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Search for "Home Financing" 0037 Death - Tiberius Claudius Nero Roman emperor (14-37), dies at 78 0241 -BC- Battle of Aegusa: Roman fleet sinks 50 Carthagean ships 0241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet; end of First Punic War. 0418 Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire 0483 Death - Simplicius Italian Pope (468-83), dies 1452 Birth - Ferdinand II the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily (expelled Jews) 1503 Birth - Ferdinand I German emperor (1558-64) 1526 Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal 1535 Bishop Tomás de Berlanga discovers Galápagos Islands 1538 Birth - Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth (1572) 1546 Death - Thomas Elyot English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46 1578 Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir £20,000 to aid Dutch rebellion 1585 Death - Rembert Dodoens [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist, dies at 67 1592 Death - Michiel Coxcie Flemish (court)painter/carpet designer, dies 1597 Death - Petrus Forestus Dutch physician (Willem of Orange), dies 1628 Birth - Constantine Huygens Jr Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist 1629 King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later 1656 Birth - Adolf H van Rechteren Dutch diplomat/politician 1681 English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania 1698 Birth - Gaetano Maria Schiassi composer 1700 Death - Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer, dies at 61 1701 Death - Johann Schelle composer, dies at 52 1713 Birth - Christian Friedrich Schale composer 1713 Birth - Raphael Weiss composer 1716 Death - Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt composer, dies at 48 1734 Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples 1735 An agreement between Nadir Shah and Paul I of Russia is signed near Ganja and the Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku. 1735 Death - Dirk T van Cloon Dutch lawyer/Governor-General of E Indies, dies at about 46 1748 Birth - John Playfair Scotland, clergyman/geologist/mathematician 1755 Birth - Philipp Christoph Kayser composer 1771 Birth - Georg F Creuzer German philological/historian (Idea und Probe) 1772 Birth - Friedrich von Schlegel Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde) 1776 Birth - Luise queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III 1780 Birth - Juan Jose Landaeta composer 1787 Birth - William Etty English painter (nudes) 1788 Birth - Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff German poet (Das Marmorbild) 1791 John Stone, Concord MA, patents a pile driver 1791 Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution's treatment of the clergy 1792 Death - John Stuart 3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78 1792 John Stone patented the pile driver on this day. 1793 Lt. Gov. John Graves Simcoe and his wife Elizabeth dine on boiled black squirrel, porcupine, roasted passenger pigeon, raccoon, fish, beef and veal 1801 UK hist First census puts the population of England and Wales at 9,168,000 – population of Britain nearly 11 million (75% rural) 1804 Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of Louisiana Territory from France to the United States. 1809 Birth - William David Porter Commander (Union Navy), died in 1864 1810 Birth - John McCloskey US, president of St John's College (Fordham University) 1812 Birth - Victor Tesch Belgian lawyer/minister of Justice 1813 Six companies of the 104th Regiment of Foot, plus 4th New Brunswick Regiment, start 52-day march overland to the St. Lawrence in winter; travel on snowshoes, pulling supplies on toboggans, lose only one man, arriving in Kingston April 12 1814 Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France. 1818 Birth - George Wythe Randolph Secretary of War (Confederacy), died in 1867 1819 Death - Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi writer, dies 1822 Birth - Willem Roelofs Dutch painter/lithographer 1824 Birth - Major General Thomas J Churchill Confederate Army/Fought at Wilson's Creek, Red River 1826 Death - Johan VI M L J King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at 56 1830 The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created. 1831 The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria. 1832 Birth - William Henry Penrose Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 1832 Death - Muzio Clementi Italian composer, dies at 79 1833 Birth - Pedro Antonio de Alarcn Spain, writer (Three-Cornered Hat) 1839 Birth - Dudley Buck Hartford CT, organist/church composer 1842 Birth - Ina Donna Coolbrith US, poet laureate of California 1844 Birth - Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez composer (Spanish Dancing) 1845 Birth - Alexander III [Romanov] Russian tsar (1881-94) 1846 Prince Osahito, fourth son of deceased Emperor Ninko of Japan, becomes Emperor Kmei. 1847 The first money minted in Hawaii 1848 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War. 1849 Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only US President to do so 1850 Birth - Mary Mills Patrick US, 1st president of