CoM Moderators Posted March 30 Posted March 30 Historical Events 1909 - New York's Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens 1922 - KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions 1945 - World War II: a defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1 to Americans 1946 - Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 and 3-19) 1997 - TV network Channel 5 begins broadcasting in the UK More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1835 - Bernhard Scholz, German composer, conductor, and pedagogue, born in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse (d. 1916) 1906 - Max Tishler, American organic chemist at Merck who synthesized Vitamin B2 and developed antibiotic for poultry, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1989) 1926 - Lord Rayner [Derek Rayner], British businessman and chief executive (Marks and Spencer), born in Norwich, Norfolk (d. 1998) 1948 - Justin Deas, American actor (As The World Turns, Santa Barbara), born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania 1964 - Vlado Bozinovski, Yugoslavian-Australian footballer, born in Ohrid, SFR Yugoslavia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1959 - Riccardo Zanella, president of Free State of Fiume (b. 1875) 1969 - Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1968), dies during Le Mans testing accident at 34 1976 - Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, Dutch actress (Hostage Rights), dies at 99 2003 - Valentin Pavlov, Russian politician and Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (1991), dies at 65 2010 - Martin Sandberger, German military officer (b. 1911) More Famous Deaths »
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