This Day in History
March 14

What happened in history on this day: March 14? On March 14 in ... 840 - Eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at age 69. 1272 - Re Enzo Italian poet/son of Emp Frederik II von Hohenstaufen, dies. 1298 - Petrus Johannis Olivi South France theologist, dies. 1490 - Charles I Duke of Savoy, dies at age 21. 1558 - Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor. 1559 - Jacques d'Auchy Walloon baptist merchant, executed. 1559 - Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht and Woudrichem, Netherlands. 1573 - Claude II of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered Admiral Coligny, dies. 1590 - Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League. 1590 - Philip van Egmont General/prince of Gavere, dies in battle at age 30. 1612 - Philip Galle Flemish engraver, dies at about age 74. 1623 - Birth of Adam-Nicolas Gascon composer. 1629 - England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1644 - England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island). 1647 - Frederik Hendrik count of Nassau/prince of Orange, dies at age 63. 1653 - Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno. 1681 - Birth of Georg Philipp Telemann Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer. 1682 - Jacob I van Ruysdael physician/landscape painter, dies at about age 53. 1689 - Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen. 1692 - Birth of Peter Musschenbroek Dutch physician/physicist (Leyden jar). 1726 - Birth of Josef Antonin Stepan composer. 1727 - Birth of Johann Gottlieb Goldberg composer. 1734 - Prince Willem KHF van Orange marries George II's daughter Mary Anne. 1743 - First American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall). 1755 - Birth of Pierre-Louis Couperin composer. 1757 - John Byng English Admiral (Minorca), executed at age 52. 1760 - Anton Filtz composer, dies at age 26. 1768 - Vigilio Blasio Faitello composer, dies at age 58. 1782 - Birth of Thomas Hart Benton (Representative), "Old Bullion". 1794 - Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin. 1795 - Birth of Rubert Lucas Pearsall composer. 1800 - Birth of James Bogardus US inventor/builder (made cast-iron buildings). 1800 - Luigi Chiaramonti crowned Pope Pius VII. 1801 - Christian Friedrich Penzel composer, dies at age 63. 1803 - Birth of F G Klopstock writer. 1803 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock German poet, dies at age 78. 1804 - Birth of Johann Strauss the Elder Viennese violinist/composer (Radetzky March). 1808 - Birth of Catharinus Putnam Buckingham Brigadier General (Union volunteers). 1811 - August Henry Fitzroy English premier (1768-70), dies at age 75. 1812 - US Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812. 1815 - Birth of Josephine Lang composer. 1816 - Birth of Montgomery Dent Corse Alexandria Virginia, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1895. 1820 - Birth of Victor Emmanuel II King of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78). 1821 - African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (New York). 1821 - Birth of Jens Worsaae Denmark, archaeologist. 1823 - Birth of Roswell Sabine Ripley Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1887. 1826 - Birth of William Fisk Sherwin composer. 1826 - General Congress of South American States assembles at Panamá. 1829 - Birth of Charles Charlesworth England (dies at age 7 of old age). 1831 - Birth of Leon Leopold Lewandoski composer. 1833 - Birth of John Sappington Marmaduke Major General (Confederate Army). 1833 - Birth of Lucy Hobbs Taylor first US woman dentist (1866). 1835 - Birth of Giovanni V Schiaparelli Italian astronomer (Mars). 1835 - Birth of Manuel Fernandez Caballero composer. 1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Australia. 1837 - Birth of Charles Ammi Cutter US librarian (Expansive classification/originated Cutter system). 1840 - José Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey" premieres in Madrid. 1843 - Boston conducts its first town meeting (Faneuil Hall). 1844 - Birth of King Umberto I of Italy (1878-1900). 1845 - -5.3 degrees F (-20.7 degrees C) in Groningen. 1847 - Birth of Antonio de Castro Alves Brazilian poet (Espumas Flutuantes). 1854 - Birth of Paul Ehrlich Germany, bacteriologist (Nobel Prize-1908). 1854 - Birth of Thomas Riley Marshall (Democrat) 28th Vice President (1913-21). 