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1916 - Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA), 2-1 for a 3-2 series victory 1922 - KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions 1935 - Newfoundland changes time to 3½ hrs W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec 1939 - First flight of the Australian C.A.C. CA-16 Wirraway military aircraft 1961 - The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York 1970 - Columbia Records releases jazz artist Miles Davis's influential double album "Bitches Brew"; it becomes his highest-charting title, wins a Grammy, and earns him his first gold record 1980 - Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God" premieres in NYC 1986 - PGA Tournament Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: John Mahaffey wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Larry Mize 1991 - 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yanks-Orioles) 2013 - North Korea declares it is at a state of war with South Korea More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1814 - Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris after defeating Napoleon 1865 - -4] Battle at 5 Forks, Virginia 1952 - 6th Tony Awards: "The Fourposter" (play) and "The King and I" (musical) win 1987 - Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" sells for a record £22.5 million ($39.7 million) 1992 - Man accidentally backs into Oakland A's Jose Canseco's $225,000 Lamborghini 2012 - American Mega Millions lottery hits a world record lottery amount of 640 million dollars More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1922 - Peter Jona Korn, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1998) 1927 - Wally Grout, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (51 Tests, 187 dismissals, 3 x 50s), born in Mackay, Australia (d. 1968) 1940 - Jim Criner, American college football coach (Boise State, Iowa State, Scottish Claymores), born in Lurton, Arkansas 1971 - Mari Holden, American cyclist (World C'ship gold road time trial 2000; Olympic silver 2000), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1974 - Martin Love, Australian cricketer (high scoring Queensland batsman, Aust 1995), born in Mundubbera, Australia 1984 - Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player (US Open singles 2011; 9 x Grand Slam doubles titles; Tour Finals doubles 2005, 06), born in Brisbane, Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1871 - Louise, Dutch-born Queen of Sweden and Norway, dies at 42 1959 - Daniil Andreev, Russian writer, poet and Christian mystic, dies at 52 1972 - Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator famous for his WWII sign-on "There's good news tonight", dies of pneumonia at 81 1978 - Larry Young [aka Khalid Yasin], American hard-bop and jazz-fusion Hammond B-3 organist (Unity), dies from several untreated illnesses, including pneumonia, at 37 1992 - Art Hannes, American actor and announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72 2008 - Dith Pran, Cambodian photojournalist, survivor of the Cambodian genocide, and subject of the movie "The Killing Fields", dies of pancreatic cancer at 65 More Famous Deaths »

1632 - Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returns Quebec to French control after the English seized it in 1629 1864 - Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia, Arkansas 1934 - Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist workers' movement bankrupt 1960 - Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres by the Fort Lauderdale Symphony Orchestra and with conductor Mario di Bonaventura 1971 - 1st Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre 1981 - USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1998 - WrestleMania XIV, FleetCenter, Boston, MA: 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin's wins his first WWF Heavyweight tile against Shawn Michaels 1999 - 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Duke, 77-74; Huskies' first title in first title game 2013 - 23 people are killed by coordinated bombings on Shiite mosques in Iraq 2022 - BA.2 version of Omicron is now the dominant form of COVID-19 in America according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1806 - Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway 1879 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.'s opera "Jevgeni Onegin", based on the novel by Alexander Pushkin, premieres Maly Theatre in Moscow, Russia 1945 - World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England 1951 - 23rd Academy Awards: "All About Eve", Judy Holliday and José Ferrer win 1968 - Teri Garr guest stars in "Assignment: Earth" episode of the original Star Trek TV series 1987 - 7th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Howard the Duck" wins More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1888 - James E. Casey, American businessman and founder (United Parcel Service), born in Candelaria, Nevada (d. 1983) 1898 - Cecil Arthur Lewis, British fighter pilot and writer, born in Birkenhead, England (d. 1997) 1907 - (Abram) "Abe" Lincoln, American sweet jazz trombonist (Paul Whiteman; Ozzie Nelson), and Dixieland jazz revivalist, born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (d. 2000) 1944 - John Suchet, British TV journalist (Independent TV News), and classical music presenter (Classics FM), born in Paddington, London, England 1948 - (Walter) "Bud" Cort, American actor (M*A*S*H(film); Brewster McCloud; Harold and Maude), born in New Rochelle, New York 1973 - Brad Bridgewater, American swimmer (Olympic gold 200m backstroke 1996), born in Charleston, West Virginia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1837 - Maria Fitzherbert, English morganatic wife of King George IV, dies at 80 1959 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, Swedish composer, dies at 84 1972 - J. Arthur Rank, British industrialist and film magnate, dies at 81 1982 - "Fatty" George [Pressler], Austrian swing jazz clarinettist, dies of a heart attack at 54 1992 - Paul Henreid, Austrian-American actor (Casablanca, Now, Voyager), dies at 84 2009 - Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b.1975) More Famous Deaths »

