This Day in History
March 26

What happened in history on this day: March 26? On March 26 in ... 752 - Pope Stephen II dies only four days after his election. 809 - Liudger, missionary/first bishop of Münster/saint, dies at about age 66. 1027 - John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German emperor. 1147 - Jewish community in Cologne fast to commemorate anti-Jewish violence. 1150 - Tichborne family of Hampshire England started tradition of giving a gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise. 1258 - Floris the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies. 1350 - Alfonso XI King of Castile and León, dies. 1479 - Birth of Vasili III great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III. 1516 - Birth of Konrad von Gesner Zürich Switzerland, naturalist (Bibliotheca Universalis). 1526 - King François I returns Spanish captivity to France. 1534 - Lübeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea. 1546 - Thomas Elyot British diplomat, dies. 1566 - Antonio de Cabezon composer, dies. 1577 - Birth of Elisabeth of Nassau daughter of Willem I and Charlotte of Bourbon. 1636 - University of Utrecht opening ceremony. 1638 - Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz painter, dies at about age 30. 1649 - John Winthrop Puritan and first Governor (Massachusetts), dies. 1657 - Jacob van Eyck Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at age 69. 1659 - Birth of William Wollaston Coton England, philosopher. 1668 - England takes control of Bombay India. 1671 - Birth of Giacomo Cesare Predieri composer. 1684 - Birth of Johann Graf composer. 1692 - King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands. 1713 - Pal Esterhazy composer, dies at age 77. 1717 - Birth of Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila composer. 1726 - John Vanbrugh Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at age 62. 1736 - Georg Balthasar Schott composer, dies at age 49. 1753 - Birth of Benjamin Thompson physicist (Royal Institute of Great Britain, Woburn Massachusetts). 1758 - Birth of Johann Daniel Ferstenberg composer. 1773 - Birth of Nathaniel Bowditch mathematician/astronomer/polyglot/author (Marine Sextant). 1780 - First British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette and Sunday Monitor). 1783 - Birth of Johann Baptist Weigl composer. 1790 - US Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires two-year residency. 1793 - Pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France. 1797 - James Hutton geologist, dies. 1799 - Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine. 1804 - US Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana. 1804 - Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase. 1806 - Birth of Josef Slavik composer. 1809 - Gabriele Mario Piozzi composer, dies at age 68. 1812 - In Venezuela, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurs, destroying 90 percent of the city of Caracas. 26,000 killed. 1813 - Birth of Thomas West Sherman Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1879. 1817 - Birth of Herman Haupt Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1905. 1819 - Birth of Francisco Eduardo da Costa composer. 1819 - Birth of Louise Otto Germany, author/feminist. 1820 - Jean-Etienne Despreaux composer, dies at age 71. 1821 - Birth of Earnest Angel German statistician (Law of Angel). 1821 - Franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess" premieres in Vienna. 1824 - First performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis". 1827 - Birth of Emanuel Kania composer. 1827 - Ludwig van Beethoven German composer (Appassionata), dies in Wien (Vienna) at age 56. 1830 - Birth of Eliza Laurillard Dutch vicar/poet/writer. 1830 - Birth of John Rogers Thomas composer. 1831 - Richard Allen AME Church Bishop, dies at age 71. 1833 - Birth of Betsy Perk [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist. 1837 - Joseph Lincke composer, dies at age 53. 1839 - First Henley Royal Regatta. 1840 - Birth of Carli Zoeller composer. 1840 - Birth of George Smith London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script)). 1845 - Joseph Francis, New York City, New York, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat. 1845 - Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid. 1850 - Birth of Edward Bellamy author (Looking Backward). 1854 - Birth of Braulio Dueno Colon composer. 1856 - Birth of David Alfred Thomas Glamorganshire United Kingdom, first Viscount Rhondda. 