1861 - Abraham Louis Niedermeyer composer, dies at age 58. 1862 - Birth of Vilhelm FK Bjerknes Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology. 1862 - Battle of New Bern, North Carolina: General Burnside conquers New Bern. 1864 - Birth of [John] Casey Jones; railroad engineer (Ballad of Casey Jones) (dies 1900). 1864 - Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle" premieres in Paris France. 1864 - Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana. 1870 - California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible. 1873 - Birth of Joannes DJ Aengenent sociologist/bishop of Haarlem (1928-35). 1874 - Birth of Anton F Philips president-director of Philips. 1874 - Birth of Mary Carr Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress (Forbidden Trail, Pack Up Your Troubles). 1875 - Birth of Isadore Gilbert Mudge US, librarian/author/bibliographer (Thackeray Dictionary). 1875 - Birth of Norman Houstoun O'Neill composer. 1875 - Smetana's "Vysehrad" premieres. 1878 - Birth of Carel T Scharten Dutch poet/writer (Forces of the Future). 1879 - Birth of Albert Einstein in Ulm, Germany; (E=mc²/Theory of Relativity, Nobel Prize 1921). 1880 - Birth of Oscar (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire actor/director (Pink Kate). 1883 - Birth of Juan Manen composer. 1883 - Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies at age 64. 1884 - Birth of Albert Egges van Giffen Dutch archaeologist. 1884 - Birth of Winter Haynes Watts composer. 1885 - Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "Mikado" premieres in London. 1887 - Birth of George Creten Belgian sculptor/painter. 1887 - Birth of Lawrence Collingwood composer. 1888 - Second largest snowfall in New York City, New York history (21 inches). 1889 - August Strindberg's "Froken Julie" premieres in Copenhagen. 1889 - German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his "Navigable Balloon." 1891 - Birth of John P Strijbos Dutch writer (Wandering through South Africa). 1892 - Birth of Olive Netta Parsons co-founder (Collet's Bookshop). 1894 - Birth of Josef Schelb composer. 1895 - Birth of Frans Ganshof Belgian historian. 1896 - Sutro Baths (San Francisco) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952). 1899 - Emile Erckmann French writer (Waterloo), dies at age 76. 1899 - Stanley Cup: Montréal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2. 1900 - Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics. 1900 - US currency goes on gold standard. 1901 - First performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A. 1903 - First national bird reservation established in Sebastian Florida. 1903 - Birth of Molla Mustafa Barzani Iran, Kurd leader (KDP). 1903 - Johannes H Weissenbruch Dutch landscape painter, dies at age 88. 1903 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage Thisles in two games. 1903 - WB Yeats and Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass" premieres in Dublin. 1905 - Birth of Raymond Aron French sociologist/political scientist. 1906 - Birth of Ulvi Cemal Erkin composer. 1906 - Calgary City Rugby Football Club forms. 1907 - Birth of Björn-Erik Höijer Swedish writer (Nu dansar Sara). 1908 - Birth of Maurice (Jean Jacques) Merleau-Ponty French philosopher. 1908 - Birth of Nikolay Petrovich Rakov composer. 1908 - Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-4. 1909 - Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms. 1909 - Birth of André Pieyre de Mandiargues French writer (Margin). 1911 - Birth of Pete Piute [Morris Kaufman], New York City, New York, comedian (Village Barn). 1912 - Birth of Les Brown Reinerton Pennsylvania, orchestra leader (and his band of renown). 1912 - King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt. 1913 - Birth of Witold Rudzinski composer. 1913 - John D Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation. 1914 - Lee Petty is born; racecar driver (dies 2000). 1914 - Birth of Fiorenzo Marini Italy, épée (Olympics-gold-1960). 1914 - Birth of Henry Ralph Carr soldier. 1914 - Birth of Jiri Reinberger composer. 1914 - Serbia and Turkey sign peace treaty. 1915 - Birth of Alexander Brott composer. 1915 - Birth of Carlos Surinach Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo). 1915 - Birth of Kenneth Rowntree painter. 