1854 - Great Britain and France declare war on Russia, expanding the Crimean War 1927 - Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St, NYC; designed with a modern Spanish exterior and French revival style interior by architect Herbert J. Krapp, it is largest of 3 theater and hotel development cuilt by Irving Chanin 1949 - English astronomer Fred Hoyle coins the term "Big Bang" in a BBC radio talk while actually arguing for the alternative "steady-state" theory 1953 - 107th Grand National: Bryan Marshall wins aboard Irish 8-year old Early Mist; first of 3 consecutive GN victories for trainer Vincent O'Brien 1959 - 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government and installs Panchen Lama 1977 - 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats North Carolina, 67-59; Warriors' first title; coach Al McGuire retires 1985 - STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad 1990 - US President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal 2007 - Sri Lankan cricket fast bowler Lasith Malinga produces unprecedented sequence of 4 wickets in 4 balls, as South Africa scrambles to a 1-wicket Super 8's ICC World Cup win in Guyana 2019 - European parliament bans single-use plastics, including cutlery and straws by 2021 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1953 - "New Faces (of 1952)" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 365 performances 1969 - Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece 1992 - 6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal 1993 - Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031) 2023 - Chris Sharma completes the first redpoint of Sleeping Lion in Siurana, Spain, a 9b+ (5.15c) route 2024 - Bus crash kills 45 Easter pilgrims from Botswana in South Africa, with one child surviving a 50 meter drop off the Mmamatlakala bridge, near Mokopane More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1741 - Johann Andre, German composer, born in Offenbach, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1799) 1907 - Irving "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1993) 1919 - Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire (23 Tests 1970-78), born in Paddington, Australia (d. 2007) 1926 - Polly Umrigar, Indian cricket all-rounder and captain (59 Tests, 12 x 100, HS 223, 35 wickets; Bombay, Gujarat), born in Solapur, India (d. 2006) 1945 - Hans Brunhart, Leader of Liechtenstein (1978-93), born in Balzers, Liechtenstein 1973 - Umaga [Edward Fatu], Samoan-American professional wrestler, born in American Samoa (d.2009) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1847 - Mariano Rodríguez de Ledesma, Spanish composer, dies at 67 1865 - Albert G Bilders, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26 1941 - Virginia Woolf, British author (Jacob's Room, To the Lighthouse), commits suicide at 59 1984 - Benjamin Mays, African-American educator (Morehouse, Howard University) and civil rights leader, dies at 89 1991 - Carlos Montalbán, Mexican-American character actor (Bananas), dies at 86 1992 - Josef Matej, Czech composer, dies at 70 More Famous Deaths »

1003 - Peace deal is signed between Holy Roman Emperor Henry II and the pagan Wends (Slavs) 1855 - Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner patents kerosene 1884 - First long-distance telephone call, Boston to New York 1944 - Children's Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno 1945 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine 1961 - Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars 1982 - Carol Hall's musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" closes at the 46th Street Theatre, NYC, after 1577 performances and 2 Tony Award wins 1994 - Ice Pairs Championship at Chiba won by Shishkova/Vadim Naumov (RUS) 2019 - US Special Council Robert S. Mueller writes a letter to US Attorney William Barr regarding Barr's summary of the Mueller Report stating Barr's letter "did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance" of the findings. "There is now public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation. This threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the Department appointed the Special Counsel: to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations." 