This Day in History
March 30

What happened in history on this day: March 30? On March 30 in ... 804 - Liudger becomes first bishop of Münster. 988 - Arnulf II count of Flanders (965-988), dies. 988 - Boudouin IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders. 1135 - Birth of Maimonides [Moses Ben Maimon] Còrodoba Spain, philosopher/physician. 1202 - Joachim Van Fiore Italian religious founder (Joachimism), dies. 1222 - Birth of Nichiren Japan, Buddhist priest/saint. 1282 - Furious inhabitants of Palermo attack French occupation force. 1422 - Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple. 1432 - Birth of Mehmed II [Fâtih] Sultan of Turkey (1451-81). 1456 - Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege. 1474 - Duke Sigismund van Tirol ends contacts with Switzerland. 1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spain. 1533 - Henry VIII divorces his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. 1533 - Thomas Cranmer becomes archbishop of Canterbury. 1547 - François I of Valois-Angoulême King of France (1515-47), dies at age 52. 1603 - Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish. 1672 - Birth of Peter I "the Great" Romanov great tsar of Russia (1682-1725). 1674 - Birth of Jethro Tull agricultural writer (Basildon), baptised. 1681 - Birth of Pieter Snyers Flemish painter/engraver. 1687 - Birth of Johann Balthasar Freisslich composer. 1697 - Birth of John-Baptist Xavery Flemish sculptor. 1707 - Sébastien le Prestre Vauban French fortress architect, dies at age 73. 1719 - Birth of Sir John Hawkins England, wrote first history of music. 1727 - Birth of Tommaso Traetta Italy's opera composer/band leader (Farnace). 1746 - Birth of Francisco Jose de Goya Fuendetodos Spain, painter/etcher (Naked Maja). 1750 - Birth of John Stafford Smith composer. 1757 - Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz composer, dies at age 39. 1764 - Pietro Antonio Locatelli Italian violinist/composer, dies at age 68. 1772 - Birth of Johann Wilhelm Wilms composer. 1778 - Playwright Voltaire crowned with laurel wreath. 1790 - Birth of Joseph Smith Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877. 1804 - Birth of Salomon Sulzer composer. 1805 - Birth of Adrien de La Fage composer. 1811 - Birth of Angelo Catelani Italian composer/conductor. 1814 - Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon. 1815 - Birth of Wincenty Studzinski composer. 1822 - US Congress combined East and West Florida into Florida Territory. 1823 - Birth of Joseph Farmer Knipe Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1901. 1824 - Birth of Innis Newton Palmer Brevet Major General (Union volunteers). 1825 - Birth of Samuel Bell Maxey Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1895. 1830 - Birth of Auguste Tolbecque composer. 1830 - Birth of Julius F A Bahnsen German philosopher. 1835 - Birth of Bernhard Scholz composer. 1836 - Birth of Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg German industrialist/politician. 1840 - George (Beau) Brummell Dandy, dies. 1842 - Birth of John Fiske [Edmund Fisk Green] US historian/philosopher. 1842 - First surgical operation using ether as anaesthetic (to remove a neck cyst), performed by Dr. Crawford Long on James Venable, in Jefferson, Georgia, USA. 1844 - Birth of Paul M Verlaine France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur). 1853 - Birth of Vincent van Gogh Zundert Netherlands, artist who always lent an ear (Irises). 1856 - Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War. 1858 - Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia). 1863 - Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleeswÿk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg chosen as king George of Greece. 1864 - Birth of Franz Oppenheimer German sociologist/politician. 1864 - Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser composer, dies 52. 1864 - Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas. 1865 - Birth of Heinrich Rubens German physicist. 1865 - Battle at Five Forks, Virginia. 1866 - Bedrich Smetana's "Verkaufte Braut" (Sold Bride), premieres. 1867 - US purchases Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2 cents an acre-Seward's Folly). 1870 - 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race. 1870 - Texas becomes last confederate state re-admitted to Union. 1871 - W F A A Louisa/Lovisa queen of Sweden/Norway, dies at age 42. 1872 - Birth of Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko composer. 1872 - Nicolaos Mantzaros composer, dies at age 76. 1873 - Benedict Augustin Morel psychologist (dementia praecox), dies at age 63. 1875 - Marie Moke Pleyel composer, dies at age 63. 1876 - Birth of Clifford Whittingham Beers US, mental hygiene pioneer. 1879 - David van der Kellen Dutch coin engraver, dies at age 74. 