1915 - German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile. 1916 - Battle of Verdun: German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun. 1917 - Birth of Macha Louis Rosenthal critic/poet. 1918 - First concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, San Francisco. 1918 - Birth of Dennis Patrick Philadelphia Pennsylvania; actor (Dear Dead Delilah, Dallas, Rituals). 1919 - Birth of Luther Henderson Jr Kansas City Missouri, orchestra leader (Polly Bergen Show). 1919 - Birth of Max Shulman novelist (Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap). 1920 - Birth of Dorothy Tyler-Odam Great Britain, high jumper (Olympics-silver-1936, 1948). 1920 - Birth of Hank Ketcham cartoonist (Dennis the Menace). 1921 - Birth of Lis Hartel Denmark, equestrian dressage (Olympics-silver-1952, 56). 1922 - Birth of Colin Fletcher author (Walking Through Time). 1922 - Birth of Les Baxter US, singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again). 1922 - KGU-AM in Honolulu HI begins radio transmissions. 1922 - KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions. 1922 - WGR-AM in Buffalo New York begins radio transmissions. 1923 - Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galicië in Poland. 1923 - Birth of Diane Arbus photographer/innovator. 1923 - German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP. 1923 - President Warren G Harding became first President filing income tax report and pay taxes. 1925 - Birth of John Barrington Wain England, novelist/poet (Hurry on Down). 1925 - Birth of John Wain England, novelist/poet (Hurry on Down). 1925 - Walter Camp father of American football, dies at age 65. 1926 - Birth of François d'Assise Morel composer. 1927 - Birth of Bill Rexford auto racer. 1927 - Birth of Joop F Wolff Dutch editor (Truth)/Dutch politician (CPN). 1928 - Birth of Frank Borman Gary Indiana, astronaut (Gemini 7, Apollo 8)/CEO-Eastern Airlines. 1929 - Birth of Thomas Bell Jr race horse trainer. 1930 - Birth of Dieter Schnebel German vicar/composer. 1930 - Birth of Ray Flockton cricketer (prolific New South Wales batsman of 1950s). 1931 - First theater built for rear movie projection (New York City, New York). 1931 - Birth of Bob Goalby golfer (British Open-1968, Canadian Open-1968, New Zealand-1970). 1931 - Birth of Phil Phillips [Baptiste] rock vocalist (Sea Of Love). 1932 - George Eastman, US industrialist (Kodak-camera), suicide at age 77. 1933 - Birth of Michael Caine [Maurice J Micklewhite] in Bermondsey, London, England; actor (Blame it on Rio, Alfie, Educating Rita). 1933 - Birth of Quincy Jones Jr in Chicago, Illinois, jazz and R&B producer/composer/singer ("We Are The World"). 1933 - Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation. 1933 - In the British House of Commons, Winston Churchill urges creation of an air force adequate to defend the civilian population. 1934 - Birth of Eugene A Cernan Chicago Illinois, Captain USN/astronaut (Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17). 1934 - Birth of Shirley Scott swing/blues organist (with Stanley Turrentine). 1935 - 36-Folsom becomes first line to use one-man streetcars. 1935 - Birth of Jo van den Booren composer. 1936 - Birth of Bob Charles Carterton New Zealand, PGA golfer (1963 Houston Open). 1936 - Federal Register, first magazine of the US government, publishes first issue. 1937 - Battle of the Century: Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio. 1937 - Birth of Peter van der Merwe cricketer (South African captain of mid-1960s). 1937 - Pope Pius XI publishes anti-Nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge. 1938 - Birth of Johnny Gleeson cricketer (mystery spinner for Australia 1966-72). 1939 - Birth of Bertrand Blier Paris France, novelist/director (Going Places). 1939 - Birth of William Benjamin Lenoir Miami Florida, astronaut (STS-5). 1939 - England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day. 1939 - Slovakia and Ruthenice declare their independence from the Czech government in Prague. 1940 - 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen Texas. 1940 - Birth of Eleanor Bron Stanmore Middlesex England, actress (Women in Love, Bedazzled). 1941 - Birth of Wolfgang Petersen Emden Germany; actor (Shattered, Enemy Mine). 1941 - Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies. 1941 - Xavier Cugat and his Orchestraestra record "Babalu". 1942 - Birth of Jerry Jeff Walker Oneonta New York, country singer (Mr Bojangles). 1942 - Birth of John Whittaker English real estate developer (Peel Holdings). 