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What happened on March 05 Please support our Sponsors - They help us keep this site Alive! 0254 Death - St Lucius I Pope (253-54), dies 0363 Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which will bring about his own death. 1046 Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama. 1291 Death - Sa'ad al'Da'ulah Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated 1324 Birth - David II Bruce king of Scotland (1331..71) 1326 Birth - Louis I [the Great] King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) 1461 Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses 1496 England King Henry VII issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorizing them to explore unknown lands. 1496 English King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore 1512 Birth - Gerardus Mercator Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker 1528 Utrecht Governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague 1558 Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes 1561 Death - Carlo Caraffa Italian cardinal, dies at 41 1574 Birth - William Oughtred England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) 1574 Death - Philip of Saint-Aldegonde Flemish viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies 1576 Death - Don Lus de Requesens y Zuiga viceroy of Netherlands (1573-76), dies at 70 1578 Birth - Charles d'Albert duke of Luynes premier of France/Governor of Picardi 1585 Birth - Johan Georg I elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) 1605 Death - Clement VIII [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 1616 Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index 1623 American temperance law enacted, Virginia 1625 Death - James I (VI) king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58 1637 Birth - John van der Heyden Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher) 1644 Death - Louise Juliana countess of Nassau, dies at 73 1651 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm 1658 Birth - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac French colonial governor of America 1668 Birth - Francesco Gasparini composer 1684 Emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz 1689 Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham is named Secretary of State for the Northern Department. 1696 Birth - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice) 1732 Death - Joseph-Franois Salomon composer, dies at 82 1733 Birth - Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer 1743 US religious journal, The Christian History, first published, Boston 1746 Birth - Jacob Wallenberg Swedish writer/naval chaplain 1746 Jakobijnse troops leave Aberdeen 1748 Birth - William Shield composer 1750 Birth - Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison French classical (Apollonii Lexicon) 1750 The first American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, New York NY 1751 Birth - Jan Krtitel Kuchar composer 1756 Birth - Thomas Linley composer 1760 Princess Carolina marries General Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg 1764 In Quebec, Governor James Murray requires inhabitants of Quebec to declare their French money; before May 1 1766 Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans. 1766 Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Territory from French 1770 Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including a black man named Crispus Attucks, and a boy are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War five years later. 1770 Death - Crispus Attuks slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre 1770 The Boston Massacre takes place when British soldiers kill five colonists who had been taunting them. 1774 Birth - Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse composer 1778 Death - Thomas A Arne English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67 1783 King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski grants rights to Jews of Kovno 1784 Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney is named President of the Board of Trade. 1794 Birth - Jacques Babinet French physicist/mathematician/astronomer 1794 Death - Rmon de la Cruz Spanish playwright/translator, dies at 62 1795 Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution 1795 Death - Josef Reicha composer, dies at 42 1795 Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France 1805 Birth - Theodore Labarre composer 1807 First performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B 1817 Birth - Austen H Layard British archaeologist/diplomat 1820 Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays 1821 Monroe is first President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun 1824 Birth - Elisha Harris US, physician/found American Public Health Association 1824 Birth - James Merritt Ives lithographer (Currier & Ives) 1824 First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma. 1825 Birth - John Dunovant Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1825 Birth - Joseph Albert German photographer (albertotype) 1827 Death - Alessandro Volta Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82 1828 Birth - Johann Gungl composer 1836 Mexico attacks Alamo and wins the battle 1836 Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver (.34-caliber). 