2019 - British indie-rock duo "Her's" - English guitarist-singer Stephen Fitzpatrick (24) and Norwegian bassist Audun Laading (25), and American manager Trevor Engelbrektson (37) killed in car crash in Arizona More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1933 - Farm Credit Administration (US) authorized 1941 - Yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul 1993 - Jiang Zemin appointed President of the People's Republic of China 1994 - PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Australian Greg Norman sets scoring record of 264 (−24) to finish 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller 1994 - Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk and Platov (RUS) 2024 - New analysis confirms climate change is slowing the rotation of Earth due to melting ice caps and will probably delay the next leap second by three years More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1757 - Richard John Samuel Stevens, English composer, born in London, (d. 1837) 1912 - Reuel Lahmer, Canadian-American organist and composer ("It Is Good To Give Thanks"), born in Maple, Ontario (d. after 1982) 1913 - June Beebe, American golfer (Western Open 1931, 33), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003) 1930 - David Janssen, American actor (The Fugitive, Harry O), born in Naponee Nebraska (d. 1980) 1949 - Poul Ruders, Danish organist and composer (Four Compositions; Manhattan Abstraction; Sound And Simplicity), born in Ringsted, Denmark 1995 - Taylor Atelian, American actress (According to Jim), born in Santa Barbara, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1697 - Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate, last governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, dies at 93 1849 - Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford (b. 1776) 1875 - Edgar Quinet, French historian (b. 1803) 1973 - Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, Bulgarian composer, dies at 72 1977 - Lodewijk de Vocht, Belgian composer (Prayer for My Fatherland), conductor, kapellmeister (Antwerp Cathedral, 1913-50), and educator (Antwerp Conservatory, 1921-52), dies at 89 2011 - Farley Granger, American actor (Arnold, Rope, Deathmask), dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »

631 - Suintila, King of the Visigoths is overthrown after a reign of ten years, by Sisenand, a noble from Septimania 1804 - Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana 1804 - Territory of Orleans organizes in Louisiana Purchase 1812 - Earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela, and kills an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people 1945 - De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34 1959 - Test debut for Pakistani cricketer Mushtaq Mohammad v West Indies, aged 15 years 1969 - "Marcus Welby, M.D.", starring Robert Young and James Brolin debuts as a TV movie on ABC-TV, prior to becoming a weekly series 1976 - Queen Elizabeth II sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment 1997 - Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides in Rancho Santa Fe, California 2005 - "Doctor Who" returns to BBC TV after 16 years with the debut of Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1636 - University of Utrecht opening ceremony 1845 - Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precursor of band-aid 1943 - Elsie S. Ott is 1st woman to be awarded US Air Force Medal 1958 - 30th Academy Awards-"The Bridge on the River Kwai" wins Best Picture, Joanne Woodward and Alec Guinness win Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively 1979 - 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Michigan State beats Indiana State, 75-64; marks start of rivalry between future Hall of Famers Magic Johnson and Larry Bird; highest-rated game in history of televised college basketball 2018 - E-commence group Alibaba Group and US car maker Ford unveil a car vending machine without sales people 5 stories high in Guangzhou, China More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1890 - Jozef Arras, Flemish writer, born in Lier (d. 1919) 1914 - Ian McGeoch, Scottish Vice-Admiral with Royal Navy (submarine HMS Splendid WWII), born in Helensburgh, Scotland (d. 2007) 1914 - Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematics educator (Kumon Institute of Education,), born in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan (d. 1995) 1914 - Ray Robinson, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test; NSW, South Australia, Otago), born in Stockton, Australia (d. 1965) 1928 - Carole Carr [Carless], British singer and actress (Down Among the Z Men), born in London, England (d. 1997) 1976 - Natalia Livingston, American actress (General Hospital; Days of Our Lives), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 809 - Liudger, missionary, 1st bishop of Munster and saint, dies at about 66 1937 - Albert Relf, English cricket all-rounder (13 Tests, 1 x 50, 25 wickets, BB 5/85; Sussex CCC, Auckland CA), commits suicide at 52 1948 - Helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43 1976 - Lin Yutang, Chinese writer, dies at 80 1996 - Edmund Muskie, American politician (Sen-D-Me) and US Secretary of State (1980-81), dies at 81 2017 - Darlene Cates, American actress (What's Eating Gilbert Grape), dies at 69 More Famous Deaths »

