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Historical Events 1190 - Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England 1924 - Netherlands and USSR begin talks over USSR recognition 1932 - Montreal Canadiens center Howie Morenz registers his 334th career point with an assist in a 10-4 win v NY Americans; passes Cy Denneny as NHL leader for career points 1993 - 19th People's Choice Awards: Kevin Costner and Demi Moore win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen and Candice Bergen win (TV) 2013 - Stacy Lewis wins the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup and becomes the number one ranked woman golfer in the world 2019 - PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins biggest cheque in golf ($2.25m) by 1 stroke from Jim Furyk More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1789 - Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean tragic actor (Shylock), born in London, England (d. 1833) 1888 - Paul Ramadier, French politician (d. 1961) 1901 - Eisaku Satō, Prime Minister of Japan (1963-72) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1974), born in Tabuse, Yamaguchi, Japan (d. 1975) 1918 - Józef Franczak, Polish soldier and anti-communist resistance fighter who was the last cursed soldiers, born in Kozice Górne, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1963) 1953 - Filemon Lagman, Filipino communist revolutionary (d. 2001) 1967 - Chris Luongo, American NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Detroit, Michigan More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1989 - Merritt Butrick, American actor (Shy People, Square Pegs), dies of AIDS at 29 1993 - Skip Young, American actor (Smokey and Hotwire Gang, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies at 62 1996 - Terry Stafford, American singer (b. 1941) 2002 - Paul Runyan, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1934, 38; Ryder Cup 1933, 35), dies at 93 2012 - Pope Shenouda III, Egyptian Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, dies from prostate cancer at 88 2015 - Bob Appleyard, English cricketer (superb England off-spinner, brief career), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1850 - Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" published by Ticknor, Reed and Fields in Boston 1896 - Gustav Mahler' conducts premiere of his "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" (Songs of a Wayfarer), leading the Berlin Philharmonic and Dutch baritone Anton Sistermans as soloist 1946 - "Would-Be Gentleman" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 77 performances 1949 - KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1971 - Northern Ireland Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark meets with British PM Edward Heath to discuss the security situation in Northern Ireland 1976 - British Prime Minister Harold Wilson announces his resignation 1978 - Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed 1988 - Chemical attack on Kurdish town of Halabja by Iraqi forces kills 5000 civilians - largest ever chemical weapons attack 2012 - Turkish NATO helicopter crashes into a house killing ten people in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan 2013 - 24 Pakistani Army soldiers are killed in Rawalpindi after their bus falls down a ravine More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1731 - Treaty of Vienna signed by Prince Eugene of Savoy, Count Sinzendorf and Count Gundacker, Thomas Stahremberg and the British envoy to Vienna, Sir Thomas Robinson. 1948 - Jazz musician Billie Holiday is released early from Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia due to good behavior 1949 - KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1991 - Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi 2014 - 55th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Florida beats Kentucky, 61-60 2020 - COVID-19 study by London Imperial College showing migration approach could lead to 250,00 deaths in UK, over 1 million in US, prompts strategy changes from both countries More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1902 - Lucie Rie, Austrian-born British potter, born in Vienna (d. 1995) 1922 - Harding Lemay, American writer (head writer for soap "Another World"), born in North Bangor, New York (d. 2018) 1940 - Keith Rowe, English improvisational tabletop guitarist (AMM; M.I.M.E.O.) and painter, born in Plymouth, England 1942 - Jerry Jeff Walker [Ronald Clyde Crosby], American country music singer and songwriter ("Mr. Bojangles"), born in Oneonta, New York (d. 2020) 1951 - Ritchie Teeter, American drummer (The Dictators, 1976-79; Twisted Sister, 1980-81), born in the USA (d. 2012) 1968 - Ananya Khare, Indian actress and teacher More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1629 - Emilia van Nassau, daughter of William I of Orange and Anna of Saxony, dies at 59 1841 - Félix Savart, French surgeon and physicist (Law of Biot and Savart), dies at 49 1975 - Richard W. DeKorte, American politician (b. 1936) 1984 - John Hoagland, American photographer (b. 1947) 2001 - Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943) 2004 - Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor (BBC Concert Orchestra, 1956-66), opera director and educator (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 1966-92), and composer, dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »

1887 - 1st salaried fish and game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan) 1917 - Nicholas II, the last Russian Tsar abdicates and nominates his brother Grand Duke Michael to succeed him [OS Mar 2] 1922 - 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia) 1926 - Belgium's "black monday", franc falls 1949 - WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1958 - "Body Beautiful" musical closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 60 performances 1959 - WILX TV channel 10 in Lansing, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1978 - China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC 1986 - Scotland (10-9 v Ireland) and France (29-10 v England) win their final round matches to share the Five Nations Rugby Championship with 3-1 records 1994 - Experts from AL certify the Cleveland Indians Jacobs Field is properly lit More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1855 - Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine 1993 - In a landmark case, Mohamed Tabet, police commissioner of Casablanca, is convicted of sexually abusing over 1,500 women and sentenced to death 1997 - France beats Scotland, 47-20 at Parc des Princes, Paris to claim an 11th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship and 5th Triple Crown; fly-half Christophe Lamaison lands 6 penalties and 3 conversions 2013 - Justin Timberlake releases his 3rd studio album "The 20/20 Experience" (2013 Billboard Album of the Year) 2013 - 16 people are killed by a fireworks accident in Tlaxcala, Mexico 2017 - Dutch elections; Prime Minister Mark Rutte's centre-right VVD party win 33 seats vs against 20 for right wing Geert Wilder's Party of Freedom More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1821 - Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (d. 1895) 1913 - Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof, Thomas en Senior op het spoor van Brute Berend), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1999) 1916 - Geert Lubberhuizen, Dutch publisher (Busy Bee), born in Schoten, Netherlands (d. 1984) 1961 - Craig Ludwig, American NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars), born in Rhinelander, Wisconsin 1964 - Rockwell [Kennedy Gordy], American rock vocalist (Somebody's Watching Me), born in Detroit, Michigan 1972 - Mark Hoppus, American rock singer and bass player (+44; blink-182), born in Ridgecrest, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1891 - Théodore de Banville, French writer, dies at 67 1983 - Rebecca West [Cicely Isabel Fairfield], English author (Meaning of Treason), dies at 90 1983 - José Luis Sert, Spanish-American architect and urban developer, dies at 80 2011 - Smiley Culture [David Victor Emmanuel], British reggae singer ("Police Officer"; "Cockney Translation"), dies from a self-inflicted stab wound at 48 2022 - Lu Liang-Huan, Taiwanese golfer (British Open 1971 runner-up), dies at 85 2023 - Dorothy Bohm, German-born British pioneering street photographer, dies at 98 More Famous Deaths »

1369 - Battle of Montiel: Peter of Castile (Peter the Cruel) with support from England is defeated by an alliance between the French and his half-brother Henry II of Castile 1845 - -5.3°F (-20.7°C) in Groningen, Netherlands 1900 - Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries rediscovers Gregor Mendel's laws of heredity and genetics 1935 - 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars in San Francisco 1960 - 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield, California 1967 - JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial 1980 - Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova and Shakhrai (USSR) 1986 - European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km) 1994 - Mexican banker and billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped 2018 - NASA twin study finds that Scott Kelly is no longer identical to his twin brother after one year in space, 7% of his genes altered More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1874 - English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Oxford University beats Royal Engineers, 2-0 1962 - Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France 1967 - JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial 1991 - English Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment 1996 - Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi 1997 - The Chinese city of Chongqing (formerly Chunking) is upgraded to a centrally administered municipality More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1895 - François Louis Ganshof, Belgian medieval historian, born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1980) 1939 - Stavros Xarhakos, Greek composer and conductor, born in Athens, Greece 1967 - Vijay Yadav, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test, 3 dismissals, HS 30; Haryana), born in Gonda, India 1972 - Antowain Smith, American NFL running back (Buffalo Bills), born in Millbrook, Alabama 1978 - Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer 1994 - Ansel Elgort, American actor (Fault in our Stars), born in New York City More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1986 - Edith Atwater, American actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop), dies at 74 1992 - Ralph James, American actor (Orson-Mork and Mindy), dies at 67 1997 - Lucy Kroll, American talent agent, dies at 87 1997 - John Curtis Jr, American executive (Luby's Cafe), commits suicide at 49 2002 - Cherry Wilder [Cherry Barbara Grimm], New Zealand sci-fi author (Nearest Fire), dies at 71 2012 - Pierre Schoendoerffer, French Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter (The Anderson Platoon), dies from surgical complications at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1564 - Cardinal Granvelle flees Brussels 1915 - Brooklyn Robins manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substitutes a grapefruit 1970 - Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer 1975 - Bernard Slade's stage comedy "Same Time, Next Year", starring Ellen Burstyn and Charles Grodin, opens at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NYC; later transfers to the Ambassador Theatre, and runs for a total of 1,453 performances 1980 - Ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto 1982 - ABC TV crime drama "T.J. Hooker" premieres, starring William Shatner 1988 - 29th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Georgia, 62-57 1988 - 35th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats North Carolina, 65-61 1994 - Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed) 2005 - Terry Ratzmann shoots and kills six members of the Living Church of God and the minister at Sheraton Inn in Brookfield, Wisconsin before killing himself. More Historical Events »

Historical Events 483 - St Felix III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1878 - Oxford University defeats Cambridge University in their 1st golf match 1964 - Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack 2012 - 28 people, including 22 children, are killed in a motorway bus crash near Sierre, Switzerland 2013 - Argentine Catholic Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio (76) is elected the new pope, taking the papal name Pope Francis 2022 - 75th BAFTA awards: Best Film "The Power of the Dog", Best Director Jane Campion, acting awards Joanna Scanlan, Will Smith More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1870 - Albert Meyer, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1929-38), born in Fällanden, Switzerland (d. 1953) 1906 - Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1932) 1914 - Bob Haggart, American dixieland, swing jazz, and session double bass player, and composer ("What's New?"), born in New York City (d. 1998) 1929 - Bill Cunningham, American fashion photographer (New York Times), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2016) 1937 - Terence "Terry" Cox, British drummer (Pentangle; Duffy's Nucleus; Humblebums; Charles Aznavour), born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England 1940 - Candi [Canzetta Maria] Staton, American gospel singer ("Young Hearts Run Free"), born in Hanceville, Alabama More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1271 - Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) 1911 - John J. Toffey, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (b. 1844) 1973 - Stacy Harris, Canadian born actor (NOPD, Doorway to Danger), dies at 54 1987 - Gerald Moore, English pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87 2001 - John A. Alonzo, American cinematographer (pioneered handheld work, lighting techniques and HD video development), dies at 66 2016 - Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, dies at 89 More Famous Deaths »

1857 - Desjardins Canal Train Disaster: Canadian Great Western passenger train crashes through rotting timber bridge over Desjardins Canal, near Hamilton, Ontario, killing 59 people 1939 - Pope Pius XII crowned 260th Supreme Pontiff in a ceremony at the Vatican 1940 - Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty in Moscow, surrendering to Russia and ceding 11% of their pre-WWII territory, ending the "Winter War" 1954 - 1st performance of Arnold Schoenberg's opera "Moses und Aaron", in a concert setting in Hamburg, Germany 1989 - 10th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Syracuse, 88-79 1995 - Letitia Vriesde runs South American indoor record 800m (2:00.35) 2005 - 26th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Syracuse beats West Virginia, 68-59 2006 - 47th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Florida beats South Carolina, 49-47 2013 - The 2013 Papal conclave begins with no new Pope elected on the first day 2018 - British Prime Minister Theresa May says Russia was "highly likely" to have poisoned a Russian spy and his daughter on March 4 with nerve agent More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1799 - Austria declares war on France 1857 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra" premieres in Venice 1896 - 1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220) 2002 - Animated film "Ice Age" directed by Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha, with voices by Denis Leary and John Leguizamo premieres 2017 - Irene Sankoff and David Hein's musical drama "Come From Away" opens at Schoenfeld Theatre, NYC 2019 - Dozens charged in US college admission scandal by US federal prosecutors, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1837 - Alexandre Guilmant, French organist (La Trinitié, 1871-901), composer and pedagogue (Schola Cantorum, 1894-1911), born in Meudon, France (d. 1911) 1921 - Max de Metz, Dutch publisher and translator (d. 1993) 1931 - William "Billie" Thomas, American child actor (Buckwheat- Our Gang), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1980) 1938 - Tona Scherchen-Hsiao, German-Chinese composer (Yi; Lo; Shen), born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland 1957 - Jerry Levine, American actor ("Born on the Fourth of July"), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey 1960 - Eldine Baptiste, cricketer (WI all-rounder early 80's) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1902 - John Peter Altgeld, German-American politician (Governor of Illinois, 1893-97), known for pardoning of Haymarket anarchists, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage, while delivering a speech, at 54 1916 - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (The Child of the Parish), dies at 39 1929 - Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman (developed Coca-Cola into a company), dies at 77 1949 - Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress abd wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95 1950 - L Heinrich Mann, German/American writer (Between the Races), dies at 78 1993 - Michael Kanin, American director, writer and actor (Woman of the Year, Teacher's Pet), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1502 - Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty, crowned Shah of Persia (rules till 1524) 1829 - Johann Sebastian Bach's "St Matthew Passion" is revived by Felix Mendelssohn, aged 20, conducting in Berlin, Germany 1848 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government 1924 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweeps Ottawa Senators in 2 games 1978 - USF-led Bill Cartwright scores 23 points as the Dons oust NC 1982 - Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) resigns rather than face expulsion 1996 - Mark Waugh scores 110 v NZ for his third century of the World Cup 2004 - Terrorists explode simultaneous bombs on Madrid's rail network ripping through a commuter train and rocking three stations, killing 190 2007 - 48th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Florida beats Arkansas, 77-56 2017 - At least 65 killed in landslide at rubbish dump near Addis Ababa, Ethopia More Historical Events »

Historical Events 843 - Icon veneration officially re-instated in Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople 1665 - NY approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights 1835 - HMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile 1892 - 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Massachusetts) 2003 - Nicholas Winton (93), former British stockbroker who helped 669 young Jews flee Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Nazi invasion in 1939, receives knighthood from Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace 2007 - 48th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Florida beats Arkansas, 77-56 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1731 - Robert Treat Paine, American judge and Founding Father (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1814) 1902 - Josef Martin Bauer, German writer and director (As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me), born in Taufkirchen, Germany (d. 1970) 1930 - David Gentleman, designer/painter 1933 - Sandra Milo [Salvatrice Greco], Italian actress (8½; Juliet of the Spirits), and television personality, born in Tunis, French Tunisia (d. 2024) 1966 - Pavel Petrovich Mukhortov, Russian cosmonaut 1971 - Johnny Knoxville [Philip Clapp], American stunt performer and actor (Jackass franchise), born in Knoxville, Tennessee More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1925 - Andreas Hallen, composer, dies at 78 1955 - Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist (invented penicillin; Nobel Prize 1945), dies of a heart attack at 73 1982 - Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55 1989 - Johan Fleerackers, Flemish linguist, dies at 57 1993 - Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44 2012 - Sid Couchey, American comic book artist, dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1535 - Spanish Bishop of Panama Tomés de Berlanga discovers the uninhabited Galapagos Islands after his ship drifts off course 1831 - The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria 1906 - 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Sonatine" by pianist Paule de Lestang, in Lyon, France 1920 - NHL's Quebec Bulldog Joe Malone scores 6 goals vs Ottawa Senators 1937 - Benny Goodman unofficially crowned the “King of Swing” at New York City's Paramount Theater as his band plays before exuberant sell-out crowd filled with teenagers; unable to attend nightclub performances, kids dance in the aisles 1966 - 5 time American Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires from racing 1972 - General Lon Nol becomes President and Prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia 1977 - CBS' premiere of "A Circle of Children", starring Jane Alexander and based on the life and book about this by Mary Mac Cracken 1978 - "The Incredible Hulk", starring Bill Bixby as David Banner, premieres on CBS 2002 - 49th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #3 Duke beats NC State, 91-61 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1906 - Baker Street and Waterloo Railway opens, constructed by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London. The contraction Bakerloo became the official name in July 1906. 