|
What happened in history on this day: March 7?
On March 7 in ...
- 161 - Antoninus Pius [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at age 74.
- 1040 - Harold I King of England (1035-40), dies.
- 1111 - Bohemund I of Tarente French ruler of Antioch, dies.
- 1138 - Conrad II von Hohenstaufen re-elected German king.
- 1274 - Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian, religious writer, influenced official policy of Catholic Church, dies at age 48.
- 1305 - Gwijde van Dampierre count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at age 78.
- 1530 - King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church.
- 1543 - Birth of Johan Casimir count of Rhine (occupied Gent).
- 1560 - Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, N Africa.
- 1573 - Turkey and Venice signs peace treaty.
- 1574 - Birth of John Wilbye composer.
- 1602 - Birth of Kano Tanju Japanese painter (palaces, portraits).
- 1621 - Birth of Georg Neumark composer.
- 1621 - John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies.
- 1633 - Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg.
- 1644 - Massachusetts establishes first two-chamber legislature in colonies.
- 1659 - Birth of Henry Purcell English organist/composer (Dido and Aeneas).
- 1663 - Birth of Tomaso Antonio Vitali composer.
- 1682 - Birth of Johan W van Ripperda Dutch diplomat/baron/duke.
- 1693 - Birth of Clement XIII [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69).
- 1696 - English King Willem III departs Netherlands.
- 1707 - Birth of Stephen Hopkins (Governor-Rhode Island) signed Declaration of Independence.
- 1715 - Birth of Ewald Christian von Kleist German lyric poet (Der Frühling).
- 1719 - Steven J Vennekool Amsterdam's master builder, buried.
- 1724 - Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at age 68.
- 1731 - Birth of Jean-Louis Laruette composer.
- 1737 - Guido Starhemberg Austrian earl/fieldmarshal, dies at age 79.
- 1750 - Cornelis Troost Dutch painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at age 52.
- 1761 - Antonio Palella composer, dies at age 68.
- 1762 - Birth of Sebastiaan C Nederburgh director-general (East Indies Company).
- 1765 - Birth of Joseph N Niépce French inventor (photography).
- 1769 - Birth of Josef Alois Ladurner composer.
- 1773 - Birth of Tommaso Marchesi composer.
- 1774 - British close port of Boston to all commerce.
- 1778 - Captain James Cook first sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay.
- 1785 - France gives Sweden the island of St. Bartholomew in the West Indies.
- 1785 - Birth of Alessandro Manzoni Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed).
- 1786 - Frantisek Benda composer, dies at age 76.
- 1792 - Birth of John Herschel in Slough, England; William Herschel's son, astronomer.
- 1797 - Birth of Karl Schwencke composer.
- 1799 - Birth of Frantisek L Celakovsky Czechoslovakian poet (national anthem, folk song).
- 1801 - Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law.
- 1802 - Johann Georg Witthauer composer, dies at age 50.
- 1804 - John Wedgwood founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies.
- 1807 - Birth of Franz Grave von Pocci German poet/composer (Der Alchemist).
- 1808 - Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro.
- 1809 - Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Austrian composer, dies at age 73.
- 1810 - Albertus H Wiese Governor-General of Netherland Indies, dies at about age 48.
- 1811 - Birth of Christian Heinrich Hohmann composer.
- 1813 - Birth of Judocus Smits Dutch Catholic newspaper pioneer/founder (The Time).
- 1820 - Birth of Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman composer.
- 1822 - Birth of Victor Masse composer.
- 1824 - Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" premieres in Venice.
- 1827 - Birth of Henry DeLamar Clayton Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889.
- 1831 - Birth of John Bratton [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brigadier General.
- 1832 - Birth of Orlando Metcalfe Poe Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1895.
- 1833 - Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin German author, dies at age 61.
- 1835 - HMS Beagle returns from Concepción to Valparaiso.
- 1837 - Birth of Henry Draper in Virginia, USA; astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter) (dies 1882).
- 1841 - Birth of Olegario Víctor Andrade Argentina, poet (El nido de cóndores).
- 1842 - Birth of Anne van Diest Belgian physician/feminist.
- 1842 - Christian Theodor Weinlig composer, dies at age 61.
- 1843 - First Catholic Governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office.