1856 - New South Wales' first first-class game, vs Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales won. 1859 - First sighting of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury. 1859 - Birth of A[lfred] E[dward] Housman England, poet (Shropshire Lad). 1859 - Birth of Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov composer. 1862 - Birth of George William Louis Marshall-Hall composer. 1862 - Battle of La Glorieta Pass, New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch). 1863 - Birth of Henry Royce founder (Rolls-Royce Limited in 1884). 1863 - Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves. 1865 - Thomas Hancock pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies. 1868 - Birth of Fuad I king of Egypt (1922-36). 1871 - Birth of Serafín Alvarez Quintéro Spanish dramatist/playwright (El Flechazo). 1871 - François-Joseph Fétis Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at age 87. 1871 - Paris Commune founded. 1872 - In Owens Valley, California, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurs. 1872 - Thomas J Martin patents fire extinguisher. 1873 - Birth of [Louise] Sophie de Vries actress (On Hope of Blessing). 1874 - Birth of Gerald du Maurier London England; actor (Power, Escape, Masks and Faces). 1874 - Birth of Oskar Nedbal composer. 1874 - Birth of Robert Frost San Francisco California, poet (Mending Wall, Road Not Taken). 1875 - Birth of Syngman Rhee President of South Korea (1948-60). 1878 - Hastings College of Law founded. 1878 - Sabi Game Reserve, world's first official designated game reserve, opens. 1880 - Birth of Duncan Hines US, restaurant guide writer (Out of Kentucky Kitchens). 1880 - Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras composer, dies at age 62. 1884 - Birth of Wilhelm Backhaus Leipzig Germany, pianist (Rubinstein 1905). 1885 - Birth of Julius Harrison composer. 1885 - Birth of Robert Blackburn British aviation pioneer. 1885 - Eastman Film Co manufactures first commercial motion picture film. 1885 - Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan. 1886 - First cremation in England. 1888 - Birth of Sigurd Erixon Swedish etnologist (Atlas över Svensk Folk culture). 1889 - Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26 out of 47! South Africa vs England. 1889 - Birth of Vaclav Kapral composer. 1889 - Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 and 8-11) vs South Africa at Newlands. 1889 - South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 vs England. 1890 - Birth of Jozef Arras Flemish writer. 1892 - Anton Wallerstein composer, dies at age 78. 1892 - Walt Whitman poet, dies in Camden New Jersey at age 72. 1893 - Birth of Palmiro Togliatti founder (Communist Party of Italy). 1894 - Birth of Will Wright San Francisco California; actor (Living Christ Story). 1895 - King Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day. 1896 - Birth of Richard Flury composer. 1896 - Nanny v Hof writer, dies. 1897 - Birth of Jean Epstein French director (Sa tête/Eau vive). 1898 - Birth of Renzo Massarani composer. 1899 - Birth of James B Connant chemist/college president (Yale). 1899 - Birth of William Baines composer. 1900 - First edition The (Free) People (Netherlands, probably Amsterdam). 1900 - Birth of Isadore Freed composer. 1900 - Isaac Mayer Wise rabbi/found American Hebrew Congregations, dies at age 80. 1902 - Birth of Leslie Melville economist. 1902 - Cecil Rhodes Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890-96) dies at age 48. 1903 - American Hotel opens in Amsterdam. 1904 - Birth of Emilio Fernandez El Seco Mexico, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre). 1904 - Birth of Hermann Schroeder composer. 1904 - Birth of Joseph Campbell mythologist (Mythic Image). 1905 - Birth of Pablo Garrido composer. 1905 - Birth of Viktor Emil Frankl pyschiatrist (Man's Search for Meaning). 1907 - Birth of Leigh Harline composer. 1907 - Birth of Louis Saguer composer. 1908 - Birth of Betty MacDonald [Anne E Campbell Bard], US writer (Egg and I). 1908 - Birth of Dr Kenneth Mellanby entomologist. 1908 - Birth of Hank Sylvern Brooklyn New York, orchestra leader (Jane Froman's USA Canteen). 1908 - Birth of Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling Essen Germany, tennis star (French 1935). 1908 - Birth of Robert William Paine architect. 1909 - August Strindberg's "Bjalb-jarle-ti" premieres in Stockholm. 1909 - Birth of Chips Rafferty Broken Hill Australia; actor (Desert Rats). 1909 - Birth of Chris[tiaan R] Reumer Dutch opera singer. 