1836 Samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model 1840 Birth - Constance Fenimore Woolson Claremont NH, writer (Jupiter Lights) 1842 Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande. 1843 Birth - William F Sudds composer 1845 Birth - Alfonse Hasselmans composer 1848 Louis Antoine Garnier-Pages is named French minister of Finance. 1849 Zachary Taylor is sworn in as US president. 1850 Birth - Daniel Brink Towner composer 1850 The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened. 1852 Birth - Lady Isabella Gregory Ireland, writer/playwright (Golden Apple) 1853 Birth - Arthur W Foote Salem MA, organist/composer (Suite for Strings in E) 1853 Birth - Howard Pyle illustrator/painter/author (King Stork) 1853 Death - Georg A Kestner German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75 1856 Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire 1860 Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join Kingdom of Sardinia. 1861 The "Stars and Bars" is adopted as the flag of the Confederate States of America. 1862 Union troops under Brigadier-General Wright occupy Fernandina FL 1864 The first track meet between Oxford & Cambridge 1867 Birth - Theodor Zckler German theologist (Stanislauer Anstalten) 1868 A court of impeachment is organized in the United States Senate to hear charges against President Andrew Johnson. 1868 Birth - Prosper Poullet Belgian viscount/jurist/minister 1868 Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito premieres at La Scala. 1868 Stapler patented in England by C H Gould 1868 US Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson 1869 Birth - Michael von Faulhaber cardinal/archbishop of Munich 1870 Birth - [B] Franc[lin] Norris US, writer (McTeague, Octopus) 1871 Birth - Maria do Carmo Geronimo Brazilian lives to be at least 126 1872 George Westinghouse Jr patents triple air brake for trains 1872 George Westinghouse patents the air brake. 1873 Death - Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor composer, dies at 34 1874 Birth - Arthur van Schendel Dutch writer (The World a Dancing Party) 1874 Birth - Henry Travers Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland England, actor (Bells of St Mary's, High Sierra) 1876 Death - Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult [Daniel Stern], Fren author, dies at 70 1877 Birth - Malcolm D Whitman tennis champion (US Open-1898) 1877 Rutherford B Hayes inaugurated as 19th US President 1879 Birth - Walter Long actor (Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol) 1886 Birth - Paul Radmilovic England, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1908) 1887 Birth - Heitor Villa-Lobos Rio de Janeiro Brazil, composer (Salon Waltz) 1888 Birth - Friedrich Schnack German journalist/writer (Rosewood) 1889 Birth - Frits Slomp [Frits de Rover], Dutch vicar/resistance fighter 1891 Birth - Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson Chicago IL, comedian (Olsen & Johnson) 1893 Birth - Emmett J Culligan founder of water treatment organization 1893 Death - Hippolyte Taine French philosopher/historian, dies at 64 1893 Death - Richard Samuel Hughes composer, dies at 37 1894 Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery becomes First Lord of the Treasury. 1894 Birth - Henry Daniell London, actor (Camille, Philadelphia Story, Body Snatchers) 1894 Seattle authorizes first municipal employment office in US 1895 Birth - Fritz Usinger German writer (Eternal Struggle) 1895 Death - Nikolai Leskow writer, dies at 64 1896 Italian Governor of Eritrea, General Baldissera, reaches Massawa 1897 American Negro Academy forms 1897 Birth - Mei-ling Soong Madame Chiang Kai-shek 1899 Birth - Patrick Hadley composer 1900 American Hall of Fame is founded 1900 Birth - Ludwig Donath actor (Jolson Story, Jolson Sings Again) 1901 Birth - Julian Przybos Polish poet (Sruby) 1903 Birth - Lowell Peters Cleveland TN, vocalist (Southernaires) 1904 Death - Alfred von Waldersee Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71 1904 Nikola Tesla, in Electrical World and Engineer, describes the process of ball lightning formation. 1905 Birth - Gilroy Roberts US chief engraver (1948-64) 1905 Russian troops begin to retreat from Mukden, Manchuria after losing 100,000 troops in three days. 1907 The second Duma opens in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by Russian troops. 