1870 - Antônio Carlos Gomes' opera "Il Guarany" premieres at La Scala Teatro in Milan, Kingdom of Italy 1910 - Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Adelaide: Rodney Heath wins his 2nd and last Australasian title; beats fellow Australian Horace Rice 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 1917 - US Supreme Court uphoelds 8-hr work day for railroad employees 1962 - Archbishop Suenens of Mechelen-Brussels appointed cardinal 1988 - Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25) 1988 - Two British Army corporals are attacked during a funeral procession, beaten and shot dead by the Provisional IRA in Belfast, North Ireland 1991 - St Louis Blues Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season 1995 - Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:54.08) 1995 - Revival of Brien Friel's stage drama "Translations", starring Brian Dennehy, opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 25 performances 2005 - Wales beats Ireland, 32-20 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff to win the Six Nations Rugby Championship and become the 1st team to complete a Grand Slam playing more games away than at home More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1979 - US House of Representatives begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN 1983 - France (16-9 v Wales) and Ireland (25-15 v England) win final round matches to finish level and share the Five Nations Rugby Championship; no tie-break procedure exists before 1993 1995 - American Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450) 2014 - Israel sends airforce against Syrian military units involved in an attack yesterday on an Israeli patrol in the Golan Heights 2018 - World's last male northern white rhino, 45-year-old Sudan, dies in Kenya 2020 - State of California with 910 cases of COVID-19 locks down and orders people to "stay at home" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1928 - Patrick McGoohan, American-born Irish actor, writer, and director (The Prisoner, Secret Agent/ Danger Man), born in Queens, New York (d. 2009) 1942 - David Minge, American judge and politician (Rep-D-Minnesota 1993-2001), born in Clarkfield, Minnesota 1946 - Bigas Luna, director/writer (Anguish) 1964 - Jake Weber, British actor 1976 - Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress (Clueless -"Cher Horowitz"), born in Toronto, Ontario 1993 - Munro Chambers, Canadian actor (DeGrassi, 2010-15), born in Ajax, Ontario More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1279 - Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271) 1623 - Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556) 1822 - Valentin Haüy, French professor "interpreter to the King", founded the first school for the blind, dies at 76 1913 - William Chatterton, English cricket batsman (1 Test, HS 48; Derbyshire CCC) and soccer forward (Derby County FC), dies from tuberculosis at 51 1914 - Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850) 1981 - Frank Lane, American MLB executive (GM Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, KC Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers), dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »

1923 - US President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st president to pay taxes 1923 - German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP (Nazi party) 1923 - Allies accepts Vilnius taking East-Galicia in Poland 1925 - James F. Hanley, Joseph Meyer, and Buddy DeSylva's musical "Big Boy", starring Al Jolson, closes at the Winter Garden Theatre, NYC, after 56 performances 1945 - RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm 1971 - Australian Open Men's Tennis: Ken Rosewall of Australia beats American defending champion Arthur Ashe 6-1, 7-5, 6-3; first man to win an Open era Grand Slam singles title without dropping a set 1991 - Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev 1991 - Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (FRA) 1994 - Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released 2004 - WrestleMania XX, Madison Square Garden, NYC: Chris Benoit wins Triple Threat title match with Triple H and Shawn Michaels More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1794 - Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin, revolutionizing the cotton industry in the southern US states 1956 - 50-year-old baseball pitching star Satchel Paige signs a contract to play for and manage the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro National League 1966 - British film "Born Free" based on the book "Born Free" by Joy Adamson released starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers 1972 - Two IRA members shot dead by British soldiers in the Bogside area of Derry 1973 - Liam Cosgrave (52) appointed President of Ireland 2022 - PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Australian Cameron Smith wins $3.6m, biggest individual event purse in golf history; beats Anirban Lahiri of India by 1 stroke More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1623 - Adam-Nicolas Gascon, Dutch-Walloon composer and kapellmeister (Saint Paul Collegiate Church, 1659-68), born in Liège, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1668) 1815 - Josephine Lang, German composer, born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1880) 1831 - Leon Leopold Lewandoski, Polish composer, born in Kalisz, Poland (d. 1896) 1920 - Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (Dennis the Menace), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2001) 1921 - Frank Ottersen, Norwegian jazz violinist and saxophonist (Ding, Dong, Dang), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1971) 1989 - Colby O'Donis [Colón] American singer (Lady Gaga -"Just Dance"), songwriter, and record producer, born in Queens, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1490 - Charles I, Duke of Savoy (1482-90), dies at 21 1903 - Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 88 1933 - Balto, Siberian husky dog who led the sled team delivering diphtheria antitoxin from to Nenana, Alaska to Nome, Alaska in 1925, dies at 14 1961 - Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theorist), dies at 80 2003 - Jean-Luc Lagardère, French publisher (b. 1928) 2007 - Lucie Aubrac, French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912) More Famous Deaths »

