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Historical Events 1756 - St. Patrick's Day is first celebrated in NYC at the Crown and Thistle Tavern 1884 - John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight at Otay, California 1950 - Belgian government of Gaston Eyskens resigns due to constitutional crisis 1990 - Scotland beats England, 13-7 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh for it's 14th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship, 3rd Grand Slam title and 10th Triple Crown 1994 - Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan (32 killed) 2013 - 10 people are killed by a car bombing in Basra, Iraq More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1781 - Dominique Jacques de Eerens, Dutch general and politician (Governor-General of Dutch East Indies 1836-40), born in Alkmaar, Dutch Republic (d. 1840) 1934 - Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar 1939 - Shahid Mahmoud, Pakistani cricketer (opener scored 16 and 9 in only Pak Test) 1956 - Patrick McDonnell, American cartoonist (Mutts), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey 1973 - Caroline Corr, Irish Celtic folk rock singer, drummer, and bodhrán player (The Corrs - "What Can I Do"), born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland 1979 - Nicole "Coco" Austin, American glamor model More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1516 - Giuliano de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at 37 1967 - Richard Reeves, American character actor (The Adventures of Superman; Date With an Angel), dies from cirrhosis of the liver at 54 1970 - Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83 1971 - Ernst Bachmeister, German writer, dies at 96 1982 - Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador 2015 - Bob Appleyard, English cricketer (superb England off-spinner, brief career), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1730 - Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe 1861 - Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain 1870 - Hiram R. Revels makes 1st official speech by an African American in the US Senate 1900 - Sir Arthur Evans rediscovers the bronze age city of Knossos in Crete, home of the legendary Minotaur 1934 - Academy Award gold statuette 1st called Oscar in print by Sidney Skolsky 1956 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright 1958 - LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Beverly Hanson wins by 5 strokes ahead of Betty Dodd 1984 - South Africa and Mozambique sign non attack treaty 2016 - US President Barack Obama nominates Merrick Garland as Supreme Court Justice 2021 - French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal win the Pritzker Prize for architecture More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1190 - York (England) Pogrom: Jews seek refuge in Clifford's Tower, which is then besieged by a mob; about 150 people are massacred or commit suicide rather than submit to Christian baptism 1911 - Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur Bearcats (ON), 13-4 1919 - Frank Wedekind's play "Elius Erweckung" premieres in Hamburg 1966 - Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London 1976 - British Prime Minister Harold Wilson announces his resignation 2003 - 50th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #12 Duke beats NC State, 84-77 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1849 - James E. Smith, American minister and "oldest new father known to medicine" at 102 with a woman 64 years younger, born in Williamsburg, Virginia 1920 - Traudl Junge, German secretary to Adolf Hitler, born in Munich (d. 2002) 1924 - Beryl Davis, British-American cabaret and big band singer (Quintette du Hot Club de France, Glenn Miller's US Army Air Force Orchestra), born Plymouth, England (d. 2011) 1937 - Amos Tversky, Israeli cognitive and mathematical psychologist, born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine (d. 1996) 1937 - David Del Tredici, American pianist, Neo-Romantic composer, and 1980 Pulitzer winner (In Memory of a Summer Day), born in Cloverdale, California 1954 - Nancy Wilson, rock guitarist (Heart - "Baracuda"; "What About Love"), born in San Francisco, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1037 - Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen 1835 - Charles Farquharson, Scottish-born slave plantation owner in the Bahamas (wrote Farquharson’s Journal - only plantation journal to survive), dies at 74 1914 - Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55 1956 - Joseph John Richards, American composer, dies at 77 1974 - Daniel Frank Gerber, American manufacturer of baby food, dies at 75 1993 - Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered More Famous Deaths »