1908 Birth - Rex [Reginald Carey] Harrison Huyton Lancashire England, actor (My Fair Lady, Dr Doolittle) 1908 Birth - Sophie Stewart Scotland, actress (As You Like It, Under the Red Robe) 1908 First ascent of Mount Erebus, Antarctica 1909 Birth - Sutan Sjahrir premier of Indonesia (1945-47) 1910 Rogers Pass BC, an avalanche kills sixty-two railroad workers in the pass 1911 Birth - Joseph Tomelty actor/playwright (Bedevilled, Moby Dick, Melba) 1912 Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, using them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines. 1912 Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks northeast of Spain, 500 die 1913 Birth - Yulian Grigor'yevich Kreyn composer 1914 Birth - Joan Sterndale-Bennett London England, actress (Those Fantastic Flying Fools) 1915 World War I: LZ 33, a zeppelin, is damaged by enemy fire and stranded south of Ostend. 1916 Birth - Horace Ian Parrott composer 1916 Spanish football club Real Club Deportivo Mallorca is founded. 1917 Birth - Joseph Stone lawyer 1917 Birth - Virginia Christine Stanton IA, actress (Tales of Wells Fargo) 1917 The first jazz recording for Victor Records released 1918 Birth - Halsey S Colchester British SAS/spy (MI6)/priest 1918 Birth - Ranga Sohoni Indian cricketer (pace bowler of late 40's average 101) 1918 Bolshevist Russia moves the national capital from Petrograd to Moscow. 1919 Death - Jozef Surzynski composer, dies at 67 1920 Birth - Delbert L Latta (Representative-Republican-OH, 1959- ) 1920 Birth - Leontine Kelly 1st black female bishop (Methodist) 1920 Birth - Virginia Christine actress (Mrs Olson) 1921 Birth - Berkley Bedell (Representative-Democrat-IA, 1975- ) 1922 "Nosferatu" premieres in Berlin 1922 Birth - Ebrahim Maka Indian cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests 1952) 1922 Birth - James Noble Dallas TX, actor (Governor Gatling-Benson) 1922 Birth - Pier Paolo Pasolini Bologna Italy, director (Teorema, Pigsty) 1923 Montana & Nevada become first states to enact old age pension laws 1924 Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM 1924 King Hussein of Hedzjaz appoints himself kalief 1927 1,000 US marines land in China to protect American property 1927 Birth - Jack [John Joseph Edward] Cassidy Richmond Hill NY, actor (Oscar/Jetman-He & She) 1927 US Marines land in China to protect American property during a civil uprising. 1929 Birth - Joan Shawlee Forest Hills NY, actress (Prehistoric Women) 1930 Birth - Lorin Maazel Neuilly France, conductor (NBC Symphony Orchestra 1941) 1931 Birth - Anthony Headges composer 1931 Birth - Barry Tuckwell Melbourne Australia, horn player (London Symphony Orchestra 1955-68) 1931 Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact 1932 Birth - Walter Charles Marshall scientist 1932 Death - Takuma Dan Japanese baron/financier/industrial, murdered 1933 Birth - Arlen Dean Snyder Rice KS, actor (Trauma Center) 1933 Birth - Norbert Linke composer 1933 FDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday 1933 Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9%-17.2M votes) 1933 Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all United States banks and freezing all financial transactions. 1933 In Germany, the Nazis win 44 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections. 1934 Birth - James B Sikking Los Angeles CA, actor (Hill St Blues, Star Trek 3, Doogie Howser) 1934 Mother-in-law's day first celebrated (Amarillo TX) 1935 Birth - Malcolm J Anderson tennis champion (US Open-1957) 1935 Birth - Philip K Chapman Melbourne Australia, astronaut (Apollo 14 support) 1936 Birth - Dale Douglass Wewoka OK, PGA golfer (1970 Phoenix Open) 1936 Birth - Dean Stockwell Hollywood CA, actor (Quantum Leap, Blue Velvet) 1936 First flight of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft. 1936 The British Spitfire makes it's first flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton) 1937 Birth - Stephen Fitz-Simon entrepreneur 1938 Birth - Fred "Hammer" Williamson Gary IN, NFLer (Chiefs)/actor (Julia) 1938 Birth - Paul Evans singer/pedal guitarist (Damascus Road) 1939 Birth - Charles Fuller US writer (Zooman, Soldier Story) 1939 Birth - Samantha Eggar London England, actress (Collector, Dr Doolittle) 1939 Birth - Terry Curry English multi-millionaire 1940 Birth - Mary Rose Oakar (Representative) 1940 Members of Soviet politburo sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, known also as the Katyn massacre. 1941 Death - Ludwig Quidde German historian/politician (Nobel 1927), dies at 82 1942 Birth - Michael D[iamond] Resnick sci-fi author (Sideshow, Eros Ascending) 1942 Bosnia Tito establishes 3rd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia 1942 Japanese troop march into Batavia 1943 Anti fascist strikes in Italy 1943 British and Canadian bombers start Battle of the Ruhr; year-long bombing offensive against Germany. 