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1627 - France and Spain sign accord for fighting protestantism 1774 - The British parliament passes first of the Intolerable Acts: the Boston Port Act, which closed Boston harbor until colonists would pay for damages following the Boston Tea Party 1868 - Jesse James Gang robs a bank in Russellville, Kentucky, of $14,000 1891 - 53rd Grand National: Irish jockey, trainer Harry Beasley wins aboard 4/1 Come Away 1900 - US Secretary of State John Hay announces that all nations to whom he sent notes calling for an 'open door' policy in China have essentially accepted his stand 1934 - American all-round female super athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias pitches a hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in their exhibition pre-season baseball game against Brooklyn Dodgers 1956 - USSR performs nuclear test 1977 - Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India 1994 - El Salvador's 1st presidential election following 12-year-old civil war 2020 - After 20 years with the New England Patriots, six-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady officially agrees to move to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a 2-year $50m guaranteed deal More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1616 - Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana 1932 - Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR 1954 - 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley, 92-76; Explorers' small forward Tom Gola is named tournament Most Outstanding Player 1982 - France beats Ireland, 22-9 at the Parc des Princes, Paris but the Irish take the Five Nations Rugby Championship with a 3-1 record and also their 5th Triple Crown 1987 - FDA approves sale of AZT (AIDS treatment) 2000 - Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after a gun battle that leaves a Georgia sheriff's deputy dead More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1469 - Princess Cecily of York (d. 1507) 1873 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian-American piano virtuoso, conductor, and composer (Aleko; Piano Concerto No. 3), born in Oneg or Semyonovo, Russian Empire (d. 1943) [NS=Apr 1] 1883 - Karl Hasse, German composer, born in Dohna (d. 1960) 1922 - Larry Elgart, American big band jazz alto saxophonist, and bandleader ("Bandstand Boogie"; "Hooked On Swing"), born in New London, Connecticut (d. 2017) 1948 - John de Lancie, American actor (Star Trek Next Generation - "Q"; Days of Our Lives), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1986 - Dean Geyer, South African-Australian singer-songwriter (Australian Idol), and actor (Neighbours; Glee), born in Johannesburg, South Africa More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1937 - Harry Vardon, Jersey golfer (6 time British Open champion, US Open 1900), dies of lung cancer at 66 1969 - Henri Longchambon, French politician, dies at 72 1982 - Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral, dies at 52 1983 - Ivan Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (analytic number theory), dies at 91 1994 - Lewis Grizzard, American humorist (b. 1946) 2010 - Stewart Udall, American politician, environmentalist (b. 1920) More Famous Deaths »

1880 - 42nd Grand National: Tommy Beasley aboard Irish 8/1 chance Empress wins by 2 lengths from defending champion The Liberator 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 1954 - US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins 1955 - 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats La Salle, 77-63; Dons' future Hall of Fame center Bill Russell is named tournament Most Outstanding Player 1962 - "All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances 1978 - PGA Tournament Players Championship, Sawgrass CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his 3rd TPC title, 1 stroke ahead of Lou Graham; 4th straight start for Nicklaus that ends with a top-2 finish 1989 - Wales beats England, 12-9 at Cardiff Arms Park to allow France to claim it's 9th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship 1989 - Boeing V-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight 1994 - England beats Wales, 15-8 at Twickenham, London but the Welsh take the Five Nations Rugby Championship as title decided by using points difference for the first time 2004 - Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20. More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1918 - US Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time 1973 - Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency" 1989 - Wales beats England, 12-9 at Cardiff Arms Park to allow France to claim it's 9th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship 1995 - Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450) 2001 - The Bank of Japan issued a monetary policy known as quantitative easing, which stimulated the Japanese economy after the burst of the dot-com bubble. 2018 - Mississippi signs into law the US's strictest abortion laws, no termination after 15 weeks More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1668 - Francesco Gasparini, Italian baroque composer (Ambleto; Missa Canonica), born in Camaiore, Lucca (now Italy) (d. 1727) 1813 - David Livingstone, Scottish explorer who was famously found by Henry Morton Stanley in Africa, born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1873) 1914 - Jiang Qing [Madame Mao], Chinese communist and wife of Mao Zedong, born in Zhucheng, Shandong, China (d. 1991) 1929 - Herman van San, composer 1972 - Nate Quarry, American mixed martial arts fighter (The Ultimate Fighter; co-host MMA Uncensored Live), born in Arcata, California 1979 - Hee-Seop Choi, Korean baseball player More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1556 - Lieven van der Maude [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70 1897 - Antoine T. d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87 1939 - Lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist 1994 - Giuseppe Diana, Italian anti-mafia priest, murdered 2007 - Luther Ingram, American soul singer and songwriter (b. 1937) 2008 - Raghuvaran, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam actor (b. 1948) More Famous Deaths »