1931 - Oswald Mosley leaves British Labour party and founds the "New Party" 1940 - 1st US opera telecast, W2XBS, NYC: Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" 1996 - 37th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Mississippi State beats Kentucky, 84-73 2010 - Carlos Slim becomes the first Mexican and person from an emerging economy to top Forbes Richest Person list, with net worth of US$53.5 billion 2020 - Three months into the COVID-19 epidemic Chinese President Xi Jinping finally travels to Wuhan, epicenter of the outbreak as the rate of daily new infections declines in China falls to 19 new cases and 17 deaths More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1863 - E J Ratcliffe [Edward], British stage and screen actor, born in London (d. 1948) 1928 - James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., born in Alton, Illinois (d. 1998) 1943 - Angelique Pettyjohn, [Dorothy Lee Perrins], American actress (Clambake; Repo Man), and burlesque queen, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1992) 1958 - Sharon Stone, American actress (Basic Instinct, Sliver, Casino), born in Meadville, Pennsylvania 1965 - Rod Woodson, American NFL cornerback/kick returner (11 Pro Bowl; Super Bowl 2000, Baltimore Ravens), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana 1977 - Robin Thicke, Canadian-American singer ("Blurred Lines"), born in Los Angeles, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 37 - Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (14 AD-37 AD), dies at 78 1391 - Tvrtko I first king of Bosnia (b. 1338) 1940 - Mikhaïl Boulgakov, Russian writer (b. 1891) 1948 - Zelda Fitzgerald [née Sayre], American writer (This Side of Paradise) and wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, dies at 47 2012 - Heinz Wunderlich, German organist and composer, dies at 92 2023 - Jesús Alou, Dominican MLB baseball outfielder, 1963-79 (World Series 1973, 74 Oakland A's; Houston Astros, and 2 other teams), dies at 80 More Famous Deaths »

1745 - Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston 1804 - Georges Cadoudal, Breton royalist who plotted to overthrow Napoleon in the Pichegru Conspiracy, arrested 1822 - Charles Graham of NY granted first US patent for artificial teeth 1858 - Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox 1922 - KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions 1961 - The Supremes release singles "I Want a Guy" and "Never Again" 1978 - Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Anett Pötzsch (East Germany) 1983 - Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana 1991 - Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games 1994 - IRA launch 1st of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1276 - Augsburg becomes an Imperial Free City 1864 - Ulysses S. Grant is named Commanding General of the U.S. (Union) Army 1889 - Battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV 1922 - KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions 1956 - Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England 1957 - 4th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats South Carolina, 95-75 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1454 - Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), born in Florence (d. 1512) 1890 - Vyacheslav Molotov [Skryabin], Russian politician (Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1939-49, 1953-6), born in Kukarka, Russian Empire (d. 1986) 1954 - Carlos Ghosn, French Brazilian automobile executive (Renault, Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors), born in Porto Velho, Brazil 1958 - Jack Kenny, American television writer and producer (Warehouse 13), born in Chicago, Illinois 1979 - Óscar Isaac [Hernández], French Guatemalan-American actor (Scenes From A Marriage; Balibo; Inside Llewyn Davis), born in Guatemala City, Guatemala 1987 - Lil' Bow Wow [Shad Gregory Moss], American rapper and actor (Beware of Dogs), born in Columbus, Ohio More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1954 - Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (b. 1912) 1964 - Johanna "Mina" Bakker, Dutch actress (Boefje), dies at 87 1992 - Felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies 2017 - Howard Hodgkin, British abstract painter, dies at 84 2019 - Harry Howell, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman (NY Rangers 1952-69), dies of dementia at 86 2023 - Otis Taylor, American football wide receiver (Super Bowl IV Kansas City Chiefs; First-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl 1971, 72), dies from Parkinson's disease dementia at 80 More Famous Deaths »

1862 - Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched 1913 - MLB Federal League organizes with 6 teams, including the Chicago Whales, who built and played at Weeghman Park (now Wrigley Field); League folded after 3 seasons 1916 - US invades Cuba for 3rd time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime 1939 - Lenore Coffee and William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait" premieres 1944 - US resumes bombing Berlin 1966 - An IRA bomb destroys Nelson's Column in Dublin 1966 - Lee Adams and Charles Strouse's musical adaptation of Clifford Odet's "Golden Boy", starring Sammy Davis Jr. closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 569 performances 1966 - Baseball player, manager and coach Casey Stengel elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in a surprise ceremony 1971 - Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record) 2016 - Turner Classic Movies show several of Claire Trevor’s films to honor the 106th anniversary of her birth