Historical Events 1794 - Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin, revolutionizing the cotton industry in the southern US states 1956 - 50-year-old baseball pitching star Satchel Paige signs a contract to play for and manage the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro National League 1966 - British film "Born Free" based on the book "Born Free" by Joy Adamson released starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers 1972 - Two IRA members shot dead by British soldiers in the Bogside area of Derry 1973 - Liam Cosgrave (52) appointed President of Ireland 2022 - PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Australian Cameron Smith wins $3.6m, biggest individual event purse in golf history; beats Anirban Lahiri of India by 1 stroke More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1623 - Adam-Nicolas Gascon, Dutch-Walloon composer and kapellmeister (Saint Paul Collegiate Church, 1659-68), born in Liège, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1668) 1815 - Josephine Lang, German composer, born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1880) 1831 - Leon Leopold Lewandoski, Polish composer, born in Kalisz, Poland (d. 1896) 1920 - Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (Dennis the Menace), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2001) 1921 - Frank Ottersen, Norwegian jazz violinist and saxophonist (Ding, Dong, Dang), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1971) 1989 - Colby O'Donis [Colón] American singer (Lady Gaga -"Just Dance"), songwriter, and record producer, born in Queens, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1490 - Charles I, Duke of Savoy (1482-90), dies at 21 1903 - Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 88 1933 - Balto, Siberian husky dog who led the sled team delivering diphtheria antitoxin from to Nenana, Alaska to Nome, Alaska in 1925, dies at 14 1961 - Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theorist), dies at 80 2003 - Jean-Luc Lagardère, French publisher (b. 1928) 2007 - Lucie Aubrac, French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912) More Famous Deaths »

1634 - First meeting of what would become the Academie Francaise in Paris at the house of Valentin Conrart 1925 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in 2 games 1945 - Nazi Sicherheitsdienst arrests Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman 1965 - British guitarist Eric Clapton quits the Yardbirds due to the band moving away from traditional blues; Jeff Beck becomes his replacement 1972 - 7th Academy of Country Music Awards: Freddie Hart and Loretta Lynn win 1983 - Peter Stone's musical "Woman of the Year" closes at Palace Theater, NYC, after 770 performances 1984 - Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird 1992 - Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit 1995 - Istanbul police shoot dead 16 Alawitische demonstrators 2018 - National Geographic magazine admits its past coverage was racist in issue to mark 50 years since death of Martin Luther King Jr. More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1875 - English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Royal Engineers and Old Etonians draw 1-1; replay won by Engineers, 2-0 1938 - In a process known as Anschluss, Austria is annexed into Nazi Germany 1986 - Microsoft has its Initial public offering. 1992 - An earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale kills over 500 in Erzincan, eastern Turkey. 2005 - 52nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #3 Duke beats Georgia Tech, 69-64 2019 - Home of civil rights activists Medgar and Myrlie Evers established as a national monument in Jackson, Mississippi, by President Donald Trump More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1955 - John Hackett, British rock, classical, and new age flautist, born in Pimlico, London, England 1959 - Ronnie Rogers, British guitarist (T'Pau-Heart and Soul), born in Shrewsbury, England 1963 - Vance Johnson, American NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos), born in Trenton, New Jersey 1970 - Tim Story, American film director and producer (The Story Company), born in Los Angeles, California 1972 - Trent Dilfer, American football quarterback (Super Bowl XXXV Baltimore Ravens; Pro Bowl 1997 TB Bucs), born in Santa Cruz, California 1979 - Cedric Van Branteghem, Belgian athlete, born in Ghent, Belgium More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1925 - Lucille Ricksen [Ingeborg Ericksen], American silent-film actress, dies of tuberculosis 14 1941 - Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and novelist (The Time of Man), dies at 54 1946 - Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Rembrandt), dies at 90 1992 - Clarence Wright, English actor and singer, dies at 84 1994 - Joop Swart, Dutch journalist, photographer, and publisher (founder of World Press Photo), dies at 69 2001 - John A. Alonzo, American cinematographer (pioneered handheld work, lighting techniques and HD video development), dies at 66 More Famous Deaths »