1562 - General Francois de Guise enters Paris 1729 - Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st American nun, takes her vows in New Orleans 1877 - Cricket's inaugural Test match commences as Australia plays England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; Australia wins by 45 runs in 4 days 1897 - 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden 1937 - First American blood bank in a hospital is opened at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois 1949 - Cricket's master batsman Don Bradman receives his knighthood from the Governor-General of Australia, the Rt Hon. WJ McKell at the investiture in Queen’s Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne 1949 - WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 - US Air Force unveils self-guided missile 1962 - Richard Rodgers' musical drama "No Strings", starring Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley, opens at the 54th Street Theatre (later transferring to the Broadhurst), New York; runs for 580 performances and wins 3 Tony Awards 1994 - 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1560 - Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise, France 1875 - 1st US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested 1912 - Legendary pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511-315 win-loss record 1945 - Catholic University of Nijmegen reopens 1987 - "Starlight Express" opens at Gershwin Theater in NYC for 761 performances 2004 - Announcement of the discovery of 90377 Sedna, the farthest natural object in the Solar system so far observed More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1455 - Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532) 1767 - Andrew Jackson, American general and 7th US President (Democratic: 1829-37), born in Waxhaws in the border area between North and South Carolina (d. 1845) 1884 - Rudolf Piskáček, Czech composer, born in Prague (d. 1940) 1910 - An Rutgers van der Loeff, Dutch children's book writer (Skating Race), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1990) 1922 - (Albert) Eddie Calvert, British trumpeter ("Oh, Mein Papa"; "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)"), born in Preston, Lancashire, England (d. 1978) 1969 - Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 752 - Zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22] 1311 - Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens at the Battle of Halmyros 1673 - Salvatore Rosa, Italian baroque painter, poet, musician and actor, dies at 57 1918 - Jose White Lafitte, Cuban-French violinist and composer, dies at 82 1936 - John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist, dies at 75 1983 - Rebecca West [Cicely Isabel Fairfield], English author (Meaning of Treason), dies at 90 More Famous Deaths »

1899 - Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Shamrocks beat Queens University, 6-2 to clinch trophy for CAHL 1909 - Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms 1918 - 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched in San Francisco 1936 - Wales beats Ireland, 3-0 in Cardiff to clinch the Home Nations Rugby Championship with a 2-1-0 record 1958 - Recording Industry Association of American created 1973 - Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland 1991 - English Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment 1994 - Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released 2004 - 45th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Florida, 89-73 2021 - 63rd Grammy Awards: Beyoncé breaks record for most Grammys won by a singer (28), Taylor Swift win Album of the Year and Billie Eilish Record of the Year More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1903 - Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, Ontario: Ottawa HC beats Rat Portage Thisles, 4-2 for a 2-0 challenge series sweep 1922 - WGR-AM in Buffalo NY begins radio transmissions 1941 - Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies 1960 - 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield, California 1986 - European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km) 2016 - President Putin orders Russian troops out of Syria More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1815 - Josephine Lang, German composer, born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1880) 1853 - Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter, born in Bern, Switzerland (d. 1918) 1869 - Algernon Blackwood, English novelist (The Willows), born in Shooter's Hill, Kent, England (d. 1951) 1961 - Greg Anderson, American NHRA stock car driver, born in Duluth, Minnesota 1963 - Pedro Duque, Spanish engineer and astronaut (STS 78 alt, sk:95, first Spanish person in space), born in Madrid, Spain 1984 - Antoni Porowski, Canadian chef and TV personality (Queer Eye), born in Montreal, Quebec More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 840 - Eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at 69 1902 - Daniel H. Reynolds, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 69 1976 - Martha Saalfeldt German writer and poet, dies at 78 1994 - Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska, Polish pianist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 82 1995 - William Fowler, American nuclear scientist and astrophysicist (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1983), dies at 83 2015 - Valentin Rasputin, Russian writer (To Live and Remember), dies at 77 More Famous Deaths »

1900 - British troops occupy Bloemfontein, capital of the Orange Free State (Boer War) 1963 - Two Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska 1967 - Robert Anderson's "You Know I Can't Hear You ..." premieres in NYC 1967 - Congo sentences ex-premier Moise Tsjombe to death 1968 - Beatles release single "Lady Madonna" in the UK 1973 - "Irene" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 605 performances 1980 - American speed skater Eric Heiden sets world record 1000m (1:13.60) 1994 - President Mangope of Bophuthatswana deposed 2013 - Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected the new pope, taking the papal name Pope Francis 2018 - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is fired via a tweet from President Donald Trump More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1942 - Julia Flikke of the Nurse Corps, becomes 1st woman colonel in US army 1949 - US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button 1963 - Indonesia and Netherlands reinstate diplomatic relations 1968 - Beatles release single "Lady Madonna" in the UK 1974 - Glenn Turner scores twin tons for NZ's 1st win against Aust 1985 - Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko in Moscow More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1700 - James Kent, English composer, born in Winchester (d. 1776) 1768 - Charles Louis Willem Josef van Keverberg, Dutch civil servant, born in Haelen, Netherlands (d. 1841) 1901 - Paul Fix, American actor (Rifleman), born in Dobbs Ferry, New York (d. 1983) 1941 - Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian prominent poet and writer, born in al-Birwa, Galilee (d. 2008) 1946 - Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli soldier who died leading rescue operation Entebbe in Uganda, born in NYC, New York (d. 1976) 1985 - Austin Scott, American football player, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1569 - Louis, Prince of Condé (1530-69), dies in Battle of Jarnac at 39 1941 - E Hellendoorn, Dutch resistance fighter, executed 1967 - Sir Frank Worrell, West Indian cricket batsman and captain (51 Tests @ 49.48; 9 x 100s), dies from leukemia at 42 1992 - Clarence Wright, English actor and singer, dies at 84 1999 - Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (The Phantom), dies at 87 2010 - He Pingping, Chinese world's shortest man who was able to walk at 74 cm (2 ft 5 in), dies at 21 More Famous Deaths »