1942 - Birth of Rita Tushingham Liverpool England, actress (Green Eyes, Doctor Zhivago). 1942 - John Bumstead and Orvan Hess become the first in the world to successfully treat a patient using penicillin. 1943 - Birth of Jim Pons Santa Monica California, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together). 1944 - Birth of Clyde Lee NBA player. 1944 - Birth of Peter Paul Zahl writer. 1944 - Pavel Grigor'yevich composer, dies at age 66. 1945 - Birth of Herman[us J] van Veen Netherlands, cabareter/singer/composer/writer. 1945 - Birth of Michael Martin Murphey Dallas Texas, country singer (Wildfire). 1945 - Birth of Walter Parazaider Chicago Illinois, rock saxophonist (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now). 1945 - RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm. 1946 - Belgian government of Spaak, forms. 1946 - Birth of Jasper Carrott English comedian (Jane and the Lost City, Detectives). 1946 - Birth of Steve Kanaly Burbank California; actor (Fleshburn, Ray Krebbs-Dallas). 1946 - Birth of Wes Unseld NBA all-star (Baltimore Bullets, Most Valuable Player 1969). 1947 - Birth of Billy Crystal in Long Beach, New York; actor/comedian (Soap, Saturday Night Live, City Slickers). 1947 - Birth of Jan [AJ] te Veldhuis Dutch Member of Parliament (VVD). 1947 - Birth of Jimmy O'Rourke rocker. 1947 - Birth of William Jefferson (Representative-Democrat-Louisiana). 1948 - Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco. 1950 - Rick Dees is born; disc jockey. 1950 - Birth of Michael Ford son of President Gerald and Betty Ford. 1950 - FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins. 1951 - Birth of Rick Dees radio disc jock (KIIS Los Angeles). 1951 - During Korean War, US/UN forces recapture Seoul. 1951 - Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany. 1952 - Birth of David Byrne guitarist/vocalist (Talking Heads-Burning Down the House). 1952 - Birth of J Fred Muggs chimp (Today show). 1953 - Birth of Tim McKee US, 400 metre medley swimmer (Olympics-silver-1972). 1953 - Klement Gottwald premier/President of Czechoslovakia, dies at age 56. 1953 - Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as Secretary of Communist Party. 1954 - Birth of David La Croix race horse trainer. 1954 - Birth of Jann Browne country singer (Mexican Wind). 1954 - Braves Henry Aaron homers in his first exhibition game. 1954 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship. 1954 - Ludomir Michal Rogowski composer, dies at age 72. 1954 - NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak. 1955 - Birth of Boon Gould rock guitarist (Level 42-Hot Water). 1955 - Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal. 1956 - Birth of Natalya Dmitriyevna Kuleshova Russia, cosmonaut. 1956 - Birth of Tessa Sanderson Kingston Jamaica, British javelin thrower (Olympics-gold-84). 1956 - Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League). 1957 - Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns. 1958 - Birth of Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre; Prince of Monaco/bobsledder (Olympics-1988). 1958 - Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/critic/composer, dies at age 64. 1958 - RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is created and certifies first gold record (Perry Como's "Catch A Falling Star"). 1958 - South Africa government disallows African National Congress. 1958 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1958 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test. 1959 - Birth of Patrick Dupond in Paris, France; dancer (La Bayadere). 1960 - Birth of Kirby Puckett; centerfielder (Minnesota Twins) (dies 2006). 1960 - Fourteen die in a train crash in Bakersfield, California, USA. 1960 - Birth of George Horvath in Sweden; pentathlete (Olympics-1980). 1960 - Birth of Helen Hopkins in Donneybrook, Australia; golfer (Australian International 1983). 1960 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points. 1961 - Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies at age 78. 1961 - Birth of Gary Dell'Abate Uniondale in Long Island, New York, USA; producer (Howard Stern Show, Private Parts). 1961 - Birth of Grigoriy Kornev; Russian speed walker (world record 5 km). 1961 - Birth of Russell Todd; actor (Jamie Frame - Another World). 1961 - George Weiss becomes president of New York Mets. 1962 - Disarmament conference opens in Geneva, Switzerland, without France. 