Millard Fillmore (1874)                          Johannes van der Waals (1923)


883 - Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies
1126 - Urraca of Castile (b. 1082)
1144 - Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle
1202 - Sverre of Norway
1223 - Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)
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
1641 - Xu Xiake, Chinese adventurer (b. 1587)
1661 - Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58
1674 - Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597)
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] (b. 1650)
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
1731 - Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)
1734 - Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33
1754 - Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies
1757 - Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701)
1771 - Louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688)
1819 - Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the
           Massachusetts legislature (b. 1739)
1828 - Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75
1844 - Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
1855 - William Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821)
1862 - Adrien de La Fage, 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
1887 - Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman (b. 1813)
1887 - James Buchanan Eads, American engineer (b. 1820)
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 van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85
1923 - Krišjānis Barons, Latvian writer (b. 1835)
1930 - William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72
1930 - Edward Terry Sanford, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1865)
1931 - Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87
1932 - Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84
1937 - Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71
1937 - Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
1941 - Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67
1941 - Sherwood Anderson, US writer/publisher (Winesburg Ohio), dies at 64
1942 - Jose 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
1972 - Erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (b. 1899)
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
1976 - Alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908)
1977 - Henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86
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
1988 - Werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912)
1988 - Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (b. 1918)
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, Dikes 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
1995 - Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (b. 1965)
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
1998 - Ray Nitschke, American football player (b. 1936)
1999 - Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian (b. 1924)
1999 - Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1914)
1999 - Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinean writer (b.1914)
2001 - Edward Winter, American actor (b. 1937)
2003 - Adam Faith, English singer and actor (b. 1940)
2003 - Karen Morley, American actress (b. 1909)
2004 - Robert Pastorelli, American actor (b. 1954)
2005 - Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen leader (b. 1951)
2005 - César Lattes, Brazilian physicist (b. 1924)
2006 - Brian Barratt-Boyes, New Zealand heart surgeon (b. 1924)
2007 - John Inman, English actor (b. 1935)
2007 - Viky Vanita, Greek actress (b. 1948)
2007 - John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach.. (b. 1947)
2008 - Carol Barnes, former ITV news presenter (b. 1944)
2009 - Ali Bongo, President of the Magic Circle (b.1929)
2009 - Zbigniew Religa, Minister of Health of the Republic of Poland (b. 1938)
2011 - Mike Starr (musician), American Musician (b. 1966)
2012 - Leslie Cochran, American peace activist and police critic, dies from head trauma at 60

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 9th March


Historical Events

                            
Mathematician and Astronomer               Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Nicolaus Copernicus

                            
US President Ulysses S. Grant                    Baseball Great Babe Ruth


141 BC - Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han
         Dynasty of China.
590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia.
1230 - Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus near the village of Klokotnitsa.
1276 - Augsburg becomes an Imperial Free City.
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)
1566 - David Rizzio, the private secretary to Mary I of Scotland, is murdered in the Palace of
           Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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
1765 - After a public campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean
           Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge,
           though his son had actually committed suicide.
1776 - Publication of the economics book The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.
1798 - Dr George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the US navy
1820 - -11) Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die
1822 - Charles Graham of NY patents artificial teeth
1834 - French Foreign Legion is founded.
1839 - Prussian government 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
1856 - Sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded in the Johnston Mansion House on the University of Alabama
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
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)
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
1908 - Inter Milan is founded.
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 (18 killed)
1916 - Germany declares war against Portugal
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)
1925 - Pink's War, the first RAF operation conducted independently of the Army or Navy, begins.
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"
1935 - Adolf Hitler announces the creation of a new air force.
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
1975 - Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
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
1984 - The Competitive Enterprise Institute in founded in Washington, D.C.
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
2006 - Liquid water is discovered on Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn.
2007 - The US Justice Department releases an internal audit that found that the Federal Bureau of
           Investigation had acted illegally in its use of the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal
           information about US citizens.
2011 - Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
2012 - Senior members of hacking group Lulz Sec are arrested, including one member of the FBI, in
           the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 9th March