1943 First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom. 1943 RAF bombs Essen Germany 1943 The Japanese are routed in the Battle of Bismark Sea off New Guinea. 1944 Birth - Paul Sands Los Angeles CA, comedian/actor (SCTV, Story Theater, St Elsewhere) 1944 Death - Max Jacob French writer, dies in Nazi concentration camp at 67 1945 Allied troops converge on the Rhine. 1945 Birth - Randy Matson US, shot putter (Olympics-gold-1968) 1945 Generals Eisenhower, Patton & Patch meet in Luneville 1945 US 7th Army Corps captures Cologne 1945 World War II: "Battle of the Ruhr" begins. 1946 Birth - Michael Warren South Bend IN, actor (Bobby Hill-Hill Street Blues) 1946 Birth - Murray Head singer 1946 Birth - Rocky Bleier Wisconsin, NFL running back (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1946 Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc. 1946 Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton MO), the term sticks for the next 50 years 1947 Birth - Eddie Hodges Hattiesburg MS, actor/singer (High Hopes, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) 1947 Death - Alfredo Casella Italian composer/conductor (La Giara), dies at 63 1948 Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson 1948 Birth - Eddy Grant Guyana, reggae performer (Electric Avenue) 1948 Birth - Jacques Kloes singer (Dizzy Man's Band) 1948 Death - Charles Prince cricketer (5 & 1 in only Test for South Africa), dies 1948 US rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height 1949 The Jharkhand Party is founded in India. 1950 Birth - Eugene Fodor Turkey Creek CO, violinist (1972 Paganini Award, 1974 Tchaikovsky Award) 1950 Birth - Harvey Jacob Alperin Minneapolis MN, actor (Cocktail) 1951 Birth - Rodney Hogg cricketer (prolific Australian wicket-taker 1978-84) 1952 Birth - Alan Clark keyboardist (Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing) 1952 Death - Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov composer, dies at 63 1953 Birth - Russel D Feingold (Senator-D-WI) 1953 Birth - Valery Grigoriyevich Korzun Russian Colonel/cosmonaut (TM-24) 1953 Death - Josef V Stalin soviet leader responsible for 11 million murders, dies at 73 1953 Death - Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev composer, dies at 61 1953 Josef Stalin's death announced 1953 Soviet dictator Josef Stalin dies at age 73. 1953 Visitor posting - Birth; Ray Murphy - Australia 1954 Birth - Marsha Warfield comedian/actress (Roz-Night Court) 1954 Death - Julian Lowell Coolidge mathematician (Study-Segre school), dies at 80 1955 Birth - Marcia McCabe actress (Alice-One Life to Live) 1955 Birth - Penn Jillette Greenfield MA, magician (Penn & Teller-Penn & Teller are Dead) 1956 "King Kong", first televised 1956 Birth - Mark Handley writer (Nell) 1956 Death - Erich Itor Kahn composer, dies at 50 1957 Birth - Mark E Smith English rock vocalist (Fall-Fall in a Hole) 1957 Birth - Tim Holden (Representative-Democrat-PA) 1957 Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland 1957 Sergeant Bilko satirizes Elvis Presley 1958 Birth - Andy Gibb Manchester England, singer/TV host (Solid Gold) 1958 Birth - Bill Timoney TV commercial actor (Addicted to Love) 1958 Explorer 2 spacecraft launches, fails to reach Earth orbit. 1958 Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is established. 1959 Iran & US sign economic & military treaty 1960 Aquatic Ape Hypothesis originates when Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase. 1960 Elvis Presley becomes a civilian after spending two years in the US Army. 1961 Birth - Dan Stuart US singer/songwriter (Green on Red) 1961 Birth - Zeke Mowatt NFL tight end (New York Giants) 1962 Birth - Elise Burgin Baltimore MD, tennis star 1962 Birth - Robert L Curbeam Jr Baltimore MD, astronaut (STS 85, sk-99) 1962 Death - Anne C Veth Dutch cartoonist/art critic, dies at 82 1962 Death - Otakar Jeremias composer, dies at 69 1963 A private plane crashes near Camden, TN, claiming the life of country music singer Patsy Cline and two other performers. 1963 Beatles record "From Me to You" & "Thank You Girl" 1963 Birth - Eddo Brandes cricketer (Zimbabwe Test pace bowler) 1963 Death - Cyril Smith actor (Adventures of Sir Lancelot), dies at 70 1963 Death - Hawkshaw Hawkins country singer (Ozark Jubilee), dies at 41 1963 Death - Patsy Cline country singer (Crazy, I Fall To Pieces), dies in a plane crash at 30 1963 Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas die in plane crash. 1964 Birth - Reggie Williams NBA forward/guard (Denver Nuggets) 1964 Ceylon declares emergency crisis due to unrest. 