1909 - Nikolai Arkas composer, dies at age 56. 1910 - US forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers and the sick. 1910 - William H Lewis appointed Assistant Attorney General of US. 1911 - Birth of Bernard Katz biophysicist. 1911 - Birth of Tennessee Williams Columbus Mississippi, dramatist (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof). 1913 - Construction work on the Panama Canal peaks with 44,733 workers on site. 1913 - Birth of Paul Erdos mathematician. 1913 - Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the first Balkan War. 1913 - Dayton Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, and Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously. 1914 - Birth of Ian McGeoch Vice-Admiral. 1914 - Birth of William Westmoreland Saxon South Carolina, army general (Vietnam era). 1915 - Stanley Cup: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Ottawa Senators in 3. 1916 - Birdman of Alcatraz receives solitary. 1916 - Birth of Bill Edrich cricketer (Middlesex and England bat, Compton's mate). 1916 - Birth of Christian B Anfinsen US chemist (cell physiology, Nobel Prize 1972). 1916 - Birth of Harry Rabinowitz British composer/conductor. 1916 - Birth of Mort Abrahams producer (Dr Doolittle, Planet Of Apes). 1916 - Birth of Sterling Hayden Upper Montclair New Jersey; actor (Dr Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra). 1916 - Birth of Vic Schoen Brooklyn New York, orchestra leader (Patti Page Olds Show). 1917 - Birth of Jean Graham Hall circuit court judge (England). 1917 - Birth of Rufus Thomas Cayce Mississippi, singer (Walking the Dog). 1917 - Stanley Cup: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1; Seattle is first US team to win Stanley Cup. 1918 - César A Cui Lithuanian fort builder/composer, dies at age 83. 1919 - Birth of Strother Martin Kokomo Indiana; actor (Cool Hand Luke, Slapshot). 1920 - Birth of George E Brown Jr (Representative-Democrat-California, 1963-71, 73-). 1921 - Birth of George Jefferson CEO (British Telecom). 1921 - Birth of Joe Loco [Jose Esteves, Jr], musician. 1921 - Birth of Peter Horsley CEO (Osprey Aviation). 1922 - Birth of William Milliken actor (Drive-in). 1923 - Birth of Bob Elliot Boston Massachusetts, comedian (Bob and Ray, Get a Life). 1923 - Birth of Clifton Williams Traskwood Arkansas, band master (Sinfonians). 1923 - Birth of Elizabeth Jane Howard British novelist (After Julius). 1923 - Sarah Bernhardt [Henriette-Rosine Bernard] actress (Qn Elizabeth), dies at age 77. 1923 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), three games to 1. 1924 - Augusto de Oliviera Machado composer, dies at age 78. 1924 - Premiere of Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan" in London. 1925 - Birth of Claudio Spies composer. 1925 - Birth of Lord Graham of Edmonton House of Lords (chief opposition whip). 1925 - Birth of Lord Hooson QC crown court recorder. 1925 - Birth of Maqsood Ahmed cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56). 1925 - Birth of Pierre Boulez Montbrison France, composer/conductor (Visage Nuptial). 1926 - ACD de Graeff appointed Governor-General of Dutch East-Indies. 1926 - Birth of Ann Curtis US, 400 metre freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-1948). 1926 - Georges Vezina NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Montreal Canadiens), dies. 1926 - Konstantin Fehrenbach German reichs chancellor (1920-21), dies at age 74. 1926 - The first lip-reading tournament held in America. 1927 - Alfred Hugenberg purchases German film company UFA. 1927 - Birth of Jonathan Tod Vice-Admiral (England). 1927 - Gaumont-British Film Corporation forms. 1928 - Birth of Carole Carr singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men). 1929 - Birth of Amédée Turner QC/MEP. 1929 - Birth of Maurice Simon jazz musician. 1930 - Birth of Cristobal Halffter composer. 1930 - Birth of Gregory Corso beat poet (Happy Birthday of Death, Long Live Man). 1930 - Birth of Sandra Day O'Connor El Paso Texas, first woman Supreme Court Justice (1981-). 1930 - US Congress appropriates $50,000 for Inter-American highway. 1931 - Birth of Leonard Nimoy Boston Massachusetts; actor (Spock-Star Trek, Mission Impossible). 1931 - Iraq and Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty. 1931 - Leo Bentley bowls three consecutive perfect games in Lorain Ohio. 1931 - New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capitol of British-Indies. 1932 - Birth of Dick Nolan football coach. 1932 - Jean Cartan composer, dies at age 25. 