1962 - Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) is second NHL player to score 500 goals. 1963 - Birth of Bruce Reid; cricketer (brilliant left-arm Australia pace bowler 1985-92). 1963 - Birth of Pedro Duque in Madrid, Spain; engineer/astronaut (STS 78 alternate, sk-95). 1963 - San Francisco's Guy Rodgers ties NBA record with 28 assists. 1964 - Birth of Donald Evans; NFL defensive end/tackle (New York Jets). 1964 - Birth of Richard Migliore; jockey. 1964 - Dallas, Texas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death for Lee Harvey Oswald murder. 1965 - Birth of John Stephenson; cricketer (England opening bat in one Test vs Australia 1989). 1965 - Birth of Kevin Brown in Mcintyre, Georgia, USA; pitcher (Florida Marlins). 1965 - Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany. 1966 - Birth of Darcy Wakaluk in Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada; NHL goalie (Dallas Stars). 1966 - Birth of Tertius Bosch; cricketer (South African pace bowler 1992). 1967 - First NFL-AFL common draft, Baltimore Colts pick Bubba Smith. 1967 - Birth of Edward M Fincke in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Captain USAF/astronaut. 1967 - Birth of Melissa Brennan Reeves in Eatontown, New Jersey, USA; actress (Jennifer - Days of Our Lives). 1967 - Birth of Vijay Yadav; cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper between More and Mongia). 1967 - The late US President John Kennedy's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial. 1968 - Birth of Megan Follows; actress (Chase, Anne of Green Gables). 1968 - CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the US Central Intelligence Agency. 1968 - Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies. 1968 - POM performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga, Australia. 1969 - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes first woman jockey to win at Aqueduct. 1969 - Ben Shahn, US painter, dies at age 70. 1969 - Birth of Greg Biekert; NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders). 1969 - Birth of Larry Johnson; NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets, New York Knicks). 1969 - Birth of Laura Leighton; actress (Sydney - Melrose Place, The Other Woman). 1969 - Birth of Ty[rel] Bennion in Seattle, Washington, USA; rower (Olympics-1996). 1969 - Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, West Indies vs New Zealand. 1970 - Birth of Meredith Salenger; actress (Dream a Little Dream, The Kiss). 1970 - Birth of Thomas McLemore; NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts). 1970 - In Canada, Quebec is the first province to launch a legal lottery. The Inter Plus lottery offers a CDN$150,000 grand prize for $2 tickets. 1971 - Birth of Ernie Brown; Canadian Football League defensive tackle (Calgary Stampeders). 1971 - South Vietnamese troops flee Laos. 1971 - The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes. 1972 - Birth of Antowain Smith; running back (Buffalo Bills). 1972 - Birth of Aris Brimanis in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; NHL defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers). 1972 - Birth of Clover Maitland; Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympics-1996). 1972 - Birth of Tom Barndt; NFL/WLAF guard (Kansas City Chiefs, Scottish Claymores). 1972 - NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to Kansas City. 1973 - Birth of Chris Sullivan; defensive end (New England Patriots). 1973 - Liam Cosgrave is appointed president of Ireland. 1973 - Murat B "Chic" Young, US comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at age 72. 1974 - Birth of Justine Joyce; Australian rower (Olympics-1996). 1975 - Susan Hayward, actress (Young and Willing), dies at age 56. 1976 - Alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at age 79. 1976 - Birth of Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer in Auckland, New Zealand; 3k independent pursuit cyclist (Olympics-1996). 1976 - Busby Berkeley, US choreographer/director (Strike Up the Band), dies at age 80. 1976 - Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race. 1976 - Martha Saalfeldt, writer, dies. 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1978 - US Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (one dead). 1978 - NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge). 