1910 - Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin Dutchmen (ON), 7-3 1933 - FDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat" 1951 - Communist troops driven out of Seoul 1962 - Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia 1964 - S. N. Behrman's play "But for Whom Charlie" premieres in NYC 1980 - NY Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin 1984 - British National Union of Mine Workers headed by Arthur Scargill supports regional strikes, calls for national action 1987 - Ice Pairs World Championship at Cincinnati won by Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov (USSR) 1995 - 42nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #7 Wake Forest beats #4 North Carolina, 82-80 (OT) 2008 - Streaming service Hulu launches for public access in the United States More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1881 - Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain 1894 - Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time in a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi 1977 - Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet bans the Christian-Democratic Party 1992 - Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations 2003 - Elizabeth Smart found after having been missing for 9 months. 2011 - A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1637 - Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (d. 1671) 1826 - Robert Lowry, American hymn composer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1899) 1832 - Charles Boycott, Irish estate manager (whose workers refused to work for him amid Irish rent and land issues, origin of the term "boycott"), born in Burgh St. Peter, England (d. 1897) 1863 - Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (d. 1945) 1936 - Eddie Sutton, Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State; first coach to take 4 schools to NCAA tournament), born in Bucklin, Kansas (d. 2020) 1963 - Ricky Yacobi, Indonesian soccer striker (31 caps; Arseto Solo, Matsushita), born in Medan, Indonesia (d. 2020) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1832 - Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish opera composer, dies at 45 1949 - Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress abd wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95 1996 - Charles Bruce Perry, Professor of Medicine (Bristol University), dies at 92 2008 - Lazare Ponticelli, the last "poilu", French foot soldier of World War One, dies at 110 (b. 1897) 2017 - Luigi Barbarito, Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, dies at 94 2018 - Craig Mack, American rapper (Flava In Ya Ear), dies of heart failure at 47 More Famous Deaths »

1513 - Giovanni de' Medici chosen Pope Leo X 1865 - General William T. Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, North Carolina 1869 - The West first learns of the Giant Panda via French missionary Armand David who receives a skin from a hunter 1912 - Eleftherios Venizelos, leader of the Liberal Party, wins the Greek elections again. 1914 - Rupert Brooke's poems "The Dead" and "The Soldier" are published in The Times Literary Supplement 1944 - Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested 1965 - Indonesia President Sukarno signs the 'Supersemar' order, giving army commander Lt. Gen. Suharto authority to do whatever he "deemed necessary" to restore order 1978 - Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed 1980 - Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust v Pak cricket draw 1990 - 31st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Ole Miss, 70-51 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 928 - Trpimir II succeeds to the Croatian throne. 1964 - 21st Golden Globes: The Cardinal, Sidney Poitier, and Leslie Caron win 1974 - Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album 1980 - Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust v Pak cricket draw 2013 - European Union bans the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals 2020 - Smallest dinosaur ever discovered - skull preserved in piece of amber smaller than a fingertip from a mine in Myanmar, reported in "Nature" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1811 - Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier, French astronomer (made calculations that proved existence of Neptune), born in Saint-Lô, France (d. 1877) 1812 - James Speed, Atty Gen (Union), (d. 1887) 1884 - Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer and actor (Village by the River, Beautiful Juliet), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1982) 1923 - Terence Alexander, English actor (Bergerac), born in London, England (d. 2009) 1937 - Milan Vukcevich, Yugoslavian chemist and a grandmaster of chess problem composition, born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 2003) 1961 - Bruce Watson, Canadian-Scottish rock guitarist, sitar and mandolin player (Big Country - "Wonderland"; "In A Big Country"), born in Timmons, Ontario More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1854 - Willard Richards, American physician and religious leader, dies at 49 1907 - Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered 1977 - Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934) 1983 - Lurlean Hunter, American jazz singer, dies at 63 1994 - Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69 2010 - Hans van Mierlo, Dutch politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1931) More Famous Deaths »