More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1862 - Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched 1898 - Richard Straus' "Don Quixote" premieres in Keulen 1916 - US invades Cuba for 3rd time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime 1927 - Pan American Airlines incorporates 1995 - Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections 2014 - Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 people loses contact and disappears, prompting the most expensive search effort in history and one of the most enduring aviation mysteries More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1743 - [Benedikt] Bendix Friedrich Zinck, Danish violinist, keyboardist, and composer, baptized in Husum, Duchy of Schleswig (now Germany) (d. 1801) 1879 - Mechtilde Lichnowsky, German writer, born in Pocking, Bavaria (d. 1958) 1918 - Poon Lim, Chinese sailor who survived 133 days adrift at sea, born in Hainan, China (d. 1991) 1927 - Jaromir Podešva, Czech composer (Fragments of the Quinguennium), music theorist, and pedagogue, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (d. 2000) 1971 - Marc Tobert, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos) 1977 - James Van Der Beek, American actor (Dawson's Creek), born in Cheshire, Connecticut More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1853 - Edward John Dent, British clockmaker to Queen Victoria and commissioned to make Big Ben, London (completed after his death by his son Frederick Dent), dies at 62 1955 - Clémentine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte V, dies at 82 1971 - Harold Lloyd, American silent and sound film actor, comedian, and director (Why Worry?; The Freshman; Safety Last!; The Sin of Harold Diddlebock), dies of cancer at 77 1985 - Thomas Creighton, US heart patient (3 implants in 46 hrs), dies at 33 1994 - Joop C Swart, publisher/founder (World Press Photo), dies at 69 2014 - William Guarnere, American WWII veteran and author, portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1922 - US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard 1940 - Peter Saur, fighting as Ray Steele, beats Bronko Nagurski in St Louis, to become National Wrestling Association Heavyweight Champion 1942 - 1st cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee, Alabama 1950 - Ladies' Figure Skating Championship in London won by Alena Vrzanova CZE 1953 - South African cricket opening batsman Jackie McGlew scores an unbeaten 255 in 1st Test win against New Zealand in Wellington 1970 - WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1975 - RCA releases "Young Americans", David Bowie's 9th studio album, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New York City; featuring appearances by John Lennon on two tracks, it peaks in the U.S. charts at No. 9, and No. 2 in the U.K. 1994 - Charles Taylor resigns as President of Liberia 1996 - 1st surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope) 2019 - Thailand's Constitutional Court dissolves opposition party Thai Raksa Chart, after it nominated the King's sister as candidate for Prime Minister More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1942 - 15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta 1958 - Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo 1965 - Alabama state troopers and 600 black protesters clash in Selma during "Bloody Sunday", protesters, including future congressman John Lewis beaten and hospitalized 1970 - Ice Pairs Championship at Ljubljana won by Rodnina and Ulanov (URS) 1975 - "Mirror", Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, starring Margarita Terekhova and Ignat Daniltsev, is released 1990 - Wayne Huizenga buys ½ of Joe Robbie Stadium and 15% of Dolphins for $30m More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1872 - Piet Mondrian, Dutch abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie, Composition with Red Blue and Yellow) and art theoretician, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands (d. 1944) 1895 - Juan Jose Castro, Argentine composer, born in Avellaneda, Argentina (d. 1968) 1931 - Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen, Dutch journalist (Beehive) 1940 - Daniel J Travanti, American actor (Hill Street Blues - "Capt. Frank Furillo"), born in Kenosha, Wisconsin 1964 - Denyce Graves, American mezzo-soprano (Carmen), born in Washington, D.C. 1967 - Zheng Haixia, Chinese WNBA center (LA Sparks), born in Shangqiu, China More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 851 - Nominoe, first Duke of Brittany "father of the country" (Tad ar Vro) 1724 - Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italian 244th Pope (1721-24) tried to introduce frugal measures and end nepotism, dies at 68 1833 - Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German literary hostess, dies at 61 1984 - Paul Rotha, English director (b. 1907) 1985 - Victor W. Farris, American inventor (paper milk carton), dies at 75 1995 - Paul-Emile Victor, French polar explorer, dies at 87 More Famous Deaths »

