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Search for "Home Financing" 0051 Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth). 0303 Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. 0852 Croatian Duke Trpimir I issued a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources. 0932 Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs. 1152 Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans. 1152 Frederik I Barbarossa elected Roman-German king 1172 Death - Stephan III King of Hungary (1162-72), dies 1215 King John of England makes an oath to the Pope as a crusader to gain the support of Innocent III. 1238 The Battle of the Sit River was fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Russia. 1275 Chinese astronomers observe a total eclipse of the sun. 1351 Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam. 1386 Wadysaw II Jagieo (Jogaila) was crowned King of Poland. 1394 Birth - Prince Henry the Navigator sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery 1461 Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England 1461 Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV. 1484 Death - Kazimierz the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25 1492 Birth - Francesco de Layolle composer 1492 King James IV of Scotland concludes an alliance with France against England. 1493 Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal aboard his ship Nia from his discovery voyage to America. He returned to Spain on March 15. 1519 Hernan Cortes arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and their wealth. 1540 Protestant count Philip of Hessen marries 2nd wife 1570 King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students 1570 King Philip II of Spain bans foreign Dutch students. 1590 Mauritius of Nassau's ship reaches Breda 1595 Death - Robert Southwell English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest 1611 George Abbot appointed archbishop of Canterbury 1611 George Abbot is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. 1615 Death - Hans von Aachen German painter, dies 1617 Death - Arcangelo Crivelli composer, dies at 70 1621 Jacarta, Java renamed Batavia 1621 Jakarta, Java is renamed Batavia. 1629 Massachusetts Bay Colony, which had the role of colonizing the Americas, is granted a Royal charter. 1634 Proprietor Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston 1634 Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts. 1651 Birth - John Baron Somers (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700) 1675 John Flamsteed appointed first Astronomer Royal of England 1678 Birth - Antonio Vivaldi Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons) 1681 King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania 1719 Birth - Aert Schouman Dutch bird/portrait painter 1741 English fleet under Admiral Ogle reaches Cartagena 1742 Birth - Johann Heinrich Egli composer 1747 Birth - Casimir Pulaski Count/American Revolutionary War general 1754 Birth - Benjamin Waterhouse physician (smallpox vaccine pioneer) 1754 Birth - Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain composer 1757 Birth - Ignaz Malzat composer 1765 Birth - Charles Dibdin England, composer/author (Sea Songs)/actor (baptized) 1773 Birth - Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges composer 1774 First sighting of Orion Nebula by William Herschel. 1776 The American War of Independence: The Americans capture "Dorchester Heights" dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts. 1782 Birth - Johann Wyss Swiss folklorist/writer (Swiss Family Robinson) 1789 Birth - Pavel P Gagarin Russian monarch 1789 First Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 representatives) 1790 France is divided into 83 dpartements, which cut across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land. 1791 A Constitutional Act is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario). 1791 President Washington calls the US Senate into its first special session 1791 Vermont becomes the 14th state of the Union. 1791 Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state. 1792 Oranges introduced to Hawaii 1793 Death - Isaac Ouwater Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 1793 President Washington's 2nd inauguration, shortest speech (133 words) 1794 Death - Henri D count de Larochejacquelin Fr Royalist Army leader, dies at 21 1797 In the first ever peaceful transfer of power between elected leaders in modern times, John Adams is sworn in as President of the United States, succeeding George Washington. 