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This Day in History for 28th March


Historical Events

                                   
3rd Roman Emperor Caligula               Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco             Actress Faye Dunaway

                 
Basketball Superstar                                Actress Julia Roberts
Michael Jordan   


37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
193 - Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an
         auction to Didius Julianus.
364 - Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
845 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom
         in exchange for leaving.
1535 - Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked & destroyed
1556 - Karel V's son Philip II crowned king of Spain
1556 - Origin of Fasli Era (India)
1738 - English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear)
1774 - Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts
1776 - Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
1794 - Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)
1794 - Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
1795 - Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian
           Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
1796 - Bethel African Methodist Church of Phila is 1st US-African church
1797 - Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine
1799 - NY State abolished slavery
1802 - Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.
1804 - Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804
1809 - Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.
1834 - Senate censure Pres Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US
1844 - Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid
1845 - Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
1854 - During the Crimean War, Britain & France declare war on Russia
1859 - 1st performance of John Brahms' 1st Serenade for orchestra
1860 - First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
1862 - Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia
1866 - 1st ambulance goes into service
1871 - SF Art Association holds open reception at 430 Pine
1881 - Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey
1885 - US Salvation Army officially organized
1891 - 1st world weightlifting championship held
1896 - The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan)
1902 - 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record)
1905 - Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used
1910 - 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre)
1913 - Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1917 - Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv & Jaffa by Turkish authorities
1917 - Puccini's "La Rondine," premieres in Monte Carlo
1920 - Thomas Masaryk elected president of Czechoslovakia
1920 - Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South
           states.
1922 - 1st microfilm device introduced
1922 - Stanley Cup: Toronto St Pats (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
1924 - WGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
1927 - Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St NYC
1929 - Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador
1930 - 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston)
1930 - Constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara
1933 - German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler
1935 - Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket
1939 - Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down
1939 - Philip Barry's "Philadelphia Story," premieres in NYC
1939 - Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship
1939 - Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco
1940 - Construction begins of the exhibition center to host the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair.
1941 - Sea battle at Cape Matapan: Brit fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy
1942 - -29] 234 RAF bombers attack Lubeck
1942 - 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38
1942 - British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire
1942 - Raid on lock/dock St Nazaire
1944 - 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40
1944 - Astrid Lindgren sprains ankle & begins writing Pippi Longstocking
1944 - NBA rookie of the year in 1966, Rick Barry
1945 - Last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London
1946 - Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report,
          outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1948 - 2nd Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win
1950 - 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 NYC college becomes
           1st to win NCAA & Natl Inv Basketball in same year
1952 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
1952 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
1953 - "New Faces (of 1952)" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 365 perfs
1953 - "Stock exchanges open, dikes closed" raises 5,200,000 gulden
1953 - 7th Tony Awards: Crucible & Wonderful Town win
1953 - KCAU TV channel 9 in Sioux City, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
1953 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
1954 - 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon & Kismet win
1954 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open
1954 - WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, PR (TM) begins broadcasting
1955 - NZ cricket all out for 26 v England at Eden Park
1957 - 1st National Curling Championship held
1959 - 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government & installs Panchen Lama
1960 - Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African & 1st Filipino cardinal
1960 - Scotch factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters (Glasgow Scotland)
1962 - Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India
1962 - Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees
1963 - AFL's NY Titan's become the NY Jets
1964 - 1st pirate radio station near England (Radio Caroline)
1964 - 9.2 earthquake shakes Prince William Sound, Alaska
1965 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA All State Ladies' Golf Invitational
1967 - "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 65 performances
1967 - UN Sect General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam
1969 - Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal
1969 - Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC
           World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
1970 - 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)
1971 - 25th Tony Awards: Sleuth & Company win
1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972 - Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
1974 - Rock group Raspberries breakup
1975 - Wash Caps win 1st game on road after 37 straight road loses also
1977 - 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats NC 67-59
1977 - 49th Academy Awards - "Rocky," Peter Finch & Faye Dunaway win
1977 - Morarji Desai forms government in India
1979 - British government of Callaghan falls
1979 - Lazarus & Vosburgh's "Day in Hollywood & night in Ukraine," premieres
1979 - Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pa (no deaths)
1981 - Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 m 40.18 sec)
1981 - France performs nuclear test
1981 - Gabi Schonbrunn skates ladies world record 3 km (4:21.70)
1981 - Viv Richards scores century in the 1st Test at his home Antigua
1981 - Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (36.91 secs)
1982 - 12th Easter Seal Telethon raises $19,500,000
1982 - 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62
1982 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1982 - JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador
1985 - International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley
1985 - Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues," premieres in NYC
1985 - STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad
1986 - Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India
1986 - John N McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1987 - Stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway
1989 - New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars & Stripes, in a NY court
1990 - Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient
1990 - Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game
1990 - President Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal
1991 - Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son
1992 - 6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal
1992 - Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31)
1992 - PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel
1993 - 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins
1993 - 22nd Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Helen Alfredsson
1993 - Conservatives win French parliamentary election
1993 - Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031)
1994 - Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed
1994 - Italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election
1994 - BBC Radio Five Live broadcasts for first time in United Kingdom
1995 - Julia Roberts & Lyle Lovette split-up
1995 - Queensland beat S Aust to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield
1995 - World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank & Bank of Tokyo merge
1996 - "Seven Guitars," opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
1996 - Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America
1997 - "City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV
1999 - 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Jose
2000 - A Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train (3 children die in this
           accident).
2003 - In a "friendly fire" incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States
           Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the
           2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.
2005 - The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the second
           strongest earthquake since 1960.
2006 - At least 1 million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in
          protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.

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Famous Weddings

1837 - German composer Felix Mendelssohn (27) marries Cécile Jeanrenaud (20)
1920 - Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford
2010 - "The Real Housewives of New York City" TV Personality Bethenny Frankel (39) weds Jason
           Hoppy at the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York City

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Famous Divorces

1849 - Dutch princess Marianne & Prince Albert of Prussia separate

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Famous Birthdays

                                   
Playwright & Author                                 Actor Vince Vaughn (1970)                   Actress Julia Stiles (1981)
Maxim Gorky (1868)