- 1844 - Birth of Anthony Comstock New Canaan Connecticut, anti-vice crusader/philatelist.
- 1847 - US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico.
- 1848 - In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed.
- 1849 - Birth of Luther Burbank Lancaster Massachusetts, horticulturist.
- 1850 - Birth of Tomás G Masaryk Czechoslovakia, Father/President of Czechoslovakia (1918-35).
- 1850 - Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850.
- 1851 - Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends.
- 1852 - Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law.
- 1854 - Charles Miller patents first US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes.
- 1856 - Birth of Matilde Serao [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne).
- 1857 - Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs.
- 1857 - Birth of Julius Wagner von Jauregg Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel Prize 1927).
- 1858 - Birth of Nikolai Artzibushev composer.
- 1862 - Ben McCulloch US Confederate Brigadier-General (KIA), dies at age 50.
- 1862 - John Baillie McIntosh US General-Major (Union Army), dies at age 32.
- 1862 - William Slack US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle.
- 1862 - Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Generals McCulloch and McIntosh killed.
- 1865 - Battles round Kinston, North Carolina.
- 1866 - Birth of Paul Ernst writer.
- 1869 - Birth of Ernst J Cohen Dutch chemist.
- 1870 - Cincinnati Red Stockings, first pro BB team, begin 8-month tour of Midwest and East.
- 1872 - -8 degrees F in Boston Massachusetts.
- 1872 - Birth of Piet Mondrian Holland, abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie).
- 1872 - Birth of Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov composer.
- 1875 - Birth of Maurice Joseph Ravel Cibourne France, composer (Boléro).
- 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for the telephone.
- 1876 - Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians.
- 1883 - Birth of Carl Deis composer.
- 1886 - Birth of Raymond Largay Wisconsin; actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl).
- 1887 - Birth of Heino Eller composer.
- 1888 - Birth of Alidius van Starkenborch Stachouwer Governor of Netherland Indies (1936-45).
- 1891 - Birth of Marcel Barger [Meyer Streliskie], cabaret performer (I keep Susy).
- 1895 - Birth of Juan Jose Castro composer.
- 1896 - Birth of Erwin Bodky composer.
- 1896 - Gilbert and Sullivan's last operette "Grand Duke" premieres in London.
- 1898 - Birth of Jan Bata Czechoslovakian shoe manufacturer.
- 1900 - Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees.
- 1900 - Birth of Giuseppe Capogrossi Italian painter.
- 1900 - Birth of [Albert] Carel Willink Dutch painter (magic realism).
- 1900 - Stanley Cup: Montréal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in two games.
- 1902 - Birth of Heinz [Heinrich William] Ruehmann Essen Germany; actor/director (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick).
- 1902 - Boers beat British troop in Tweebosch Transvaal.
- 1904 - Birth of Ivar Ballangrud Norway, Olympics speed skater (4 gold, two silver).
- 1904 - Birth of Reinhard Heydrich German Governor (Bohemen/Moravia (Lidice)).
- 1904 - Birth of Virginia Downing actress (Gig, Butterfield 8).
- 1904 - Birth of Willy Forst Austria actor/director (Vienna Blood).
- 1905 - Birth of Vera Fjodorova Panova Russian author (Sputniki).
- 1906 - Birth of Alejandro Garcia Caturla composer.
- 1906 - Birth of Hans Lachman composer.
- 1906 - Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor.
- 1907 - Birth of Juan Francisco Giacobbe composer.
- 1907 - Birth of Mircea Eliade religious historian (Le Yoga).
- 1907 - Victor Alphonse Duvernoy composer, dies at age 64.
- 1908 - Birth of Anna Magnani Rome Italy, actress (Rose Tattoo, Miracle).
- 1908 - Birth of Joop [Joseph] van Santen Dutch first chamber member (CPN).
- 1908 - Birth of Tomas de Manzarraga composer.
- 1908 - Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announced that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles".
- 1909 - Birth of Greta Schoon writer.
- 1909 - Birth of Leo Malet writer.
- 1911 - Antonio Fogazzarro Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at age 68.
- 1911 - Birth of Stefan Kisielewski composer.
- 1911 - US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border.
- 1911 - Willis Farnsworth, Petaluma California, patents coin-operated locker.