1797 John Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US 1798 Birth - John Joseph Abercrombie Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1877 1798 Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews 1801 The first President inaugurated in Washington DC (Thomas Jefferson) 1801 Thomas Jefferson becomes the first US President inaugurated in Washington, D.C. 1804 Death - Karl Leopold Rollig composer, dies 1804 The Battle of Vinegar Hill, colony of New South Wales (Australia), when Irish convicts (some of whom had been involved in Irelands Battle of Vinegar Hill in 1798) led the colonys only significant convict uprising. [1] 1805 Death - Jean-Baptiste Greuze French painter, dies at 79 1809 Madison becomes first President inaugurated in American-made clothes 1813 Birth - Wijnand J J Nuijen romantic/water colors painter (Wrecked) 1813 Russian troops fighting the army of Napoleon reach Berlin in Germany and the French garrison evacuate the city without a fight. 1814 Americans defeat the British at the Battle of Longwoods between London and Thamesville near present-day Wardsville, Ontario. 1819 Birth - Charles Oberthur composer 1824 The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" was founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858. 1825 John Quincy Adams inaugrated as 6th President 1826 Birth - John Buford Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 1826 The first US RR chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy MA 1828 Birth - Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton Brigadier General (Confederate Army) 1829 Andrew Jackson inaugurated as 7th President 1829 Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball 1831 Death - Georg Michael Telemann composer, dies at 82 1834 Birth - Peter Nicolai von Wilm composer 1835 Birth - Giovanni Schiaparelli Italy, astronomer (discovered canals of Mars) 1835 HMS Beagle moves into Bay of Concepción 1837 Chicago becomes incorporated as a city. 1837 City of Chicago incorporates 1837 Martin Van Buren inaugrated as 8th President 1837 Weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American 1838 Birth - Paul Lacome composer 1839 Death - Ignace Antoine Ladurner pianist/composer, dies at 72 1841 Birth - Kristian Mandrup Elster Norwegian author (And fremmed Fugl) 1841 Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison 1844 Birth - Josip Jurcic Slovenian writer (10th Brother) 1845 James K Polk inaugrated as 11th President 1848 Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia 1848 Sardinia-Piemonte gets new Constitution 1851 Death - Michael Henkel composer, dies at 70 1852 Death - Nikolai Gogol writer, dies at 43 1853 Pope Pius IX recovers Catholic hierarchy in Netherlands 1853 William Rufus de Vane King (D) sworn in as 13th US Vice President 1861 Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as US President. 1861 Confederate States adopt "Stars & Bars" flag 1861 First national flag of the Confederate States of America (the 'Stars and Bars') adopted. 1861 Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President; first time US has 5 former Presidents living 1861 President Lincoln opens Government Printing Office 1862 Birth - Robert Emden Swiss geologist/astro-physicist (Emden-polytroop) 1863 Battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee 1863 Territory of Idaho established 1864 Death - Thomas Starr King Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity), dies 1865 Confederate congress approves final design of "official flag" 1865 President Lincoln inaugurated for his 2nd term as President 1865 Third (and last) national flag of the Confederate States of America adopted. 1866 Death - Alexander Campbell Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77 1868 Royal Canadian Yacht Club (RCYC) chartered in Toronto. 1869 Ulysses Grant inaugurated as 18th President 1873 New York Daily Graphic, first illustrated daily newspaper in US, published 1875 Birth - Alberto Vaccari Italian Jesuit/old testament scholar/interpreter 1875 Birth - Enrique Larreta [E R Maza] Argentine diplomat (Gloria de Don Ramiro) 1875 Birth - Suze Groeneweg 1st Dutch female parliament member (SDAP, 1918-37) 1876 Death - Alfred Holmes composer, dies at 38 1876 US Congress decides to impeach Minister of War Belknap 1877 Birth - Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike composer 1877 Birth - Danil G van Beuningen Dutch art collector 1877 Death - Hendrik E van Rijgersma Dutch Governor (St Maarten), dies at 42 1877 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake premiers at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. 