1934 - Birth of Alan Arkin New York City, New York; actor (Catch 22, In-Laws, Simon, Wait Until Dark). 1934 - Birth of G T Pryce CEO (Dalgety). 1934 - Birth of Gino Cappelletti ORFU, AFL running back (AFL Player of Year 1964). 1934 - Driving tests introduced in Britain. 1934 - Grete Gulbransson writer, dies at age 51. 1935 - "RvJ" Mitchell and Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire. 1935 - Birth of Earl of Kinnoull. 1936 - First parliamentary debate on New Zealand radio. 1936 - Corning Glass Works ships a 20-ton, 200-inch cast Pyrex mirror-blank from Corning, New Tork, to Pasadena, California, to be finished for the Hale telescope. 1936 - Birth of Erich Urbanner composer. 1936 - Birth of Fred Paris rocker (Five Satins). 1936 - Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska. 1937 - Albert Relf cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide. 1937 - Birth of Barbara Pearl Jones Chicago Illinois, 4X100 metre relayer (Olympics-gold-1952, 60). 1937 - Birth of Lord Chetwode. 1937 - Birth of Wayne Embry holder of 7 basketball records (Miami of Ohio). 1937 - Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice and replace his 40 with 36 ounce bat. 1937 - Spinach growers of Crystal City Texas, erect statue of Popeye. 1937 - William H Hastie becomes first black federal judge (Virgin Islands). 1938 - NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's third Symphony. 1939 - Birth of Colin Webb general manager (Press Association). 1939 - Birth of James Caan Bronx New York; actor (Brian's Song, Killer Elite, Godfather). 1939 - Birth of Phillip R Allen Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; actor (Harry-Hardy Boys Mystery, Mitch-Alice). 1939 - Birth of Stuart Sutherland Professor Emeritus (Sussex University). 1940 - Birth of Bill Indiana; Bishop-designate (Truro). 1940 - Birth of Braulio Baeza jockey (National Horse Racing Hall of Famer). 1940 - Birth of Nancy Pelosi (Representative-Democrat-California). 1940 - Birth of Rod Lauren rocker (If I Had a Girl). 1940 - Birth of Servaes [J S] Huys Dutch Member of Parliament (PvdA). 1940 - Ernest Hemingway and Benjamin Glazer premiere in New York City, New York. 1941 - (0020 hours) A military revolt in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, lead by General Dusan Simovic, overthrows the Regency and pro-Axis government. 1941 - Birth of Barclay Plager hockey player/twin brother of hockey's Bob Plager. 1941 - Birth of Bob Plager hockey player/twin brother of hockey's Barclay Plager. 1942 - First "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz and Birkenau Camps. 1942 - First 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec. 1942 - 20 tons of gelignite kills 21 in a stone quarry in Easton Pennsylvania. 1942 - Birth of Erica Jong [Mann] New York City, New York, author (Fear of Flying). 1942 - German offensive in North-Africa under Colonel-General Rommel. 1943 - First woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott). 1943 - Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean. 1943 - Birth of Robert Woodward investigative reporter (Watergate, US Central Intelligence Agency crimes). 1944 - 705 British bombers attack Essen. 1944 - Benjamin Crémieux French author (In Buchenwald), dies at age 55. 1944 - Birth of Diana Ross [Earle] Detroit Michigan, (Supremes, Lady Sings the Blues, Mahogany). 1945 - Birth of Mikhail Voronin USSR, horse vault gymnast (Olympics-gold-1968). 1945 - British premier Churchill looks over at the Rhine (near Ginsberg). 1945 - David Lloyd George British (Liberal) premier (1916-22), dies at age 82. 1945 - De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34. 1945 - Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine. 1945 - Isaack Stouten resistance fighter, shot to death at age 29. 1945 - Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima. 1945 - Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto. 1945 - US 7th Army crosses Rhine at Worms. 1945 - Venray soccer team forms. 1946 - Birth of Johnny Crawford Los Angeles California; actor (Mark-The Rifleman). 1947 - Birth of Carmen Krolis Suriname/Netherlands singer. 1948 - Birth of Kyung-Wha Chung Seoul Korea, violinist (Chung Sisters). 1948 - Birth of Richard Tandy rock bassist (ELO). 1948 - Birth of Steven Tyler New York City, New York, rock vocalist (Dream On, Walk This Way, Aerosmith-Janie's Got a Gun). 1948 - Helen Ernst German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about age 43. 1949 - 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36. 