- 1912 - Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole.
- 1914 - Birth of Morton DaCosta Philadelphia Pennsylvania, director (Island of Love, Music Man).
- 1914 - Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania.
- 1915 - Birth of Jacques Chaban-Delmas French politician.
- 1917 - First jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step", recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden New Jersey.
- 1917 - Birth of Davis Roberts Mobile Alabama; actor (Mr Johnson-Boone).
- 1917 - Birth of Janet Collins ballerina.
- 1917 - Birth of Robert Erickson composer.
- 1918 - Birth of June Wayne artist/lithographer/teacher.
- 1918 - H Carroll and J McCarthy's musical "Oh, Look!" premieres in New York City, New York.
- 1918 - President Wilson authorizes US Army's Distinguished Service Medal.
- 1919 - Birth of Jocelyn Olaf Hambro financier.
- 1919 - Birth of Mochtar Lubis Indonesian writer (Twilight in Djakarta).
- 1920 - Birth of Willie Watson cricketer (England batsman and soccer international).
- 1921 - Red Army under Trotsky attack sailors of Kronstadt.
- 1922 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard.
- 1922 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Sherwin Badger.
- 1924 - Birth of Eduardo Paolozzi British sculptor (Hydra).
- 1924 - Birth of Kobo Abe Tokyo Japan, playwright (Woman, the Dunes).
- 1924 - Pat Moran manager (Cincinnati Reds), dies of Bright's Disease.
- 1925 - American Negro Congress organizes.
- 1926 - First transatlantic telephone call (London-New York).
- 1926 - Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan composer, dies at age 73.
- 1927 - Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan.
- 1930 - Birth of Anthony Armstrong-Jones [Earl of Snowdon] London England, photographer.
- 1930 - Birth of James Broderick Charleston New Hampshire; actor (Brenner-Brenner, Doug-Family).
- 1930 - Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball.
- 1931 - Akseli V Gallen-Kallela Finnish painter/illustrator, dies at age 65.
- 1931 - Birth of C W Stubblefield music promoter.
- 1931 - Birth of Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen director Social Businesses of Press.
- 1931 - Birth of Donald Barthelme US, writer (Snow White).
- 1931 - Theo van Doesburg [Christian Kupper], painter/architect, dies at age 47.
- 1932 - Aristide Briand 11 x premier of France (Nobel Prize 1926), dies at age 69.
- 1932 - Riots at Ford-factory Dearborn Michigan, kills 4.
- 1933 - Game of "Monopoly" invented.
- 1934 - Birth of King Curtis [Curtis Ousley], rocker.
- 1934 - Birth of Nari Contractor cricketer (Indian batsman and captain).
- 1934 - Birth of Willard Scott; weather forecaster (Today Show).
- 1935 - Saar incorporated into Germany.
- 1936 - Birth of Georges Perec French writer (Seire Noire, Retour a la bien-aimee).
- 1936 - Adolf Hitler denounces the Rhineland provisions of Treaty of Versailles and Locarno Treaty. 14,500 German troops march in to join with 22,000 local police to re-occupy the Rhineland.
- 1936 - German representatives inform foreign ministers and ambassadors of the German re-occupation of the Rhineland, and outline a peace plan including 25-year non-aggression pacts for all countries bordering on Germany.
- 1937 - Birth of Anne Kristen actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay, Sunset Song).
- 1937 - Birth of Don Bonker (Representative-Democrat-Washington, 1975-).
- 1937 - Bucharin, Jagoda and Rykov pushed out of CPSU in USSR.
- 1938 - Birth of Homero Blancas Houston Texas, PGA golfer (1972 Phoenix Open).
- 1938 - Birth of Janet Guthrie race car driver, first woman to race in Indy 500.
- 1939 - Amadeo Roldan composer, dies at age 38.
- 1939 - Birth of Marion Marlowe Saint Louis Missouri, singer (Arthur Godfrey and Friends).
- 1939 - Glamour magazine begins publishing.
- 1939 - Guy Lombardo and Royal Canadians first record "Auld Lang Syne".
- 1940 - Birth of Daniel J Travanti Kenosha Wisconsin; actor (Frank Furillo-
Hill Street Blues).