Famous Weddings

1796 - French Leader Napoléon Bonaparte (26) marries 1st wife Joséphine de Beauharnais (32),
           changing her name from Rose
1902 - Composer Gustav Mahler marries Alma Schindler in Vienna
2007 - Actor-director Prem (28) weds actress Rakshita (23) at Raja Rajeshwarinagar in Bangalore
2007 - Model and actress Erika Heynatz (30) weds finance broker Andrew Kingston at Whale Beach
           retreat
2012 - Rock 'n' roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis (76) weds his cousin's ex Judith Brown (62) in Natchez,
           Mississippi

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 9th March


Famous Birthdays

                                             
Jazz Composer                                    Cosmonaut & First Man in Space                     Chess Champion
Ornette Coleman (1930)                          Yuri Gagarin  (1934)                                   Bobby Fischer (1943)


1213 - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (d. 1271)
1285 - Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318)
1454 - Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America)
1564 - David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star)
1568 - Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint
1629 - Tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)
1697 - Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz)
1720 - Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790)
1735 - August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer
1737 - Josef Myslivecek, composer
1749 - Honore Mirabeau, French writer and politician (d. 1791)
1753 - Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general (d. 1800)
1758 - Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology)
1763 - William Cobbett, English journalist and author (d. 1835)
1777 - Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist
1791 - George Hayward, US, surgeon, 1st to use ether
1806 - Edwin Forrest, American actor and philanthropist (d. 1872)
1810 - Jean-Georges Kastner, composer
1812 - Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer
1814 - Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, national poet/painter/prof of Kiev [NS]
1815 - David Davis, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1886)
1820 - Samuel Blatchford, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1893)
1824 - Leland Stanford, (Gov/Sen)/found Stanford U
1825 - Alexander F. Mozhaiski, Russian aviation pioneer (d. 1890)
1826 - Jean Joseph Bott, German violinist/composer
1833 - Frederick A. Schroeder, tobacco industrialist and mayor of Brooklyn (d. 1899)
1839 - Felix Huston Robertson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1928
1839 - Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (d. 1908)
1848 - Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer
1850 - Alexandre Luigini, composer
1856 - Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (d. 1928)
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
1887 - Phil Mead, cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- & post-WWI)
1887 - Fritz Lenz, German geneticist (d. 1976)
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) and gardener
1893 - Edgar Scauflaire, Belgian muralist/decorator
1893 - Hans Munch, composer
1894 - Frank Arnau, German writer (d. 1976)
1900 - Aimone duke of Spoleta/Aosta, Italian king of Croatia (1941-43)
1900 - Howard Aiken, American computing pioneer (d. 1973)
1902 - Edward Durell Stone, US, architect (US Embassy, New Delhi)
1902 - Will Geer, Frankfort Indiana, American actor (Grandpa Walton-The Waltons)
1904 - Paul Klipsch, American engineer, noted for his loudspeaker designs. (d. 2002)
1905 - Félix 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
1909 - Derk Bodde, American sinologist (d. 2003)
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 California, 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)
1921 - Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (d. 1998)
1922 - Herbert P Douglas Jr, Pitts, long jumper (Olympic-bronze-1948)
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)
1927 - Hans Ludwig Schilling, composer
1927 - Jack Jensen, baseball player (AL MVP 1958)
1927 - John Beckwith, composer
1928 - Gerald Bull, Canadian long range artillery designer (d. 1990)
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)
1930 - Taina Elg, Helsinki Finland, actress (Hercules in NY, Les Girls)
1930 - Ornette Coleman, Fort Worth, Texas, American jazz composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966)
1931 - Thore Skogman, Swedish entertainer (d. 2007)
1932 - Heere Heeresma, Dutch writer (Han de Wit goes in development aid)
1932 - Keely Smith, Norfolk Virginia, American singer (Mrs Louie Prima)
1932 - Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologist and actor
1933 - Lloyd Price, Kenner La, singer (Just Because)
1933 - William Francis McBeth, composer
1933 - Mel Lastman, Canadian politician
1933 - William McBeth, Ropesville, Texas, composer, (d. 2012)
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 - Sister Bernard Ncube, South African nun
1935 - Andrew Viterbi, American telecommunications scientist and businessman