1949 - Birth of Baroness Hayman. 1949 - Birth of Fran Sheehan Boston Massachusetts, rock bassist (Boston-More than a Feeling). 1949 - Birth of Vicki Lawrence Inglewood California, actress (Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family). 1950 - Birth of Ernest Thomas Gary Indiana; actor (Roger-What's Happening!!). 1950 - Birth of Graham Barlow cricketer (England batsman in three Tests 1976-77). 1950 - Birth of Martin Short Hamilton Ontario, comedian (Saturday Night Live, SCTV, Three Amigos). 1950 - Birth of Ronnie McDowell Fountain Head Tennessee, country singer (King is Gone). 1950 - Birth of Teddy Pendergrass Philadelphia Pennsylvania, singer (Turn Off the Lights). 1950 - Birth of Tony Papenfuss Minneapolis Minnesota, (Daryl-Newhart). 1951 - Birth of Richard B Shull US actor (Hail to the Chief, Big Bus). 1951 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Sandhills Women's Golf Open. 1951 - USAF flag approved. 1952 - 14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats Saint Johns 80-63. 1952 - Birth of David Amess Member of Parliament. 1952 - F Dürrenmatt's "Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi" premieres in Munich. 1953 - Albert Spalding composer, dies at age 64. 1953 - Birth of Michael Bonagura Newark New Jersey, country singer (Baille and Boys-Oh Heart). 1953 - Birth of Tatyana Providokhina Russian 1K runner (world record). 1953 - Dr Jonas Salk announces new vaccine to prevent polio [myelitis]. 1954 - Birth of Curtis Sliwa founder (Guardian Angels)/radio personality (WABC). 1954 - Birth of Piers Gardner director (British Institute of International and Comparative Law). 1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island. 1955 - "Ballad of Davy Crockett" becomes the #1 record in US. 1955 - Birth of Dean Dillon Lake City Tennessee, country singer (Chair). 1956 - Birth of Charly McClain Jackson Tennessee, country singer (Radio Heart). 1956 - Birth of Tatyana Kochergina USSR, team handball (Olympics-gold-1976, 80). 1956 - Medic Alert Foundation forms. 1956 - Red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One. 1956 - Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann composer, dies at age 70. 1957 - Birth of Leeza Gibbons in Hartsville, South Carolina, USA; TV host (Entertainment Tonight, Leeza). 1957 - Birth of Walter Rohlfing in Dusseldorf, Germany; WLAF defensive line coach (Rhein Fire). 1957 - Max Ophüls [Maximilian Oppenheimer], German/French director (Caught, Exile), dies. 1958 - 30th Academy Awards - Bridge on the River Kwai, Alec Guinness, and Joanne Woodward win. 1958 - Birth of Philip Brown in Coalinga, California, USA; actor (Doris Day Show, Colbys). 1958 - Phil Mead, cricketer (55061 first-class runs 1905-36), dies. 1958 - US Army launches America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III". 1959 - Birth of David Delong in Portland, Oregon, USA; Canadian Tour golfer (1988 British Columbia Open). 1959 - Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at age 71. 1959 - Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs West Indies age 15 years 124 days. 1960 - Birth of Billy Warlock in Hawthorne, California, USA; actor (Flip - Happy Days, Baywatch). 1960 - Birth of Debbie Hall; LPGA golfer. 1960 - Birth of Marcus Allen; NFL running back (Los Angeles Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs, Heisman 1981). 1960 - Birth of Michael Evans in Fontana, California, USA; US water polo player (Olympics-silver-1988). 1960 - Iraq executes 30 after attack on President Kassem. 1960 - Baltimore Orioles-Cincinnati Reds series for Havana, Cuba is moved to Miami, Florida. 1960 - USC captures NCAA swimming title. 1961 - Birth of Leigh Bowery; designer. 1961 - Birth of William Hague; Secretary of State for Wales. 1961 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Golden Circle of Golf Festival. 1962 - Birth of John Stockton in Spokane, Washington, USA; NBA guard (Utah Jazz, Olympics-gold-1996). 1962 - Birth of Kevin Seitzer in Springfield, Illinois, USA; infielder (Milwaukee Brewers). 1962 - Birth of Maarten de Young; soccer player (SC Heerenveen). 1962 - Birth of Richard Coles; rocker (Communards - "Don't Leave Me This Way"). 1962 - Birth of Yuri Pavlovich in Gidzenko, Russia; Lieutenant-Colonel/cosmonaut. 1962 - Marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at age 64. 1962 - US Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature. 1963 - Birth of Paul de Leeuw; Dutch TV host (Cry of the Lion). 