- 1940 - Birth of Harald Gerlach writer.
- 1940 - Birth of Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke German student leader (Glasnost Berlin).
- 1940 - Birth of Viktor Petrovich Savinykh USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4, T-13, TM-5).
- 1940 - Montreal Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home.
- 1940 - Ray Steele beats B Nagurski in Saint Louis, to become wrestling champion.
- 1941 - Third largest snowfall in New York City, New York history (18.1").
- 1941 - 50,000 British soldiers lands in Greece.
- 1941 - Arnold Schering German musicologist, dies at age 63.
- 1941 - British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
- 1941 - Günther Prien German commandant (U-47), dies in battle.
- 1942 - Fifteen Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta.
- 1942 - First cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee.
- 1942 - Birth of Al[bert] Tanara WLAF defensive coach (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1942 - Birth of Michael Eisner in Mount Kisko, New York; CEO (Walt Disney Company).
- 1942 - Birth of Paul Preuss US, sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire).
- 1942 - Birth of Tammy Faye Bakker; gospel singer/wife of Jim Bakker (PTL).
- 1942 - Birth of Tommy F Robinson (Representative-Democrat-Arkansas, 1985-).
- 1942 - Birth of U N Kulkarni cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68).
- 1943 - Birth of Carole Peel Australian softball assistant coach (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1943 - Birth of Chris White rock bassist (Zombies-Never Even Thought).
- 1943 - Birth of Leon Frank Sylvers rocker.
- 1943 - General-Major Patton arrives in Djebel Kouif Tunisia.
- 1944 - Birth of Elton Gallegly (Representative-Republican-California).
- 1944 - Birth of Jürgen Theobaldy writer.
- 1944 - Birth of Townes Van Zandt musician.
- 1944 - Japans begins offensive in Burma.
- 1945 - Adolf Bartels German writer/racist, dies at age 82.
- 1945 - Birth of Arthur Lee rocker (Vindicator).
- 1945 - Birth of John Heard Washington DC; actor (Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD).
- 1945 - Cologne taken by allied armies.
- 1945 - US 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine.
- 1945 - Yugoslavia government of Tito forms.
- 1946 - British and American governments jointly announce the total score of enemy submarine kills during the war. Total enemy submarine losses from all causes: 996. Germany lost 781, Italy lost 85, and Japan lost 130.
- 1946 - "Three to Make Ready" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 323 performances.
- 1946 - Birth of Matthew Fisher London, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum).
- 1946 - Birth of Peter Wolf rock singer (J Giels Band-Centerfold, Freeze Frame).
- 1946 - Max Frisch' "Santa Cruz" premieres in Zürich.
- 1947 - Birth of Donna Loren Boston Massachusetts, singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo).
- 1947 - Birth of Lewis J Stadlen Brooklyn New York; actor (John-Benson, Savages, Windy City).
- 1947 - Birth of Richard Lawson Loma Linda California; actor (Eddie-The O'Neills).
- 1947 - Birth of Robert O'Neill Crossman politician.
- 1950 - Birth of Franco Harris; NFL fullback (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1950 - Birth of Mark Pinter Decorah Iowa; actor (Karl-Behind the Screen,
Another World).
- 1950 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in London won by Karol Kennedy and Peter Kennedy (USA).
- 1950 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in London won by Alena Vrzanova (Czechoslovakia).
- 1950 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in London won by Richard Button (USA); this is his third consecutive win.
- 1951 - Ali Razmara Shah of Iran (1950-51), assassinated.
- 1951 - Birth of Linda Gibboney actress (
Search for Tomorrow, Jessica-Generations).
- 1951 - Ezzard Charles wins 15-round heavyweight decision against Jersey Joe Walcott.
- 1951 - Ivor Novello British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at age 58.
- 1951 - Lillian Hellman's "Autumn Garden" premieres in New York City, New York.
- 1952 - Birth of Ernie Isley US vocalist/guitarist (It's Your Thing, Heat is On).
- 1952 - Birth of Lynn Swann; NFL receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)/sportscaster.
- 1952 - Birth of Vivian Richards West Indian master blaster.
- 1953 - Birth of Jules Shear rock musician.
- 1953 - Birth of Kathleen Sullivan Pasadena California, newscaster (E!).