1879 - Thomas Couture French painter/author, dies at age 63. 1880 - Birth of Sean O'Casey Ireland, playwright (Playboy of the Western World). 1882 - Birth of Melanie Klein Austrian/British psycho analysis. 1883 - Birth of Jo Davidson US, sculptor (Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman). 1884 - Hans Hampel composer, dies at age 61. 1886 - Birth of Stanislaw Lesniewski Poland, logician/mathematician. 1887 - Birth of Albert P Termote Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great). 1888 - Birth of Anna Q Nilsson Ystad Sweden, actress (Shenandoah, Uncle Tom's Cabin). 1889 - John T Reid opens first US golf course (Yonkers New York). 1891 - Birth of Jan B Cammans Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov). 1892 - Birth of Erwin Panofsky German/US art historian. 1893 - Thomas F Bayard becomes first US ambassador in Great Britain. 1894 - Birth of Sergei Ilyushin Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin). 1895 - Birth of Jean Giono French writer (World Chant). 1895 - British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford-Cambridge. 1898 - Birth of Heinz Risse writer. 1898 - Birth of Joyce Carey London England, actress (Black Windmill). 1899 - Birth of Irving Thalberg US producer (MGM). 1900 - Dutch second Chamber accepts Compulsory education law. 1903 - Birth of Countee Cullen US poet (Color, Ballad of the Brown Girl). 1903 - Birth of Sol C Siegel US, producer (High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes). 1904 - Birth of Akarova [Marguerite Acarin], Belgian dancer (Les Biches). 1905 - Birth of Mikio Oda Japan, triple jumper (Olympics-gold-1928). 1906 - Betsy Perk [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at age 73. 1907 - In Bagatelle, France, Voisin Frères delivers the first commercially-produced aircraft, a box-kite bi-plane powered by a 50hp 8-cylinder Antoinette engine. 1908 - Birth of Camille Schmit composer. 1908 - Birth of Kurt Bruggemann composer. 1908 - Birth of Leslie O'Brien "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith Chinese cricket bowler. 1909 - Birth of Ernst Gombrich OM/FBA/director (Warburg Institute). 1909 - Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens. 1910 - Jean Moréas [Y Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet, dies at age 53. 1911 - Birth of Dennis Gomm musician. 1911 - Lötschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13,735 metre) completed. 1912 - Birth of Andrew Rodger Waterson scholar/naturalist. 1912 - Birth of Jack Cowie cricketer (successful New Zealand fast bowler either side of WWII). 1912 - French protectorate in Morocco established. 1912 - Karl May German writer (Winnetou/Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at age 70. 1913 - Birth of Frankie Laine [Frank Paul LoVecchio] Chicago Illinois, singer (Hey, Good Lookin', That's My Desire)/ actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide). 1913 - Birth of Gottfried Reinhardt theatre producer. 1913 - Birth of Richard Helms US Central Intelligence Agency head (1966-73). 1914 - Birth of Sonny Boy Williamson [John Lee] blues musician (Down and Out Blues). 1916 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA), 3 games to 2. 1917 - Birth of Els Aarne composer. 1917 - Birth of Herbert Anderson actor (Henry-Dennis The Menace). 1917 - Birth of Rudolf Bruci composer. 1918 - Birth of John Gray FRS/marine biologist. 1918 - Birth of Joseph Allen Jr Boston Massachusetts; actor (Death of a Champion). 1918 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Arenas (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2. 1919 - Belgian Army occupies Düsseldorf. 1919 - Birth of McGeorge Bundy Boston Massachusetts, national security adviser under John Kennedy. 1919 - Birth of Ramsay Ames actress (G-Men Never Forget, Ali Baba and 40 Thieves). 1919 - Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act. 1919 - Paul Claudel's "Tête d'Or" premieres in Paris France. 1920 - Birth of Turhan Bey Vienna Austria; actor (Dragon Seed, Ali Baba and 40 Thieves). 1921 - Birth of Countess of Sutherland English great land owner/multi-millionaire. 1921 - Birth of Kan Ishii composer. 1921 - Birth of Oto Ferenczy composer. 1922 - Birth of German Germanovich Galinin composer. 1922 - Birth of J F Coates naval architect. 1922 - Birth of Peter Jona Korn composer. 1922 - KGY-AM in Olympia Washington begins radio transmissions. 1922 - WWL-AM in New Orleans Louisiana begins radio transmissions. 1923 - Birth of Herbert Asmodi writer. 1923 - Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, formed at Howard University in 1920, incorporates. 1924 - Birth of Milko Kelemen composer. 1925 - Birth of Ivo Malek composer. 1925 - Birth of John Wells Member of Parliament. 1925 - Rudolf Steiner Austrian philosopher (anthroposophy), dies at age 64. 