1963 - Birth of Rebecca Twigg in Seattle, Washington, USA; 79K cyclist (Olympics-silver-1984, 1992, 1996). 1964 - Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand opens at Winter Garden Theater in New York City for 1,348 performances. 1964 - Birth of Ab Plugboer; soccer player (FC Utrecht). 1964 - Birth of Ulf Samuelsson in Fagersta, Sweden; NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, New York Rangers). 1966 - Birth of Lee Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA; Nike golfer (1992 Texarkana Open-5th). 1966 - Birth of Mike Remlinger in Middletown, New York, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds). 1966 - Birth of Wesley Walls; NFL tight end (New Orleans Saints). 1967 - 21st Tony Awards: Homecoming and Cabaret win. 1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Venice Ladies' Golf Open. 1967 - Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Populorum progressio. 1968 - Birth of Edward Kaminski in Kansas City, Kansas, USA; javelin thrower. 1968 - Birth of Ian Hutchings in Zimbabwe; Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Klondike Klassic). 1968 - Birth of Jose Vizcaino in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic; infielder (New York Mets). 1968 - Birth of Kari Gronroos; WLAF kicker (Scotland Claymores). 1968 - Birth of Mike Trevathan; Canadian Football League slot back (British Columbia Lions). 1968 - Birth of Shane Reynolds in Bastrop, Louisiana, USA; pitcher (Houston Astros). 1969 - B[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at age 87. 1969 - Birth of Elizabeth Howell in Clinton, Mississippi, USA; Miss Mississippi-America (1990). 1969 - Birth of Luke Richardson in Ottawa, Canada; NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers). 1969 - Birth of Vikram Rathour; cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1996-). 1969 - Günther Weisenborn, German/Argentine writer (Illegals), dies at age 66. 1969 - Marcus Welby M.D., a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV. 1969 - Nuclear reactor Dodewaard in Netherlands goes into use. 1969 - Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched. 1970 - 500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945. 1970 - Birth of Evan Richards in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Frankie-Mama Malone). 1970 - Birth of Paul Bosvelt; soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles/FC Twente). 1971 - Benny Hill Show tops TV ratings. 1971 - Cannon with William Conrad premieres on CBS-TV. 1971 - Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence. 1971 - Birth of Dave DeGraaf in Lansing, Michigan, USA; team handball circle (Olympics-1996). 1971 - Birth of Jesus Tavarez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; outfielder (Florida Marlins). 1971 - Birth of Rennae Stubbs in Sydney, Australia; tennis star. 1971 - Birth of Tommy Fagan; Canadian Football League/NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons, Winnipeg Blue Bombers). 1972 - Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic. 1972 - Birth of Naoko Kijimuta in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; tennis star (1996 Jakarta). 1972 - Birth of Steve Anderson; Canadian Football League defensive linebacker (Calgary Stampeders). 1972 - Los Angeles Lakers break NBA record by winning 69 of 82 games. 1973 - 35th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76; this is UCLA's 7th consecutive NCAA basketball title. 1973 - Birth of Marshall Faulk; running back (Indianapolis Colts). 1973 - George Sisler, hall of famer first baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at age 80. 1973 - Noel Coward, English playwright (Private Letters), dies at age 73. 1973 - Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at age 67. 1973 - Soap opera The Young and the Restless premieres on American TV. 1973 - Susan Shaw is first woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange. 1974 - Birth of Alfred Shipman; Canadian Football League slot back (British Columbia Lions). 1974 - Birth of Hakeem Abdul-samad; rocker (Boys). 1974 - Birth of Irina Spirlea in Bucharest, Romania; tennis star (1996 Amelia Island). 1974 - Birth of Mike Peca in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Buffalo Sabres). 1974 - George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in two rounds for heavyweight boxing title. 1974 - Romanian communist party names party leader Nicolae Ceausescu President. 1975 - Rock opera Tommy by The Who premieres in London, England. 1975 - Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at age 68. 