Istanbul Women's College 1861 Death - Josepf Franois Snel composer, dies at 67 1861 El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Segou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali. 1862 Great Britain & France recognizes independence of Zanzibar 1862 US issues paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000) 1864 Death - Maximilian II Jozef King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at 52 1864 Grant is named commander of the Union armies 1864 Red River campaign Louisiana 1865 Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina 1865 Birth - Pim [Willem JH] Mulier Dutch journalist/writer/sport-organizer 1865 Death - William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting Confederate General-Major, dies at 48 1866 Death - Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini composer, dies at 87 1867 Birth - Lillian D Wald US, sociologist/organizer (Visiting Nurses) 1870 Birth - Alfred Kastner composer 1870 Death - Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles composer, dies at 75 1872 Birth - Felix Borowski composer 1872 Death - Giuseppe Mazzini Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66 1873 Birth - Jakob Wassermann Germany, novelist (My Life as German & Jew) 1874 Purdue University (Indiana) admits its first student 1875 Birth - Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser composer 1875 Death - Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul composer, dies at 84 1876 The first telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson) 1877 Birth - David Mendes Chumaceiro Curaao, poet (Crislidas) 1878 Birth - Karel van de Woestijne Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea) 1880 Birth - Michael Jacobs New York NY, boxing promoter 1880 Commissioner George Scott Railton and seven women officers of English ‘General’ William Booth’s army landed in New York on this day to officially put the Salvation Army to work in the United States. 1880 General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria 1880 Members of the Salvation Army land in the United States and begin operations. 1880 Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare & religious activity 1884 Birth - Stuart Holmes Chicago IL, actor (Prisoner of Zenda) 1888 Birth - Barry Fitzgerald Dublin Ireland, actor (Academy Award-Going My Way) 1888 Birth - Krsto Odak composer 1888 Death - Ciro Pinsuti Italian pianist/composer, dies at 57 1888 Heavyweight Boxing champion John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds 1891 Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching. 1891 Birth - Jacob van Gelderen economist/sociologist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (SDAP) 1891 Birth - Sam Jaffe New York NY, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey) 1892 Birth - Arthur Oscar Honnegger Le Havre France, composer (King David) 1892 Birth - Eva Turner British soprano 1892 Death - Otto van Raised Governor-General of Netherland Indies (1884-88), dies at 69 1893 Cte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony. 1893 Ivory Coast becomes a French colony 1893 New Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed & killed the night before 1896 After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall" 1896 Birth - Harry Krimer actor (Napoleon) 1896 Birth - Nancy Cunard writer 1896 Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins first modern marathon in 3:18 1897 Death - Teodulo Mabellini composer, dies at 79 1898 Birth - Cy Kendall St Louis MO, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown) 1899 Birth - Finn Hoffding composer 1900 Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) 1900 Birth - Sherman Billingsley Enid OK, talk show host (Stork Club) 1900 Death - Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann composer, dies at 94 1901 Death - Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell composer, dies at 38 1902 A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera. 1902 Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri 1902 Second Boer War: South African Boers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men. 1902 Tochangri, Turkey, is completely destroyed by an earthquake. 1903 Birth - Bix Beiderbecke jazz cornet player (In a Mist) 1903 Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine 1905 Birth - Rene Bernier composer 1905 Eleftherios Venizelos asks the independence of Crete and its union with Greece again, starting the Cretan Revolution in Theriso. 1905 Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang) 1906 Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France 1906 Death - Eugen Richter German MP (Liberal), dies at 67 1906 London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line) 1906 The Courrires mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France. 1907 Birth - Robert de Roos composer 1908 Birth - Carl Albert US speaker of house (1971-77) 1908 Birth - Kristian Palusalu Finland, heavyweight wrestler (Olympics-gold-1936) 1909 Birth - Gerard Croiset Dutch clairvoyant 1909 Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in 6 for box title 1910 China ends slavery 1910 Death - Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke composer, dies at 85 1910 Death - Karl Lueger Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies at 65 1910 Pittsburgh Courier, begins publishing 1911 Birth - Warner Anderson Brooklyn NY, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Matthew-Peyton Place) 1912 Yuan Shikai is sworn in as the second Provisional President of the Republic of China. 