1925 - Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians. 1925 - Stanley Cup: Victoria Cougars (WCHL) beat Montréal Maroons (NHL), three games to 1. 1926 - Birth of John Heddle Nash singer. 1926 - Birth of Lord Rayner. 1926 - Birth of Ray McAnally Buncrana County Donegal Ireland; actor (My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian). 1926 - Birth of Werner Torkanowsky Berlin Germany, conductor (New Orleans Symphony). 1926 - Feliks E Dzerzjinski Lithuanian organizer (KGB), dies at age 48. 1927 - Birth of Lord Armstrong of Ilminster. 1927 - Birth of Wally Grout cricketer (great Aussie wicket-keeper). 1928 - Birth of Diether de la Motte composer. 1928 - Birth of Richard Trant British General. 1928 - Birth of Tom Sharpe English historian/author (Riotous Assembly, Want). 1929 - Birth of Richard Dysart Brighton Massachusetts; actor (Leland MacKenzie-L.A. Law). 1929 - Birth of Shirley Stoler Brooklyn New York, actress (Frankenhooker, 7 Beauties). 1930 - Babberich-H soccer team forms. 1930 - Birth of Browne-Wilkinson lord. 1930 - Birth of David Staple joint president (Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland). 1930 - Birth of John Astin Baltimore Maryland; actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Gomez-Addams Family). 1930 - Birth of Peter Marshall [Pierre LaCock] Huntington Long Island New York, TV game show host (Hollywood Squares). 1930 - Birth of Rolf Harris Bassendean Western Australia, Australian/British cartoonist/singer (Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport)/actor (The Little Convict). 1931 - Birth of Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin Russian cosmonaut. 1931 - Birth of Harold Burrage US singer/pianist (Hi Yo Silver). 1931 - Birth of Sandor Szokolay composer. 1932 - Amelia Earhart is first woman to fly solo cross the Atlantic. 1932 - Birth of A J Zuckerman Dean (Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine). 1933 - Birth of Jean-Claude Brialy Aumale Algeria; actor (Circle of Love, Cousins). 1934 - Birth of Lord Tanlaw. 1935 - Birth of Alan Jackson CEO (BTR). 1935 - Birth of Gordon Mumma composer. 1935 - Birth of John Charles Eaton composer. 1935 - Newfoundland changes time to 3.5 hours W of Greenwich, repeats 44 seconds. 1935 - Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan composer, dies at age 51. 1936 - Birth of Mark Burns British director (Juggernaut). 1936 - Birth of Richard Baker Santa Fe New Mexico, Zen teacher (Dharma Sangha). 1937 - Birth of J S Jennings CEO (Shell Transport and Trading Co). 1937 - Birth of Jay W Macintosh Gainesville Georgia, actress (Sons and Daughters). 1937 - Birth of Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth. 1937 - Birth of Warren Beatty Richmond Virginia; actor (Bonnie and Clyde,Shampoo, Dick Tracy). 1938 - Birth of Martin Dunne Lord-Lieutenant (Warwickshire). 1939 - The British and French governments guarantee Poland's independence. 1940 - Second NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana University beats Kansas 60-42. 1940 - Birth of Astrud Gilberto Brazil, singer (Girl From Ipanema). 1940 - Birth of Jerry Lucas Middletown Ohio, NBA center (New York Knicks, NBA rookie of year 1964, Olympics-gold-60). 1940 - Birth of Norman Gifford cricketer (respected England slow left-armer 1964-73). 1941 - Birth of Brendan O'Friel CEO (Prison Governors Association). 1941 - Birth of Robert C Smith (Representative-Republican-New Hampshire, 1985-). 1941 - Birth of Ron Johnston Vice-Chancellor (Essex University). 1941 - Birth of Sven Hamrin Sweden, road race cycler (Olympics-bronze-1964). 1941 - German counter offensive in North-Africa. 1942 - First RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau. 1942 - Alfred Coville French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at age 81. 1942 - Birth of George Esson Chief Constable (Dumfries and Galloway). 1942 - Birth of Graeme Edge Rochester Staffordshire England, rock drummer (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin, Your Wildest Dreams). 1942 - SS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki labor camp. 1943 - 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: University of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34. 1943 - Birth of Bob Blewett cricketer (father of Greg South Australia batsman 1975-79). 1943 - British first army recaptures Sejenane. 1944 - 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg. 1944 - Birth of Gerrit Komrij Dutch poet/essayist (Happy Schizo). 1945 - 289 anti-fascists murdered by Nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund. 1945 - Birth of Eric Clapton [Eric Patrick Clapp] Ripley England, legendary guitarist/singer (Yardbirds, Cream, Tears in Heaven). 1945 - Karel Moor composer, dies at age 71. 