1979 - Chris Klein is born; actor. 1980 - World Ice Dance Championship in Dortmund, West Germany won by Krisztina Regoczy and Andras Sallay (Hungary). 1980 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Marina Cherkasova and Sergei Shakhrai (USSR). 1980 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch. 1980 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann (German Democratic Republic). 1980 - In Poland, a plane crashes during an emergency landing near Warsaw, killing a 14-man American boxing team and 73 others. 1980 - Birth of Aaron Brown; English footballer. 1980 - Death of Anna Jantar, Polish Singer - LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 Crash. 1981 - René Clair, French director (It Happened Tomorrow), dies at age 82?. 1981 - Ken Barrington, cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies. 1982 - Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic. 1982 - Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's first Test Cricket century. 1982 - Birth of Kate Maberly; actress (Secret Garden). 1982 - Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer, dies at age 59. 1983 - Birth of Bakhtiyar Artayev; Kazakh boxer. 1983 - Birth of Jordan Taylor Hanson in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; singer-Hanson (MMMBop). 1983 - Maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at age 55. 1983 - OPEC cuts oil prices for first time in 23 years. 1984 - Space shuttle Challenger moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base for mating of STS 41-C mission. 1984 - Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams and three others are seriously injured in a gun attack by the UVF. 1984 - Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at age 75. 1985 - 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins four awards. 1985 - Michael Secrest (US) completes 24-hour ride of 516 miles, 427 yards. 1986 - Birth of Jamie Bell; British actor. 1986 - Benno Ammann, composer, dies at age 81. 1986 - Edith Atwater, of Chicago, Illinois, actress (Phyllis - Love on a Rooftop), dies at age 74. 1986 - European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km). 1986 - Jozef Kresanek, composer, dies at age 73. 1987 - Birth of Aravane Rezaï; Iranian-French tennis player. 1987 - New York Mets' Darryl Strawberry charges Boston Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl. 1987 - Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-87. 1987 - Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194 metres. 1989 - Birth of Oliver Bernsen, son of Corbin Bernsen and Amanda Pays. 1989 - Edward Abbey, American author and environmentalist, dies after surgery at age 62 (born 1927). 1989 - Zita, Empress of Austria/Queen of Hungary, dies at age 96. 1989 - Christian General Michel Aoun declares a 'War of Liberation' to rid Lebanon of Syrian forces and their allies. 1989 - U.S. President George H. W. Bush bans the importation of certain guns deemed assault weapons into the United States. 1989 - Death of Stephen D. Bechtel, Sr., American businessman (born 1900). 1990 - 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson. 1991 - After 16 years in prison for allegedly bombing a pub in an Irish Republican Army attack, the "Birmingham Six" are freed when the British Court of Appeal determines that the police fabricated evidence. 1991 - Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave. 1991 - Howard Ashman, American song writer ("Under the Sea"), dies of AIDS at 40 (born 1950). 1991 - Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies at age 68. 1991 - Jerome "Doc" Pomus, American lyricist ("Save Last Dance for Me"), dies at 65 (born 1925). 1991 - Robert Maroff dies at age 57. 1991 - World Ice Dance Championship in Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (France). 1991 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev (USSR). 1991 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA). 1991 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (Canada). 1992 - C V Wood Jr, theme park developer (Disneyland), dies of cancer at age 71. 1992 - Farm Aid V. 1992 - Jean Poiret, French actor/writer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at age 65. 1992 - Ralph James, actor (Orson-Mork and Mindy), dies at age 67. 1992 - Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication. 1992 - Steven Brian Pennell is first execution in Delaware in 45 years, at age 34. 