1468 - Charles I, Duke of Savoy
1472 - Fra Bartolomeo/Fra Bartolommeo , monk, Florentine Renaissance painter (d. 1517)
1483 - Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens)
1515 - Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint
1522 - Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)
1569 - Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622)
1592 - Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto,
           composer
1599 - Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (d. 1658)
1613 - Xiaozhuangwen Grand Empress Dowager, Empress of Manchu (d. 1688)
1615 - Pieter de Groot, Dutch regent/diplomat
1621 - Heinrich Schwemmer, composer
1643 - Jose Solana, composer
1652 - Samuel Sewall, American magistrate (d. 1730)
1660 - Arnold Houbraken, Dutch schilder/writer
1660 - Georg Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/King George I of Gt Britain
1725 - Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (d. 1795)
1727 - Maximilian III Jozef, Elector of Bayern (1745-77)
1729 - Pieter Fouquet, Dutch art seller (Atlas of Fouquet)
1737 - Francesco Zannetti, composer
1741 - Johann Andre, composer
1750 - Francisco A G de Miranda, Venezuelan freedom fighter
1760 - Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation)
1766 - Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline)
1770 - Sophie Mereau, writer
1773 - Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)
1779 - Angelo Maria Benincori, composer
1793 - Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer and geologist (d. 1864)
1795 - Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876)
1799 - Karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist (Ziekte van Basedow)
1806 - Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1861-66)
1806 - Thomas Hare, English barrister (d. 1891)
1815 - Arsène Houssaye, French novelist (d. 1896)
1817 - Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer
1818 - Wade Hampton, SC, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1819 - Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (d. 1891)
1836 - Frederick Pabst, American brewer (d. 1904)
1840 - Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria)
1842 - William Harvey Carney, American Civil War officier (d. 1908)
1849 - James Darmesteter, French author and antiquarian (d. 1894)
1851 - Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician (d. 1944)
1853 - Rudolf Kittel, German theologist (Psalms)
1862 - Aristide Briand, France, 11x premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926)
1866 - Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (d. 1902)
1868 - Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter
1868 - Maxim Gorky [Alexei Maximovich Peshkov], Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire, Russian
           playwright and author (Mother and The Lower Depths)
1868 - Wojciech Gawronski, composer
1871 - Willem Mengelberg, Utrecht Neth, conductor (NY Philharmonic 1922-30)
1872 - Jose Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general (Morocco)
1883 - William H Harris, composer
1885 - Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, composer
1886 - Jaroslav Novotny, composer
1887 - Rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer
1890 - Paul Whiteman, Denver Co, orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club)
1891 - Karel MJF Cruysberghs, Flemish author
1891 - Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag)
1892 - Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1892 - Tom Maguire, Irish republican (d. 1993)
1893 - Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive (d. 1971)
1895 - Spencer W Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church
1895 - Christian Herter, 59th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1966)
1897 - Sepp Herberger, German football coach (d. 1977)
1899 - Harold B. Lee, American religious leader (d. 1973)
1899 - August Anheuser Busch, Jr., brewing magnate and American baseball executive (d. 1989)
1899 - Buck Shaw, American football coach (d. 1977)
1900 - Achille Longo, composer
1900 - Robert Harris, actor (Big Caper, Laughing Anne)
1902 - Flora Robson, South Shields England, actress (Dominique is Dead)
1902 - Paul Godwin, [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violinist
1902 - Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (d. 1988)
1903 - Rudolf Serkin, Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro Sch of Music)
1903 - Charles Starrett, American actor (d. 1986)
1904 - Fosco Giachetti, Livorno Italy, actor (Wastrel, We the Living)
1905 - Marlin Perkins, Carthage Mo, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom)
1905 - Pandro S Berman, film producer
1906 - Joseph Wright, Canada, oarsman (Olympic-gold-1928)
1906 - Robert (Bob) Allen, actor (Texas Rangers)
1907 - Herbert "Herb" Hall, clarinetist/saxophonist
1907 - "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent (d. 1993)
1909 - Nelson Algren, US, novelist (Man with the Golden Arm)
1910 - Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark
1910 - Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American Librarian (d. 2001)
1910 - Jimmie Dodd, American actor (d. 1964)
1911 - Myfanwy Piper, librettist
1911 - J. L. Austin, British philosopher of language (d. 1960)
1912 - A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, UK, sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space)
1912 - Marina Raskova, Russian navigator (d. 1943)
1914 - Bohumil Hrabal, writer
1914 - Edmund Sixtus Muskie, (Sen-D-Me)/US Sec of State (1980)
1914 - Frank Lovejoy, Bronx NY, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw)
1914 - Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
1914 - Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist (d. 2003)
1915 - Jay Livingston, composer (Buttons & Bows, Mona Lisa, Tammy)
1915 - Raymond Emery, cricketer (NZ Test batsman vs West Indies 1952)
1918 - Youly Algaroff, ballet dancer
1919 - Jacob Avshalomov, Tsingtao China, composer (Sinfonietta, The Oregon)
1919 - Tom Brooks, cricketer (NSW fast bowler of the 30's, later Test umpire)
1919 - Vic Raschi, American baseball player (d. 1988)
1920 - Gene Chappie, (Rep-R-CA, 1981-86)
1920 - Lord Butterfield
1921 - Dirk Bogarde (born Derek van den Bogaerde) London England, actor (Death in Venice,
           Servant)
1922 - Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
1922 - Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (d. 1990)
1922 - Joey Maxim, American boxer (d. 2001)
1924 - Freddie Bartholomew, England, actor (Anna Karenina, David Copperfield)
1924 - Gerhart Fritsch, writer
1924 - Peter Baer, artost/printmaker
1925 - Innokenti Smoktunovsky, actor (Bely Prazdnik, Zakoldovannye)
1926 - Francis Burt, composer
1926 - Polly Umrigar, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain)
1926 - Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
1927 - Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (d. 2007)
1928 - Jose Luis de Delas, composer
1928 - Zbigniew Brzezinski, Warsaw, national security advisor (Carter)
1928 - Alexander Grothendieck, German mathematician
1929 - Aubrey J Watson Sr, bishop
1929 - Paul England, Australian racing driver
1930 - Amelia Rosselli, poet
1930 - George Bruce, painter
1930 - Robert Ashley, composer
1930 - Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer
1932 - Sven Oskar Lindqvist, Swedish writer (Myten om Wu Tao-tzu)
1933 - Tete Montoliu, Catalonian jazz pianist (d. 1997)
1934 - Siegfried Thiele, composer
1935 - Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster
1936 - Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru, writer (Aunt Julia)/pres candidate
1940 - J Michael Plumb, Islip NY, equestrian (Oly-2 gold/4 silver-1976,84)
1940 - Kevin Loughery, NBA star/coach (Balt, Phila)
1940 - Tony Barber, Australian television personality
1941 - Alf Clausen, Minneapolis Mn, orchestra leader (Mary, Simpsons)
1941 - Charlie McCoy, Oak Hill WV, harmonica player (Hee Haw)
1941 - Jim Turner, American football player
1942 - Neil Kinnock, Wales, leader (Labour Party)
1942 - Neil Kinnock, leader of the British opposition (Labour)
1942 - Samuel Ramey, Colby Kansas, bass (La Scala)
1942 - Daniel Dennett, American philosopher
1942 - Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (d. 1998)
1943 - Conchata Ferrell, Charleston WV, actress (Deadly Hero, Susan-LA Law)
1943 - Mike Newell, director (Bad Blood, Awakening, Amazing Grace & Chuck)
1943 - Richard Eyre, British director (National Theatre)
1944 - Ken Howard, El Centro California, American actor (Ken-White Shadow, Dynasty, 1776)
1944 - Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward (NY Nets, Golden State Warriors)
1945 - Chuck Portz, Santa Monica Ca, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together)
1945 - Hans Brunhart, leader of Liechtenstein (1978-93)
1945 - Count Björn Hamilton, Swedish politician
1946 - Richard Sussman, rocker
1946 - Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru
1946 - Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut
1947 - Bruce Gilbert, producer (China Syndrome, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond)
1947 - John Landecker, American disk jockey
1948 - Dianne Wiest, KC MO, actress (Hannah & Her Sisters, Footloose)
1948 - John Evans, (Aka Evan) rock drummer (Jethro Tull)
1948 - Wubbo J Ockels, Almelo Netherlands, astronaut (STS 22)
1948 - Gerry House, American radio personality
1948 - Matthew Corbett, English retired actor
1949 - Milan Williams, US keyboardist (Commodores-Three Times a Lady)
1949 - Ronnie Ray Smith, 4 X 100m relay runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
1949 - Shafiq Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman during the 70's)
1951 - Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina
1951 - Matti Pellonpää, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1995)
1952 - Tony Brise, racing driver (d. 1975)
1953 - Nydia M Velazquez, (Rep-D-New York, 1993- )
1953 - Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician (d. 1993)
1954 - Morris Mason, American convicted rapist and murderer (d. 1985)
1955 - Reba McEntire, McAlester Ok, country singer (Can't Even Get the Blues)
1955 - John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician
1956 - Asoka De Silva, cricket leg-spinner (Sri Lanka in 10 Tests 1985-91)
1956 - Evelin Jahl, German DR, discus thrower (Olympic-2 gold-1976)
1956 - T A Sekar, Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact)
1956 - April Margera, Bam Margera's mother
1957 - Harvey Glance, Pheonix City Ala, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
1958 - Bart Wayne Conner, Morton Grove Ill, gymnist (Olympic-2 gold-1984)
1958 - Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1959 - Petra Delhees, Jauch Switzertand, tennis star
1959 - Todd Curtis, actor (Capitol, Skip-Young & Restless)
1960 - Chris Barrie, British actor
1960 - José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician
1960 - Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French author and dramatist
1961 - Byron Scott, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1962 - Ged Grimes, [Danny Wilson], rocker (Mary's Prayer)
1962 - Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
1962 - Terry Szopinski, American pro-wrestler
1963 - Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr
1963 - Therese Washtock, Vancouver BC, 3 day equestrian (Olympics-96)
1965 - Jeff Beukeboom, Ajax, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1965 - Steve Bull, English footballer
1966 - Jason Garrett, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
1966 - Nathalie Herreman, France, tennis star
1966 - Serge Djelloul, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
1967 - David Lang, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
1967 - Ed[ward] Grose, Juneau Alaska, rower (Olympics-1996)
1967 - Shawn Boskie, Hawthorne Nevada, pitcher (California Angels)
1968 - Chad Biafore, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
1968 - Dennis Postlewait, Jacksonville NC, Nike golfer (1994 Wichita Open)
1968 - Max Perlich, actor (JH Brodie-Homicide)
1968 - Nasser Hussain, cricketer (Essex & England batsman)
1968 - Teee Williams, LA California, volleyball outside hitter (Oly-bronze-92, 96)
1968 - Iris Chang, American author (d. 2004)
1968 - Jon Lee, British drummer (d. 2002)
1968 - Tim Lovejoy, British television presenter
1969 - Craig Paquette, Long Beach CA, infielder (KC Royals)
1969 - Earnest Stewart, soccer player (Willem II)
1969 - Elliot Perry, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks)
1969 - Salt, rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang)
1969 - Scottie Graham, NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings, Cincinnati Bengals)
1969 - Brett Ratner, American film director
1969 - Rodney Atkins, American country music singer-songwriter
1970 - James Johnson, NFL/WLAF running back (Tampa Bucs, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 - Jason B Gailes, Taunton Mass, rower (Olympics-silver-1996)
1970 - Shawn Price, NFL defensive end (GB Packers, Car Panthers, Buf Bills)
1970 - Vince Vaughn, Minneapolis, Minnesota, American actor (Swingers, Wedding Crashers)
1970 - Michelle Gildernew, Irish republican politician
1971 - Damien Marsh, Georgia, Australian 100m/200m swimmer (Olympics-96)
1971 - Wesley Person, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers)
1972 - Derek West, offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
1972 - Jonathan Edwards, Boston Mass, doubles luger (Olympics-1994)
1972 - Keith Tkachuk, Melrose MA, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix, USA)
1972 - Michael Smith, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1972 - Mike Morton, linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
1972 - Shannon Mitchell, NFL tight end (San Diego Chargers)
1972 - Nick Frost, English comedian and actor
1973 - Andrew Whittall, cricketer (cousin of Guy Zimbabwe off-spinner 1996)
1973 - Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler
1974 - K C Jones, NFL center (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1974 - Mark King, English snooker player
1974 - Scott Mills, British radio disc jockey
1975 - Atta-ur-Rehman, cricketer (Pakistani quickie, debut v Engl1992 age 17)
1975 - Shanna Moakler, former beauty queen
1975 - Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
1975 - Richard Kelly, American film director
1975 - Derek Hill, American racing driver
1976 - David Keuning, American guitar player (The Killers)
1977 - Angelo Garcia, Brooklyn NY, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
1977 - Lauren Weisberger, American novelist
1978 - Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997)
1979 - Juli Keech, Miss South Dakota Teen USA (1997)
1979 - Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress
1980 - Cara Lewis, Miss Mississippi Teen USA (1997)
1980 - Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper
1980 - Luke Walton, American basketball player
1981 - Julia Stiles, New York City, NY, American actress (Bourne series, Save the Last Dance)
1981 - Gareth David-Lloyd, Welsh Actor
1981 - Edwar Ramirez, American baseball player
1981 - Lindsay Frimodt, American model
1982 - Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress
1983 - Ryan Ashington, English footballer
1984 - Christopher Samba, French-born footballer
1984 - Yordanos Abay, Ethiopian footballer
1984 - Nikki Sanderson, British actress and model
1986 - Lady Gaga [Stefani Germanotta], New York, singer/songwriter (Bad Romance)
1986 - J-Kwon, American rapper
1986 - Barbora Strýcová, Czech tennis player
1988 - Lacey Turner, British soap actress
1989 - Marek Suchý, Czech footballer
1989 - Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
1989 - Afrikan Boy, a Nigerian rapper
1989 - Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
1991 - Amy Bruckner, American actress

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This Day in History for 28th March


Famous Deaths

                                   
Enlightenment Philosopher                     Author Virginia Woolf (1941)
Marquis de Condorcet (1794)