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)
1937 - Bernard Landry, Premier of Quebec from 2001-2003
1937 - Brian Redman, English racing driver
1938 - Charles Siebert, Kenosha Wisc, actor (One Day at A Time, Trapper John)
1938 - Lill-Babs, Swedish singer
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 - Ernesto Miranda, American litigant (d. 1976)
1942 - Bert Campaneris, shortstop (Oakland A's)
1942 - John Cale, Garnant, Welsh musician, composer and singer-songwriter (Velvet Underground)
1942 - Mark Lindsay, Eugene Or, rock vocalist/sax (Paul Revers & Raiders)
1943 - Trish Van Devere, [Patricia Dressel], Tenafly New Jersey, actress (Changeling)
1943 - Bobby Fischer, US, world chess champion (1972-75)
1943 - Charles Gibson, American television journalist
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 - Robin Trower, London, guitarist (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
1945 - Dennis Rader, American serial killer
1946 - Gherman Semyonovich Arzamazov, Russian cosmonaut (backup TM-6)
1946 - Jim Cregan, British rock musician
1947 - Keri Hulme, New Zealandic writer
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 California, singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1948 - Emma Bonino, Italian politician
1949 - Kalevi Aho, composer
1949 - Tapani Kansa, Finnish singer
1950 - Danny Sullivan, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
1951 - Michael Kinsley, American journalist and editor
1951 - Helen Zille, South African politician
1952 - Iuliana Semenova, USSR, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976)
1952 - William Kirby Cullen, Santa Ana California, actor (How the West Was Won)
1953 - Henriette J Toll, actress (Soldier of Orange)
1954 - Charmain Elaine Sylvers, rocker
1954 - Keven Wade, Chappaqua NY, screen writer (Working Girls)
1954 - Bobby Sands, IRA member (d. 1981)
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)
1956 - Shashi Tharoor, Indian author & United Nations Under-Secretary General
1956 - Mark Dantonio, Michigan State University American football coach
1956 - David Willetts, UK Shadow Secretary for Education (Conservative)
1957 - Faith Daniels, news anchor (CBS-TV)
1957 - Jeff Senior, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1957 - Jon Engen, Oslo Norway, US biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1957 - Mark Mancina, American composer
1957 - Mona Sahlin, Swedish politician
1958 - Martin Fry, English pop singer and rock vocalist (ABC-All of My Heart)
1958 - Jack Kenny, American television writer and producer
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
1961 - Robert Rechsteiner, US professional wrestler (Rick Steiner)
1961 - Camryn Manheim, American actress
1962 - Brian Green, Columbus Indiana, actor (Sam Fowler-Another World)
1962 - Jan Furtok, Polish footballer
1963 - Kent Ferguson, Cedar Rapids Iowa, diver (Olympics-92, 96)
1963 - Terry Mulholland, Uniontown PA, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1963 - David Pogue, Technology columnist and musician
1964 - Phil Housley, St Paul MN, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils, Team USA Oly-98)
1964 - Juliette Binoche, Paris France, actress (Unbearable Lightness)
1964 - Herbert Fandel, German football referee
1965 - Benito Santiago, Ponce Puerto Rico, catcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1965 - Brian Bosworth, NFL quarterback (Seattle)
1966 - Louis Oliver, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins)
1966 - Brendan Canty, American musician (Fugazi)
1966 - Tony Lockett, Australian Rules Footballer
1966 - Michael Patrick MacDonald, American memorist
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)
1968 - Youri Djorkaeff, French footballer
1968 - Johnny Kelly, American drummer (Type O Negative)
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)
1971 - Diego Torres, Argentine singer
1972 - Marcia M Griffith, Washington DC, Miss America-Maryland (1996)
1972 - Sara Nicole Williams, Miss USA-Washington (1997)
1972 - Spencer Howson, Australian radio broadcaster
1972 - Kerr Smith, American actor
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)
1975 - Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine footballer
1976 - Thor Halvorssen, human rights activist
1976 - Ben Mulroney, Canadian television host
1977 - Radek Dvorak, Tabor Cze, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)
1977 - Yamila Diaz, Argentine supermodel
1978 - Lucas Neill, Australian footballer
1979 - Chingy, American rapper
1979 - Melina Perez, WWE Diva
1981 - Antonio Bryant, American football player
1981 - Anders Nøhr, Danish footballer
1981 - Clay Rapada, American baseball player
1982 - Paul Ballard, English television presenter
1983 - Clint Dempsey, American footballer
1983 - Maite Perroni, singer in the Latin pop group RBD
1983 - Wayne Simien, American basketball player
1984 - Julia Mancuso, American Olympic gold medalist
1985 - Parthiv Patel, Indian Cricket Player
1986 - Brittany Snow, American actress
1987 - Bow Wow, American rapper and actor
1989 - Christina Broccolini, Canadian TV presenter
1996 - Darsheel Safary, Youngest Indian actor to win filmfare award for best performance