1535 - Bishop Tomés de Berlanga discovers the Galapagos Islands 1934 - US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Suzanne Davis 1973 - 20th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Maryland, 76-74 1979 - Eubie Blake, a 92-year old ragtime piano player and composer, and Gregory Hines are musical guest on Saturday Night Live 1983 - Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Walter Alston is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1984 - 25th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Auburn, 51-49 1991 - 32nd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Tennessee, 88-69 1992 - Sandra Seuser, Katrin Schreiter, Annet Hesselbarth and Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22) 1993 - Physician David Gunn shot and killed by anti-abortionist Michael Frederick Griffin in Pensacola, Florida, first anti-abortion murder of a doctor in the US 2001 - 22nd Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Boston College beats Pittsburgh, 79-57 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1830 - The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created 1849 - Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent (only US President to do so) for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions 1948 - 5th Golden Globes: "Gentleman's Agreement", Ronald Colman, and Rosalind Russell win 1962 - Due to its no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida 1963 - MLB infielder Pete Rose debuts with Cincinnati at spring training in Tampa, Florida; hits in his first 2 at bats 2015 - "See You Again" released by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth commissioned by film "Furious 7" as tribute to Paul Walker (Billboard Song of the Year 2015) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1771 - Georg Friedrich Creuzer, German classical scholar (Idea und Probe), born in Marburg an der Lahn, Hesse (d. 1858) 1943 - Sandra Palmer, American golfer (Titleholders Championship 1972, US Open 1975), born in Fort Worth, Texas 1945 - Katharine Houghton, American actress (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), born in Hartford, Connecticut 1961 - Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast (Olympics 1984), actor (American Anthem), born in Van Nuys, California 1968 - Thio Li-ann, Singaporean law academic and Nominated Member of Parliament 1998 - Justin Herbert, American NFL player (LA Chargers), born in Eugene, Oregon More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1872 - Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66 1897 - Teodulo Mabellini, Italian composer, dies at 79 1940 - Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Blokkade, Ghetto, Merchant of Venice), dies at 68 1982 - Minoru Shirota, Japanese microbiologist and founder of the Yakult Honsha beverage company, dies at 82 2003 - Barry Sheene, British motorcycle racer, dies at 52 2021 - Stephen Scott, American composer (Bowed Piano Ensemble; Vikings of Sunrise), and educator (Colorado College), dies from complications of dementia at 76 More Famous Deaths »

1741 - British fleet under admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena 1914 - Hendrikus Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Co 1923 - Amsterdam taxi strike ends 1959 - Barbie makes her debut at the American Toy Fair in New York. Over a billion have been sold worldwide since. 1959 - The Coasters' single "Charlie Brown" peaks at #2 on the Billboard Top 100 1963 - Beatles began 1st British tour, supporting Tommy Roe and Chris Montez 1986 - Gilbert Perreault of the Buffalo Sabres becomes the 12th NHLer to score 500 career goals, in a 4-3 win over New Jersey Devils 1989 - Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec) 1994 - IRA launch 1st of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport 1996 - NASA space shuttle STS-75 (Columbia 19) lands More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1230 - Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus near the village of Klokotnitsa 1496 - Jews are expelled from Carintha, Austria 1947 - US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill 1959 - The Coasters' single "Charlie Brown" peaks at #2 on the Billboard Top 100 1977 - Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche 2006 - Liquid water is discovered on Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1911 - Ramon Campbell Batista, Chilean physician, composer, and ethno-musicologist (traditional music of the Rapanui people), born in Quilpué, Chile (d. 2000) 1934 - Jim Landis, American MLB outfielder, 1957-67, 5X Gold Glove, 2X All-Star (Chicago White Sox, and 5 other teams), born in Fresno, California (d. 2017) 1952 - Ekkehard Fasser, Swiss bobsledder (Olympic gold, four-man 1988; World C'ship gold 1983; World Cup champion 1985-86), born in Glarus, Switzerland (d. 2021) 1960 - Linda Fiorentino, American actress (Jade, Last Seduction, Moderns), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1977 - Radek Dvořák, Czech ice hockey left wing (World C'ship gold 1999, 2001, 05; Florida Panthers, NY Rangers), born in Tábor, Czech Republic 1983 - Clint Dempsey, American footballer, born in Nacogdoches, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1688 - Claude Mellan, French engraver, cartoonist and painter, dies at 89 1709 - Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat, dies at 70 1851 - Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (discovered electromagnetism), dies at 73 1975 - Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82 1992 - Menachem Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel (1977-80, 81-83) and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies of a heart attack at 85 2020 - Lorenzo Brino, American actor (7th Heaven - "Sam"), dies in single vehicle car crash at 21 More Famous Deaths »