193 - Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated
593 - Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67
1072 - Ordulf, Duke of Saxony
1134 - Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies
1239 - Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)
1285 - Pope Martin IV (Simon de Brion), reigned 1281-85.
1563 - Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)
1566 - Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79
1673 - Adam Pijnacker, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, buried at 51
1677 - Wenzel Hollar, Bohemia cartoonist/etcher, dies at about 69
1687 - Constantine Huygens, diplomat/poet/composer (Bluebottles), dies at 90
1701 - Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor, dies at 75
1712 - Jan van der Heyden, Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at 75
1758 - Jonathan Edwards, US theologist (Great Awakening), dies at 54
1794 - Marquis de Condorcet, French enlightenment philosopher, is murdered or commits suicide in 
           prison at 50
1799 - Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders, Dutch adventurer/spy, dies at 55
1801 - Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66
1818 - Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer, dies at 62
1840 - Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89
1847 - Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67
1849 - Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botany, dies at 44
1850 - Gerard C. Brandon, American politician (b. 1788)
1856 - Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76
1860 - Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer, dies at 73
1863 - James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52
1865 - Albert G Bilders, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26
1866 - Solomon Foot, American politician (b. 1802)
1868 - James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan, dies at about 70
1870 - George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
1874 - Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (b. 1795)
1877 - Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer, dies at 77
1880 - Achille Peri, composer, dies at 67
1881 - Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 [OS=Mar 16]
1885 - Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer, dies at 53
1887 - Ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75
1889 - Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, killed by husband William Kemmler
1891 - Dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies
1896 - E Rundle Charles, writer, dies
1907 - Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer, dies at 65
1908 - John Eliot, English meteorology, dies at 68
1910 - Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist/conductor, dies
1910 - David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1837)
1914 - Hanus Trnecek, composer, dies at 55
1927 - Karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57
1928 - Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63
1929 - Lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (b. 1861)
1939 - Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903)
1941 - Virginia Woolf-Stephen [Adeline] , author (To Lighthouse), dies from suicide at 59
1941 - Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian Police Commissioner (b. 1877)
1942 - Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67
1942 - Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spanish poet (Viento del Pueblo), dies at 31
1943 - Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69
1944 - Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis
1944 - Stephen Butler Leacock, writer/economist (Literary Lapses), dies at 75
1946 - Chick Fullis, baseball player (b. 1904)
1947 - Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57
1947 - Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
1949 - Grigoras Dinicu, composer, dies at 59
1950 - Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Occupier), dies at 67
1953 - James Francis Thorpe, decathelete (Olympic-gold-12), dies at 64
1954 - Francis B Young, Brit physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69
1958 - Chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53
1958 - William Christopher Handy, US conductor/composer (St Louis Blues), dies at 84 in New York
1959 - James Neblett, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935), dies
1960 - Ian Keith, US actor (Ramses I-10 Commandments), dies at 61
1962 - Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (b. 1883)
1963 - Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52
1965 - VAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67
1965 - Jack Hoxie, American actor and rodeo performer (b. 1885)
1965 - Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (b. 1888)
1969 - Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78
1969 - Aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi
1971 - Felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78
1973 - Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies
1974 - Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68
1974 - Francoise Rosay, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison), dies at 82
1974 - Arthur Crudup, American blues singer and guitarist, dies of heart attack at 68
1975 - Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77
1978 - Dino Ciani, Italian pianist (d. 1941)
1979 - Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80
1980 - Dick Haymes, actor (Real Life, Betrayal), dies
1980 - Jesse Owens, (Oly-gold-36), dies at the age of 66
1982 - William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
1983 - Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at 71
1983 - Martinus A Jansen, bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70), dies at 77
1984 - Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead
1984 - Carmen Dragon, American conductor, composer and arranger (b. 1914)
1985 - Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97
1985 - Nand Baert, Belgian radio/tv-host, dies at 53
1986 - Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey-Man From Atlantis), dies at 39
1986 - Virginia Gilmore, actress (Jennie, Western Union), dies
1987 - Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82
1987 - Patrick Troughton, actor (Dr Who-Dr Who), dies at 56
1990 - Helene Fortescu Reynolds, actress (Bermuda Mystery), dies at 65
1991 - Carlos Montalban, actor (Bananas), dies at 85
1992 - Wendell Mayes, writer, dies of cancer at 72
1993 - Scott Cunningham, Occult author (b. 1956)
1994 - Albert Goldman, US biographer (Lives of John Lennon), dies at 66
1994 - Eugene Ionesco, playwright (Rhinoceros, Bald Soprano), dies at 84
1994 - John Logan Gorlay, journalist, dies at 74
1995 - Hugh Edward R O'Connor, actor (In the Heat of the Night), ODs at 32
1995 - Jack Regan, broadcaster, dies at 53
1995 - Vivienne Byerley, publicist, dies at 88
1996 - Barbara McLean, film Editor, dies at 86
1996 - Charles Barnet "Roscoe" Harvey, soldier, dies at 95
1996 - David Band, banker, dies at 53
1996 - Edith Fowke, folklorist, dies at 82
1996 - Hans Blumenberg, philosopher, dies at 75
1996 - James Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop, dies at 89
1996 - Ken Dibbs, actor (Suddenly, Party Girl, High Society), dies at 78
1996 - Shin Kanemaru, VP of Japan (1986-87), dies at 81
1996 - Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, British bibliophile, dies at 87
1999 - Freaky Tah, American rapper (Lost Boyz) (b. 1971)
2000 - Anthony Powell, British novelist (b. 1905)
2001 - Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (b. 1928)
2003 - Rusty Draper, American country and pop singer (b. 1923)
2004 - Art James, American game show host (b. 1929)
2004 - Peter Ustinov, British actor (b. 1921)
2005 - Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (b. 1916)
2006 - Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
2006 - Charles Schepens, American ophthalmologist (b. 1912)
2006 - Kevin Pro Hart, Australian artist (b. 1928)
2006 - Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Irish musician (b. 1922)
2010 - June Havoc, American actress (b. 1913)
2011 - Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (b. 1917)
2012 - John Arden, English novelist/playwright, dies at 81
2012 - Alexander Arutiunian, Armenian composer, dies at 91
2012 - Harry Crews, American writer/actor, dies from neuropathy at 76
2012 - Earl Scruggs, American bluegrass musician, dies from natural causes at 88

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This Day in History for 29th March


Historical Events

                                   
Antarctic Explorer Robert Scott                    Actress Marilyn Monroe                   Heavyweight Boxing Champ
                                                                                                                               Muhammad Ali

                 
NHL all-time top scorer                                  Actor Dustin Hoffman
Wayne Gretzky


502 - Bourgundy King Gundobar delegates royal power
1461 - Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses)
1549 - The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
1632 - Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had
           seized it in 1629.
1638 - 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
1673 - Eng king Charles II accept Test Act: RC excluded of public functions
1792 - King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at
           Stockholm's Royal Opera just 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
1795 - Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna
1798 - Republic of Switzerland forms
1799 - New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state.
1804 - Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti
1806 - Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road,
           becoming the first United States federal highway.
1809 - King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's
           four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the
           Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
1827 - 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna
1831 - Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey.
1847 - 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico
1848 - Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
1849 - Great Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India
1849 - The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
1850 - Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die
1852 - Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 & women to work more than 10 hours a day
1860 - Dion Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn," premieres in NYC
1864 - Great Britain gives the Ionian Islands back to Greece
1864 - Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia Arkansas
1865 - -Apr 9th], Appomattox campaign, VA , 7582 killed
1865 - Battle of Quaker Road, VA
1867 - British North America Act (Canadian constitution) passes
1867 - Congress approves Lincoln Memorial
1871 - Albert Hall opened by Queen Victoria in London
1879 - Tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni Onegin," premieres in Moscow
1882 - Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men
1886 - Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Coke
1897 - Japan adopts Gold Standard
1906 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers sweep Kenora Thisles in 2 games
1912 - Capt Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the
           end cannot be far"
1919 - Stanley Cup: Mont (NHL) & Seat (PCHA) win 2 games each with 1 tie, 1919 Stanley Cup not
           awarded due to flu epidemic
1924 - Bayern & Vatican reach accord
1927 - Henry O D Seagrave races his Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona
1928 - Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (NYC)
1929 - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep NY Rangers in 2 games
1930 - Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
1932 - Jack Benny debuts on radio, on Ed Sullivan's New York interview program
1934 - Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt
1935 - French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage
1936 - 10,000 watch the 200" mirror blank passing through Indianapolis
1936 - Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates
1940 - Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 to retain heavyweight boxing title
1941 - 1st performance of Benjamin Britten's "Symphony da Requiem"
1941 - 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Wisconsin beats Wash State 39-34
1941 - WPAT radio in NJ begins broadcasting (country music format)
1942 - British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea
1942 - British destroyer Campbeltown explodes in St-Nazaire: 400 Germans die
1942 - German submarine U-585 sinks
1942 - The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II was the first major success for the RAF Bomber
           Command against Germany and a German city.
1943 - Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WW II
1943 - Meat rationed in US (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's
1945 - World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
1946 - 1st Test Cricket between Australia & NZ
1946 - Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller & Tallon
1947 - "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 111 perfs
1948 - Drachtster Boys soccer team forms in Drachten
1948 - Yanks & Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game
1949 - Turkey recognizes Israel
1951 - "King & I" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1246 performances
1951 - 23rd Academy Awards - "All About Eve," Judy Holliday & J Ferrer win
1951 - Julius & Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of spying
1953 - Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open
1958 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss
1958 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins
1959 - "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres
1959 - Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore
1960 - Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres
1961 - 23rd Amendment ratified, allows Wash DC residents to vote for pres
1961 - After a 4½ year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
1961 - KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 - Argentine Pres Frondizi flees from the army
1962 - Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show"
1963 - Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone"
1966 - "It's a Bird... It's Superman" opens at Alvin NYC for 129 perfs
1966 - Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1967 - WCMU TV channel 14 in Mt. Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 - Students seize building at Bowie State College
1969 - Communist New People's Army found in Philippines
1970 - "Look to the Lilies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 25 perfs
1970 - Manchester City wins 10th Europe Cup II
1971 - 1st Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre
1971 - Chile president Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines
1971 - Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West Europe's 1st sexology professor
1971 - Development of a serum hepatitis vaccine for children announced
1971 - Royal Albert Hall opens
1971 - WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1973 - Dave Cowens, wins NBA MVP
1973 - US troops leave Vietnam, 9 yrs after Tonkin Resolution
1974 - Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury, returns photos
1975 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Karsten-Ping Golf Open
1975 - Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
1976 - 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68
1976 - 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students
1979 - Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball v Pakistan at WACA
1979 - Caryl Churchill's "Cloud Nine," premieres in London
1979 - Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
1979 - Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad
1981 - "Woman of the Year" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 770 performances
1981 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1981 - Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record 110m
1981 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 - 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins
1982 - 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Georgetown 63-62
1982 - 54th Academy Awards - "Chariots of Fire," Henry Fonda & K Hepburn win
1982 - Delhi 707 beat Karnataka 705 on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
1984 - NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 - Christos Sartzetakis elected president of Greece
1985 - Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist
1986 - Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
1987 - 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44
1987 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
1987 - Wrestlemania III-93,173 watch Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant
1987 - Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party
1988 - "Oba Oba" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 46 performances
1988 - US Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras
1989 - 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL
1989 - 1st US private commercial rocket makes suborbital test flight (NM)
1989 - 61st Academy Awards - "Rainman," Dustin Hoffman & Jodie Foster win
1989 - 9th Golden Raspberry Awards: Cocktail wins
1989 - I M Pei's pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris
1989 - Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in NY for racketeering
1992 - "Conversations with My Father" opens at Royale NYC for 462 perfs
1992 - 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: Hudson Hawk wins
1992 - 21st Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Dottie Mochrie
1992 - Herb Gardner's "Conversations With My Father," premieres in NYC
1992 - Ice Dance Championship at Oakland won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (CIS)
1992 - Ice Pairs Championship at Oakland won by Mishuktienok & Dmitriev (CIS)
1992 - Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Oak won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA)
1992 - Men's Fig Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS)
1992 - NCAA Basketball Women's Championship at Kemper Arena, KC
1993 - 65th Academy Awards - "Unforgiven," Al Pacino & Emma Thompson win
1993 - Queensland all out for 75 v NSW in Sheffield Shield Final
1994 - Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys
1994 - Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border
1994 - Serbs & Croats signed a cease-fire to end the war in Croatia
1995 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Chicago IL on WCKG 105.9 FM
1996 - 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men
1996 - Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens
1996 - NY Yankees beats NY Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game
1997 - 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yanks 2-0 (exhibition)
1997 - PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith
1998 - 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Kemper Arena KC
1998 - 27th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship
1999 - 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St Petersburg
1999 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 10006.78 - above the 10,000 mark for the first
           time ever.
2004 - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full
           members.
2004 - The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work
           places, including bars and restaurants.
2010 - Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush
           hour, killing 40.