1849 - 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California 1903 - New York Highlanders (Yankees) baseball franchise is approved as a member of the American League 1926 - Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium 1951 - Comic strip "Dennis the Menace," 1st appears in the British comic magazine The Beano' 1989 - 36th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #9 North Carolina beats #7 Duke, 77-74 1993 - 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay 2000 - 41st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Arkansas beats Auburn, 75-67 2018 - Plane crash of Bangladeshi carrier at Kathmandu airport kills at least 49 after plane approaches runway from wrong end 2022 - Saudi Arabia executes 81 convicted criminals, the country's largest known mass execution in modern times 2023 - Cyclone Freddy makes landfall for a second time in central Mozambique, Madagascar and Malawi, killing about 200 people and setting records as the longest-lasting cyclone in the southern hemisphere (formed Feb 6) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1976 - South African troops leave Angola 1981 - Stephen Sondheim's musical revue "Marry Me a Little" premieres in NYC 1985 - Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points 1987 - David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game 1995 - 36th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Arkansas, 95-93 (OT) 2012 - "The Hunger Games" directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence premieres in Los Angeles More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1647 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (d. 1727) 1911 - Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, Mexican politician (President of Mexico 1964-70), born in San Andrés Chalchicomula, Mexico (d. 1979) 1922 - Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet of the Beat Generation (On the Road, Mexico Blues), born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 1969) 1929 - Francisco Pulgar Vidal, Peruvian musicologist and composer, born in Huánuco, Peru (d. 2012) 1948 - Dana Walden, American RandB keyboardist (Champaign - "How 'Bout Us"), born in Champaign, Illinois 1952 - Naomi Shihab Nye, Arab-American poet (Yellow Glove; Red Suitcase), novelist (Habibi), and songwriter, born in St. Louis, Missouri More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1608 - Koriki Kiyonaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1530) 1721 - Jan Luyts, Dutch physicist and mathematician, dies at 65 1989 - Maurice Evans, British actor (Planet of the Apes; Bewitched), dies at 87 1992 - Barbara Morrison, British actress (Project Moonbase; From Here To Eternity), dies of heart failure at 84 1992 - Salvatore "Salvo" Lima, Italian politician (Mayor of Palermo, 1958-63 and 65-66; Member of European Parliament, 1979-92) assassinated by the Mafia at 64 1992 - Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies More Famous Deaths »

1276 - Augsburg becomes an Imperial Free City 1822 - Charles Graham of NY granted first US patent for artificial teeth 1839 - Prussian government limits work week for children to 51 hours 1841 - US Supreme Court rules the kidnapped slaves from the Spanish schooner the Amistad are free 1923 - Amsterdam taxi strike ends 1926 - Bertha Landes elected 1st woman mayor of Seattle and 1st female mayor of any major US city 1945 - 334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bombs 1948 - Provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia 1962 - Egyptian President Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians 1987 - Chrysler Corp offers to buy American Motors Corp for $1 billion More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1865 - Battle of Kingston, North Carolina (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks) 1904 - Australian cricket spin bowler Hugh Trumble dismisses England batsmen Bernard Bosanquet, Plum Warner and Dick Lilley for his second Test hat-trick in 5th Test victory in Melbourne; Trumble's final Test 1936 - The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida. 1942 - Japanese forces capture Rangoon, Burma 1953 - Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years in US 1987 - Nelli Cooman becomes world champion 60m indoor More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1783 - Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, German Protestant clergyman, composer, music theorist, and poet, born in Sulza, Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1846) 1945 - Bruce Broughton, American Emmy Award-winning television and film score composer (Hawaii Five-0; Dallas), born in Los Angeles, California 1954 - Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper (Olympic gold 1976) 1974 - Toran James, linebacker (San Diego Chargers) 1979 - Tom Chaplin, British rock singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist (Keane), born in Hastings, East Sussex, England 1991 - Devon Werkheiser, American actor More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1757 - Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar, dies at 55 1901 - Peter Benoit, Flemish composer (De Leie; Rubens Cantata: Requiem), and conductor, dies at 66 1973 - Gordon Leggat, New Zealand cricket batsman (9 Tests, 2 x 50; Canterbury), dies at 46 2008 - Carol Barnes, British television news journalist (ITN; ITV), dies a few days after suffering a stroke at 63 2020 - Max Von Sydow, Swedish actor (Hawaii, Exorcist, Dune, Game of Thrones), dies at 90 2021 - Julien-François Zbinden, Swiss jazz pianist, and jazz and classical composer (Monophrases), dies at 103 More Famous Deaths »