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 9th March


Famous Deaths

                           
Physicist/Chemist                                       Israeli Prime Minister
Hans Oersted (1851)                                Menachem Begin (1992)


1202 - King Sverre of Norway
1422 - Jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380)
1440 - St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384)
1566 - David Rizzio, Italian secretary of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered by Protestant nobles
1620 - Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59
1649 - James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606)
1649 - Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (executed) (b. 1590)
1661 - Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58
1688 - Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89
1706 - Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52
1709 - Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat
1747 - Jacob Campo Weyerman, S Neth adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69
1800 - Dominique Della-Maria, composer, dies at 30
1808 - Joseph Bonomi the Elder, architect (b. 1739)
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
1851 - Hans Christian Oersted, Danish physicist, dies at 73
1870 - Theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65
1877 - Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58
1888 - William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
1895 - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59
1897 - Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (b. 1825)
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
1937 - Paul Elmer More, American critic and essayist (b. 1864)
1938 - Sydney Baynes, composer, dies at 59
1941 - Carlos Pedrell, composer, dies at 62
1943 - Oskar Hêks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz
1947 - Stanley Jackson, cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies
1954 - Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (b. 1912)
1954 - V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (b. 1874)
1955 - Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88
1960 - Jack Beattie, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886)
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
1966 - Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (b. 1924)
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
1975 - Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (b. 1888)
1979 - Barbara Mullen, actress (Talk of a Million), dies at 64
1980 - Olga Chekova, actress (Moulin Rouge, Pawns of Possession), dies at 82
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
1991 - Jim Hardin, former Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves pitcher (b. 1943)
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 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
1994 - Eddie Creatchman, Canadian wrestler manager (b. 1928)
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
1996 - George Burns, American actor and singer (b. 1896)
1997 - Notorius B I G, [Biggie Small, Chris Walkin], rapper, shot dead at 24
1997 - Terry Nation, writer (Dr Who, Blake 7) at 66
1997 - The Notorious B.I.G. [Christopher Wallace], American rapper (b. 1972)
1999 - Harry Somers, Canadian composer (b. 1925)
2000 - Ivo Robić, Croatian singer and songwriter (b. 1923)
2003 - Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (b. 1933)
2003 - Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (b. 1946)
2004 - Albert Mol, Dutch actor (b. 1917)
2004 - Dr. Gerald Deskin, Ph.D., clinical child psychologist (b. 1929)
2004 - Rust Epique, former Crazy Town guitarist (b. 1968)
2005 - Chris LeDoux, American country singer (b. 1948)
2005 - Kurt Lotz, German business executive, second postwar CEO of Volkswagen (b. 1912)
2005 - Jeanette Schmid, Austrian professional whistler; aka Baroness Lips von Lipstrill (b. 1924)
2005 - István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (b. 1924)
2006 - John Profumo, British cabinet minister (b. 1915)
2006 - Geir Ivarsøy, Norwegian programmer, co-founder of Opera Software ASA (b. 1957)
2007 - Brad Delp, American singer (Boston) (b. 1951)
2007 - Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
2007 - Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, North Carolina politician (b. unknown)
2010 - Doris Haddock, American political activist (b. 1910)
2011 - David Broder, American journalist (b. 1929)
2012 - Peter Bergman, American Comedian, dies from leukemia at 72
2012 - Selma Rubin, American environmental activist, dies at 96
2012 - Lord Wedderton of Charlton, British academic and politician, dies at 84

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 10th March


Historical Events

                                             
US President Abraham Lincoln               Inventor Alexander Graham Bell                 Inventor Thomas Edison

                                             
US General George S Patton                  Playwright Tennessee Williams             Singer & Actress Barbra Streisand