1862 - Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched 1896 - Volunteers of America forms (NYC) 1917 - US Senate introduces the Cloture Rule, requiring a two-thirds majority to end debate, at the urging of Woodrow Wilson 1973 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 - Paul and Linda McCartney are fined £100 for growing cannabis 1974 - Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France 1975 - Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg, Manitoba 1977 - Henry L Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond, Virginia 1986 - Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km 2018 - 5 million Spanish women mark International Women's Day by striking over gender inequality and sexual discrimination More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1862 - Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor 1924 - Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate, Utah 1954 - Herb McKinley sets quarter mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne, Australia 1979 - 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered on Jupiter's satellite Io 1979 - China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam 1986 - 27th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Alabama, 83-72 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1879 - Otto Hahn, German physicist and chemist (Nobel 1944, radiothorium/actinium), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1968) 1889 - Oscar Ewing, US government official (Everybody's Business), born in Greensburg, Indiana (d. 1980) 1892 - Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian party leader and Prime Minister (1952-53), born in Ada, Serbia (d. 1971) 1916 - Robert Wolfgang Schnell, German writer, born in Barmen, Germany (d. 1986) 1920 - Eileen Herlie [Herlihy], Scottish-American actress (All My Children, The Angel with the Trumpet), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2008) 1925 - Darwin Vargas [-Wallis], Chilean composer More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1920 - Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69 1971 - Harold Lloyd sr, American silent film actor, comedian, and director (Why Worry, Safety Last!), dies of cancer at 77 1976 - Alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908) 1999 - Hans Eklund, Swedish composer, dies at 71 2006 - Brian Barratt-Boyes, New Zealand heart surgeon (b. 1924) 2021 - Julien-François Zbinden, Swiss jazz pianist, and jazz and classical composer (Monophrases), dies at 103 More Famous Deaths »

1138 - Conrad II von Hohenstaufen re-elected German king 1621 - John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies 1696 - English King William III departs Netherlands 1872 - -8°F (-22°C) in Boston, Massachusetts 1896 - W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's 14th and final comic opera together "The Grand Duke" premieres at the Savoy Theatre, London 1929 - First nonstop flight made from America to Asia across the Bering Strait (Nome to North Cape) by Noel Wien and Calvin Cripe for Wien Air Alaska 1951 - Lillian Hellman's play "Autumn Garden" premieres on Broadway in NYC 1970 - Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (GDR) 1981 - 28th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Maryland, 61-60 1994 - ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1801 - Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law 1866 - 28th Grand National: 1852 winner Alec Goodman wins his second GN aboard Irish 40/1 outsider Salamander 1925 - American Negro Congress organizes 1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1970 - WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting 2017 - 19 girls killed in a fire at a government-run care center in San José Pinula, Guatemala More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1866 - Paul Ernst, German writer, born in Elbingerode, Kingdom of Hanover (d. 1933) 1915 - Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician, French Prime Minister and President of the National Assembly, born in Paris, France (d. 2000) 1936 - Georges Perec, French writer (Seire Noire, Retour a la bien-aimee) 1940 - Viktor Savinykh, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4, T-13, TM-5), born in Berezkiny, Kirov 1944 - Elton Gallegly, American politician (Rep-R-California 1987-2013), born in Huntington Park, California 1954 - Matt Frenette, Canadian rock drummer (Loverboy) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 851 - Nominoe, first Duke of Brittany "father of the country" (Tad ar Vro) 1928 - Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist, dies at 76 1955 - Tom Dugan, Irish actor (Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway), dies at 66 1966 - Mike Millward, English musician (The Fourmost), dies of leukemia at 23 2006 - Ansen [Nancy Ann] Dibble, Dutch sci-fi author (Summerfair), dies at 63 2013 - Peter Banks [Brockbanks], British rock guitarist and singer-songwriter described as "the architect of progressive music" (Yes, the Syn, Flash), dies of heart failure at 65 More Famous Deaths »