1653 - -Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beat Dutch 1832 - Charles Darwin, aboard HMS Beagle, arrives in the town of Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia 1914 - Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the San Francisco Exposition 1939 - The erroneous word "Dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation. 1951 - 8th Golden Globes: "Sunset Boulevard", Jose Ferrer, and Gloria Swanson win 1969 - Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert of Great Britain 1972 - US President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China 1982 - FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street 1994 - Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand gun in the USA, comes into effect 2005 - 19th Soul Train Music Awards: Ice Cube, Usher and Ciara win More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1832 - Charles Darwin, aboard HMS Beagle, arrives in the town of Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia 1847 - US forces numbering less than 1,000 defeat a larger Mexico force in the Battle of the Sacramento River 1944 - Arrests of the ten-Boom family in Nazi occupied Netherlands (Haarlem) through a Dutch collaborator on charges of hiding Jews 1959 - Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul of Canada, their 3rd title 1967 - A West German court rules that impostor Anna Anderson failed to prove that she was missing Russian duchess Anastasia Romanov, ending a legal case that lasted almost 30 years 1969 - Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler and Ford of Great Britain More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1155 - Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England, crowned aged 15 during his father's lifetime, born in London (d. 1183) 1786 - François Arago, French astronomer, physicist and politician, born in Estagel, France (d. 1853) 1882 - Jose Vasconcelos, politician, essayist, philosopher, born in Oaxaca, Mexico (d. 1959) 1953 - Osmo Vänskä, Finnish clarinetist, conductor (Lahti Symphony, 1988-2008; Minnesota Orchestra, 2003-2022), and composer, born in Sääminki, Finland 1967 - Marcus Lillington, British pop guitarist and keyboard player (Breathe - "Hands to Heaven"), born in Bideford, Devon, England 1978 - Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player, born in Brooklyn, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1737 - Hercule Brehy, Flemish composer and organist, dies at 63 1968 - Doretta Morrow, American actress (Because You're Mine), dies from cancer at 41 1979 - Paul Alverdes, German writer (Pfeiferstube), dies at 81 1994 - Leopoldina Poldi Feichtegger Gerhard, dies at 90 2004 - Gene Allison, American RandB singer ("You Can Make It If You Try"), dies at 69 2023 - Grant Turner, New Zealand soccer midfielder (42 caps; SC Stop Out, Gisborne City AFC), dies from cancer at 64 More Famous Deaths »

1700 - English explorer William Dampier is the first British person to visit the Pacific Island of New Britain, which he names 1922 - G B Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh I/II" premieres in NYC 1933 - Jean Genet's play "Intermezzo" premieres in Paris 1943 - The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin 1964 - The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over. 1977 - Swedish pop group ABBA arrives in Australia for the first time, sparking "ABBA-mania" 1982 - Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw 1987 - "Washington Week In Review" 20th anniversary on PBS 1994 - Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas' percussion revue "Stomp" opens at the Orpheum Theatre, NYC; runs for 11,475 performances 2014 - Arseniy Yatsenyuk appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1667 - Abraham Crijnssen conquers Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname 1901 - National League Rules Committee for baseball decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes 1965 - France performs Underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1984 - Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8.675 m) 2015 - 70's glam rocker Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) sentenced to 16 years in prison for various child sex convictions 2018 - Barbra Streisand reveals she has cloned her dog twice More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1858 - Adelaide Hoodless, Canadian educational reformer (founder of the Women's Institute), born in St George, Canada West (d. 1910) 1904 - André Leducq, French cyclist (Tour de France 1930, 32; Olympic gold road race 1924), born in Saint-Ouen, France (d. 1980) 1910 - Peter De Vries, American author (Reuben, Reuben; The Prick of Noon) and editor (New Yorker), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1993) 1920 - Bob Talley, American jazz and blues pianist and composer (Blues Alley All-Star Band), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1995) 1947 - Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize, 1970), born in Riga, Latvia 1963 - Pär Nuder, Swedish politician, born in Täby, Sweden More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1699 - Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625) 1977 - Allison Hayes, American model and actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), dies of leukemia or lead poisoning at 47 1996 - Sylvia Williams, American museum director and curator (National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution), dies from the effects of a brain aneurysm at 60 1998 - George H. Hitchings, American medical doctor (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1988), dies at 92 2008 - William F. Buckley Jr, American conservative author and commentator (National Review, Firing Line), dies of a heart attack at 82 2019 - Nathaniel Taylor, American actor (Rollo-Sanford and Sons), dies at 80 More Famous Deaths »