         
Actor Tom Hanks


241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet
         bringing the First Punic War to an end.
418 - Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire
1535 - Bishop Tomés de Berlanga discovers Galapagos 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
1735 - An agreement between Nadir Shah and Paul I of Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian
           troops are withdrawn from Baku.
1762 - French Huguenot Jean Calas, who was wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being
           tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance
           and legal reform
1789 - Franklin College founded
1791 - John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver
1791 - Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy
1801 - First census in Great Britain
1830 - The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
1831 - The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
1847 - 1st money minted in Hawaii
1849 - Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only US president to do so
1861 - El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Segou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali.
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 Caesar Franck's "Psyche"
1888 - HW Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds
1891 - Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the strowger switch, a device
           which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
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
1902 - A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera.
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)
1905 - Eleftherios Venizelos asks the independence of Crete and its union with Greece again, starting
           the Cretan Revolution in Theriso.
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
1917 - Batangas was formally founded as one of the Philippines's earliest encomiendas.
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 South 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
1944 - U-575 sinks HMS Asphodel
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
1945 - The Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000
           people, mostly civilians.
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 - North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley
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
1975 - Sanyo Shinkansen open between Osaka and Fukuoka.
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
1982 - The United States places an embargo on Libyan petroleum imports because of their support
           of terrorist groups.
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 Dick 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 Schonlebe 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 shite 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
2000 - The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the
           end of the dot-com boom.
2006 - The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
2006 - Mass unrest by the PCC started in São Paulo (the biggest city in Brazil) which would
           eventually kill more than 152 people.
2012 - At least 130 rockets are fired into Israel from Gaza

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Famous Weddings

1526 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles V marries Princess Isabella of Portugal, his 1st cousin, in Seville
1863 - Prince of Wales, Albert Edward (21) weds Princess Alexandra of Denmark (18) at Windsor
          Castle in St. George's chapel
1966 - Dutch Crown Princess Beatrix (Queen Beatrix) marries German aristocrat Claus von Amsberg
           in Amsterdam
2000 - Country singer Vince Gill (42) weds christian/pop singer Amy Grant (39) in Nashville,
           Tennessee
2007 - Brazilian singer-actress Tania Mara (24) weds director Jayme Monjardim (50) at Chapel of Sao
           Jose das Botas on the grounds of Hotel Fazenda Florenca in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2007 - Noteable singer and stage performer Matt Hetherington (36) weds Australian television
           presenter Melissa Kotsos at the Morning Star Estate on Mt. Eliza
2012 - "Curly Sue" actress Alisan Porter (30) weds former "Days of Our Lives" actor Brian Autenrieth
           (33) at Diablo Dormido in the Santa Monica

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Famous Divorces

1927 - American author and journalist "The Old man and the Sea" Enerest Hemingway divorces 1st wife
           Elizabeth Hadley Richardson

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Famous Birthdays

                                             
Actor Chuck Norris (1940)                         Islamic Militant & Terrorist              Earl of Wessex Prince Edward (1964)
                                                                  Osama bin Laden (1957)