1879 Birth - Bernhard Kellermann writer 1881 California becomes first state to pass plant quarantine legislation 1881 Holmes & Watson begin "A Study in Scarlet", first case together 1881 James A Garfield inaugurated as 20th President 1882 Britain's first electric trams run in East London. 1883 Death - Alexander H Stephens Vice President Confederate States, dies at 71 1883 John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" in Mississippi 1885 Birth - Willem H Winkel Dutch physician/founder (Red Cross of Curaao) 1885 Grover Cleveland inaugrated as first Democratic President since Civil War 1887 Gottlieb Daimler unveils his first automobile which he test runs in Esslingen and Cannstatt, Germany. 1888 Birth - Knute Rockne Norwegian/US football player/coach (Notre Dame) 1888 Death - Amos Bronson Alcott US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88 1889 Benjamin Harrison inaugurated as 23rd President 1889 Birth - Pearl White [Victoria] US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline) 1890 The longest bridge in the United Kingdom, the Forth Bridge (railway) (1,710 ft) in Scotland is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII. [2] 1891 Birth - Dazzy Vance hall of fame pitcher (led National League in strike-outs 7-years) 1893 Congo Free State: The army of Francis, Baron Dhanis attacks the Lualaba, enabling him to transport his troops across the Upper Congo and, capture Nyangwe almost without an effort. 1893 Francis Dhanis' army attacksthe Lualaba, occupies Nyangwe 1893 Grover Cleveland (D) inaugrated as 24th US President (2nd term) 1894 Great fire in Shanghai. Over 1,000 buildings are destroyed. 1897 Birth - Francis "Lefty" O'Doul baseball player/organized Japanese baseball 1897 William McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US 1899 Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland - over 300 dead. 1900 Birth - Roberto Soundy El Salvador, trap shooter (Olympics-1968) 1901 Birth - Charles H Goren bridge master (26 US Titles) 1901 Birth - Jean-Joseph Rabarivelo Madagaskisch poet (Enfants d'Orphe) 1901 President William McKinley inaugurated for 2nd term as President 1902 American Automobile Association (AAA) founded in Chicago 1902 In Chicago, the American Automobile Association is established. 1903 Birth - Harold Berens comedian 1903 Death - Joseph H Shorthouse English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68 1904 Birth - George Gamow nuclear physicist/cosmologist/writer (1, 2, 3...'infinity') 1904 Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria followed by 100,000 Japanese troops. 1905 Birth - Lili Krus Budapest Hungary, pianist (Austrian Cross of Honor 1978) 1907 Birth - Edgar Barrier New York NY, actor (Cobra Woman, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered) 1908 Birth - Boris N Poveloi [Kampov], Russian journalist/writer 1908 Collingwood OH primary school catches fire; 180 die 1908 The Collinwood School Fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people. 1909 Birth - Harry B Helmsley New York NY, billionaire builder (Empire State Building) 1909 President Taft inaugrated as 27th President during 10" snowstorm 1909 US prohibits interstate transportation of game birds 1910 Birth - Tancredo Neves president of Civil rights activist 1911 Victor Berger (Wisconsin) becomes first socialist congressman in US 1912 Birth - Afro [Basaldella] Italian painter 1912 Birth - John Garfield New York NY, actor (Air Force, Destination Tokyo, Juarez) 1913 Department of Commerce & Labor split into separate departments 1913 First US law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed 1913 Gabriel Fauré's opera "Pénélope", premieres in Monte Carlo 1913 New York Yankees are first to train outside US (Bermuda) 1913 Woodrow Wilson inaugurated as 28th President 1915 Birth - Carlos Surinach Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo) 1915 Birth - Eunice Catunda composer 1915 Birth - Petrus de Jong Dutch premier (KVP, 1967-71) 1916 Birth - Giorgio Bassani Italian writer (Botteghe Oscure) 1916 Birth - Hans Eysenck psychologist 1916 Death - Franz Marc German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36 1917 Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia's renunciation of the throne is made public, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia publicly issues his abdication manifesto. The victory of the February Revolution. 1917 Jeannette Rankin (Representative-Republican-MT) becomes first female member of Congress 1917 Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives. 1917 Peace activist and suffragist Jeanette Rankin became the first woman elected to the US House of Representatives. 1918 Birth - Margaret Osborne DuPont Joseph OR, tennis pro (US Open 1948-50) 1918 Death - Eugene D'Harcourt composer, dies at 58 1918 Terek Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR (until 1921) 1920 Birth - Marcella Grady Jennings rancher 1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar in Greece 1921 Birth - Halim El-Dabh composer 1921 Birth - Joan Greenwood London, actress/director (Amorous Mr Prawn) 1921 Warren G. Harding is sworn in as the 29th US President. 1922 Death - Bert Williams famous black, dies at 46, in New York NY 1923 Birth - Patrick Moore England, astronomer/writer (A-Z of Astronomy) 1923 Birth - Piero J d'Inzeo France, equestrian show jumper (Olympics-gold-1952, 64) 1923 Lenin's last article in Pravda (about Red bureaucracy) 1924 "Happy Birthday To You" published by Claydon Sunny 1925 Death - Moritz Moszkowski Polish/German composer, dies at 70 1925 President Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations 1925 Swain's Island (near American Samoa) annexed by US 1926 De Geer government in Netherlands takes office 1927 Birth - Robert Di Domenica composer 1927 Birth - Thayer David Medford MA, actor (Eiger Sanction, Rocky, Nero Wolfe, Savages) 1928 Birth - Alan Sillitoe Nottingham Nottinghamshire England, writer (Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner) 1928 Birth - Samuel Adler composer 1929 Birth - Bernard Haitink Amsterdam Netherlands, conductor (London Philharmonic Orchestra 1969-78) 1929 Birth - Josep Mestres-Quadreny composer 1929 Charles Curtis (R-Kansas) becomes first native American Vice President 1929 Charles Curtis becomes the first native-American Vice President. 1929 Herbert Hoover inaugurated as 31st President 1930 Coolidge Dam in Arizona dedicated 1930 Terrible floods ransack Languedoc and the surrounds in south-west France, resulting in twelve departments being submerged by water and causing the death of over 700 people. 1931 Birth - Ernesto Rosenstand Arubian playwright (Kiko Ta Di Nos?) 1931 Birth - Gennady Rozhdestvensky composer 1931 Birth - Han Jansen Dutch painter 1931 The British Viceroy of India, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) meet to sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing that salt is freely used by the poorest layers of the population. 1932 Birth - Guido Baggiani composer 1932 Birth - Hessel Rienks economist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA) 1932 Birth - Miriam Makeba Johannesburg South Africa, singer (Grammy 1965) 1933 Bertha Wilson is appointed as first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada. 1933 Birth - Ann Burton [Anna Rafalowicz], singer 1933 Chancellor Dollfuss disdolves Austrian parliament 1933 Death - Willie Walker US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36 1933 FDR inaugrated as 32nd President, pledges to pull US out of Depression & says "We have nothing to fear but fear itself" 1933 Frances Perkins becomes Secretary of Labor, first US woman cabinet member 1933 The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure - Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates authoritarian rule by decree (see Austrofascism). 1934 Birth - Barbara McNair Racine WI, singer/actress (Barbara McNair Show) 1934 Birth - Jane van Lawick-Goodall ethologist/chimp expert (1974 Walker Prize) 1934 Birth - John Duffey bluegrass musician 1934 Birth - Mario Davidovsky Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Synchronisms) 1934 Easter Cross on Mount Davidson (San Francisco) dedicated 1936 Birth - Aribert Reimann composer 1936 Birth - David Thompson British food magnate/multi-millionaire 1936 Birth - Eric Allandale rocker (Foundations) 1936 Birth - Jim Clark race car driver (Indianapolis 500) 1936 Death - Ruben Mattias Liljefors composer, dies at 64 1936 First flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany 1937 Birth - Graeme Dowling cricketer (New Zealand, 239 vs India 1968) 1937 Birth - Ron Carter jazz bassist (Ron Carter Meets Bach) 1937 Birth - Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich Russian cosmonaut 1937 Birth - [Bernard Barney Jean] Wilen musician 1939 Birth - James Aubrey Turner scientist 1939 Birth - Paula Prentiss [Ragusa] San Antonio TX, actress (Parallax View, He & She) 1940 Birth - Kas Garas Kaunas Lithuania, actor (Hamlyn-Strange Report) 1941 18 Geuzen resistance fighters sentenced to death in The Hague 1941 Adolf Hitler applies pressure on Yugoslavia to join the Tripartite Pact. 1941 Birth - Adrian Lyne director (Fatal Attraction, 9 Weeks, Jacob's Ladder) 1941 Birth - Ji-Tu Cumbuka Helena AL, actor (Roots, Man Called Sloane) 1941 Birth - John Aprea Englewood NJ, actor (Lucas-Another World, Godfather 2) 1941 Birth - John Hancock Hazen AR, actor (Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights) 1941 Death - Edoardo Mascheroni composer, dies at 81 1941 Serbian Prince Paul visits Hitler 1941 The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands, during World War II. 1996 This was the year "The Book Clip - Guaranteed to keep your Book Open" first appeared on the Internet. See Pictures HERE www.bookclip.com 1942 Death - Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg composer, dies at 62 1943 Birth - Zoltan Jeney composer 1943 Death - Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis Greek foreign minister, dies at 71 1943 Death - Pieter C Boutens Dutch poet (Beatrijs), dies at 73 1944 Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy 1944 Birth - Bobby Womack Cleveland OH, R&B singer/guitarist (Woman's Got to Have It) 1944 First U.S. daylight bombing of Berlin and Anti-Germany strikes in northern Italy. 1944 First US bombing of Berlin 1945 Birth - Dieter Meier Swiss singer/children book writer (Yello) 1945 Birth - Jaime Tirelli New York NY, actor (Orlando Lopez-Ball Four) 1945 Finland declares war on Nazi-Germany 1945 Lapland War: Finland declares war on Nazi Germany. 1946 Birth - Haile Gerima director (Ashes & Embers) 1946 Birth - Harvey Goldsmith impresario 1946 Birth - Michael Ashcroft English entrepreneur/multi-millionaire (Hawley-ADT) 1946 Birth - Ralph Kirshbaum Denton TX, cellist (RNCM Manchester International Festival) 1946 Birth - Robert Raymond rocker 1948 Birth - Billy Gibbons rock guitarist (ZZ Top-Cheap Sunglasses, Legs, Fandango) 1948 Birth - Chris Squire London, rock bassist (Yes-Fish Out of Water) 1948 Birth - Shakin' Stevens [Mike Barrett], Ely Wales, rocker (You Drive Me Crazy) 1948 Death - Antonin Artaud French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51 1948 Death - Elsa Brndstrm [Angel of Siberia], Swedish philanthropist, dies at 59 1949 Andrei Vishinsky succeeds Molotov as Soviet Foreign minister 1949 Piet Van de Pol (Netherlands) becomes world champion billiard player 1949 Security Council of UN recommends membership for Israel 1950 Birth - Emilio Estefan Cuba, rocker (Miami Sound Machine-1 2 3) 1950 Birth - Judy Dickinson Akron OH, LPGA golfer (1985 Boston Five Classic) 1950 Birth - Kenny Dalglish soccer manager 1950 Birth - Rafael Canizares Poey Alacs Mountains Cuba, basketballer (Olympics-bronze-72) 1951 Birth - Chris Rea Middlesborough England, rock guitarist (Fool If You Think It Is Over, Heaven) 1951 Birth - Gwen Welles Chattanooga TN, actress (Desert Hearts, Sticky Fingers, Angel On My Shoulder) 1951 Birth - Kenny Dalglish British soccer star (100+ goals) 1952 Birth - Ronn Moss Los Angeles CA, actor (Ridge-Bold & Beautiful, Santa Barbara) 1952 Hokkaido, Japan a 8.3 earthquake occurred: 31 killed, 572 injured; 713 houses destroyed, 5,980 damaged. 28 killed and warehouses destroyed at Kushiro. 3 killed and 309 houses destroyed at Kiratapu. 1,000 houses destroyed or damaged at Shiranuka and 400 schools collapsed at Sapporo. 10-foot tsunami. 1952 Movie star Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis. 1953 Birth - Christopher H Smith (Representative-Republican-NJ, 1981- ) 1953 Birth - Kay Lenz Los Angeles CA, actress (Moving Violations, Rich Man Poor Man) 1953 Death - Sergei S Prokoviev Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61 1954 Birth - Catherine O'Hara Toronto Ontario, comedienne (Beetlejuice, SCTV) 1954 Birth - Irina Ratushinskaya USSR, poet (Grey is the color of hope) 1954 Birth - Peter Erling Jacobsen Portland OR, PGA golfer (1990 Bob Hope) 1954 Death - Georg Gohler composer, dies at 79 1954 Death - Noel Gay [Richard Moxon Armitage], composer, dies at 55 1954 Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, announces the first successful kidney transplant. 1955 Birth - Benny Alexander Secretary-General (South African Pan-Africanist Movement) 1955 The first radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent 1957 The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90. 1958 Birth - Patricia Heaton Cleveland OH, actress (Debra-Everybody Loves Raymond) 1958 Death - Albert Kuyle [Lou Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54 1959 Birth - Kelly Lynch Golden Walley MN, actress (Warm Summer Rain, Cocktail) 1959 U.S. Pioneer IV misses Moon and becomes the second (U.S. first) artificial planet. 1959 US Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artificial planet 1960 Birth - Reggie McElroy NFL tackle (Denver Broncos) 1960 Birth - Russell Todd Troy NY, actor (Dr Jamie Frame-Another World) 1960 Death - Leonard Warren US baritone, dies on stage at 48 1960 French freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100 1960 French freighter 'La Coubre' explodes in Havana, Cuba killing 100. Fidel Castro blames the U.S. 1960 Lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz 1961 Birth - David "Tinker" Juarez Los Angeles CA, cyclist (Olympics-19th-96) 1961 Birth - Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini boxer (killed a boxer in the ring) 1961 Birth - Roger Wessels Port Elizabeth South Africa, golfer (1994 Canadian Masters) 1961 Birth - Steven Weber Queens NY, actor (Brian Hackett-Wings) 1962 AEC announces first atomic power plant in Antarctica in operation 1962 Birth - Brant Ian Woodward Hurstville New Zealand, trap shooter (Olympics-96) 1962 Birth - Greg Kragen NFL nose tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers) 1962 Birth - Steve Fletcher London England, actor (Brad-One Life to Live) 1962 Death - Cairine R Wilson 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77 1962 United States Atomic Energy Commission announces that the first atomic power plant at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is in operation. 1963 Birth - Anne Minter Australia, tennis star 1963 Birth - Jason Newsted US heavy-metal bassist (Metallica-Kill 'em All) 1963 Birth - MDV [Michiel de Vos] Dutch pop bassist (Burma Shave-Stash) 1963 Death - William Carlos Williams US physician/poet, dies at 79 1964 Birth - Emilia Eberle Romania, gymnast, scored a perfect 10 in 1980 Olympics 1964 Birth - Linda French Oak Park IL, badminton player (Olympics-96) 1964 Birth - Tom Lampkin Cincinnati OH, catcher (San Francisco Giants) 1964 Jimmy Hoffa convicted of jury tampering 1965 Birth - Alexandra Harbold New York NY, sprint kayak (Olympics-96) 1965 Birth - Dana Brown Memphis TN, Miss Tennessee-America (1990-3rd) 1965 Birth - Stacy Edwards Glasgow MT, actress (Santa Barbara) 1965 David Attenbrough became the new controller of BBC2 1966 Birth - Kevin Johnson NBA guard (Phoenix Suns) 1966 Birth - Mike Small Aurora IL, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Emerald Coast) 1966 Birth - Patrick Hannan English pop drummer (Sundays-Can't Be Sure) 1966 Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people. 1966 Canadian Pacific DC-8 explodes on landing at Tokyo, killing 64 people, including 18 Canadians 1966 Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing in Tokyo, 64 die 1966 Death - Janis Medins composer, dies at 75 1966 Demonstrators protest Vietnam war on Parliament Hill in Ottawa 1966 John Lennon, says "We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus" 1966 North Sea Gas was first pumped ashore by BP 1966 Studebaker of Canada stops car production finally 1967 Birth - Daryll Cullinan South African cricketer (batsman Warne's bunny) 1967 Birth - Juli Furtado New York NY, mountain cyclist (world champion-1991, 92) 1968 Birth - Brian Hunter Torrance CA, infielder (Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros) 1968 Birth - Dinky van Rensburg South Africa, tennis star 1968 Birth - Dionna Harris Wilmington DE, softball outfielder (Olympics-gold-96) 1968 Birth - Evan Dando rocker (Lemonheads) 1968 Birth - Patsy Kensit London, rocker/actress (Lethal Weapon 2, 21, Hanover St) 1968 Death - Alexandre Cellier composer, dies at 84 1968 Joe Frazier TKOs Buster Mathis in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1968 Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 5 launched 1969 Birth - Chastity Bono Los Angeles CA, daughter of Sonny & Cher 1969 Birth - Jeff Tinsley Shelbyville KY, outfielder (Boston Red Sox) 1969 Birth - Karrie Poppinga Manhattan Beach CA, volleyballer (Pismo Beach-4-95) 1969 Birth - Kenneth Benson CFL linebacker (Toronto Argonauts) 1969 RCMP to replace remaining dog teams with snowmobiles, Sargent York and his faithful dog Yukon can now rest easy.. 1970 Birth - Dave Stevens Fullerton CA, pitcher (Minnesota Twins) 1970 Birth - Marja Helena Paluila ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Olympics-98) 1970 Birth - Matt Gay WLAF safety (Rhein Fire) 1970 Birth - Tina Paternostro Williamsport PA, golfer (1995 JAL Big Apple-57th) 1970 French submarine "Eurydice" explodes 1970 French submarine Eurydice explodes. 1971 "City Command" kidnaps 4 US military men at Ankara, Turkey 1971 Birth - Edwin van Holten soccer player (FC Volendam) 1972 Birth - Chris Borg Lexington SC, canoe (alternate-Olympics-96) 1972 Birth - Martin St Pierre Ripon Qubec Canada, 20k walker (Olympics-96) 1972 Birth - Robert Smith NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings) 1972 Birth - Sherida Pawiroredjo Suriname Miss Indra Maju (1993) 1972 Last train run between Penrith to Keswick UK 1972 Libya & USSR signs cooperation treaty 1972 Libya and the Soviet Union sign a cooperation treaty. 1973 15th Grammy Awards: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America 1973 Birth - Phillip Daniels NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks) 1974 Birth - Jarrett Deuling Vernon, NHL left wing (New York Islanders) 1974 Birth - Karol Kucera Bratislava Slovakia, tennis star (1995-Rosmalen) 1974 Birth - Sherry Wigginton Austin TX, diver (Olympics-96) 1974 David Hares' "Knuckle", premieres in London 1974 Death - Adolph Gottlieb US painter, dies at 71 1974 Harold Wilson replaces resigning Ed Heath as British premier 1975 Charlie Chaplin is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of England. 1976 The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London via the British parliament. 1977 A 7.2 earthquake occurred in Romania, it was centered about 170 kilometers northeast of Bucharest. It killed 1,500, injured about 10,500, and caused extensive damage in Bucharest and other parts of Romania 1977 Birth - Anna Baitchik Miss Russia-Universe (1997) 1977 Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan at Port-of-Spain 1977 Earthquake in Romania, kills 1,541 1977 The 1977 Bucharest Earthquake in southern and eastern Europe kills more than 1,500. 1977 The first Cray-1 supercomputer is shipped to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. 1977 The first big CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories, New Mexico 1978 Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue 1979 200th episode of "All in the Family" 1979 The first encyclical written by Pope John Paul II, Redemptor Hominis (Latin for "The Redeemer of Man") is promulgated less than five months after his installation as pope. 1979 US Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings 1980 Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister. 1981 Death - Torin Thatcher actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies 1982 NASA launches "Intelsat V". 1983 Death - Herg‚ [Georges Remi], Belgian cartoonist (TinTin), dies at 75 1984 Death - Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze composer, dies at 79 1985 The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States. 1985 Virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA 1985 War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai" 1986 Death - Henri Knap Dutch journalist/writer, dies at 75 1986 Death - Richard Manuel rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 40 1989 Actress Phoebe Cates marries actor Kevin Kline 1989 Eastern Airlines machinists strike 1989 Time and Warner Communications announce a planned merger to form the world's largest media and entertainment company. 1990 A 6.1 earthquake occurred in Pakistan at least 11 people killed, about 40 injured and many homes and buildings damaged in the Kalat area. Also felt at Quetta and Mastung 1990 US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) returns from space 1991 Bank of Credit & Commerce International divests itself of first American Bank 1991 Death - Vance Colvig actor (UHF, Barfly, My Chauffeur), dies at 72 1991 Iraq releases 6 US, 3 British & 1 Italian POW 1991 Sheikh Saad Al-Abdallah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, the Prime Minister of Kuwait, returned to his country for the first time since Iraq's invasion. 1992 Death - Arthur Babbitt Disney animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), dies at 84 of heart failure 1992 Death - C Meijer Dutch editor in chief (Typhoon), dies 1992 Death - Christian K Nelson inventor (Eskimo Pie), dies at 98 1992 Death - Mary Osborne jazz guitarist, dies at 70 of liver cancer 1992 Death - Nestor Almendros Spanish/US cameraman (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 61 1993 Birth - Bobbi Kristina Brown daughter of Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown 1993 Death - Art Hodes Russian/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies 1993 Death - Richard Sale writer/director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies at 80 1993 Katharine Hepburn enters the hospital suffering from exhaustion 1994 4 Arab terrorist founded guilty of bombing the World Trade Center 1994 Bosnia's Croats and Moslems sign an agreement to form a federation in a loose economic union with Croatia. 1994 Death - Guus Verstraete Sr Dutch actor/director (2 Drops of Water), dies at 79 1994 Death - John Candy actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at 43 1994 Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16) launches into orbit. 1994 Toronto actor John Candy dies at 43 of a heart attack while filming Wagons East on location in Mexico 1995 Blind teenage boy receives a 'Bionic Eye' at a Washington Hospital 1995 Death - Eden Ahbez songwriter, dies at 86 1995 George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker 1995 Personal posting - march 4 1995 michael lantow was born later to becom a rock star 1995 Michael Johnson runs world record 400 meter indoor (44.63 seconds) 1996 Death - Barbara Lewis British obituarist, dies at 55 1996 Death - Minnie Pearl country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84 1996 Personal posting - March 4th 1996: Julia is born 1997 Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks 1997 Comet Hale-Bopp directly above the Sun (1.04 AU) 1997 Personal posting - Yash Vijay Kateja was born - India 1997 President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research 1997 Zeya Start-1 launched (Russia) 1998 Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex. 1999 A military jury in North Carolina clears a Marine pilot of reckless endangerment charges when his jet severed a gondola cable in the Alps, sending 20 people to their deaths. 1999 Retired US Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, author of a 1973 decision legalizing abortion, dies in Arlington, VA, at age 90. 2001 4 March 2001 BBC bombing: a massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring 11 people. The attack was attributed to the Real IRA. 2001 Hintze Ribeiro disaster, a bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people. 2002 Canada bans human embryo cloning but permits government-funded scientists to use embryos left over from fertility treatment or abortions. 2002 Multinational Force in Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed as they attempt to infiltrate the Shahi Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission. 2002 Personal posting - MARCH 4 2002 IYANA MCKAY WAS BORN TO SHERRIKA AND JAMES MCKAY III 2005 The car of released Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena is fired on by US soldiers in Iraq, causing the death of an Italian Secret Service Agent and injuring two passengers. 2005 United Nations warns that about 90 million Africans could be infected by the HIV virus in the future without further action against the spread of the disease. 2006 Final contact attempt with Pioneer 10 by the Deep Space Network. No response was received. 2007 Estonian parliamentary election, 2007: Approximately 30,000 voters take advantage of electronic voting in Estonia, the world's first nationwide voting where part of the votecasting is allowed in the form of remote electronic voting via the Internet. 2009 Personal posting - Dave's 75th Birthday 2009 Personal posting - Tom Proctor turned 44 2009 Personal posting - Jill Maag Tandy can start collecting social security 2009 Personal posting - Sue turns 60!!!! 2009 Personal posting - Ananthu attends his first CBSE board Exam. More historical events added daily - keep checking back Add your own Personal Historic listing FREE! - Click Here Return to Daily Calendar Contact us at:infoATdatesinhistory.com change the AT to @ "This site contains links to other Internet sites. These links are not endorsements of any products or services in such sites, and no information in such site has been endorsed or approved by this site. 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