1975 - Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win and NHL record of 17 straight losses. 1976 - American League approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for US$7 million. 1976 - Richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at age 75. 1977 - Elvis Costello releases his first record "Less Than Zero". 1979 - 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Michigan State Spartans beat Indiana State Sycamores, 75-64 as Magic Johnson outscores Larry Bird, 24-19; this snaps Indiana State's 33-game win streak. 1979 - Birth of Heidi Zeigler, actress (Sherry - Just the 10 of Us). 1979 - Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington DC. 1979 - Jean Stafford, US author (Boston Adventure), dies at age 63. 1979 - San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants announce plans to play exhibition series in Tokyo but Giants' players reject it. 1980 - Bombay, India, gets its first rock concert in ten years (The Police). 1980 - Jon-Jon Poulos, rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at age 32. 1981 - Police and Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo, Yugoslavia. 1981 - Soyuz T-4 lands. 1981 - Tim Wall, cricketer (SA vs New South Wales 1933 is Sheffield Shield record), dies. 1981 - The British Social Democratic Party is launched at the Connaught Rooms in London. 1981 - Cyril Dean Darlington, biologist (hereditary mechanisms), dies at age 77. 1982 - TV soap opera Capitol premieres. 1982 - A ground breaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, DC. 1982 - Agathe "Henriëtte" de Beaufort, writer (Dolly of Arnhem), dies at age 91. 1983 - Anthony F Blunt, British art historian/spy for USSR, dies at age 75. 1983 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1984 - Birth of Stéphanie Lapointe, Canadian singer. 1984 - Birth of Sara Jean Underwood, American model. 1985 - Birth of Keira Knightley; English actress. 1985 - Birth of Jonathan Groff; American actor, singer, and dancer. 1986 - Bartlett Robinson, actor (Wendy and Me, Mona McCluskey), dies at age 73. 1986 - Geffen records signs music group Guns and Roses. 1987 - Birth of Yui; Japanese musician and singer. 1987 - August Wilson's Fences premieres in New York City, New York. 1987 - Hyderabad beats Delhi on first innings to win Ranji Trophy. 1987 - NASA launches Fltsatcom-6, it fails to reach orbit. 1987 - National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet). 1987 - Walter Abel, actor (Suspicion), dies at age 88. 1987 - Death of Eugen Jochum, German conductor (born 1902). 1988 - Birth of José Vizcaíno in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, infielder (New York Mets). 1988 - Janet B Evans swims 1500 metre freestyle female world record (15:02.10). 1988 - U.S. presidential candidate Jesse Jackson defeats Michael Dukakis in the Michigan Democratic caucuses, becoming the temporary front-runner for the party's nomination. 1989 - Allison Finney wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic. 1990 - 62nd Academy Awards: Driving Miss Daisy, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Tandy win. 1990 - International Chrysis Transvestite actor (Q&A), dies of cancer at age 38. 1990 - Roy "Halston" Frowick, fashion designer, dies of AIDS at age 68. 1991 - Frans Dohmen, union leader (Netherlands Catholic Mine Workers), dies at age 81. 1991 - Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street and Lexington Ave, New York City, New York. 1991 - Marc Camoletti's "Don't Dress for Dinner" premieres in London. 1991 - Birth of Brittney Wilson, Canadian actress. 1991 - Orlando Thunder beats San Antonio Riders in their first WLAF game 35-34. 1991 - Victoria beats New South Wales by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final. 1992 - Birth of Haley Ramm, American actress. 1992 - NHL New York Rangers clinch first NHL regular season championship in 50 years. 1993 - Luis Falco, US choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at age 50. 1993 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Born Yesterday to theaters in the US. 1993 - Roy Riegels, University of California football player who ran wrong way, dies at age 84. 1994 - Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 metre ladies (38.99 seconds). 1994 - Constantine Koukouchkine, Russian diplomat, murdered in Algeria at age 41. 1994 - Gunda Niemann skates un-official world record 10 km ladies (14:02.60). 1994 - Gunda Niemann skates world record 5 km ladies (7:03.26). 