1415 - Vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)
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
1628 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)
1656 - Adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician
1698 - Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer
1709 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (d. 1746)
1713 - Christian Friedrich Schale, composer
1713 - Raphael Weiss, composer
1745 - John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (d. 1807)
1748 - John Playfair, Scotland, clergyman/geologist/mathematician
1749 - Lorenzo da Ponte, Italian librettist (d. 1838)
1755 - Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer
1769 - Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist and tunnel builder (d. 1840)
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)
1810 - Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet (d. 1886)
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, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
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)
1846 - Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
1847 - Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragist (d. 1934)
1850 - Mary Mills Patrick, US, 1st pres of Istanbul Woman's College
1850 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)
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, Curacao, poet
1878 - Karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea)
1880 - Michael Jacobs, NYC, boxing promoter
1881 - Thomas Quinlan (impresario) (d. 1951)
1884 - Stuart Holmes, Chicago IL, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)
1887 - Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Grandmaster of Ninjutsu (d. 1972)
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
1892 - Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (d. 1955)
1892 - Gregory La Cava, American director (d. 1952)
1896 - Harry Krimer, actor (Napoleon)
1896 - Nancy Cunard, writer
1898 - Cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown)
1899 - Finn Hoffding, composer
1899 - Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran, formerly Germany's oldest man. (d. 2007)
1900 - Sherman Billingsley, Enid Ok, talk show host (Stork Club)
1903 - Bix Biederbecke, rocker
1905 - Rene Bernier, composer
1905 - Richard Haydn, English actor (d. 1985)
1907 - Robert de Roos, composer
1908 - Carl Albert, US speaker of house (1971-77)
1908 - Kristjan Palusalu, Estonia, 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)
1915 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist (d. 1978)
1915 - Sir Charles Groves, English conductor(d. 1992)
1916 - Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer
1917 - Frank Perconte, American sergeant from Easy Company during WWII.
1918 - Heywood Hale Broun, journalist
1918 - Günther Rall, German ace fighter pilot
1919 - Marion Hutton, American singer (d. 1987)
1920 - Jethro Burnsburns, country singer (Homer & Jethro)
1920 - Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea (d. 2007)
1920 - Boris Vian, French writer and musician (d. 1959)
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)
1925 - Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)
1926 - Marques Haynes, NBA hall of famer (Harlem Globetrotters)
1927 - Claude Laydu, actress (Diary of a Country Priest)
1927 - Donn Trenner, New Haven Ct, orchestra 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)
1928 - Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer
1930 - Raymond Rasberry, pianist/singer
1930 - Sandor Iharos, athlete
1931 - Georges Dor, Quebec author, playwright, singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
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)
1935 - Graham Farmer, Australian rules footballer
1935 - Ivan Calin, Ribneta, Moldova, President and Prime Minister 1980-1990 (d. 2012)
1936 - Juda Bar-Norwegian, Israeli/Dutch mime/actor (King)
1936 - Sepp Blatter, Swiss ice hockey and football official
1936 - Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan Vocals and journalist (d. 1989)
1937 - Oscar Abrams, community organizer
1937 - Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
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, Fort Worth TX, LPGA golfer (1986 Mayflower Classic)
1943 - Alfred Whitford Lerdahl, composer
1943 - Angelique Pettyjohn, LA California, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek)
1943 - Stephen Montague, composer
1945 - Katharine Houghton, Hartford, actress (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)
1945 - Birgitta Sellén, Swedish politician
1945 - Elizabeth Brumfiel, [Elizabeth Stern], American feminist archaeologist, former president of the
           American Anthropological Association
1946 - Gaylord Birch, drummer (Reconstruction, Honey Dripper)
1946 - Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese racing driver