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 29th March


Famous Weddings

1813 - John Tyler (23) later 10th US President, marries 1st wife Letitia Christian Tyler (22)
1929 - Actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (17) weds her dancing partner Jack Pepper (26)
1997 - Actor Harry Hamlin weds actress Lisa Rinna
2008 - Biggest Loser contestant Amy Hildreth (28) weds Marty Wolff (27) in Charleston, South
           Carolina

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 29th March


Famous Birthdays

                                   
US President John Tyler (1790)         Super Model Elle MacPherson (1964)       Actress & Singer Lucy Lawless (1968)


1484 - Johann Spangenberg, composer
1519 - Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal
1553 - Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614)
1561 - Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic
1584 - Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (d. 1648)
1602 - John Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae)
1616 - Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer
1636 - Esaias Reusner, composer
1668 - Thomas Coram, Founder of the Foundling Hospital (d. 1751)
1713 - John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1789)
1725 - Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer
1752 - Edward Jones, composer
1769 - Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal (d. 1851)
1790 - John Tyler, Va, (D/W) 10th Pres (1841-1845)
1799 - Edward Stanley, Earl Derby (C), British PM (1852, 1858-59, 1866-68)
1813 - John Letcher, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1884
1816 - James Gallant Spears, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
1817 - Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet
1819 - Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well
1819 - Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/founder (American Hebrew Congregations)
1821 - Joshua Thomas Owen, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
1822 - Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter
1824 - Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (d. 1899)
1826 - Wilhelm Liebknecht, German MP (social-democratic)
1829 - Ritta & Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia
1829 - Robert Emmet Rodes, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1831 - Amelia Barr, writer
1848 - Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War
1867 - Cy [Denton True] Young, Gilmore Ohio, baseball pitcher (511 wins, 1890-1911). Died 1955
1869 - Ales Hrdlicka, US, anthropologist/curator (US National Museum)
1869 - Edwin Lutyens, architect, London
1871 - Tom Hayward, cricketer (great England batsman of the Golden Age)
1873 - Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician (d. 1941)
1875 - Lou Henry Hoover, 1st lady (1929-33)
1875 - Paul Rubens, composer
1876 - Jan Ingenhoven, composer
1876 - Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian/antifascist
1883 - Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Micromanometric analysis)
1886 - Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, composer
1888 - Adrianus M de Jong, Dutch writer (World Tour of Bulletje & Bonestaak)
1888 - James E Casey, founder (United Parcel Service)
1889 - Howard Lindsay, Waterford NY, playwright/actor/dir (State of Union)
1889 - Warner Baxter, Columbus OH, actor (In Old Arizona, Cisco Kid)
1891 - Ivan Goll, writer
1891 - Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (Mercedes Benz) (d. 1980)
1892 - Jozsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal
1895 - Ernst Jünger, German author (d. 1998)
1898 - Cecil Lewis, airman/writer
1900 - John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980)
1900 - Bill Aston, British racing driver (d. 1974)
1901 - Frans U Kailas, Finnish poet
1901 - Andrija Maurovic, Croatian illustrator (d. 1981)
1902 - Onslow Stevens, LA California, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life)
1902 - William Walton, England, composer (Troilus & Cressida, Wise Virgins)
1902 - Marcel Aymé, French writer (d. 1967)
1905 - Annunzio Mantovani, Venice Italy, orchestra leader (Mantovani)
1905 - Philip Ahn, American actor (d. 1978)
1906 - E Power Biggs, Westcliff-on-Sea England, organist/composer (CBS)
1907 - "Braguinha", Brazilian songwriter (d. 2006)
1908 - Arthur O'Connell, NYC, actor (Mr Peepers, Second Hundred Years)
1908 - Dennis O'Keefe, Fort Madison IA, actor/dir (T-Men, Fighting Seabees)
1909 - Moon Mullican, hillbilly pianist (7 Nights of Rock)
1909 - Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish writer (Gnome Patjoepelke)
1911 - Philip Ahn, LA California, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu)
1911 - Brigitte Horney, German actress (d. 1988)
1912 - Hanna Reitsch, German test pilot (d. 1979)
1913 - Jack Jones, British trade unionist (CH)
1913 - Niall MacGinnis, Dublin Ireland, actor (Curse of the Demon)
1913 - Phil Foster, Bkln NY, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley)
1913 - R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 2000)
1914 - Chapman Pincher, British journalist/author (about secret service)
1915 - George Chisholm, Scottish jazz trombonist
1916 - Eugene J McCarthy, Watkins Minn, (Sen-D-Minn, pres candidate 1968)
1916 - John Paul, Governor-General (Bahamas)
1917 - Arthur Knight, CEO (Courtaulds)
1917 - Man O'War, racehorse (winner of 20 out of 21 races & $249,465)
1917 - Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 1947)
1918 - John Read, CEO (TSB Group)
1918 - Pearl Bailey, Newport News Va, singer (Hello Dolly)
1918 - Sam Walton, billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart) (d. 1992)
1919 - Eileen Heckart, Columbus Ohio, actress (Doll's House, Trauma Center)
1920 - John Belk, American head of Belk, Inc. (d. 2007)
1921 - Hugh Neill, Lord-Lieutenant (South Yorkshire)
1921 - Sam Loxton, cricketer (flamboyant Australian batsman of late 40's)
1923 - Julia Montgomery Walsh, political consultant/writer
1924 - Jules de Corte, blind Dutch ballad singer
1925 - Emlen Tunnell, NFL safety (Giants, Packers)
1925 - Lord Justice Beldam
1927 - Arthur Ravenel Jr, (Rep-R-South Carolina)
1927 - John McLaughlin, TV commentator (McLaughlin Group)
1927 - John Vane, FRS/pharmacologist
1927 - Donald Ross [Lord Ross], Dundee, Scottish judge
1928 - Vaclav Felix, composer
1928 - Vincent Gigante, American mafioso (d. 2005)
1929 - Ronald Clive Williams, actor/comedian
1929 - Sheila Kitzinger, author, anthropologist & child birth educator
1929 - Utpal Dutt, Indian actor (d. 1993)
1930 - Donny Conn, rocker (Playmates)
1930 - G R Sunderam, cricket pace bowler (2 Tests India v NZ 1955-56)
1930 - Hugh Edward Conway Seymour, marquis of Hertford
1930 - Marquess of Hertford
1931 - Evelyn de Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire
1931 - James Weatherhead, moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)
1931 - Lord Tebbit, British CH
1931 - Sylvia Law, British town planner
1932 - William Charette, Ludington, Michigan, United States Navy Hospital Corpsman and Medal of
           Honour recipient, (d. 2012)
1933 - Jacques Brault, French Canadian poet
1934 - Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, composer
1934 - Paul Crouch, American televangelist
1935 - Ruby Murray, Irish pop singer (Softly Softly)
1936 - Richard Rodney Bennett, Broadstairs Kent England, composer, (d. 2012)
1936 - Mogens Camre, Danish politician
1937 - Anne Stoddart, diplomat
1937 - Billy Carter, Plains Georgia, brother of Pres Carter
1937 - Smarck Michel, Saint-Marc, Haiti, Haitian Prime Minister (1994-5), (d. 2012)
1938 - Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (CDA)
1938 - Margaret Howard, British broadcaster
1939 - Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut)
1939 - Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong, actress (Flower Drum Song, Night Creature)
1939 - Roland Arnall, American businessman and diplomat (d. 2008).
1940 - Raymond Davis, US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep)
1941 - Terence Hill, Venice Italy, actor (Super Fuzz, They Call Me Trinity)
1941 - Eden Kane, British singer
1942 - Larry Pressler, (Sen-R-SD, 1979- )
1943 - Eric Idle, England, comedian/actor (Monty Python)
1943 - John Major, British PM (C, 1990-97)
1943 - Vangelis, [Papathanasiou], composer/keyboardist (Chariots of Fire)
1943 - Sir John Major, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1944 - James Diggle, FBA, classicist
1944 - John Suchet, British TV journalist (Independent TV News)
1945 - Julie Goodyear, British actress (Bet Lynch-Coronation Street)
1945 - Walt "Clyde" Frazier, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
1945 - Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host (Willem Ruis Show)
1946 - Bruce Weber, director (Broken Noses)
1946 - Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest
1946 - Billy Thorpe, Australian singer (d. 2007)
1947 - Aleksandr Stepenovich Viktorenko, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3, 8, 14, 20)
1947 - Bobby Kimball, [Robert Toteaux], Vinton LA, rocker (Toto-Roseann)
1947 - Peter Hinchcliffe, co-founder (Iceland Frozen Foods)
1948 - Bud Cort, New Rochelle NY, actor/director (Electric Dreams, M*A*S*H)
1949 - Michael Brecker, rocker (Brecker Brothers)
1949 - Uton Dowe, cricketer (WI pace bowler 1972-73 "Dowe shall not bowl")
1949 - Keith Simpson, British politician
1951 - Geoff Howarth, cricketer (NZ captain early 80's)
1952 - Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80), (d. 2012)
1954 - Karen Anne Quinlan, NJ, famous comatose patient (right to die case)
1955 - Christopher Lawford, actor (Charlie Brent-All My Children)
1955 - Dianne Kay, Phoenix Az, actress (Nancy-8 is Enough, Reggie, Glitter)
1955 - Earl Campbell, NFL running back (Houston, New Orleans, 1977 Heisman)
1955 - Henry Bellingham, MP
1955 - Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
1955 - Marina Sirtis, English actress
1956 - Kurt Thomas, US, gymnist (Olympics), actor (Gymkata)
1956 - Lisa J Allen, TV reporter/lawyer
1956 - Sue Fogleman, LPGA golfer
1957 - Christopher Lambert, actor (Highlander, Subway, Greystoke, Why Me)
1958 - Fiona Reynolds, director/Council for Protection of Rural England
1958 - Victor Salva, American film director
1959 - Brad McCrimmon, Dodsland, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
1959 - Marina Sirtis, London, actress (Troi-Star Trek: The Next Generation)
1959 - Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer
1959 - Perry Farrell, American musician, (Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros)
1961 - Ane-Marie Sanches, newscaster (Suriname TV/Radio)
1961 - Mike Kingery, St James MN, outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1961 - Amy Sedaris, American actress and comedian
1961 - Gary Brabham, Australian racing driver
1962 - Kirk Alan Triplett, Moses Lake WA, PGA golfer (1992 Shell Houston-2nd)
1964 - Elle MacPherson, Sydney, Austrailian super model and actress (Sirens)
1964 - Jill Goodacre Connick, Lubbock Texas, model (Victoria Secrets)
1964 - Michael A. Jackson, Maryland politician
1965 - Emilios T. Harlaftis, Greek astrophysicist (d. 2005)
1965 - William Oefelein, American Astronaut
1965 - Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
1966 - Dwayne Harper, NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers)
1966 - Eric Gunderson, Portland OR, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1966 - Robb Thomas, NFL receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1967 - Brian Jordan, Baltimore MD, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1967 - Jerry Olsavsky, NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1967 - John Popper, American musician
1968 - Chris Calloway, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
1968 - James Williams, NFL tackle (Chic Bears)
1968 - Sue Foley, Canadian singer and guitarist
1968 - Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer
1969 - Darren Chandler, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
1969 - James Atkin, rocker (EMF-Unbelievable)
1969 - Jeff Blackshear, guard (Baltimore Ravens)
1969 - Jimmy Spencer, NFL cornerback (NO Saints, Cincinnati Bengals)
1969 - Kai Nurminen, Turku FIN, hockey forward (Team Finland)
1969 - [Jane] Kim[berly] Batten, McRae Georgia, 400m hurdler (Oly-silver-96)
1971 - Lennart van Reen, son of author Ton v R/publisher Corrie Zelen
1971 - Ryan Mark Lambert
1972 - Alex Ochoa, Miami FL, outfielder (NY Mets)
1972 - John Rothell, Titusville Florida, 400m hurdler
1972 - Paul Michael Kent, Australia, NZ breastroker (Olympics-96)
1972 - Trevor Kidd, Dugald, NHL goalie (Calgary Flames)
1972 - Michel Ancel, French game designer
1972 - Rui Costa, Portugal footballer
1972 - Junichi Suwabe, Japanese voice actor
1973 - Brad Bridgewater, US, 200m backstroke (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 - John Oppio, Sparks Nevada, double trap (Olympics-1996)
1973 - Marc Overmars, Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
1973 - Mark Platt, Peterborough Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
1973 - Sebastiano Siviglia Italian footballer
1974 - Kristoffer Cusick, American actor
1974 - Marc Gené, Spanish racing car driver
1975 - Christopher Yule, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1976 - Jennifer Capriati, Long Is NY, tennis pro (Oly-gold-92)
1976 - Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist
1978 - Michael Kaczurak, American singer and actor
1980 - Kim Tae Hee, South Korean actress
1980 - Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein, of Jordan
1980 - Amy Mathews, Australian actress
1981 - Megan Hilty, American actress
1981 - Jlloyd Samuel, WestIndian-born footballer
1982 - Hideaki Takizawa, Japanese artist
1983 - Luiza Sá, Brazilian musician
1985 - Maxim Lapierre, Canadian ice hockey forward
1985 - Mickey Pimentel, National Football League linebacker
1986 - Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer
1987 - 7th Golden Raspberry Awards: Howard the Duck wins
2334 - Beverly Crusher, Copernicus Luna, fictional doctor-Star Trek Next Gen
2336 - Deanna Troi, Betazed, fictional counsellor-Star Trek Next Generation

