CoM Moderators Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Historical Events 1936 - "The Great Ziegfeld" directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring William Powell and Luise Rainer premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 1937 1971 - 6th Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Lynn Anderson win 1986 - HBO launches boxing's heavyweight-title-unification-tournament 1994 - South African government and ANC take power in Ciskei homeland 2021 - Sanctions imposed on Chinese officials over rights abuses against Uighurs in China by EU, UK, US and Canada 2022 - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party reaches a deal with opposition New Democratic Party to stay in power till 2025 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1609 - John II Casimir Vasa [Jan Kazimierz], King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1648-68), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1672) 1720 - Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect who introduced Neoclassical architecture to Denmark, born in St. Germain des Noyers (d. 1799) 1925 - Colin Spedding, British biologist and animal welfare advocate (d. 2012) 1934 - Orrin Hatch, American politician (US Senator from Utah (R), 1977-2019) longest-serving Utah US Senator, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2022) 1941 - Jeremy Clyde, English pop singer and guitarist (Chad and Jeremy - "A Summer Song") and actor (The Iron Lady), born in Dorney, Buckinghamshire 1946 - Laraine Ashton, fashion models' agent (London) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1758 - Jonathan Edwards, American Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (Original Sin), dies at 54 1771 - Gottlieb Rabener, German author (Vom Misbrauch of the Satire), dies at 56 1959 - Olga Knipper. Russian-Soviet stage actress, and wife of Anton Chekhov, dies at 1996 - Don Murray, American drummer (The Turtles), dies from post-operative complications at 50 1996 - Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS 5, STS 51-B), dies at 59 2017 - Francine Hughes Wilson, American domestic abuse victim "The Burning Bed" who changed pubic perceptions, dies at 69 More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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