- 1953 - Jackie McGlew scores 255 vs New Zealand at Wellington.
- 1954 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open.
- 1954 - Birth of Matt Frenette rock drummer (Loverboy).
- 1954 - Russia wins title in their first international ice hockey competition.
- 1955 - In Los Angeles, California, the 7th Annual Emmy Awards are presented.
- Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series: Danny Thomas for
Make Room for Daddy
- Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series: Loretta Young for
Letter to Loretta
- Best Audience Participation, Quiz or Panel Program:
This Is Your Life and What's My Line?
- Best Children's Program:
Lassie
- Best Daytime Program:
House Party
- Best Dramatic Program:
The United States Steel Hour
- Best Female Singer: Dinah Shore
- Best Individual Program of the Year:
Disneyland
- Best Male Singer: Perry Como
- Best Mystery, Action, or Adventure Program:
Dragnet
- Best News Reporter or Commentator: John Daly
- Best Situation Comedy:
Make Room for Daddy
- Best Sports Program:
Cavalcade of Sports
- Best Supporting Actor in a Regular Series: Art Carney for
The Jackie Gleason Show
- Best Supporting Actress in a Regular Series: Audrey Meadows for
The Jackie Gleason Show
- Best Variety Program:
Disneyland
- Best Western or Adventure Series:
Stories of the Century
- Most Outstanding New Personality: George Gobel.
1955 - Baseball commissioner Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter.
1955 - Mary Martin as "Peter Pan" televised.
1955 - Tom Dugan actor (Pick a Star), dies at age 66.
1956 - Bryan Cranston is born; actor.
1958 - Birth of Rik Mayall; comedian (Drop Dead Fred, Bottom, Little Noises).
1958 - Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo, New York.
1959 - Bells Are Ringing closes at Shubert Theater in New York City after 925 performances.
1959 - First aviator to fly a million miles in a jet (MC Garlow).
1959 - Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies.
1959 - Birth of Thomas Edward Lehman in Austin, Minnesota, USA; PGA golfer (1994 Memorial Tournament).
1959 - Hinsdale Smith, developer of roll-down auto windows, dies at age 88.
1959 - West Indies all out 76 vs Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34.
1960 - Birth of Ivan Lendl in Czechoslovakia; tennis professional (US Open 1985-87).
1960 - Birth of Joe Carter in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays).
1961 - Birth of Mary Beth Evans in Pasadena, California, USA; actress (Katherine - General Hospital, Kayla - Days of Our Lives).
1961 - Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter, dies at age 42.
1961 - Max Hymans, WWII resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at age 60.
1962 - The Beatles make their broadcasting debut on BBC radio.
1962 - Birth of Taylor Dayne [Leslie Wunderman], on Long Island, New York, USA; vocalist ("I'll Always Love You").
1962 - Launch of OSO 1, first astronomy satellite (solar flare data).
1963 - Birth of Mike Eagles in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada; NHL center (Washington Capitals).
1963 - Birth of Mohammad Ishaq; cricketer (United Arab Emirates batsman 1996 World Cup).
1964 - Birth of Amy Baltus in Bloomington, Indiana, USA; WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-13th-1992).
1964 - Birth of Jeff Criswell; NFL tackle (Kansas City Chiefs).
1964 - Wanda Sykes is born; actress.
1964 - Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at age 73.
1965 - Alabama state troopers and 600 black protestors clash in Selma.
1965 - Birth of Cameron Daddo in Melbourne, Australia; actor (Brian Petersen - Models Inc).
1965 - Birth of Jesper Bo Parnevik in Stockholm, Sweden; PGA golfer (1995 Nestle-5th).
1965 - Birth of Steve Beuerlein; NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars, Carolina Panthers).
1965 - Birth of [Willie] Flipper Anderson; NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts).
1965 - Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for New Zealand after ton.
1965 - Christian-democrats win parliament in Chile.
1965 - Queen Louise of Sweden dies peacefully.
1966 - Wait A Minim! opens at John Golden Theater in New York City for 457 performances.
1966 - Birth of Jeff Feagles; NFL punter (Arizona Cardinals).
1966 - Birth of Mel Rojas in Haina, Dominican Republic; pitcher (Montreal Expos).