1853 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premieres at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy 1855 - Gustave Flaubert writes goodbye to the poet Louise Colet 1906 - Heavy storm bursts dike, flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands 1909 - Dutch film distributor Jean Desmet opens his first permanent cinema, the Cinema Parisien in Rotterdam 1921 - Police in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, issue an edict requiring Women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee 1923 - MLB St. Louis Cardinals announce their players will wear numbers on their uniforms 1962 - US promise Thailand assistance against communist aggression 1965 - The Temptations' single "My Girl" reaches #1 on the Billboard Pop Chart; written and produced by the Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Ronald White 1982 - Susan Birmingham makes then world's loudest recorded human shout (120 dB) 2018 - British health officials tells the country it's time "to get on a diet" and urging manufacturers to reduce calories in foods More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1900 - After a meeting in Indianapolis, USA, a group forms the Social Democratic Party and nominates Eugene Debs as its candidate for President in the forthcoming election (becomes the Socialist Party in 1901) 1972 - Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner 1974 - Australian cricketing brothers Ian (145 and 121) and Greg Chappell (247no and 133) score unique twin centuries in drawn 1st Test vs New Zealand in Wellington 1983 - US Football League begins its 1st season 1986 - USSR's Vega 1 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,889 km 1992 - Founding of the Council of the Baltic Sea States. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1475 - Michelangelo, Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance (David, Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel), born in Caprese, Tuscany (d. 1564) 1926 - Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director (Ashes and Diamonds, Man of Iron), born in Suwalki (d. 2016) 1933 - Ted Abernathy, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1955-72 (Washington Senators, Chicago Cubs, and 5 other teams), born in Stanley, North Carolina (d. 2004) 1946 - Tony Klatka, rocker (Blood, Sweat and Tears) 1972 - Shaquille O'Neal, American Basketball Hall of Fame center (4-time NBA champion, 3-time NBA Finals MVP, Olympic gold 1996), born in Newark, New Jersey 1973 - Greg Ostertag, NBA center (Utah Jazz) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1936 - Rubin Goldmark, American composer, dies at 63 1962 - Rezső Kókai, Hungarian pianist, composer, musicologist, and pedagogue, dies at 56 1986 - Adolph Caesar, actor (Club Paradise, Soldier's Story), dies 1994 - Tengiz Abuladze, Soviet Georgian filmmaker (Repentance), dies at 70 1998 - Frank Barrett, American baseball player (b. 1913) 2016 - Nancy Reagan [Anne Frances Robbins], US First Lady (1981-89), dies at 94 More Famous Deaths »

1179 - 3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1713 - Handel's "Jubilate" first performance in a public rehearsal at St. Paul's Cathedral, London 1821 - Monroe is 1st US President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sunday 1864 - 1st track meet between Oxford and Cambridge 1897 - American Negro Academy forms 1924 - Frank Carauna, becomes 1st to bowl 2 successive perfect 300 games 1954 - "Girl in Pink Tights" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 115 performances 1960 - The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis originates when Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase. 1981 - Ice Pairs Champ at Hartford won by Irina Vorobieva and I Lisovski (URS) 2012 - Tropical Storm Irina kills 65 in Madagascar More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1774 - John Hancock delivers the fourth annual Massacre Day oration, a commemoration of the Boston Massacre, and denounces the presence of British troops in Boston, enhancing Hancock's stature as a leading Patriot 1784 - Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, is named President of the Board of Trade. 1928 - Karl Zuckmayer's "Der Hauptmann von Köpenick" premieres in Berlin 1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1974 - Ralph Stewart failed in 2nd Islander penalty shot 1982 - Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1871 - Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-German Marxist revolutionary and founder of the Spartacus League, born in Zamość, Poland (d. 1919) 1893 - Emmett J. Culligan, American entrepreneur (founder of water treatment organization Culligan Inc.), born in Yankton, South Dakota (d. 1970) 1934 - James B Sikking, American actor (Hill Street Blues - "Lt. Howard Hunter"; Star Trek 3; Doogie Howser), born in Los Angeles, California 1939 - Norman Seeff, South African-American photographer, filmmaker, and album cover artist (Joni Mitchell; Captain and Tenille; Fleetwood Mac), born in Johannesburg, South Africa 1948 - Jacques Kloes, Dutch rock singer (Dizzy Man's Band - "The Show"; "Matter of Facts"), born in Heemskerk, Holland (d. 2015) 1961 - Dan Stuart, American singer-songwriter (Green on Red), poet, and author (The Unfortunate Demise of Marlowe Billings), born in Los Angeles, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1940 - Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (b. 1868) 1967 - Mischa Auer [Ounskowsky], Russian actor (My Man Godfrey), dies from a heart attack at 61 1967 - Georges Vanier, French Canadian soldier and 19th Governor General of Canada, dies at 78 1979 - Vicente Ascone, Italian composer, dies at 81 1984 - Harry Salter, orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85 2010 - Edgar Wayburn, American environmentalist awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom 1999, dies at 103 More Famous Deaths »