1945 - USSR invades Austria during WWII. 1946 - "St Louis Woman" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 113 performances. 1946 - Australia beats New Zealand in cricket at 3 30pm on second day. 1946 - John S S P V Gort viscount of Limerick/Hamsterley, dies at age 59. 1946 - Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 and 3-19). 1948 - Birth of Dave Ball rocker (Procul Harum). 1948 - Birth of Jim Dandy Mangrum vocalist (Black Oak Arkansas-Jim Dandy). 1948 - Birth of Justin Deas Connellsville Pennsylvania; actor (Buzz-Guiding Light, Dream Lover, As the World Turns, Santa Barbara). 1948 - Birth of M A King FBA, economist. 1948 - Birth of Nigel Jones British Member of Parliament. 1949 - Birth of Leslie Joan Corn theatre producer/director/writer. 1949 - Birth of Sue Cook British broadcaster. 1949 - Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies. 1949 - Friedrich C R Bergius chemist (brown coal, Nobel Prize 1931), dies at age 64. 1950 - Birth of Dave McCurdy (Representative-Democrat-Oklahoma, 1981-). 1950 - Birth of Eugene Bowen composer (Wonder's Edge). 1950 - Birth of Joseph Cali New York City, New York; actor (Nick-Today's FBI). 1950 - Birth of Rupert Greenall rock keyboardist (Fixx). 1950 - Léon Blum French premier (People's Front Govt), dies at age 77. 1950 - Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill New Jersey. 1951 - Birth of John Gosden racehorse trainer. 1952 - 6th Tony Awards: Fourposter and King and I win. 1952 - Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open. 1953 - Einstein announces revised unified field theory. 1953 - Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar composer, dies at age 75. 1954 - Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers vs England at Kingston. 1955 - 27th Academy Awards: "On the Waterfront", Marlon Brando and Grace Kelly win. 1955 - Birth of Randy Van Warmer Indian Hills Colorado, vocalist (Just When I Needed You Most). 1955 - Harl McDonald US composer (Santa Fé Trail), dies at age 55. 1956 - USSR performs nuclear test. 1957 - First performance of Walter Piston's 4th Symphony. 1957 - Birth of Elena V Kondakova in Moscow, Russia; cosmonaut (STS 84). 1957 - Birth of Paul Reiser in New York City, New York, USA; actor (My Two Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You). 1957 - Birth of Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova; Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM 20, STS 84). 1958 - Birth of Joseph Paul Sindelar in Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA; PGA golfer (British Columbia Open-1985, 1987). 1959 - Birth of Daniel Seifried in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (1981 Thunder Bay). 1960 - Birth of William D Johnson; US alpine skier. 1960 - Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter, dies at age 90. 1961 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600 feet (51,690 metres). 1961 - P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies. 1962 - Birth of M C Hammer [Stanley Kirk Burrell] in Oakland, California, USA; rapper ("U Can't Touch This"). 1963 - Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer, dies at age 69. 1963 - Birth of Jenny Lidback in Lima, Peru; LPGA golfer (1995 du Maurier Ltd Classic). 1963 - Birth of Lomas Brown; NFL tackle (Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals). 1963 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker, Algeria. 1964 - Birth of Corey Millen in Cloquet, Minnesota, USA; NHL center (Calgary Flames). 1964 - Birth of Dave Ellett in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs). 1964 - Birth of Tracy Chapman; US singer/songwriter ("Freedom Now", "I Got a Fast Car"). 1964 - Willem CN Andriessen; Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at age 76. 1965 - Birth of Karel Novacek in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia; tennis star (1994 Hilversum). 1965 - Birth of Piers Morgan; editor (Daily Mirror). 1966 - Erwin Piscator, German director (Plebeians test rebellion), dies at age 72. 1966 - Maxfield Parrish, US painter, dies at age 95. 1967 - Birth of Ian Ziering in West Orange, New Jersey, USA; actor (Steve Sanders - Beverly Hills 90210). 1967 - Birth of Julie Richardson in Auckland, New Zealand; tennis star (1992 Futures-Canberra). 1968 - Birth of Celine Dion in Québec, Canada; singer (I'm Your Woman). 1968 - General Ludvik Svoboda elected President of Czechoslovakia. 1969 - Birth of Marco Foddis; pop drummer (Pestilence). 1969 - Birth of Mark Astley in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres). 1969 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Malabar Golf Invitational. 1969 - Lucien Bianchi; Belgian auto racer, dies at age 34. 1970 - Birth of George Coghill; WLAF safety (Scottish Claymores). 1970 - Birth of Mark Consuelos in Zaragosa, Spain; actor (Mateo Santos - All My Children). 