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 29th March


Famous Deaths

                                   
Post-Impressionist Painter                Antarctic Explorer Robert Scott (1912)           Actor Paul Henreid (1992)
Georges Seurat (1891)


1058 - Stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belgium Pope (1057-58), dies
1368 - Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328)
1461 - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)
1546 - Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered
1578 - Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524)
1578 - Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1527)
1625 - Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)
1628 - Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546)
1629 - Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565)
1650 - Cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73
1655 - Valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66
1683 - Yaoya Oshichi, a young girl burned at the stake for arson in 17th Century Japan (b. 1667)
1697 - Nikolaus Bruhns, composer, dies
1745 - Robert Walpole, 1st British premier (1722-42), dies at 68
1751 - Thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist
1772 - Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)
1788 - Charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies
1792 - Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds
1794 - Marie-J-A-N C Condorcet, mathematician (Theory of Comets), dies at 50
1800 - Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer (b. 1714)
1802 - Frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51
1803 - Gottfried van Swieten, Dutch composer (b. 1733)
1837 - Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies
1839 - Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56
1847 - Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66
1848 - John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84
1855 - Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799)
1866 - Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies
1873 - Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797)
1880 - Jakob Axel Josephson, composer, dies at 62
1886 - John Keble, theologian, Bournemouth
1888 - Charles-Henri Valentin Alkan, composer, dies at 74
1891 - Georges Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31
1892 - William Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75
1906 - Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
1911 - Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer, dies at 74
1912 - Robert Falcon Scott, British pole explorer, dies in Antarctica at 43
1917 - Fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76
1924 - Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/writer, dies at 71
1930 - Anton Bettelheim, writer, dies
1933 - Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Dutch violinist/conductor, dies at 52
1934 - Otto Hermann Kahn, German millionaire and benefactor (b. 1867)
1937 - Karol Szymanowski, Polish/Ukraine composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 54
1940 - Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and famed Rugby Union footballer who played for
           England.(b. 1916)
1945 - Karl T Sapper, German geographer/geologist (Vulkankunde), dies at 79
1948 - Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (b. 1881)
1955 - Everard Verachtert, Flemish linguist (I Can Speak Nicely), dies at 81
1956 - Infante Alfonso of Spain (b. 1941)
1957 - Joyce A L Cary, English writer (Horse's Mouth), dies at 68
1959 - Barthelemy Boganda, Central African Republic's 1st president, dies
1959 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer, dies at 84
1963 - Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish author (Stolica), dies at 64
1964 - Ted Collins, pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63
1966 - Harry Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers), dies at 50
1970 - Anna Louise Strong, American communist journalist (b. 1885)
1971 - Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1886)
1972 - J Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, industrialist/film magnate
1974 - Seton I Miller, writer, dies at 71
1978 - Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India), dies
1979 - Melville Cooper, TV panelist (I Got a Secret), dies at 82
1980 - ... Mantovani, orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 74
1981 - Eric Williams, Prime Minister (Trinidad & Tobago), dies at 79
1982 - Carl Orff, German composer (Mouth, Antigonae), dies at 86
1982 - Rudy Bond, actor (Streetcar Named Desire), dies of heart attack at 68
1982 - Walter Hallstein, W German politician (CDU, H-doctrine), dies at 80
1982 - Nathan Twining, USAF general (b. 1897)
1985 - Luther Terry, Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911)
1985 - Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun, The Singing Nun (b. 1933)
1986 - Harry Ritz, actor (3 Musketeers, On the Avenue), dies at 79
1988 - Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player (b. 1924)
1989 - Bernard Blier, actor (Les Miserables, Women & War), dies at 73
1990 - Germaine Montenesdro, 2nd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer, shot dead
1991 - Lee Atwater, political strategists (R), dies of brain tumor at 40
1991 - Matt Bennett, actor (Hickey & Boggs), dies of brain tumor at 52
1992 - Earl Spencer, father of Lady Diana, dies at 68
1992 - Paul [G J von] Henreid, Austrian actor (Laszlo-Casablanca), dies at 84
1994 - Bill Travers, actor (Trio, Gorgo, Born Free), dies at 72
1994 - Paul Grimault, animator, dies at 89
1994 - William Natcher, (Rep-D-Ky), dies at 84
1995 - Carl E Jefferson, record company owner, dies at 74
1995 - Eddie Williams Wiggins, alto saxophone/comedian, dies at 78
1995 - James Eric Storrar, fighter Pilot, dies at 74
1995 - John Elliott Terry, film financier, dies at 82
1995 - Baltimora, British singer (b. 1957)
1996 - Maggie Donnelly, bag lady, dies at 46
1996 - Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1944)
1997 - Eddie Ryder, actor (Slick Jones-General Hospital), dies at 74
1997 - Ellen Clara Pollock, actress (Wicked Lady, Fake), dies at 94
1999 - Joe Williams, American singer (b. 1918)
2001 - Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (b. 1899)
2001 - John Lewis, American jazz pianist (b. 1920)
2002 - Rico Yan, Philippine Young Movie & TV Actor (b. 1975)
2002 - Rachel Levy and Ayat al-Akhras, Israeli and Palestinian children
2003 - Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (SARS) (b. 1956)
2005 - Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (b. 1937)
2005 - Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (b. 1968)
2005 - Miltos Sahtouris, Greek poet (b. 1919)
2006 - Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer (b. 1932)
2007 - Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian actor (b. 1934)
2009 - Maurice Jarre, French composer (b.1924)
2009 - Vladimir Fedotov, Soviet football striker and manager (b.1943)
2009 - Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b.1975)
2011 - Ângelo de Sousa, Portuguese painter and sculptor (b. 1938)
2012 - Bill Jenkins, American Hall of Fame drag racer and engineer, dies at 81

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This Day in History for 30th March


Historical Events

                                   
Philosophe Voltaire                             Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Gandhi           Actress Grace Kelly