1964 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Ceylon due to social unrest 1965 Ernie Terrel beats Eddie Machen in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1966 75 MPH air currents cause BOAC 707 crash above Mount Fuji, 124 die 1966 A BOAC Boeing 707 jet crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124. 1966 Birth - Greg Clark CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1966 Birth - Michael Irvin NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys) 1966 Birth - Tracy Kerdyk Coral Gables FL, LPGA golfer (1995 JAL Big Apple) 1966 Death - Anna Achmatova Ukrainian poet, dies at 76 1966 Death - Enrique E Ecker Curaaos/US bacteriologist, dies at 79 1966 In Luxembourg, Udo Jrgens wins the eleventh Eurovision Song Contest for Austria. 1967 Birth - Nicole Boegman Australian long jumper (Olympics-88, 92, 96) 1967 Death - Mischa Auer actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 61 of a heart attack 1967 Death - Mohammed H Mossadeq premier of Persia (1951-53), dies 1968 Birth - Marq Mellor Long Island NY, field hockey forward (Olympics-96) 1968 Birth - Roman Phifer linebacker (St Louis Rams) 1968 Birth - Shjon Podein Rochester, NHL left wing (Philadelphia Flyers) 1968 U.S. launches Solar Explorer B, aka Explorer 37 from Wallops Island to study the Sun. 1968 US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun 1969 Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris France 1969 Gustav Heinemann elected President of West-Germany 1969 Joe Orton's "What the Butler Saw", premieres in London 1970 3 SDS Weathermen terrorist group bomb 18 West 11th St in New York NY 1970 Dubnium atoms are first detected conclusively. 1970 Nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect 1970 The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations. 1971 Birth - Amy Peistrup-Matthews Arlington Heights IL, WPVA (Old Orchard-17-1995) 1971 Birth - Brian Hunter Portland OR, outfielder (Houston Astros) 1971 Birth - Chad Fonville Jacksonville NC, infielder (Los Angeles Dodgers) 1971 Birth - James Roberson WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire) 1971 Birth - Jose Mercedes El Seybo Dominican Republic, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers) 1971 Death - Winnie Lightner actress (Gold Dust Gertie, Sit Tight), dies at 71 1972 Birth - Brandon Hamilton CFL cornerback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) 1972 Birth - Brian Grant NBA forward (Portland Trailblazers, Sacramento Kings) 1972 Birth - Hernan Gumy Buenos Aires Argentina, tennis star 1972 Birth - Mikael Tillstrom Sweden, tennis star 1972 Birth - Tom Hipsz CFL defensive tackle (Montral Alouettes) 1972 Death - Nils Bjorkander composer, dies at 78 1972 Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party 1973 Birth - Nicole Pratt Mackay Australia, tennis star (1995 Futures Australia) 1973 Birth - Paul Lieftink Dutch soccer player (NAC, Spakenburg) 1973 Death - Rupert Crosse actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45 1973 Donald DeFreeze, future Symbionese Liberation Army leader, escapes from Vacaville Prison. 1974 Birth - Brad Schumacher US, 400 meter/800 meter freestyle (Olympics-gold-96) 1974 Birth - Hans Bond Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam) 1974 Birth - Kevin Connolly actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Rocky V, Angus) 1974 Death - Billy Dewolfe actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67 1974 Death - Solomon I "Sol" Hurok US impresario, dies at 85 1974 Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal. 1975 Birth - Chris Silverwood cricketer (England Test pace bowler vs Zimbabwe 1996) 1975 Birth - Niki Taylor model (Elle, Marie Claire) 1976 Birth - Adriana Serra-Zanetti Modena Italy, tennis star (1995 Moscow semi) 1976 British pound falls below $2 U.S. for the first time. 1976 British £ falls below $2 for first time 1977 Birth - Bryan Berard NHL defenseman (Team USA Olympics-1998, New York Islanders) 1977 Birth - Natalie Bevins Miss West Virginia-USA (1997) 1977 Death - Lockrem Johnson composer, dies at 52 1977 Death - Moses Pergament composer, dies at 83 1978 "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 performances 1978 Birth - Kimberly McCullough Bellflower CA, actress (Robin-General Hospital) 1978 Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg AFB in California. 1978 Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California 1979 Death - Vicente Ascone composer, dies at 81 1979 Detection equipment picks up a gamma ray burst originating from the Large Magellanic Cloud, leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters. 1979 Voyager 1's closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles. 1979 Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles) 1980 Death - Jay Silverheels actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60 1980 Death - Winifred Wagner-William German World Festival organizer, dies at 82 1980 Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49 1981 Death - Brenda De Banzie actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64 1981 Death - Paul Horbiger actor (3rd Man), dies at 86 1981 US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer 1982 Comedian/actor John Belushi is found dead at age 33 of a drug overdose in Hollywood. 