1966 - Birth of Terry Carkner in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada; NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers).
1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1967 - Birth of Zheng Haixia; WNBA center (Los Angeles Sparks).
1967 - Clark Gesner's musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown premieres in New York City, New York.
1967 - Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins eight-year jail sentence at Lewisburg Federal Prison for defrauding the union and jury tampering (commuted December 23, 1971).
1968 - Birth of Jeff Kent in Bellflower, California, USA; infielder (New York Mets).
1968 - Birth of Ricky Proehl; NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears).
1968 - Yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin, USSR cosmonaut (Vostok I), dies at age 31.
1969 - Birth of Anne Marie Lauck in Rochester, New York, USA; marathoner (Olympics-10th-1996).
1969 - Birth of Anthony Davis; NFL linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs).
1969 - Birth of Brian Jamieson in Livingston, New Jersey, USA; rower (Olympics-silver-1996).
1969 - Birth of Geoff Smith in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers).
1969 - Birth of Matt Blundin; NFL quarterback (Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions).
1969 - Birth of Sam Gash; NFL running back (New England Patriots).
1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
1970 - Birth of Jacquelyn Doucette; Miss Massachusetts-USA (1996).
1970 - Birth of James Calvin Spivey in Schiller Park, Illinois, USA; mile runner.
1970 - Birth of Kathy Gedney in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; WPVA volleyballer (US Open-25th-1994).
1970 - World Ice Dance Championship in Ljubljana won by Liudmila Pakhomova and Alexandr Gorshkov (USSR).
1970 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov (USSR).
1970 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (German Democratic Republic).
1970 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA).
1971 - Rachel Weisz is born; actress.
1971 - Birth of Alison Herst in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; kayaker (Olympics-5-1992, 1996).
1971 - Egypt refuses to renew the Suez ceasefire.
1972 - Birth of Andrew Finch; rower (Olympics-1996).
1972 - Birth of Marina Hatzakis; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
1973 - André de Meulemeester, Belgian WWI pilot [Eagle of Flanders], dies at age 78.
1973 - Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory.
1973 - Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh.
1974 - Monitor (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
1974 - First general strike in Ethiopia.
1974 - Birth of Joost Volmer; soccer player (FC Twente).
1975 - Ben Blue, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at age 73.
1975 - Birth of Andrey Savenkov; hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998).
1975 - Birth of William Hampton; Canadian Football League defensive back (Calgary Stampeders).
1975 - Francine Larrimore, actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at age 76.
1975 - US Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate.
1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1976 - Erwin Kroll, composer, dies at age 90.
1976 - Morocco and Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria.
1977 - Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections.
1977 - Birth of Ludmila Richterova in Kosice, Slovakia; tennis star (1995 Bournemouth).
1977 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin meets US President Jimmy Carter.
1978 - Belgian baron Charles Bracht is kidnapped.
1978 - Vancouver Canucks' Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against New York Islanders.
1978 - Dutch second Chamber votes against neutron bomb.
1979 - Baseball exhibition season opens with semipro and amateur umpires.
1979 - Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at age 84.
1979 - Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer (Fanitullen), dies at age 72.
1979 - Warren Giles and Hack Wilson selected to baseball Hall of Fame.
1980 - Birth of Anthony Ocana; Dominican composer and guitarist.
1980 - Birth of Laura Prepon; American actress.
1981 - John Gnagy, artist (Learn to Draw), dies at age 73.
1981 - Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin, Russian conductor/composer, dies at age 67 (born 1914).
1981 - First homicide at Disneyland, 18-year old is stabbed to death.
1982 - Charles Borromeo Mills, composer, dies at age 68.
1982 - Jarmilla Kratochvilova runs world record 400 metre indoor (49.59 seconds).
1982 - NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for first time.
1982 - Birth of Erika Yamakawa; Japanese talent.
1982 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic.
1983 - TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV.
1983 - The CBS TV network debuts the Disney TV series Small and Frye.
1983 - Igor Markevich, composer, dies at age 70.
1983 - Robert Bray, actor (Corey - Lassie, Simon - Stagecoach West), dies at age 65.
1985 - George Schick, Czechoslovakian conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at age 76.
1985 - IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released.