                 
Singer & Actress Barbra Streisand           Deaf Actress Marlee Matlin 

                 
Golfer Jack Nicklaus                                Earl of Wessex Prince Edward


240 BC - 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
804 - Liudger becomes 1st bishop of Munster
988 - Boudouin IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders
1282 - The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the
           Sicilian Vespers.
1296 - Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
1422 - Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple
1456 - Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege
1474 - Duke Sigismund van Tirol ends contacts with Switzerland
1492 - King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spain
1533 - Thomas Cranmer becomes archbishop of Canterbury
1603 - Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish
1778 - Playwright Voltaire crowned with laurel wreath
1814 - Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris after defeating Napoleon.
1814 - Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification.
1822 - Congress combined East & West Florida into Florida Territory
1842 - Ether used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr Crawford Long (Ga)
1856 - Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War
1858 - Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Phila)
1863 - Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king
           George of Greece
1864 - Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas
1865 - -4] Battle at 5 Forks Virginia
1866 - Bedrich Smetana's "Verkaufte Braut" (Sold Bride), premieres
1867 - US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2 cents an acre - Seward's Folly)
1870 - 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race
1870 - Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union
1870 - Florida territorial government established.
1885 - The Battle for Kushka triggers the Pandjeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between
           the British Empire and Russian Empire.
1889 - John T Reid opens 1st US golf course (Yonkers, NY)
1893 - Thomas F Bayard becomes 1st US ambassador in Great Britain
1895 - British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford and Cambridge boat race
1900 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Compulsory education law
1909 - Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens
1910 - Mississippi Legislature founded The University of Southern Mississippi.
1911 - Lötschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13,735 m) completed
1912 - French protectorate in Morocco established
1916 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA), 3 games to 2
1918 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Arenas (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
1919 - Belgian Army occupies Dusseldorf
1919 - Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act
1919 - Paul Claudel's "Tête d'Or," premieres in Paris
1922 - KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions
1922 - WWL-AM in New Orleans LA begins radio transmissions
1923 - Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, formed at Howard U in 1920, incorporates
1925 - Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians
1925 - Stanley Cup: Vict Cougars (WCHL) beat Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1
1930 - Babberich-H soccer team forms
1935 - Newfoundland changes time to 3½ hrs W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec
1939 - The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets the world airspeed record of 463 mph.
1939 - First flight of the Australian C.A.C. CA-16 Wirraway.
1940 - 2nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana U beats Kansas 60-42
1941 - German counter offensive in North-Africa
1942 - 1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau
1942 - SS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki labor camp
1943 - 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: U of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34
1943 - British 1st army recaptures Sejenane
1943 - Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!," premieres in NYC
1944 - 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg
1945 - 289 anti-fascists murdered by nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund
1945 - USSR invades Austria during WW II
1945 - World War II: a defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1 to Americans.
1946 - "St Louis Woman" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 113 performances
1946 - Australia beats NZ in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day
1946 - Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 & 3-19)
1949 - Riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joined NATO.
1950 - Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill, NJ
1952 - 6th Tony Awards: Fourposter & King & I win
1952 - Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open
1953 - Einstein announces revised unified field theory
1954 - Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers v England at Kingston
1955 - 27th Academy Awards - "On the Waterfront," Brando & Grace Kelly win
1956 - USSR performs nuclear test
1957 - 1st performance of Walter Piston's 4th Symphony
1959 - WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 m)
1961 - The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York.
1963 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1964 - Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race
1965 - Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, killing 22 and
           wounding 183 others.
1966 - Barbra Streisand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS
1967 - Cover picture of Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's" is photographed
1968 - General Ludvik Svoboda elected president of Czechoslovakia
1969 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Malabar Golf Invitational
1970 - "Applause" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 900 performances
1970 - Miles Davis Bitches Brew released
1970 - Soap opera "Somerset" premieres
1970 - Strouse, Adams, Comden & Green's musical "Applause," premieres in NYC
1970 - USSR wins its 8th straight world hockey championship
1972 - "Funny Thing Happened..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 156 perfs
1972 - North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam
1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 - Ellsworth Bunker resigns as US ambassador to South Vietnam
1975 - Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital
1976 - Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation
1978 - "History of the American Film" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 21 perfs
1979 - Airey Neave, a British politician, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. 
           The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
1980 - Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God," premieres in NYC
1980 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1981 - 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50
1981 - Pres Reagan shot & wounded by John W Hinckley III
1982 - 3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, NM
1982 - John Pielmeier's "Agnes of God," premieres in NYC
1983 - Ray Cooney's "Run for your Wives," premieres in London
1983 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1984 - US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force
1986 - "Tango Argentino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 198 perfs
1986 - 5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern Cal 97-81
1987 - 59th Academy Awards - "Platoon," Paul Newman & Marlee Matlin win
1987 - Vincent van Goghs "Sunflowers" sells for record 22.5M pounds ($39.7 million)
1988 - 2nd Soul Train Music Awards
1988 - Tamil Nadu beat Railways by inns & 144 to win Ranji Trophy
1990 - Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament
1991 - "Speed of Darkness" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 36 perfs
1991 - 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yanks-Orioles)
1991 - Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vr˜e Folk" (Free People)
1991 - Northern Michigan wins its 1st NCAA hockey title
1991 - PBA National Championship Won by Mike Miller
1991 - William Kennedy Smith allegedly rapes a woman (found not guilty)
1992 - 64th Academy Awards - "Silence of Lamb," A Hopkins & Jodie Foster win
1992 - CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute"
1992 - Man accidentally backs in A's Jose Canseco's $225,000 Lamborghini
1992 - P J Patterson, resigns as 6th PM of Jamaica
1992 - WNSR-FM (105.1) changes callsign to WMXV-FM (NYC)
1993 - "Redwood Curtain" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 40 perfs
1993 - French government of Balladur forms
1993 - Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election
1993 - Lanford Wilson's "Redwood Curtain," premieres in NYC
1993 - New South Wales beat Qld by eight wkts to win Sheffield Shield
1993 - Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
1994 - ABC Masters Tournament won by Hobo Boothe
1994 - Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
1994 - England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain
1995 - "Arcadia" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 204 performances
1996 - Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain
1996 - NY Mets beats NY Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game
1996 - Prince Edward & girl-friend Sophie visited Graystoke Castle
1997 - 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Old Dominion 68-59
1997 - 26th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
1997 - Southwestern Bell Dominion Senior Golf
1997 - Steve Elkington wins Golf's Players Championship
1997 - Five (channel) Begins broadcasting in the UK
1998 - 60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Alamodome San Antonio
2006 - Marcos Pontes is the first Brazilian astronaut in space.
2006 - UK Terrorism Act 2006 becomes law.
2012 - Spanish Government cuts 27 Billion Euros from its budget in one of its toughest austerity
           driver in history
2012 - Mastercard and Visa announce a massive breach in security with over ten million compromised
           credit card numbers
2012 - American Mega Millions lottery hits a world record lottery amount of 640 million dollars

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 30th March


Famous Weddings

2007 - "Little Big Town" singer-guitarist Phillip Sweet (33) weds Rebecca Arthur at Cedarvine Manor in
           Lebanon, Tennessee

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 30th March


Famous Divorces

2004 - "Alias" actress Jennifer Garner (30) divorces actor Scott Foley (30) due to irreconcilable
           differences after nearly 4 years of marriage

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 30th March


Famous Birthdays

                                   
English Politician                                     Singer Celine Dion (1968)                 Singer & Pianist Norah Jones (1979)
John Trenchard (1640)