1946 - Mike Hollands, Australian animator
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)
1947 - Paul Condon, Baron Condon, former Commissioner of The Metropolitan Police
1947 - Bob Greene, American journalist
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)
1952 - Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe politician
1953 - Caroline H "Carolien" van de Berg, actress (Havinck)
1953 - Paul Haggis, Canadian film director
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)
1955 - Youssra, Egyptian actress and singer
1955 - Toshio Suzuki, Japanese racing driver
1956 - Janet Anderson, West Sunbury PA, LPGA golfer (1982 US Women's Open)
1956 - Mitchell Lichtenstein, American actor; son of Roy Lichtenstein
1957 - Adolfo Horta, Camaguey Cuba, HW boxer (Olympic-silver-1980)
1957 - Shannon Lee Tweed, St Johns NF, playmate (Nov 1981)/actr (Meatballs 3)
1957 - Osama bin Laden, Islamic militant
1957 - Matt Knudsen, American actor
1958 - Sharon Stone, Meadville Pennsylvania, American actress (Basic Instinct, Sliver, Casino)
1960 - Linda Jezek, California, backstroke swimmer (Pan Am Gold-1979)
1960 - Anne MacKenzie, journalist and broadcaster
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)
1961 - Bobby Petrino, American football coach
1961 - Pam Oliver, American sportscaster
1962 - Andre Waters, NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals)
1962 - Gary Clark, rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer)
1962 - Seiko Matsuda, Japanese pop singer
1963 - Jasmine Guy, Boston Mass, actress (Whitley-Different World)
1963 - John Cangelosi, Brooklyn NY, outfielder (Houston Astros)
1963 - Jeff Ament, American musician (Pearl Jam)
1963 - Rick Rubin, American record producer
1964 - Cynthia Brimhall, Ogden Utah, playmate (Oct, 1985)
1964 - Edward Anthony Richard Louis, Prince of Britain/Elizabeth II son
1964 - Greg Campbell, cricketer (Aussie pace-bowler 1989-90)
1964 - Neneh Cherry, Stockholm Sweden, Swedish pop singer (Money Love)
1964 - David Faber, American television reporter
1965 - Paul Masotti, CFL receiver (Toronto Argonauts)
1965 - Rod Woodson, NFL cornerback/kick returner (Pittsburgh Steelers, SF 49ers)
1965 - Rod Woodson, American football player
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)
1966 - Gráinne Mulvey, Irish composer
1967 - Omer Tarin [Omer Salim Khan], Peshawar, Pakistan, poet, scholar and activist
1968 - Felice Arena, Australian children's author
1968 - Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler
1968 - Thio Li-ann, Singaporean law academic and Nominated Member of Parliament
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)
1969 - Paget Brewster, American actress
1970 - Antonio Edwards, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
1970 - Matt Barlow, American singer (Iced Earth)
1971 - Frank Habermann, WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1971 - Morris Unutoa, corner (Philadelphia Eagles)
1971 - Shad Williams, Fresno CA, pitcher (California Angels)
1971 - Steve Arnold, British racing driver
1972 - Jack Kellogg, WLAF CB (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 - Takashi Fujii, Japanese television performer
1972 - Matt Kenseth, American race car driver
1973 - Eva Herzigova, Litvinov Czech, model (Guess Jeans, Wonderbra)
1973 - Mauricio Taricco, Argentine footballer
1973 - Chris Sutton, English footballer
1973 - John LeCompt, American guitarist
1974 - Hugo Ferreira, American rock musician
1975 - Stefan Bergkvist, Leksand Swe, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins)
1975 - Lyne Bessette, Quebec professional bicycle racer
1976 - Barbara Schett, Innsbruck Austria, tennis star
1976 - Kisaki, Japanese musician
1976 - Haifa Wehbe, Lebanese actress, model and singer
1977 - Shannon Miller, Rolla MO, gymnast (Oly2 gold-2 silver/3 bronze-92, 96)
1977 - Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer
1977 - Colin Murray, British radio DJ
1977 - Bree Turner, American dancer and actress
1977 - Matt Rubano, American musician (Taking Back Sunday)
1977 - Robin Thicke, American singer
1978 - Ben Burnley, American musician (Breaking Benjamin)
1981 - Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
1981 - Efthimios Kouloucheris, Greek footballer
1981 - Steven Reid, English-born footballer
1982 - Timo Glock, German racing car driver
1982 - Katharine Isabelle, Canadian actress
1983 - Carrie Underwood, American country singer
1983 - Che'Nelle, Malaysian Australian Singer
1983 - Reena Virk, Canadian murder victim (d. 1997)
1983 - Rafe Spall, English Actor
1984 - Ben May, English footballer
1984 - Olivia Wilde, American actress
1985 - Lassana Diarra, French footballer
1985 - Casey Dienel, American singer-songwriter
1985 - Kim Leclerc, Canadian politician
1986 - JC de Vera, Filipino Actor
1988 - Ivan Rakitić, Croatian Footballer
1992 - Emily Osment, American actress and singer

