CoM Moderators Posted March 5 Posted March 5 Historical Events 1858 - Abolitionists establish "Crispus Attucks Day" in Boston 1959 - Iran and US sign economic and military treaty 1970 - "Airport" based on the book by Arthur Hailey, directed by George Seaton and starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin is released 1994 - Jefffesron Airplane/Starship singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop 2019 - Japanese architect Arata Isozaki wins architecture's Pritzker Prize More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1817 - Austen Henry Layard, British archaeologist and diplomat (work in Mesopotamia including rediscovery of Nineveh), born in Paris, France (d. 1894) 1921 - Elmer Valo, American baseball outfielder (one of only 4, four-decade MLB players 1939-61; Philadelphia, KC Athletics), born in Rybník Czechoslovakia (d. 1998) 1932 - Earl Woods, American author (father of Tiger Woods; 2 x books about upbringing and coaching), born in Manhattan, Kansas (d. 2006) 1948 - Eddy Grant, Guyanese–British reggae singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist ("Electric Avenue"), born in Plaisance, British Guiana 1973 - Nicole Pratt, Australian tennis star (1995 Futures Australia), born in Mackay, Queensland More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1950 - Sid Grauman, American entrepreneur, established the Chinese Theatre and Egyptian Theatre, dies from coronary occlusion at 70 1994 - Abdullah Al-Sallal, President of Yemen (1962-67), dies 2006 - Richard Kuklinski, American mafia hit man, dies at 70 2010 - Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer who killed three children, dies in prison at 71 2018 - Hayden White, American "literary criticism" historian (Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe), dies at 89 More Famous Deaths »
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