1135 - Maimonedes, philosopher (d. 1204)
1326 - Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Muscovy (d. 1359)
1432 - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1481)
1640 - John Trenchard, English politician (d. 1695)
1674 - Jethro Tull, agricultural writer (Basildon), baptised
1681 - Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver
1687 - Johann Balthasar Freisslich, composer
1697 - John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor
1719 - John Hawkins, England, wrote 1st history of music
1727 - Tommaso MFS Traetta, Ital's opera composer/band leader (Farnace)
1746 - Francisco Jose de Goya, Fuendetodos Spain, painter/etcher (Naked Maja)
1750 - John Stafford Smith, composer
1772 - Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer
1790 - Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877
1804 - Salomon Sulzer, composer
1805 - Adrien de La Fage, composer
1811 - Angelo Catelani, Italian composer/conductor
1815 - Wincenty Studzinski, composer
1820 - Anna Sewell, British author (d. 1878)
1823 - Joseph Farmer Knipe, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1901
1824 - Innis Newton Palmer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1825 - Samuel Bell Maxey, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
1830 - Auguste Tolbecque, composer
1830 - Julius F A Bahnsen, German philosopher
1835 - Bernhard Scholz, composer
1836 - Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German industrialist/politician
1842 - John Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher
1844 - Paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur)
1853 - Vincent van Gogh, Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, artist, painter and pioneer of Expressionism
           (The Potato Eaters, Irises)
1857 - Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926)
1864 - Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist/politician
1865 - Heinrich Rubens, German physicist
1872 - Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, composer
1876 - Clifford Whittingham Beers, US, mental hygiene pioneer
1879 - Coen de Koning, Dutch ice skater (d. 1954)
1880 - Sean O'Casey, Ireland, playwright (Playboy of the Western World)
1882 - Melanie Klein, Austrian/British psycho analysis
1883 - Jo Davidson, US, sculptor (Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman)
1886 - Stanislaw Lesniewski, Poland, logician/mathematician
1887 - Albert P Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great)
1888 - Anna Q Nilsson, Sweden, actress (Shenandoah, Uncle Tom's Cabin)
1891 - Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov)
1892 - Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian
1892 - Fortunato Depero, Italian artist (d. 1960)
1892 - Erhard Milch, German field marshal (d. 1972)
1894 - Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin)
1895 - Jean Giono, French writer (World Chant)
1898 - Heinz Risse, writer
1898 - Joyce Carey, English actress (Black Windmill)
1899 - Irving Thalberg, US producer (MGM)
1899 - Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, well known Bengali writer (d. 1970)
1902 - Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (d. 2007)
1902 - Ted Heath, British musician and band leader (d. 1969)
1903 - Countee Cullen, US poet (Color, Ballad of the Brown Girl)
1903 - Sol C Siegel, US, producer (High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes)
1903 - Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (d. 1984)
1904 - Akarova, [Marguerite Acarin], Belgian dancer (Les Biches)
1904 - Ripper Collins, baseball player (d. 1970)
1905 - Mikio Oda, Japan, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-1928)
1905 - Albert Pierrepoint, English executioner (d. 1992)
1907 - Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German Luftwaffe Officer (d. 1994)
1908 - Camille Schmit, composer
1908 - Kurt Bruggemann, composer
1908 - Leslie O'Brien "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith, Chinese cricket bowler
1909 - Ernst Gombrich, OM/FBA/director (Warburg Institute)
1910 - Józef Marcinkiewicz, mathematician (d. 1940)
1911 - Dennis Gomm, musician
1912 - Andrew Rodger Waterson, scholar/naturalist
1912 - Jack Cowie, cricketer (successful NZ fast bowler either side of WWII)
1913 - Frankie Laine, Chicago Ill, actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide)
1913 - Gottfried Reinhardt, theatre producer
1913 - Richard Helms, CIA head (1966-73)
1913 - Marc Davis, American animator (d. 2000)
1913 - Censu Tabone, President of Malta, (d. 2012)
1914 - Sonny Boy Williamson, [John Lee], blues musician (Down & Out Blues)
1917 - Els Aarne, composer
1917 - Herbert Anderson, actor (Henry-Dennis The Menace)
1917 - Rudolf Bruci, composer
1918 - John Gray, FRS/marine biologist
1918 - Joseph Allen Jr, Boston MA, actor (Death of a Champion)
1919 - McGeorge Bundy, Boston, national security adviser (JFK)
1919 - Ramsay Ames, actress (G-Men Never Forget, Ali Baba & 40 Thieves)
1920 - Turhan Bey, Vienna Austria, actor (Dragon Seed, Ali Baba & 40 Thieves)
1921 - Countess of Sutherland, English great land owner/multi-millionaire
1921 - Kan Ishii, composer
1921 - Oto Ferenczy, composer
1922 - German Germanovich Galinin, composer
1922 - J F Coates, naval architect
1922 - Peter Jona Korn, composer
1922 - Turhan Bey, Turkish actor
1923 - Herbert Asmodi, writer
1923 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet (d. 1986)
1924 - Milko Kelemen, composer
1925 - Ivo Malek, composer
1925 - John Wells, MP
1926 - John Heddle Nash, singer
1926 - Lord Rayner
1926 - Ray McAnally, Ireland, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian)
1926 - Werner Torkanowsky, Berlin Germany, conductor (New Orleans Symph)
1927 - Lord Armstrong of Ilminster
1927 - Peter Marshall, Huntington WV, TV game show host (Hollywood Squares)
1927 - Wally Grout, cricketer (great Aussie wicket-keeper)
1928 - Diether de la Motte, composer
1928 - Richard Trant, Brit general
1928 - Tom Sharpe, English historian/author (Riotous Assembly, Want)
1929 - Richard Dysart, Brighton Mass, actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law)
1929 - Shirley Stoler, Brooklyn NY, actress (Frankenhooker, 7 Beauties)
1930 - Browne-Wilkinson, lord
1930 - David Staple, joint pres (Council of Churches for Brit & Ireland)
1930 - John Astin, Balt Md, actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Addams Family)
1930 - Rolf Harris, Australian/British cartoonist
1931 - Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut
1931 - Harold Burrage, US singer/pianist (Hi Yo Silver)
1931 - Sandor Szokolay, composer
1932 - A J Zuckerman, Dean (Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine)
1932 - Ted Morgan, Swiss-born writer
1933 - Jean-Claude Brialy, Aumale Algeria, actor (Circle of Love, Cousins)
1934 - Lord Tanlaw
1935 - Alan Jackson, CEO (BTR)
1935 - Gordon Mumma, composer
1935 - John Charles Eaton, composer
1935 - Karl Berger, German musicologist and musician
1936 - Mark Burns, British director (Juggernaut)
1936 - Richard Baker, Santa Fe NM, Zen teacher (Dharma Sangha)
1937 - J S Jennings, CEO (Shell Transport & Trading Co)
1937 - Jay W Macintosh, Gainesville Ga, actress (Sons & Daughters)
1937 - Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth
1937 - Warren Beatty, Richmond Va, actor (Bonnie & Clyde,Shampoo, Dick Tracy)
1938 - Martin Dunne, Lord-Lt (Warwickshire)
1940 - Astrud Gilberto, Brazil, singer (Girl From Ipanema)
1940 - Jerry Lucas, Middletown OH, NBA center (Oly-gold-60, NY Knicks)
1940 - Norman Gifford, cricketer (respected England slow left-armer 1964-73)
1941 - Brendan O'Friel, CEO (Prison Governors Association)
1941 - Robert C Smith, (Rep-R-NH, 1985- )
1941 - Ron Johnston, Vice-Chancellor (Essex U)
1941 - Sven Hamrin, Sweden, road race cycler (Olympic-bronze-1964)
1941 - Bob Smith, former American politician
1942 - George Esson, Chief Constable (Dumfries & Galloway)
1942 - Graeme Edge, England, rock drummer (Moody Blues-Your Wildest Dreams)
1943 - Bob Blewett, cricketer (father of Greg South Aust batsman 1975-79)
1943 - Ken Forssi, American musician (Love) (d. 1998)
1944 - Gerrit Komrij, Dutch poet/essayist (Happy Schizo)
1945 - Eric Clapton, Ripley England, singer/guitarist (Tears in Heaven)
1947 - Ryszard Kotla, Polish travel writer and activist, tour guide, journalist, academic teacher,
           engineer
1948 - Dave Ball, rocker (Procul Harum)
1948 - Jim Dandy Mangrum, vocalist (Black Oak Arkansas-Jim Dandy)
1948 - Justin Deas, Penn, actor (Dream Lover, Montana, Intimate Strangers)
1948 - M A King, FBA, economist
1948 - Nigel Jones, British MP
1949 - Leslie Joan Corn, theatre producer/director/writer
1949 - Sue Cook, British broadcaster
1949 - Naomi Sims, American fashion model and businesswoman
1949 - Liza Frulla, Quebec politician
1950 - Dave McCurdy, (Rep-D-OK, 1981- )
1950 - Eugene Bowen, composer (Wonder's Edge)
1950 - Rupert Greenall, rock keyboardist (Fixx)
1950 - Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor and comedian
1951 - John Gosden, racehorse trainer
1951 - Yves Séguin, Quebec politician
1952 - Peter Knights, Australian footballer and coach
1953 - Cydney Bernard, American film producer
1955 - Randy Wanwarmer, Denver, vocalist (Just When I Needed You Most)
1956 - Bill Butler, Scottish politician
1957 - Elena V Kondakova, Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (STS 84)
1957 - Paul Reiser, NYC, actor (My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You)
1957 - Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM 20, STS 84)
1958 - Joseph Paul Sindelar, Ft Knox KY, PGA golfer (BC Open-1985, 87)
1958 - Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor
1959 - Daniel Seifried, Kitchener Ont, Canadia Tour golfer (1981 Thunder Bay)
1959 - Peter Ellis, convicted child abuser
1959 - Sabine Meyer, German clarinetist
1960 - William D Johnson, US alpine skier
1961 - Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1999)
1962 - M C Hammer, [Stanley Kirk Burrell], Oakland Ca, rapper (Hammer Time)
1962 - Bil Dwyer, American actor
1963 - Jenny Lidback, Lima Peru, LPGA golfer (1995 du Maurier Ltd Classic)
1963 - Lomas Brown, NFL tackle (Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals)
1963 - Eli-Eri Moura, Brazilian composer and conductor
1964 - Corey Millen, Cloquet, NHL center (Calgary Flames)
1964 - Dave Ellett, Cleveland, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1964 - Tracy Chapman, US singer/songwriter (Freedom Now, I Got a Fast Car)
1964 - Vlado Bozinovski, Australian former footballer
1964 - Ian Ziering, American actor
1965 - Karel Novacek, Prostejov Czech, tennis star (1994 Hilversum)
1965 - Piers Morgan, editor (Daily Mirror)
1966 - Joey Castillo, American drummer (Queens of the Stone Age)
1966 - Efstratios Grivas, Greek chess grandmaster and author
1967 - Ian Ziering, West Orange NJ, actor (Steve Sanders-Beverly Hills 90210)
1967 - Julie Richardson, Auckland NZ, tennis star (1992 Futures-Canberra)
1967 - Hayashibara Megumi, Japanese voice actress and singer
1968 - Celine Dion, Quebec Canada, singer (I'm Your Woman)
1968 - Donna D'Errico, Dothan AL, playmate (Sep, 1995)
1969 - Marco Foddis, pop drummer (Pestilence)
1969 - Mark Astley, Calgary, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
1970 - George Coghill, WLAF safety (Scottish Claymores)
1970 - Mark Consuelos, Zaragosa Spain, actor (Mateo Santos-All My Children)
1970 - Secreteriat, race horse, triple crown (1973)
1970 - Shane Bertsch, Denver CO, Nike golfer (1994 Permina Basin Open-14th)
1970 - Secretariat, American racehorse (d. 1989)
1971 - Mari Holden, Milwaukee Wisc, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1972 - Brenden Stai, NFL guard (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1972 - Matt Joyce, NFL/WLAF guard/tackle (Cardinals, Seahawks, Claymores)
1972 - Peggy Zlotkowski, Miss France-Universe (1989)
1973 - Caroline Ramagos, Miss Mississippi USA (1996)
1973 - Kareem Streete-Thompson, Ithaca NY, 100m/long jumper
1973 - Melinda Penn, Miss British virgin islands Universe (1997)
1973 - Rodney Thomas, running back (Tennessee Oilers)
1973 - [Kirk] Kareem Streete-Thompson, Ithaca NY, long jumper
1973 - Jan Koller, Czech footballer
1973 - Matthew Pritchard, Welsh Stuntman
1974 - Martin Love, cricketer (high scoring Queensland batsman, Aust 1995)
1975 - Bahar Soomekh, American actress
1976 - Chris Canty, cornerback (New England Patriots)
1976 - Toby Gowin, punter (Dallas Cowboys)
1976 - Mark McClelland, Northern Irish musician (Degrassi)
1976 - Obadele Thompson, Barbadian athlete
1978 - Wendy Christina Roberts, Miss South Carolina Teen USA (1996)
1978 - Chris Paterson, Scottish rugby player
1979 - Norah Jones, American singer and pianist
1979 - Simon Webbe, English singer
1980 - Liriel Higa, LA California, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
1980 - Ricardo Osorio, Mexican footballer
1980 - Yalin, Turkish singer and songwriter
1982 - Jason Dohring, American actor
1983 - Jérémie Aliadière, French footballer
1983 - Zach Gowen, American professional wrestler
1983 - Scott Moffatt, Canadian singer and songwriter
1983 - Davis Romero, Panamanian baseball player
1983 - Hebe Tian, Taiwanese singer (S.H.E)
1984 - Mario Ancic, Croatian tennis player
1984 - Anna Nalick, American singer and songwriter.
1984 - Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player
1986 - Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer
1986 - Beni Arashiro, Japanese singer

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 30th March


Famous Deaths

Consort of George VI &
mother of Queen Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth,
the Queen Mother (2002)