1662 - First public bus service begins, promoted by Blaise Pascal, operates in Paris as the "Carosses a Cinq Sous" until 1675 1870 - 1st US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland California) 1891 - Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone 1938 - NY 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women 1944 - Nazi Germany occupies Hungary 1950 - CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship 1965 - Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced 1990 - 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends 2011 - MESSENGER spacecraft enters Mercury's orbit 2014 - US closes the Syrian embassy in Washington and expels all Syrian diplomats More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1859 - Vera Cruz besieged by Miramon (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform 1913 - King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki 1939 - England beats Scotland, 9-6 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh to force a share of the Home Nations Rugby Championship with Wales and Ireland 1966 - General Suharto forms government in Indonesia 1994 - South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police 2021 - US Senate confirms William Joseph Burns as new CIA Director More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1909 - Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (d. 2007) 1910 - Chiang Ching-huo, Chinese politician (son of Chinese president Chiang Kai-shek, President of Taiwan 1978-88), born in Fenghua, Zhejiang, China (d. 1988) 1914 - César Guerra-Peixe, Brazilian violinist and composer (Brasilia Symphony), born in Petrópolis, Brazil (d. 1993) 1925 - James Pickles, English judge and columnist, born in Halifax, West Yorkshire (d. 2010) 1926 - Peter Graves [Aurness], American actor (Mission Impossible, Airplane!, Stalag 17), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2010) 1996 - Madeline Carroll, American actress More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1886 - Leopold Zunz, German Jewish scholar (Science of Judaism), dies at 91 1944 - Benjamin Delmonte, theater director and actor (Black Haired Whore), dies at 79 1947 - William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (General Motors), dies at 85 1958 - Sigve Lie, Norwegian sailor (Olympic gold dragon class 1948, 52), dies at 51 1983 - Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist (b. 1910) 2022 - John Clayton, American sports journalist/reporter (The Pittsburgh Press, The News Tribune; ESPN), dies at 67 More Famous Deaths »

1800 - British warship HMS Queen Charlotte catches fire off the Tuscan Archipelago; 700 die 1842 - Treaty of 1842: Wyandotte (Huron) Indian nation cedes 114,000 acres of land in Ohio and Michigan to US, in exchange for 148,000 acres west of the Mississippi 1897 - British boxer Bob Fitzsimmons KOs American champion 'Gentleman' Jim Corbett in the 14th round to win World Heavyweight title in Carson City, Nevada 1900 - American modern dancer Isadora Duncan gives her first Europen performance in London, England 1943 - Physician Willem J. Kolff performs the world's first 'hemodialysis' using his artificial kidney machine, however the treatment is unsuccessful and the patient dies, in the Netherlands 1959 - Australia and USSR restore diplomatic relations 1960 - US President Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA 1961 - Jaguar head William Lyons debuts the first E-Type model at the Geneva International Motor Show, creating a sensation 1995 - Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams visits the White House in Washington, D.C. 2021 - America's Cup, Auckland: Emirates Team New Zealand beats Italian yacht Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli by 46s in race 10 for a 7-3 series victory and retain the cup More Historical Events »

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 »