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This Day in History for 10th March


Famous Deaths

37 - Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (14-37), dies at 78
483 - Simplicius, Italian Pope (468-83), dies
1291 - Arghun, Persian ruler
1391 - Tvrtko I first king of Bosnia (b. 1338)
1510 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (b. 1445)
1513 - John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1443)
1546 - Thomas Elyot, English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46
1584 - Thomas Norton, English politician and writer (b. 1532)
1585 - Rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist, dies at 67
1588 - Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (b. 1533)
1592 - Michiel Coxcie, Flemish (court)painter/carpet designer, dies
1597 - Petrus Forestus, Dutch physician (Willem of Orange), dies
1669 - John Denham, English poet (b. 1615)
1670 - Johann Rudolf Glauber, German chemist (b. 1604)
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
1776 - Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719)
1776 - Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701)
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 Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67
1861 - Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (b. 1814)
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
1895 - Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (b. 1826)
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
1937 - Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer (b. 1884)
1940 - Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at 68
1940 - Mikhaïl Boulgakov, Russian writer (b. 1891)
1942 - William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
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
1948 - Zelda Fitzgerald, American artist, wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (b. 1900)
1949 - James Rector, American athlete (b. 1884)
1950 - Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
1951 - Kijūrō Shidehara, Prime minister of Japan (b. 1872)
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
1967 - Yiorgos Batis, Greek composer and musician (b. 1885)
1968 - Helen Walker, actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at 47
1970 - Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (b. 1904)
1971 - Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer, dies at 92
1973 - Richard Sharples, governor of Bermuda, assassinated
1973 - Eugene 'Bull' Connor, American segregationist (b. 1897)
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
1992 - Giorgos Zampetas, Greek composer and musician (b. 1925)
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
1997 - La Vern Baker, American singer (b. 1929)
1998 - Lloyd Bridges, American actor (b. 1913)
1999 - Oswaldo Guayasamin, Ecuadorian paintor and sculptor (b. 1919)
2001 - Massimo Morsello, Italian musician and far right activist (b. 1958)
2003 - Barry Sheene, British motorcycle racer (b. 1950)
2004 - Dave Blood, real name David Schulthise; American musician, bassist for The Dead Milkmen (b.
          1956)
2005 - Dave Allen, Irish comedian (b. 1936)
2005 - Danny Joe Brown, American singer (Molly Hatchet) (b. 1951)
2006 - Anna Moffo, American soprano (b. 1932)
2007 - Richard Jeni, American comedian (b. 1957)
2007 - Ernie Ladd, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938)
2008 - Richard Fran Biegenwald, an American serial killer (b. 1940)
2010 - Corey Haim, Canadian actor (b. 1971)
2012 - Jean Giraud, French comic artist, dies at 73
2012 - Julio Gonzalez, Mexican light heavyweight boxer, dies from a hit and run at 35
2012 - Mykola Plaviuk, Ukrainian president, dies at 86
2012 - Frank Rowland, American Nobel laureate in chemistry, dies from Parkinson's disease at 84
2012 - Richard White, New Zealand rugby union player, dies at 86

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This Day in History for 11th March


Historical Events

                                   
Pope Leo X                                                Composer Giuseppe Verdi                         Israeli Prime Minister
                                                                                                                                      Menachem Begin

                           
General Secretary of the Communist             Tennis Player Steffi Graf
Party  of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev 


1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th
         Dynasty).
417 - Zosimus becomes bishop of Rome
537 - Goths lay siege to Rome
843 - Icon worship officially re-instated in Aya Sofia Constantinople
928 - Trpimir II succeeds to the Croatian throne.
1387 - The Battle of Castagnaro begins.
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
1649 - The Frondeurs (French rebels) and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil.
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
1708 - Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British
           monarch vetoes legislation.
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
1795 - Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols
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
1845 - The Flagstaff War: In New Zealand, Chiefs Hone Heke and Kawiti lead 700 Māoris to chop 
           down the British flagpole and drive settlers out of the British colonial settlement of 
           Kororareka because of breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.
1848 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the
           Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
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
1864 - The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250
           people in Sheffield.
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)
1872 - Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest
           coal sources in Britain.
1872 - The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would
           become the Okinawa prefecture.
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
1897 - A meteorite enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia.
          The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported.
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
1912 - Eleftherios Venizelos, leader of the Liberal Party, wins the Greek elections again.
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)
1917 - World War I: Baghdad falls to the Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
1918 - Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia
1918 - Save the Redwoods League founded
1918 - First confirmed cases of the Spanish Flu are observed at Fort Riley, Kansas.
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 government 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
1931 - Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet
           Union.
1934 - Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer
1935 - Bank of Canada opens
1935 - Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe
1936 - British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin pardons five convicted Irish militants who promise to
           join growing conflict with Germany.
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
1966 - A fire at two ski resorts in Numata, Japan kills 31 people.
1967 - Pink Floyd releases their 1st single (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 cents 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 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 - British pound note ceases to be legal tender, replaced by one pound 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 - -36.8°F (-38.2°C) in Chosedachar, Komi-district, on 67°N
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
1996 - The EU Database Directive is passed.
1996 - John Winston Howard becomes the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. His term in office is the
           second longest in Australian history, ending on December 3, 2007.
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
1999 - Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
2003 - The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
2004 - Terrorists explode simultaneous bombs on Madrid's rail network ripping through a commuter
           train and rocking three stations, killing 190
2006 - Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
2009 - Winnenden school shooting - 17 people are killed at a school in Germany.
2010 - Sebastián Piñera become chilean president.
2011 - An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan,
           triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest
           nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the
           International Nuclear Event Scale.
2012 - US soldier kills 16 civilians in Afghanistan