1628 - Emperor Ferdinand II delegates Restitutie-edict 1646 - Joseph Jenkes receives the 1st patent in North America for making scythes from the General Court of Massachusetts 1664 - King Louis XIV and Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant 1831 - Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula" premieres at Teatro Carcano in Milan, Italy 1853 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premieres at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy 1915 - Greek King Constantine I fires premier Venizelos 1943 - Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers 2018 - Pope Francis announces that murdered Salvadorean Archbishop Óscar Romero will be made a saint 2018 - "Highest overdose death rates ever recorded in the US", 142,000 overdoses in 2016-17 period according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018 - American WWII aircraft carrier USS Lexington rediscovered in Australia's Coral Sea, lost during 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1886 - 1st US alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, Massachusetts 1945 - Erich Honnecker and Erich Hanke flee Nazis 1951 - Trial of Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel Rosenberg begins for providing top-secret information to the Soviet Union 1967 - Former union leader Jimmy Hoffa enters Lewisburg Federal Prison 1974 - An unnamed Italian industrialist loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette over 5 hours in Monte Carlo Casino 1994 - Referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania. More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1918 - Howard McGhee, American be-bop jazz trumpeter, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 1987) 1941 - Ann Winterton, British MP 1951 - Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch road cyclist (World Road Race Champion 1978; Amstel Gold Race 1974, 85), born in Amsterdam, New Holland (d. 2004) 1962 - Alison Nicholas, English golfer (US Open 1997), born in Gibraltar 1971 - Roger Salkeld, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Burbank, California 1977 - Marcus Thames, American baseball player More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1836 - Davy Crockett, American frontiersman, adventurer and politician, killed at the Battle of the Alamo at 49 1878 - Julius Caesar, English cricket batsman (first English tours to North America 1859-60, Australia and NZ 1864-5; Surrey CCC), dies from dropsy at 47 1962 - Rezső Kókai, Hungarian pianist, composer, musicologist, and pedagogue, dies at 56 1984 - Ian Cromb, New Zealand cricketer (5 Tests for NZ, 123 runs, 8 wkts), dies at 78 1994 - Tengiz Abuladze, Soviet Georgian filmmaker (Repentence), dies at 70 1996 - Stanley Booth-Clibborn, British Anglican Bishop of Manchester, dies at 71 More Famous Deaths »

1684 - Emperor Leopold I, Poland and Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz 1743 - 1st US religious journal, The Christian History, published in Boston 1746 - Jacobite troops leave Aberdeen 1845 - 7th Grand National: William Loft aboard outsider Cure-All wins in record time of 10 minutes, 47 seconds 1853 - Piano company Steinway and Sons founded by Heinrich Steinweg (later Henry Steinway) in New York City 1856 - Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads 1978 - "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 performances 1989 - 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000 1995 - Graves of Tsar Nicholas II and family found in St Petersburg 2013 - Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolás Maduro assumes the presidency after the death of Hugo Chávez More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1820 - Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays 1912 - Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, using them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines. 1935 - 1st premature baby health law in US (Chicago) 1936 - Spitfire makes its 1st flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton) 1985 - 38th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs): "The Killing Fields" Best Film, Wim Wenders Best Director 1994 - PBA National Championship won by David Traber More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1870 - Frank Norris, journalist and writer (McTeague, Octopus), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1902) 1897 - Soong Mei-ling [Madame Chiang Kai-shek], Chinese political figure and First Lady of the Republic of China (1948-75), born in Shanghai (d. 2003) 1922 - James Noble, American actor (Benson, 1776, Airplane II: The Sequel), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2016) 1939 - Terry Curry, English multi-millionaire 1942 - Felipe González, Prime Minister of Spain, 1982-96, born in Seville 1946 - Richard Bell, Canadian musician (Full Tilt Boogie Band), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2007) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1576 - Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 1611 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533) 1873 - Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, French composer, dies at 34 1955 - Antanas Merkys, President of Lithuania (b. 1888) 1991 - Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland, dies at 109 2018 - Kjerstin Dellert, Swedish opera singer, dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »