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What happened on March 07 Please support our Sponsors - They help us keep this site Alive! 0161 Death - Antoninus Pius [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74 0161 Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire. 0321 Roman Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire. 0322 Death - -BC- Aristotle dies 1040 Death - Harold I King of England (1035-40), dies 1111 Death - Bohemund I of Tarente French ruler of Antioch, dies 1274 Death - St Thomas Aquinas Italian thelogian dies at 48 1277 Condemnation of 219 philosophical and theological theses by Stephen Tempier, Bishop of Paris. 1305 Death - Gwijde van Dampierre count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78 1543 Birth - Johan Casimir count of Rhine (occupied Gent) 1560 Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, N Africa 1573 Turkey & Venice signs peace treaty 1574 Birth - John Wilbye composer 1602 Birth - Kano Tanju Japanese painter (palaces, portraits) 1621 Birth - Georg Neumark composer 1621 John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies 1633 Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg 1644 Massachusetts establishes first 2-chamber legislature in colonies 1657 King Louis XIV 1638-1715 prohibits sale of liquor to Indians in New France 1659 Birth - Henry Purcell English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) 1663 Birth - Tomaso Antonio Vitali composer 1682 Birth - Johan W van Ripperda Dutch diplomat/baron/duke 1693 Birth - Clement XIII [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69) 1696 English King Willem III departs Netherlands 1707 Birth - Stephen Hopkins (Governor-RI) signed Declaration of Independence 1715 Birth - Ewald Christian von Kleist German lyric poet (Der Frhling) 1719 Death - Steven J Vennekool Amsterdam's master builder, buried 1719 Michel-Philippe Isabeau starts to build Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island. The fortress takes 25 years to build. 1724 Death - Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at 68 1731 Birth - Jean-Louis Laruette composer 1737 Death - Guido Starhemberg Austrian earl/fieldmarshal, dies at 79 1750 Death - Cornelis Troost Dutch painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52 1761 Death - Antonio Palella composer, dies at 68 1762 Birth - Sebastiaan C Nederburgh director-general (East Indies Company) 1765 Birth - Joseph N Nipce French inventor (photography) 1769 Birth - Josef Alois Ladurner composer 1773 Birth - Tommaso Marchesi composer 1774 British close port of Boston to all commerce 1778 Captain James Cook sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay 1785 Birth - Alessandro Manzoni Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed) 1786 Death - Frantisek Benda composer, dies at 76 1792 Birth - John Herschel Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer 1797 Birth - Karl Schwencke composer 1798 The French army enters Rome: the birth of the Roman Republic. 1799 Birth - Frantisek L Celakovsky Czechoslovakian poet (national anthem, folk song) 1799 Napoleon I of France captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. 1799 The Royal Institution is founded. 1801 Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law 1802 Death - Johann Georg Witthauer composer, dies at 50 1804 Death - John Wedgwood founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies 1807 Birth - Franz Grave von Pocci German poet/composer (Der Alchemist) 1808 Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro 1809 Death - Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Austrian composer, dies at 73 1810 Death - Albertus H Wiese Governor-General of Netherland Indies, dies at about 48 1811 Birth - Christian Heinrich Hohmann composer 1813 Birth - Judocus Smits Dutch Catholic newspaper pioneer/founder (The Time) 1814 Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne. 1815 Napoleon I of France meets troops of the Fifth Regiment sent by Louis XVIII at Grenoble, and convinces them to join him on his march to Paris. 1820 Birth - Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman composer 1822 Birth - Victor Masse composer 1827 Birth - Henry DeLamar Clayton Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889 1827 Brazil marines sail up the Rio Negro (Argentina) and attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina. They are defeated by the local citizens. 1827 Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand. 1831 Birth - John Bratton [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brigadier General 1832 Birth - Orlando Metcalfe Poe Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 1833 Death - Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin German author, dies at 61 1835 HMS Beagle returns from Concepción to Valparaiso 1837 Birth - Henry Draper Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter) 1841 Birth - Olegario Vctor Andrade Argentina, poet (El nido de cndores) 1842 Birth - Anne van Diest Belgian physician/feminist 1842 Death - Christian Theodor Weinlig composer, dies at 61 1844 Birth - Anthony Comstock New Canaan CT, anti-vice crusader/philatelist 1847 US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico 1848 In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed 1848 The Great mahele (land division) is signed in Hawaii. 1849 Birth - Luther Burbank Lancaster MA, horticulturist 1850 Birth - Toms G Masaryk Czechoslovakia, Father/President of Czechoslovakia (1918-35) 1850 Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850 1850 United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war. 1851 Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends 1852 Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law 1854 Charles Miller received a patent for the sewing machine that stitches buttonholes! 1856 Birth - Matilde Serao [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne) 1857 Birth - Julius Wagner von Jauregg Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) 1858 Birth - Nikolai Artzibushev composer 1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Generals McCulloch & McIntosh killed 1862 Death - Ben McCulloch US Confederate Brigadier-General (KIA), dies at 50 1862 Death - John Baillie McIntosh US General-Major (Union Army), dies at 32 1862 Death - William Slack US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1865 Battles round Kinston NC 1866 Birth - Paul Ernst writer 1866 Canada puts 10,000 militia on alert after Fenians hold meeting in New York and threaten invasion; as precaution against anticipated attacks on St. Patrick's Day. 1869 Birth - Ernst J Cohen Dutch chemist 1870 Wyoming women allowed on juries; the right later was taken away. 1872 -8º F in Boston MA 1872 Birth - Piet Mondrian Holland, abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie) 1872 Birth - Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov composer 1875 Birth - Maurice Joseph Ravel Cibourne France, composer (Bolro) 1876 Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians 1883 Birth - Carl Deis composer 1886 Birth - Raymond Largay Wisconsin, actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl) 1887 Birth - Heino Eller composer 1888 Birth - Alidius van Starkenborch Stachouwer Governor of Netherland Indies (1936-45) 1891 Birth - Marcel Barger [Meyer Streliskie], cabaret performer (I keep Susy) 1895 Birth - Juan Jose Castro composer 1896 Birth - Erwin Bodky composer 1898 Birth - Jan Bata Czechoslovakian shoe manufacturer 1900 Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees 1900 Birth - Giuseppe Capogrossi Italian painter 1900 Birth - [Albert] Carel Willink Dutch painter (magic realism) 1900 Poplar Grove, South Africa Canadians engage Boers in artillery fight at Poplar Grove 1902 Birth - Heinz [Heinrich William] Ruehmann Essen Germany, actor/director (Der Hauptmann von Kpenick) 1902 Boers beat British troop in Tweebosch Transvaal 1904 Birth - Ivar Ballangrud Norway, Olympics speed skater (4 gold, 2 silver) 1904 Birth - Reinhard Heydrich German Governor (Bohemen/Moravia (Lidice)) 1904 Birth - Virginia Downing actress (Gig, Butterfield 8) 1904 Birth - Willy Forst Austria actor/director (Vienna Blood) 1905 Birth - Vera Fjodorova Panova Russian author (Sputniki) 1906 Birth - Alejandro Garcia Caturla composer 1906 Birth - Hans Lachman composer 1906 Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor 1907 Birth - Juan Francisco Giacobbe composer 1907 Birth - Mircea Eliade religious historian (Le Yoga) 1907 Death - Victor Alphonse Duvernoy composer, dies at 64 1908 Birth - Anna Magnani Rome Italy, actress (Rose Tattoo, Miracle) 1908 Birth - Joop [Joseph] van Santen Dutch 1st chamber member (CPN) 1908 Birth - Tomas de Manzarraga composer 1908 Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council & announced that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles" 1909 Birth - Greta Schoon writer 1909 Birth - Leo Malet writer 1911 Birth - Stefan Kisielewski composer 1911 Death - Antonio Fogazzarro Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at 68 1911 Revolution in Mexico. 1911 US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border 1911 Willis Farnworth of Petaluma, CA patented the coin-operated locker. 1912 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole 1912 Roald Amundsen first announces to the world that his expedition has reached the South Pole, though they had arrived on December 14, 1911. 1914 Birth - Morton DaCosta Philadelphia PA, director (Island of Love, Music Man) 1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania 1914 Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign. 1915 Birth - Jacques Chaban-Delmas French politician 1917 Birth - Davis Roberts Mobile AL, actor (Mr Johnson-Boone) 1917 Birth - Janet Collins ballerina 1917 Birth - Robert Erickson composer 1918 Birth - June Wayne artist/lithographer/teacher 1918 President Wilson authorizes US Army's Distinguished Service Medal 1918 World War I: Finland forms an alliance with Germany. 1919 Birth - Jocelyn Olaf Hambro financier 1919 Visitor posting - Mrs Benistone was born 1919 Birth - Mochtar Lubis Indonesian writer (Twilight in Djakarta) 1919 The Minister of Railways is appointed as receiver for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. 1920 Birth - Willie Watson cricketer (England batsman & soccer international) 1921 Red Army under Trotsky attack sailors of Kronstadt 1924 Birth - Eduardo Paolozzi British sculptor (Hydra) 1924 Birth - Kobo Abe Tokyo Japan, playwright (Woman, the Dunes) 1924 Death - Pat Moran manager (Cincinnati Reds), dies of Bright's Disease 1925 American Negro Congress organizes 1926 Death - Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan composer, dies at 73 1927 Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan 1927 In Tango, Japan a 7.9 earthquake resulted in 3,020 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes. 1930 Birth - Anthony Armstrong-Jones [Earl of Snowdon] London England, photographer 1930 Birth - James Broderick Charleston NH, actor (Brenner-Brenner, Doug-Family) 1931 Birth - C W Stubblefield music promoter 1931 Birth - Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen director Social Businesses of Press 1931 Birth - Donald Barthelme US, writer (Snow White) 1931 Death - Akseli V Gallen-Kallela Finnish painter/illustrator, dies at 65 1931 Death - Theo van Doesburg [Christian Kupper], painter/architect, dies at 47 1932 Death - Aristide Briand 11 x premier of France (Nobel 1926), dies at 69 1932 Riots at Ford-factory Dearborn MI, kills 4 1934 Birth - King Curtis [Curtis Ousley], rocker 1934 Birth - Nari Contractor cricketer (Indian batsman & captain) 1934 Birth - Willard Scott weather forecaster (Today Show) 1935 Saar incorporated into Germany 1936 Birth - Georges Perec French writer (Seire Noire, Retour a la bien-aimee) 1936 Germans march into the Rhineland, previously demilitarized by the Versailles Treaty. 1936 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland nobody complains 1936 World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland. 1937 Birth - Anne Kristen actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay, Sunset Song) 1937 Birth - Don Bonker (Representative-Democrat-WA, 1975- ) 1937 Bucharin, Jagoda & Rykov pushed out of CPSU in USSR 1938 Birth - Homero Blancas Houston TX, PGA golfer (1972 Phoenix Open) 1938 Birth - Janet Guthrie race car driver, 1st woman to race in Indy 500 1939 Birth - Marion Marlowe St Louis MO, singer (Arthur Godfrey & Friends) 1939 Death - Amadeo Roldan composer, dies at 38 1939 Glamour magazine begins publishing 1939 Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians first record "Auld Lang Syne" 1939 Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians record their signature tune, Auld Lang Syne, for Decca Records; Lombardo born in London, Ontario. 1940 Birth - Daniel J Travanti Kenosha WI, actor (Frank Furillo-Hill St Blues) 1940 Birth - Harald Gerlach writer 1940 Birth - Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke German student leader (Glasnost Berlin) 1940 Birth - Viktor Petrovich Savinykh USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4, T-13, TM-5) 1941 3rd largest snowfall in New York NY history (18.1") 1941 50,000 British soldiers land in Greece but do not stay long 1941 British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1941 Death - Arnold Schering German musicologist, dies at 63 1941 Death - Gnther Prien German commandant (U-47), dies in battle 1942 15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta 1942 Birth - Al[bert] Tanara WLAF defensive coach (Amsterdam Admirals) 1942 Birth - Michael Eisner Mount Kisko NY, CEO (Walt Disney) 1942 Birth - Paul Preuss US, sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire) 1942 Birth - Tammy Faye Bakker gospel singer/wife of Jim Bakker (PTL) 1942 Birth - Tommy F Robinson (Representative-Democrat-AR, 1985- ) 1942 Birth - U N Kulkarni cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68) 1942 The first cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee 1943 Birth - Carole Peel Australian softball assistant coach (Olympics-bronze-96) 1943 Birth - Chris White rock bassist (Zombies-Never Even Thought) 1943 Birth - Leon Frank Sylvers rocker 1943 General-Major Patton arrives in Djebel Kouif Tunisia 1944 Birth - Elton Gallegly (Representative-Republican-CA) 1944 Birth - Jrgen Theobaldy writer 1944 Birth - Townes Van Zandt musician 1944 Japans begins offensive in Burma 1945 Birth - Arthur Lee rocker (Vindicator) 1945 Birth - John Heard Washington DC, actor (Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD) 1945 Cologne taken by allied armies 1945 Death - Adolf Bartels German writer/racist, dies at 82 1945 The Commanding Officer, CGAS Floyd Bennett Field reported that a dunking sonar suspended from an XHOS-1 helicopter had been tested successfully. 1945 The tandem rotor XHRP-X transport helicopter, built under Navy contract by P-V Engineering Forum made its first flight at the contractor's plant at Sharon Hill 1945 US 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine 1945 Yugoslavia government of Tito forms 1946 Birth - Matthew Fisher London, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum) 1946 Birth - Peter Wolf rock singer (J Giels Band-Centerfold, Freeze Frame) 1947 Birth - Donna Loren Boston MA, singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo) 1947 Birth - Lewis J Stadlen Brooklyn NY, actor (John-Benson, Savages, Windy City) 1947 Birth - Richard Lawson Loma Linda CA, actor (Eddie-The O'Neills) 1947 Birth - Robert O'Neill Crossman politician 1947 The Kuomintang and Communist Party of China resume full-fledged Civil War. 1948 The Dodecanese islands officially become part of Greece again, ending the Italian rule. 1950 Birth - Franco Harris NFL fullback (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1950 Birth - Mark Pinter Decorah IA, actor (Karl-Behind the Screen, Another World) 1950 Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy. 1951 Birth - Linda Gibboney actress (Search for Tomorrow, Jessica-Generations) 1951 Death - Ali Razmara Shah of Iran (1950-51), assassinated 1951 Death - Ivor Novello British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at 58 1951 Death - Shah Ali Razmara of Iran assassinated 1951 Death - Shah Ali Razmara of Iran, assassinated 1951 Ezzard Charles wins 15-round heavyweight decision against Jersey Joe Walcott 1951 Korean War: Operation Ripper - In Korea, United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgeway begin an assault against Chinese forces. 1952 Birth - Ernie Isley US vocalist/guitarist (It's Your Thing, Heat is On) 1952 Birth - Lynn Swann NFL receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)/sportscaster 1952 Birth - Vivian Richards West Indian master blaster 1953 Birth - Jules Shear rock musician 1953 Birth - Kathleen Sullivan Pasadena CA, newscaster (E!) 1953 Visitor posting - Gordon McDougall born this day in the city of Hull - United Kingdom 1953 Jackie McGlew scores 255 vs New Zealand at Wellington 1954 Birth - Matt Frenette rock drummer (Loverboy) 1954 Russia defeated Canada 7-2 to capture the world ice-hockey title in Stockholm, Sweden. 1954 Russia wins title in their first international ice hockey competition 1955 7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas & Loretta Young 1955 Death - Tom Dugan actor (Pick a Star), dies at 66 1955 Mary Martin as "Peter Pan" televised 1958 Birth - Rik Mayall comedian (Drop Dead Fred, Bottom, Little Noises) 1958 Commissioning of USS Grayback, first submarine built from keel up with guided missile capability, to fire Regulus II missile. 1959 Birth - Thomas Edward Lehman Austin MN, PGA golfer (1994 Memorial Tournament) 1959 Death - Arthur C Pigou English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies 1959 Death - Hinsdale Smith developer of roll-down auto windows, dies at 88 1959 Melvin C. Garlow became the first pilot to fly over a million miles in jet airplanes. 1959 The first aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 Mkm) in a jet (MC Garlow) 1959 West Indies all out 76 vs Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34 1960 Birth - Ivan Lendl Czechoslovakia, tennis pro (US Open 1985-87) 1960 Birth - Joe Carter Oklahoma City OK, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays) 1960 Dutch Builders strike for CLA 1960 USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) rescues 4 Russian soldiers from their landing craft 1,000 miles from Midway Island, which was drifting several weeks after their engine failed off Kamchatka Peninsula. 1961 Birth - Mary Beth Evans Pasadena CA, actress (Katherine-General Hospital, Kayla-Days of our Lives) 1961 Death - Englebert van Anderlecht Belgian painter, dies at 42 1961 Death - Max Hymans WWII resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at 60 1962 Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio 1962 Birth - Taylor Dayne [Leslie Wunderman], Long Island NY, vocalist (I'll Always Love You) 1962 Launch of OSO 1, first astronomy satellite (solar flare data) 1963 Birth - Mike Eagles Sussex, NHL center (Washington Capitals) 1963 Birth - Mohammad Ishaq cricketer (UAE batsman 1996 World Cup) 1963 In Quebec FLQ starts campaign of violence by hurling Molotov cocktails at three Canadian Army armories. 1963 Visitor posting - Peter A. Brady III - born in Stamford, Ct. - USA 1964 Birth - Amy Baltus Bloomington IN, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-13th-1992) 1964 Birth - Jeff Criswell NFL tackle (Kansas City Chiefs) 1964 Death - Franz Alexander Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73 1965 Alabama state troopers & 600 black protestors clash in Selma 1965 Birth - Cameron Daddo Melbourne Australia, actor (Brian Petersen-Models Inc) 1965 Birth - Jesper Bo Parnevik Stockholm Sweden, PGA golfer (1995 Nestle-5th) 1965 Birth - Steve Beuerlein NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars, Car Panthers) 1965 Birth - [Willie] Flipper Anderson NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts) 1965 Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for New Zealand after ton 1965 Christian-democrats win parliament in Chile 1965 In Selma, Alabama, State troopers and local law enforcement forcefully break up a group of 600 civil rights marchers. The event was televised and was dubbed Bloody Sunday. 1966 Birth - Jeff Feagles NFL punter (Arizona Cardinals) 1966 Birth - Mel Rojas Haina Dominican Republic, pitcher (Montral Expos) 1966 Birth - Terry Carkner Smiths Falls, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers) 1966 Department of Navy reorganized into present structure under CNO 1967 Birth - Zheng Haixia WNBA center (Los Angeles Sparks) 1967 Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", premieres in New York NY 1967 PBRs assists Operation Overload II in Rung Sat Zone, Vietnam 1967 Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union & jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971) 1968 Birth - Jeff Kent Bellflower CA, infielder (New York Mets) 1968 Birth - Ricky Proehl NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears) 1968 Death - Yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin USSR cosmonaut (Vostok I), dies at 31 1968 Operation Coronado XII begins in Mekong Delta, Vietnam 1969 Birth - Anne Marie Lauck Rochester NY, marathoner (Olympics-10th-96) 1969 Birth - Anthony Davis NFL linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs) 1969 Birth - Brian Jamieson Livingston NJ, rower (Olympics-silver-1996) 1969 Birth - Geoff Smith Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers) 1969 Birth - Matt Blundin NFL quarterback (Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions) 1969 Birth - Sam Gash NFL running back (New England Patriots) 1969 Golda Meir elected as the first female Prime Minister of Israel. 1969 UK hist Victoria Line tube opens in London 1970 Birth - Jacquelyn Doucette Miss Massachusetts-USA (1996) 1970 Birth - James Calvin Spivey Schiller Park IL, miler 1970 Birth - Kathy Gedney Indianapolis IN, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-25th-1994) 1970 Number one hit on UK music charts - Lee Marvin - Wandrin' Star 1970 Visitor posting - Scott Northup was born today - USA 1971 Birth - Alison Herst Toronto Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-5-92, 96) 1971 Egypt refuses to renew the Suez ceasefire 1972 Birth - Andrew Finch rower (Olympics-1996) 1972 Birth - Marina Hatzakis Australian rower (Olympics-96) 1973 Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory 1973 Death - Andr de Meulemeester Belgian WWI pilot [Eagle of Flanders], dies at 78 1973 Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh 1974 "Monitor" (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras NC 1974 Birth - Joost Volmer soccer player (FC Twente) 1974 First general striking in Ethiopia 1975 Birth - Andrey Savenkov hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998) 1975 Birth - William Hampton CFL defensive back (Calgary Stampeders) 1975 Death - Ben Blue actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 73 1975 Death - Francine Larrimore actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at 76 1975 Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate 1976 Death - Erwin Kroll composer, dies at 90 1976 Morocco & Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria 1977 Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections 1977 Birth - Ludmila Richterova Kosice Slovakia, tennis star (1995 Bournemouth) 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin meets President Carter 1978 Belgian baron Charles Bracht kidnapped 1978 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Dutch 2nd Chamber votes against neutron bomb 1979 Death - Guiomar Novaes pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84 1979 Death - Klaus Egge Norwegian composer (Fanitullen), dies at 72 1979 USS Constellation and her escort ships were ordered to the Gulf of Aden in response to the conflict between North and South Yemen. 1981 Death - John Gnagy artist (Learn to Draw), dies at 73 1981 Death - Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67 1981 The first homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death 1982 Death - Charles Borromeo Mills composer, dies at 68 1983 Death - Igor Markevich composer, dies at 70 1983 Death - Robert Bray actor (Corey-Lassie, Simon-Stagecoach West), dies at 65 1983 TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV 1985 Death - George Schick Czechoslovakian conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76 1985 Death - Robert W Woodruff CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95 1985 Death - Victor W Farris inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies 1985 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released 1986 Death - Jacob K Javits (Senator-Republican-NY), dies in Palm Beach FL at 81 1986 South-Africa emergency crisis in Brabant & Limburg ends 1987 Gavaskar becomes first cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs 1987 Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1987 World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champ, "Iron" Mike Tyson, became the youngest heavyweight titlist ever as he beat James Smith in a decision during a 12-round bout in Las Vegas. 1988 Colombia becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. 1988 Death - Divine [Harris Glenn Milstead] transvestite actor (Hairspray, Polyester, Pink Flamingos), dies in Los Angeles at 42 1988 Death - Robert Livingston actor (Lone Ranger), dies at 83 of emphysema 1988 Howard Stern's first pay-per-view "Underpants & Negligee Party" 1989 Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a row over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel. 1989 Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Salman Rushdie's book "The Satanic Verses" 1989 Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, NW North America, Greenland) 1989 The State Council of the People's Republic of China declares martial law in Lhasa, Tibet. 1990 3 passengers killed & 162 injured as subway train derails (Philadelphia) 1990 Death - Max Neuhaus composer, dies at 50 1990 Visitor posting - Travis Allie was born 1991 Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait 1992 Visitor posting - Cody Arthur Volway was born in Saginaw MI 48604 - USA 1993 Death - Arnold Franchetti Ital/US composer, dies 1993 Death - Earl Wrightson singer/actor (Pinafore), dies of heart failure at 77 1993 Death - Tony Harris cricketer (8 Tests for South Africa 1947-49, 100 runs), dies 1993 Diff'rent Stroke actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant 1994 8th American Comedy Awards: Carrot Top wins 1994 ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa 1994 Charles Taylor resigns as President of Liberia 1994 Navy issues first orders to women assigned aboard combat ship, USS Eisenhower 1994 US Navy issues first permanent order assigning women on combat ship 1995 Death - Don Cook British foreign correspondent, dies at 74 1995 Death - Jaap van den Hurk TV-director (NCRV), dies 1995 Death - Jacques Lefebvre Belgian air force general, commits suicide at 64 1995 Death - John Arthur Neill Lambert composer teacher organist, dies at 69 1995 Death - Paul-Emile Victor French pole explorer, dies at 87 1995 Death - Thijmen Kuijt resistance fighter/co-found paper (Typhoon), dies at 82 1995 Visitor posting - Paul Chongs' Birthday - USA 1995 Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record) 1995 New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty 1996 British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million £ order 1996 Death - Aled Eames maritime historian, dies at 74 1996 Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists 1996 The first democratically elected Palestinian parliament is formed. 1996 The first surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope) 1997 11th Soul Train Music Awards 1997 5 sue Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life 1997 Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome & Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site 2005 Mass protest outside the National Assembly of Kuwait building for women's voting rights in Kuwait. 2006 Apple Inc. is granted the patent to the iPod. 2006 Visitor posting - Kyriese graham my first handsome son was born god bless you - United Kingdom 2009 Visitor posting - 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