1985 - Robert W Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at age 95.
1985 - Victor W Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, dies.
1986 - Jacob K Javits (Senator-Republican-New York), dies in Palm Beach, Florida at age 81.
1986 - South Africa emergency crisis in Brabant and Limburg ends.
1986 - Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist.
1987 - Gavaskar becomes first cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs.
1987 - Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1988 - Divine [Harris Glenn Milstead], American transvestite actor (Hairspray, Polyester, Pink Flamingos), dies in Los Angeles, California at age 42 (born 1945).
1988 - Jim Abbott, one-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award.
1988 - Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at age 83 of emphysema.
1988 - Operation Flavius: British Special Air Services fatally shoot three unarmed Irish Republican Army members in Gibraltar.
1989 - Iran breaks off diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom over Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses.
1989 - Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, North West North America, Greenland).
1989 - In Geneva, Switzerland, the Geneva international auto show is held, over eleven days. Chevrolet introduces the Corvette ZR-1 and LT5 engine.
1990 - Three passengers killed and 162 injured as subway train derails in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
1990 - H Wayne Huizenga buys half Joe Robbie Stadium and 15 percent of Miami Dolphins for US$30 million.
1990 - Max Neuhaus, composer, dies at age 50.
1991 - Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait.
1992 - Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200 metre backstroke (2:06.78).
1993 - Arnold Franchetti, Italian/US composer, dies.
1993 - Diff'rent Stroke actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant.
1993 - Earl Wrightson, singer/actor (Pinafore), dies of heart failure at age 77.
1993 - Tony Harris, cricketer (8 Tests for South Africa 1947-49, 100 runs), dies.
1994 - 8th American Comedy Awards: Carrot Top wins.
1994 - African National Congress chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa.
1994 - Charles Taylor resigns as President of Liberia.
1994 - David Platt appointed captain of English football team.
1994 - US Navy issues first permanent order assigning women on combat ship.
1994 - Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.
1995 - Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record).
1995 - Don Cook, British foreign correspondent, dies at age 74.
1995 - Jaap van den Hurk, TV-director (NCRV), dies.
1995 - Jacques Lefebvre Belgian, air force general, commits suicide at age 64.
1995 - John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer teacher organist, dies at age 69.
1995 - New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty.
1995 - Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, dies at age 87.
1995 - Thijmen Kuijt, resistance fighter/co-found paper (Typhoon), dies at age 82.
1995 - Death of Georges J.F. Kohler, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1946).
1996 - First surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope).
1996 - Aled Eames, maritime historian, dies at age 74.
1996 - British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order.
1996 - Magic Johnson is second NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists.
1997 - 11th Soul Train Music Awards.
1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Jungle 2 Jungle to theaters.
1997 - Five sue Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life.
1997 - Death of Martin Kippenberger, German artist (born 1953).
1997 - Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome and Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site.
1997 - Death of Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912).
1998 - Death of Bernarr Rainbow, historian of music education, organist, and choir master, (born 1914).
1998 - The Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan is fined for burning a cross in his garden and infringing air regulations in California.
1999 - Death of Sidney Gottlieb, American Central Intelligence Agency official (born 1918).
1999 - Death of Stanley Kubrick, American film director and producer (born 1928).
2000 - George W. Bush and Al Gore emerge victorious in the Republican and Democratic caucuses and primaries of the United States presidential election.
2004 - Death of Paul Winfield, American actor (heart attack) (born 1941).
2006 - In their World Baseball Classic debut, Team USA blank Mexico, 2-0.
2006 - Fifteen people die and many others are injured in three blasts throughout Varanasi, India.
2006 - Apple Inc. is granted the patent to the iPod.
2007 - Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737-400, crashes at Yogyakarta on the Indonesian island of Java, killing many on board.
2007 - Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 is held.
2008 - The US Federal Reserve promises to provide up to US$200 billion in temporary loans to banks and bond-market dealers.
2008 - A dozen tornadoes cause much damage in northern Florida and southern Georgia. Cars are flipped, trees and power poles knocked down, homes and businesses damaged, and two people are killed.
2008 - A summit is held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Nicaragua re-establish diplomatic relations.
You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.
Bookmark this URL: http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/thisday/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
Other web pages of interest:
Chronology of World History
|