1982 Death - John Belushi comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33 1982 Parliament passes Canada Oil and Gas Act; Petro Canada (the peoples oil and gas company) gets automatic 25% of all new offshore finds; to speed offshore oil and gas development 1982 Venera 14, a Soviet satellite arrives at the planet Venus. 1983 Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative) 1983 Number one hit on UK music charts - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 1984 Death - Harry Salter orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85 1984 Death - Michael Sklar California, comedian (Laugh-in, Sha Na Na), dies at 39 1984 Death - Tito Gobbi Italian baritone (Scarpia in Tosca), dies at 68 1984 Death - William Powell actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 91 1984 Supreme Court (5-4); city may use public money for Nativity scene 1984 US accuse Iraq of using poison gas 1985 Visitor posting - Lee Williams born - United Kingdom 1986 "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's first national color newspaper) 1986 Death - Teddy Hoad cricketer (West Indian captain 1930), dies 1988 Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised. 1989 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000 1990 Death - Gary Merrill actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 75 1990 Death - Gloria Carter Spann President Carter's sister, dies at 63 from cancer 1990 The Crown charges 8 Canadian flour mills with rigging prices for food aid; $500 million over 12 years, so much for corporate ethics 1991 Death - August de Schryver Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92 1991 Death - Trijntje Jansma-Boskma oldest person in Netherland, dies at 109 1991 Iraq releases all Gulf War prisoners. 1991 Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait 1992 Death - Andrew Samuel child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82 1992 Death - Yevgeny Yevstigneev Russian actor (Welcome Kosta), dies at 65 1992 Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks 1993 Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery 1993 Death - Diana Ochoa dies after long illness at 80 1993 Death - Peter Bierdrager Dutch Fokker's-test pilot, dies in air crash 1993 Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die 1993 Former Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry divorces his wife Effi 1993 Visitor posting - Nikki Baker, a star was born 1993 Visitor posting - Brian Niemi born, Musician, Vilolin, Trumpet - USA 1994 Death - Abdullah Al-Sallal President of Yemen (1962-67), dies 1994 Death - Joe Daley jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player, dies at 75 1994 Death - Paul Vincze medallist, dies at 86 1994 Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop 1995 21st People's Choice Awards: Tim Allen wins 1995 Canadian Airborne Regiment officially disbanded at laying-up of the colors ceremony at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa; 660 paratroopers dismissed 1995 Death - Ed Flanders actor (Dr Westphal-St Elsewhere), dies 1995 Death - Marguerite Kelsey English painter/sculptor model (Haunting), dies at 86 1995 Death - Peter John Norton naval diplomat/artist, dies at 82 1995 Death - Vivian Stanshall British musician (Magical Mystery Tour), dies at 51 1995 Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election 1995 Graves of czar Nicholas & family found in St Petersburg 1996 Death - Joshua Compston art impressario, dies at 26 1996 Death - Khundaqar Mushtaq Amhed President of Bangladesh (1975), dies 1996 Death - Nicolas Cotoner y Cotoner Spanish courtier, dies at 90 1996 Death - Whit Bissell actor (Time Tunnel), dies at 86 1998 Visitor posting - Dylan Lee Brown was born - USA 1999 Actor Richard Kiley dies in Warwick, NY, at age 76. 1999 Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut. 2001 In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. 2001 In Santee, California, a school massacre occurs at Santana High School, leaving 2 dead and 15 wounded. 2003 In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre. 2004 The Ottawa Senators and Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL set a record for most penalty minutes in one game with 419. 2005 The Burkinab Party for Democracy and Socialism holds its 1st National Convention 2010 Wife shootings down - Guys are getting their wives Toyotas instead. 2010 Visitor posting - 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