988 - Arnulf II, count of Flanders (965-988), dies
1202 - Joachim Van Fiore, Italian religious founder (Joachimism), dies
1486 - Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury
1526 - Konrad Mutian, German humanist (b. 1471)
1540 - Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1469)
1547 - Francois I of Valois-Angouleme, King of France (1515-47), dies at 52
1559 - Adam Ries, German mathematician (b. 1492)
1587 - Ralph Sadler, English statesman (b. 1507)
1662 - François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (b. 1592)
1707 - Vauban, French architect (b. 1633)
1764 - Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer, dies at 68
1783 - William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (b. 1718)
1804 - Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (b. 1718)
1840 - George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies
1842 - Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, French painter (b. 1755)
1864 - Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer, dies 52
1871 - W F A A Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway, dies at 42
1872 - Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76
1873 - Benedict Augustin Morel, psychologist (dementia praecox), dies at 63
1875 - Marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63
1879 - David van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74
1879 - Thomas Couture, French painter/author, dies at 63
1884 - Hans Hampel, composer, dies at 61
1886 - Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, French Canadian politician (b. 1838)
1896 - Charilaos Trikoupis, seven times prime-minister of Greece (b. 1832)
1906 - Betsy Perk, [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at 73
1912 - Karl May, German writer (Winnetou/Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at 70
1925 - Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (anthroposophy), dies at 64
1926 - Feliks E Dzerzjinski, Lithuanian organizer (KGB), dies at 48
1935 - Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan, composer, dies at 51
1936 - Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer (b. 1895)
1942 - Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81
1943 - Jan Bytnar, Polish activist (b. 1921)
1943 - Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, Polish activist (b. 1920)
1945 - Karel Moor, composer, dies at 71
1946 - John S S P V Gort, viscount of Limerick/Hamsterley, dies at 59
1949 - Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
1949 - Friedrich C R Bergius, chemist (brown coal, Nobel 1931), dies at 64
1950 - Leon Blum, French premier (People's Front Government), dies at 77
1953 - Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer, dies at 75
1959 - Daniil Andreev, Russian writer and mystic (b. 1906)
1959 - Riccardo Zanella, president of Free State of Fiume (b. 1875)
1960 - Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter, dies at 90
1960 - Joseph Haas, German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81
1961 - P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies
1963 - Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer, dies at 69
1964 - Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76
1965 - Philip Showalter Hench, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or
           Medicine (b. 1896)
1966 - Erwin Piscator, German director (Plebeians test rebellion), dies at 72
1966 - Maxfield Parrish, US painter, dies at 95
1966 - Newbold Morris, American politician (b. 1902)
1967 - Jean Toomer, American writer (b. 1894)
1968 - Bobby Driscoll, American actor (b. 1937)
1969 - Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer, dies at 34
1970 - Heinrich Brüning, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885)
1971 - Selmer Jackson, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82
1972 - Gabriel Heather, US news anchor, dies at 81
1972 - Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at 55
1972 - Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (b. 1890)
1974 - Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Reborn in Freedom), dies at 79
1975 - Peter Bamm, writer, dies
1976 - Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies at 99
1977 - Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer, dies at 88
1977 - Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (b. 1929)
1978 - George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for England in WI 1935), dies
1978 - Harold Gimblett, cricketer (Batted in 3 Tests for England), suicide
1979 - Airey Neave, British MP (Conservatives), killed by terrorist bomb
1981 - Dewitt Wallace, US founder (Reader's Digest), dies at 91
1981 - Noel Harford, cricketer (8 Tests for NZ 1955-58), dies
1984 - Peter Yarrall, strongest Englishman/weighed 826 lb (374.7 kg), dies
1985 - Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76
1986 - James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies in NY at 86
1986 - John Ciardi, US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at 69
1988 - Edgar Faure, French politician (b. 1908)
1989 - Dort Clark, actor (In Harm's Way), dies
1991 - Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies
1992 - Art Hannes, announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72
1992 - Luigi De Laurentiis, Italian producer (Toto, Macaroni), dies
1992 - Manolis Andronikos, Greek archeologist, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
          (b. 1919)
1993 - Jeremy Siegrist, actor (Adv of Darly & Samy), dies hiking at 20
1993 - Richard C Diebenkorn Jr, US painter (Ocean Park Paintings), dies at 70
1994 - Albert Goldman, rock biographer (Elvis, John Lennon), dies at 66
1994 - Sid Weiss, bassist, dies at 79
1995 - Graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer, dies at 65
1995 - Paul A Rothchild, record producer, dies at 59
1995 - Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger, dies at 82
1995 - Tony Lock, cricketer (174 wickets for England), dies
1996 - Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist, dies at 78
1996 - Ryoei Saito, businessman, dies at 79
1999 - Gary Morton, American film and television producer (b. 1924)
2002 - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Mother of the United Kingdom, dies at 101
2003 - Michael Jeter, American actor (b. 1952)
2003 - Valentin Pavlov, Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (b. 1937)
2004 - Alistair Cooke, English-born journalist (b. 1908)
2004 - Hubert Gregg, British broadcaster (b. 1914)
2004 - Michael King, New Zealand historian (b. 1945)
2004 - Timi Yuro, American singer (b. 1940)
2005 - Emil Dimitrov, Bulgarian singer (b. 1940)
2005 - Robert Creeley, American poet (b. 1926)
2005 - Milton Green, American athlete (b. 1913)
2005 - Fred Korematsu, American civil rights activist (b. 1919)
2005 - O. V. Vijayan, Indian author and cartoonist (b. 1930)
2005 - Derrick Plourde, American drummer (b. 1971)
2006 - Red Hickey, American football coach (b. 1917)
2008 - Dith Pran, The Killing Fields Photographer (b. 1942)
2008 - David Leslie, Touring Car Driver (b. 1953)
2008 - Richard Lloyd, Racing Car Driver (b. 1945)
2010 - Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-born American high school teacher at Garfield High School (b. 1930)
2010 - Martin Sandberger, German military officer (b. 1911)
2012 - Viktor Kosichkin, Russian speed skater and Olympic gold medalist, dies at 74

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 31st March


Historical Events

                                   
Social Philosopher                                 Playwright Tennessee Williams                Rock Guitarist Jimi Hendrix
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

                 
Heavyweight Boxing Champ                 Businessman & T.V. Personality
Muhammad Ali                                                    Donald Trump


1084 - Anti-pope Clemens crowns German emperor Hendrik IV
1146 - Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of
           a Second Crusade. Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade.
1492 - Queen Isabella of Castilia & Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews
1504 - France & Spain signs ceasefire
1521 - Magelhaes takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St Lazarus
1547 - Henry II succeeds Francois I as king of France
1644 - Pope Urbanus VIII & duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara
1651 - Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru
1657 - English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown
1667 - France/England signs anti-Dutch military accord
1683 - Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey
1717 - A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of
           Bangor, provoked the Bangorian Controversy.
1745 - Jews are expelled from Prague
1796 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont," premieres in Weimar
1808 - French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names
1814 - Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris
1822 - The massacre of the population of the Greek island of Chios by soldiers of the Ottoman
           Empire following a rebellion attempt, depicted by the French artist Eugène Delacroix.
1831 - Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends
1831 - Quebec & Montreal incorporated
1841 - 1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B
1849 - Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF
1850 - US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%))
1854 - Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to US
1861 - Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans
1862 - Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River
1863 - Battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA
1865 - Battle of Boydton, VA (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H)
1865 - Gen Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg
1866 - The Spanish Navy bombs the harbor of Valparaíso, Chile.
1868 - Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China
1870 - 1st black to vote in US (Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy NJ)
1877 - British high director/governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown
1877 - Test Cricket debut of Fred "Demon" Spofforth, Aust v Eng MCG
1877 - The family with samurai antecedents who responded to the Saigo army in Ōita Nakatsu rebels.
1880 - 1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, IN)
1883 - 1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Le Chasseur Maudit"
1883 - Utrecht begins water pipe system
1885 - Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate
1889 - 300m Eiffel Tower officially opens (commemorates French Revolution)
1900 - Brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands
1903 - Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (NZ)
1905 - German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger
1906 - GB Shaws German version of "Caesar & Cleopatra," premieres in Berlin"
1907 - Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt
1909 - Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years
1909 - Gustav Mahler conducts NY Philharmonic for his 1st time
1916 - Dutch government ends all milt engagements
1917 - US purchases Danish West Indies for $25M & renames them Virgin Islands
1918 - 1st daylight savings time in US goes into effect
1919 - Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann
1920 - British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law
1921 - British coal miners goes on strike
1922 - KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions
1922 - Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam
1923 - 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs
1923 - French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die
1923 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) sweep Edm Eskimos (WCHL) in 2 games
1924 - Croydon Airport: 1st British mig aircraft Imperial established
1924 - London public transport strike ends
1925 - WOWO-AM, Ft Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts)
1926 - German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands
1930 - The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment
           of sex, crime, religion and violence in film for the next thirty eight years.
1932 - 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall
1932 - Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine
1933 - 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Ga)
1933 - Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps
1933 - German Republic gives power to Hitler
1934 - Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia)
1935 - Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49)
1939 - Britain & France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany
1940 - Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes 12th Soviet republic (until 1956)
1941 - Ground broken for Union Square Garage, SF
1943 - US errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326
1944 - Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars
1945 - 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine
1945 - Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen
1945 - Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie," premieres in NYC
1945 - US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa
1946 - Belgian government of Acker, forms
1946 - The first election is held in Greece after World War II.
1948 - Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe
1949 - Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province
1951 - US tanks exceed 38° of latitude in Korea
1953 - Department of Health, Education & Welfare established
1953 - UN Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjoeld secretary-general
1954 - US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo, established
1954 - USSR offers to join NATO
1955 - Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI v Aust, Kingston
1955 - US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) & Bank of
           the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan
1958 - US Navy forms atomic sub division
1958 - USSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, & urges US & Britain to do same
1959 - Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India
1960 - Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in NYC
1961 - Aklilou Habtewold becomes 1st premier of Ethiopia
1963 - LA ends streetcar service after 90 years
1964 - Pres Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military
1965 - US ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam
1965 - Iberia Airlines Convair 440, crashed into the sea on approach to Tangier killing 47 of 51
           occupants.
1966 - 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in NYC
1966 - Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
1966 - USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter
1967 - 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London)
1968 - LBJ announces he will not seek re-election
1968 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Palm Beach County Golf Open
1968 - Pirate Radio Station Pegaus (NZ) begins transmitting
1968 - Seattle's AL club is named Pilots
1969 - George Harrison & Patti Boyd are fined £250 each for illegal drugs
1970 - Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee
1970 - Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere (after 12 years in orbit).
1971 - South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion
1971 - William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre
1972 - Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down
1973 - Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs Islanders, on 60 shots
1973 - Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali in a 12 round split decision
1975 - 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55
1975 - John Wooden's final game, UCLA, wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs
1976 - Cleveland Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth
1976 - NJ Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator
1977 - Michael Cristofer's "Shadow Box," premieres in NYC
1978 - Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National & retires
1978 - USSR launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite
1978 - Wings release "London Town" album
1979 - The last British soldier leaves the Maltese Islands. Malta declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-
           Helsien).
1980 - Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 - Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 - President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry
1980 - The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad operates its final train after being ordered to
            liquidate its assets due to bankruptcy and debt owed to creditors.
1981 - 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins
1981 - 53rd Academy Awards - "Ordinary People," R De Niro & Sissy Spacek win
1982 - Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil
1982 - Rock group Doobie Brothers split up
1983 - Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people
1983 - Marsha Norman's "'night, Mother," premieres in NYC
1984 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 - 15th Easter Seal Telethon raises $27,400,000
1985 - 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Ga 70-65
1985 - El Salvador's Pres Duartes Christian-Democrats win election
1985 - Wrestlemania I at Madison Square Garden NY, Hogan & Mr T beat Piper & Orndorf
1986 - 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes
1986 - 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69
1986 - English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead
1986 - Six metropolitan county councils are abolished in England.
1987 - 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73
1988 - Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium
1988 - NY Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night
1988 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for "Beloved"
1989 - Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle
1990 - "Carol & Company" starring Carol Burnette premieres on NBC-TV
1990 - Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4)
1990 - Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws
1991 - 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67
1991 - 20th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
1991 - Albania offers 1st multi-party election in 50 years
1991 - Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite prostitute in Phoenix Az
1991 - Georgian SSR votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union
1991 - Musical "Will Rogers Follies," premieres in NYC
1991 - Soviet Rep of Georgia endorsed independence; Warsaw Pact dissolves
1991 - St Louis Blues Brett Hull scores his 86th goal
1991 - The Establishment of Islamic Constitutional Movement - Hadas in Kuwait.
1992 - Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
1992 - UN Security Council voted to ban flights & arms sales to Libya
1994 - James Farentino pleads no contest to stalking ex-girl Tina Sinatra
1994 - Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens
1994 - Human evolution: The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete
           Australopithecus afarensis skull.
1995 - 1st game at Coors Stadium Colo (replacement Rockies beat Yanks 4-1)
1995 - Bombay beat Punjab on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
1995 - Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike
1996 - "Getting Away With Murder" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 17 perfs
1996 - "Midsummer Night's Dream" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 66 perfs
1996 - 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Georgia 83-65
1996 - 1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle
1996 - 25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan
1996 - Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
1996 - Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast
1996 - Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 16), lands
1996 - Wrestlemania XII - Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title
1997 - "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV
1997 - 59th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Ariz beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT)
1997 - Pioneer 10, ends its mission
1998 - Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1st game they host Detroit Tigers
2002 - 21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Antonio
2004 - In Fallujah, Iraq, 4 American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed
           and their bodies mutilated after being ambushed.
2007 - In Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million people take part in the first Earth Hour.
2008 - Aloha Airlines, a bankrupt airline, permanently ends passenger service
2012 - Fiji Floods kill 2 people and force thousands to be evacuated