1992 - Birth of Keaton Tyndall, American actress. 1992 - Birth of Kylie Tyndall, American actress. 1993 - "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale New York City after 462 performances. 1993 - "Face Value" closes at Cort Theater New York City after performances. 1993 - "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 49 performances. 1993 - Johan Koss skates world record 5 km (6:06.57). 1993 - Meg Mallon wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship. 1994 - The NBC TV network begins airing Disney's Someone Like Me show. 1994 - Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released. 1994 - Birth of Frankie Ryan Manriquez, American actor. 1994 - Abdelkader Alloula Algerian, playwright, murdered. 1994 - Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped. 1994 - Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage, writer, dies at age 57. 1994 - Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov and N Thagard. 1994 - Apple Computer introduces its first Power Macintosh computers, featuring 60 to 80 MHz PowerPC processors. Apple successfully managed a major processor transformation, without losing significant market share. 1995 - Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American to ride into space aboard a Russian launch vehicle (the Soyuz TM-21), lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 1995 - Gerard Thomas Victory, composer, dies at age 73. 1995 - Johan W "Jo" van Marle, CEO (KNVB, 1980-93), dies at age 70. 1995 - William A Fowler, US nuclear/astro-physicist (Nobel Prize 1983), dies at age 83 (born 1911). 1995 - The US National Labor Relations Board announces it will charge Major League Baseball owners with two counts of unfair labor practices. 1996 - Australia beat West Indies by five runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi-final. 1996 - Dewi Lorwerth Ellis Bebb, rugby international/journalist, dies at age 57. 1996 - Nico Kiasashvii, professor of English Literature, dies at age 69. 1996 - Vic Marshall, chemist, dies at age 74. 1997 - 68-year-old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch. 1997 - Death of Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born American director, at age 69 of a heart attack (born 1907). 1997 - Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80. 1997 - John Curtis Jr, president/CEO (Luby's Cafe), commits suicide at age 58. 1997 - Olympics gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E Sullivan Award. 1997 - President Bill Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery. 1998 - In Northern Iran, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs. Five people killed and 50 injured. Two thousand houses destroyed, 10,000 people left homeless. 2002 - 125 vehicles are involved in a massive pile-up on Interstate 75 in Ringgold, Georgia, USA. 2002 - Death of Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author (born 1930). 2002 - The German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer dies. 2003 - The Milwaukee Brewers' TV/radio play-by-play announcer, Bob Uecker is chosen for induction into the broadcasters' wing of the Hall of Fame as the recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award. 2004 - Two suicide bombers kill eleven Israeli civilians in Ashdod, Israel. 2004 - Spanish legislative election: The incumbent government led by José María Aznar is defeated by the Socialist José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. 2004 - Russian presidential election: Vladimir Putin easily wins a second term. 2005 - The People's Republic of China ratifies an anti-secession law, aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring independence. 2005 - Approximately one million people gather for an opposition rally in Beirut, a month after the death of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. It is the largest rally in Lebanon's history. 2006 - Washington D.C. officials unveil the designs for a new 41,000-seat ballpark. 2006 - Death of Lennart Meri, President of Estonia (born 1929). 2007 - Birth of Simeon Hassan Muñoz, son of Princess Kalina of Bulgaria and Kitín Muñoz. 2007 - Death of Lucie Aubrac, French World War II Resistance fighter (born 1912). 2007 - Death of Gareth Hunt, English actor (born 1943). 2008 - Violent riots occur in Lhasa, Tibet, against Chinese presence. 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