1970 - Birth of Secreteriat race horse; triple crown winner (1973). 1970 - Birth of Shane Bertsch in Denver, Colorado, USA; Nike golfer (1994 Permina Basin Open-14th). 1970 - TV soap opera Somerset premieres. 1970 - Strouse, Adams, Comden and Green's musical Applause premieres at Palace Theater New York City for 900 performances. 1970 - USSR wins its 8th straight world hockey championship. 1971 - Birth of Mari Holden in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; cyclist (Olympics-1996). 1971 - Selmer Jackson, actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at age 82. 1972 - Birth of Brenden Stai; NFL guard (Pittsburgh Steelers). 1972 - Birth of Matt Joyce; NFL/WLAF guard/tackle (Saint Louis Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, Claymores). 1972 - Birth of Peggy Zlotkowski; Miss France-Universe (1989). 1972 - Gabriel Heather, US news anchor, dies at age 81. 1972 - North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam. 1972 - Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at age 55. 1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1973 - Birth of Caroline Ramagos; Miss Mississippi-USA (1996). 1973 - Birth of Melinda Penn; Miss British Virgin Islands-Universe (1997). 1973 - Birth of Rodney Thomas; running back (Tennessee Oilers). 1973 - Birth of [Kirk] Kareem Streete-Thompson in Ithaca, New York, USA; 100 metre/long jumper. 1973 - Ellsworth Bunker resigns as US ambassador to South Vietnam. 1974 - Birth of Martin Love; cricketer (high scoring Queensland batsman, Australia 1995). 1974 - Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Reborn in Freedom), dies at age 79. 1975 - Peter Bamm, writer, dies. 1975 - Ron Lalonde scores the first hat trick by a Washington Capitals' player. 1976 - Birth of Chris Canty; cornerback (New England Patriots). 1976 - Birth of Toby Gowin; punter (Dallas Cowboys). 1976 - Israel kills six Palestinians protesting land confiscation. 1976 - Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies at age 99. 1977 - Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer, dies at age 88. 1978 - Birth of Wendy Christina Roberts; Miss South Carolina Teen-USA (1996). 1978 - George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for England in West Indies 1935), dies. 1978 - Harold Gimblett, cricketer (batted in three Tests for England), dies by suicide. 1979 - Airey Neave, British Member of Parliament (Conservatives), killed by terrorist bomb. 1980 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open. 1980 - Birth of Yalin; Turkish pop music singer and songwriter. 1980 - Birth of Liriel Higa in Los Angeles, California; rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-1996). 1980 - Mark Medoff's Children of a Lesser God premieres in New York City, New York. 1981 - 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50. 1981 - Dewitt Wallace, American magazine founder/publisher (Reader's Digest), dies at age 91 (born 1889). 1981 - Noel Harford, cricketer (8 Tests for New Zealand 1955-58), dies. 1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. Two police officers and Press Secretary James Brady are also wounded. 1982 - Birth of Jason Dohring; American actor. 1982 - Third space shuttle mission - Columbia 3 lands at White Sands New Mexico. 1982 - John Pielmeier's Agnes of God premieres in New York City, New York. 1982 - Birth of Philippe Mexes; French footballer. 1982 - Birth of Javier Garcia Portillo; Spanish footballer (soccer player). 1983 - Ray Cooney's Run for your Wives premieres in London, England. 1983 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. 1983 - Birth of Zach Gowen; American wrestler. 1983 - Birth of Hebe Tian; member of the Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E. 1983 - Birth of California condor chick in San Diego, California, first born in captivity. 1983 - Pál Kadosa, Hungarian composer/pianist, dies at age 79. 1984 - US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force. 1984 - Birth of Anna Nalick, American singer-songwriter. 1984 - Death of Karl Rahner in Innsbruck, Austria (born in Freiburg, Germany); Jesuit priest, writer, professor of theology at the universities of Innsbruck, Munich and Münster. 1984 - Peter Yarrall, strongest Englishman/weighed 826 pounds (374.7 kg), dies. 1985 - Harold Peary, actor (Herb - Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at age 76. 1986 - Tango Argentino closes at Mark Hellinger Theater in New York City after 198 performances. 1986 - 5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern California 97-81. 1986 - James F Cagney, American actor (Public Enemy, Angels With Dirty Faces, Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at his Stanfordville, New York farm at age 86 (born 1899). 