1994 - Jan Bor Dutch, violinist/painter, dies at age 83. 1994 - Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman. 1995 - Defending the Caveman opens at Helen Hayes Theater in New York City for 671 performances. 1995 - Moliere Comedies closes at Criterion Theater in New York City after 56 performances. 1995 - 15th Golden Raspberry Awards: Color of Night wins. 1995 - 24th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nanci Bowen. 1995 - Mashonaland beat Mashonaland U-24 by 165 runs to win Logan Cup. 1995 - Eric "Easy E" Wright, American rapper and record producer, dies at 31 (born 1963). 1995 - The Schengen Agreement easing cross-border travel goes into effect in several European countries. 1996 - (Elizabeth Cissie) Charlton, football matriarch, dies at age 83. 1996 - David Packard, American electronic engineer/businessman, dies at age 83 (born 1912). 1996 - Edmund S Muskie, US Vice Presidential candidate/(Governor-Democrat- Maine), dies at age 81. 1996 - Last day of first-class cricket for Allan Border (Queensland vs Victoria). 1996 - The International Monetary Fund approves a US$10.2 billion loan to Russia for economic reform. 1996 - Thomas Wakefield, writer, dies at age 60. 1997 - Annie opens at Martin Beck Theater in New York City. 1997 - NHL announce Mighty Ducks and Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan. 1997 - In San Diego, California, 39 Heaven's Gate cultists commit mass suicide at their compound. 1997 - The survey of a claimed gold site of Bre-X Minerals in Indonesia reveals it is worthless; Bre-X complains and accuses Internet rumours. 1997 - Julius Chan resigns as prime minister of Papua New Guinea. 1998 - Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2. 1999 - A Michigan jury finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man (an incident videotaped and aired on the September 17, 1998 edition of 60 Minutes). 1999 - The computer virus "Melissa" attacks about 250,000 PCs worldwide in about three days, using Microsoft Outlook to mail itself to email addresses in the address book. This is the first virus capable of jumping from computer to computer on its own. 1999 - Disney releases the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film Doug's 1st Movie to theaters in the USA. 2000 - Presidential elections in Russia: Vladimir Putin is elected President. 2000 - In Seattle, Washington, the Kingdome is demolished into a mound of rubble over 65 feet high, to make way for a new stadium. 2001 - Microsoft introduces the Tablet PC initiative. It features a Transmeta Crusoe processor, touch-screen interface, MS Notebook handwriting recognition software, and Windows XP operating system. Size is about 8.5 x 11 x 1 inches, weight is under 3 pounds; price will be US$2000-3500. Shipment date is scheduled for 2002. 2001 - The last edition of WCW Monday Nitro airs, ending the Monday Night Wars which had captivated audiences since the mid 1990s. 2003 - Death of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator from New York (born 1926). 2004 - Death of Jan Berry, American singer (born 1941). 2004 - Death of Jan Sterling, American actress (born 1921). 2005 - The Taiwanese government calls on one million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the walk. 2005 - Death of James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1912). 2005 - Death of Paul Hester, Australian musician (born 1959). 2006 - Death of Paul Dana, American race car driver (born 1975). 2006 - The ban on smoking in public places such as bars and restaurants comes into effect in Scotland. 2007 - In the Canadian province of Québec, the Liberal Party wins a National Assembly election with 48 seats out of 125 and forms a minority government. 2008 - Tata Motors of India announces it will buy Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor of the USA for US$2.3 billion. 2008 - Top commander Pedro Antonio Marín (Manuel Marulanda) of Colombian leftist rebel group FARC dies of a heart attack at age 78. 2008 - US space shuttle Endeavour returns to Earth, landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission delivered the first part of the Japanese Kibo research laboratory and a Canadian maintenance robot to the International Space Station. Space station flight engineer Leopold Eyharts returned with the shuttle, after spending seven weeks setting up the Columbus lab. 2008 - Advanced Micro Devices unveiled the "Phenom" microprocessor for desktop personal computers. 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