1986 - John Ciardi, US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at age 69. 1987 - 59th Academy Awards: Platoon, Paul Newman and Marlee Matlin win. 1987 - Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers sells for record £22.5M ($39.7 million). 1988 - Second Soul Train Music Awards. 1988 - Tamil Nadu beats Railways by innings and 144 to win Ranji Trophy. 1989 - Dort Clark, actor (In Harm's Way), dies. 1990 - Jack Nicklaus makes his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament. 1991 - Speed of Darkness closes at Belasco Theater in New York City after 36 performances. 1991 - First exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (New York Yankees versus Baltimore Orioles). 1991 - 44th NCAA Ice Hockey Chanmpionship: Northern Michigan beats Boston University 8-7; Northern Michigan's first NCAA hockey title. 1991 - Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies. 1991 - Last issue of Dutch Newspaper Vrÿe Folk (Free People). 1991 - PBA National Championship Won by Mike Miller. 1992 - 64th Academy Awards (Silent of the Lambs sweeps with Best Picture, Anthony Hopkins as Best Actor and Jodie Foster as Best Actress). 1992 - Art Hannes, announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at age 72. 1992 - CBS TV premieres overnight news program Up To The Minute. 1992 - Luigi De Laurentiis, Italian producer (Toto, Macaroni), dies. 1992 - PJ Patterson resigns as 6th Prime Minister of Jamaica. 1992 - Death of Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist (born 1919). 1993 - French government of Balladur forms. 1993 - Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election. 1993 - Jeremy Siegrist, actor (Adventures of Darly and Samy), dies hiking at age 20. 1993 - Lanford Wilson's "Redwood Curtain" premieres at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 40 performances. 1993 - New South Wales beat Queensland by eight wickets to win Sheffield Shield. 1993 - Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy. 1993 - Richard C Diebenkorn Jr, US painter (Ocean Park Paintings), dies at age 70. 1993 - Peanuts comic strip character Charlie Brown hits a baseball game-winning home run, his first in 43 years. 1993 - Israel begins a policy of sealing off the border between Israel and the occupied territories. 1994 - Birth of Cecilia Zhang, Canadian kidnapping victim (dies 2003). 1994 - ABC Masters Tournament won by Hobo Boothe. 1994 - Albert Goldman, American rock biographer (Elvis, John Lennon), dies at age 66. 1994 - Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy. 1994 - England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain. 1994 - Sid Weiss, bassist, dies at age 79. 1995 - "Arcadia" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York City for 204 performances. 1995 - Graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer, dies at age 65. 1995 - Paul A Rothchild, record producer, dies at age 59. 1995 - Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger, dies at age 82. 1995 - A police officer tries to assassinate Takaji Kunimatsu, chief of the National Police Agency of Japan. 1996 - Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist, dies at age 78. 1996 - Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs New Zealand at Port-Of-Spain. 1996 - New York Mets beats New York Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game. 1996 - The Jeff Kennett government is re-elected in Victoria with a 30 seat majority. 1996 - Ryoei Saito, businessman, dies at age 79. 1997 - 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Old Dominion 68-59. 1997 - 26th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King. 1997 - Southwestern Bell Dominion Senior Golf. 1997 - Steve Elkington wins Golf's Players Championship. 1998 - 60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, at Alamodome, San Antonio. Kentucky beats Utah 78-69. 2000 - America's Cup 2000 is retained by Team New Zealand near Auckland. Prada Challenge 2000 lost 0-5 in a "best-of-9". 2002 - Death of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, queen consort of George VI of the United Kingdom (born 1900). 2003 - Meigs Field Airport in Chicago, Illinois is demolished overnight. 2004 - Death of Alistair Cooke, English-born journalist (born 1908). 2005 - Death of Fred Korematsu, American civil rights activist (born 1919). 2006 - The first Brazilian astronaut, Marcos Pontes, goes to space in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-8, at 2:29:00 CET. 2006 - The al-Dana capsizes off the coast of Bahrain, killing at least 48 people. 2006 - Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig appoints George Mitchell to head an investigation into the use of steroids in baseball. 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. 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