1913 Death - Harriet Tubman abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, dies in New York 1913 Death of Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad conductor who rescued more than 300 of her people from slavery. 1914 Birth - Chandler Harper golfer (1950 PGA champion) 1914 Suffragettes in London damages painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez 1915 British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle 1915 Canadians see action in Battle of Neuve Chapellein France 1916 Birth - James Herriot Scotland, writer (All Creatures Great & Small) 1916 Birth - Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill record producer 1917 Batangas was formally founded as one of the Philippines's earliest encomiendas. 1918 Birth - Heywood Hale Broun journalist 1918 Warner Bros. releases its first major film My Four Years in Germany. 1920 Birth - Jethro Burns country singer (Homer & Jethro) 1921 Birth - Cec Linder Galica Poland, actor (Goldfinger) 1921 Birth - Paul Coates New York NY, columnist (Tonight! America After Dark) 1922 Birth - Adam Kennedy Lafayette IN, actor (Dion-Californian) 1922 Birth - Pamela Mason London, actress (Navy vs Night Monsters) 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 1922 Death - Arthur Hervey composer, dies at 67 1922 Death - Horace Wadham Nicholl composer, dies at 73 1923 Birth - Ara Parseghian football coach (Northwestern, Notre Dame) 1923 Birth - [Kenneth C] "Jethro" Burns Conasauga TN, mandolinist/country singer (Homer & Jethro) 1925 Birth - Ed van der Elsken movie photographer (Een liefdesgeschiedenis) 1925 Birth - M J J A [Sef] Imkamp Dutch politician (D66) 1925 Olympiacos is founded in Piraeus. 1925 Walter Mittelholzer is first to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran 1926 Birth - Marques Haynes NBA hall of famer (Harlem Globetrotters) 1926 Run on Belgian banks 1927 Albania mobilize by threat of Serbian, Croatian & Slovenes 1927 Bavaria lifts ban on Hitler's speeches 1927 Birth - Claude Laydu actress (Diary of a Country Priest) 1927 Birth - Donn Trenner New Haven CT, orchestra leader (ABC's Nightlife) 1927 Birth - Paul Wunderlich German lithographer/painter/sculptor 1928 Birth - Arthur Milton cricketer (England opening batsman late 50's) 1928 Birth - James Earl Ray assassin (Martin Luther King Jr) 1930 Birth - Raymond Rasberry pianist/singer 1930 Birth - Sandor Iharos athlete 1931 British Labour party removes fascist sir Oswald Mosley 1932 Birth - Anatoliy Roschin USSR, super heavyweight wrestler (Olympics-gold-1972) 1933 An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 120 people. 1933 Birth - Bernadetta Matuszczak composer 1933 Major earthquake in Long Beach CA 1933 Nevada becomes first US state to regulate narcotics 1934 Birth - Judith Jamison artistic director (Alvin Ailey Dance Theater) 1935 Birth - Gary Owens announcer (Laugh-in) 1935 Death - Barend Barendse actor/director (Broken Lives), dies at 82 1936 Birth - Juda Bar-Norwegian Israeli/Dutch mime/actor (King) 1937 An audience of 21,000 jitterbuggers jammed the Paramount Theatre in New York City to see Benny Goodman whom they would crown, ‘King of Swing’ on this night. The popular musician was . 1937 Birth - Oscar Abrams community organizer 1937 Birth - Tamara Press USSR, shot putter (Olympics-gold-1960, 64) 1938 Birth - Ijaz Butt cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman in 8 Tests 1958-60) 1938 Birth - Marina Vlady Clichy France, actress (Conjugal Bed, The Hunt) 1938 Birth - Ron Mix NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders) 1939 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India 1939 Birth - Irina Press USSR, 80 meter hurdles/Pentathlete (Olympics-gold-1960, 64) 1940 Birth - Chuck [Carlos Ray] Norris Ryan OK, martial arts actor (Walker Texas Ranger, Missing in Action) 1940 Birth - David Rabe Dubuque IA, playwright (Streamers) 1940 Birth - Dean Torrence Los Angeles CA, surf music singer (Jan & Dean-Little Old Lady from Pasadena) 1940 Birth - Francis Schwartz composer 1940 Birth - Wayne Dyer psychologist (Universe Within You) 1940 Death - Louis de Vries Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at 68 1941 Birth - Daniel Kirkland Lentz composer 1941 Birth - Piotr Warzecha composer 1941 Birth - Sandra Palmer Fort Worth TX, LPGA golfer (1986 Mayflower Classic) 1943 Birth - Alfred Whitford Lerdahl composer 1943 Birth - Angelique Pettyjohn Los Angeles CA, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek) 1943 Birth - Stephen Montague composer 1943 Death - Tully Marshall actor (Let's Go, Red Dust), dies at 78 1943 In northern Bulgaria, farmers threaten to lie down on the tracks to prevent the deportation of Jews. Government rescinds the order to deport Northern Bulgarian Jews. 1944 Death - David Vogel Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52 1945 Birth - Katharine Houghton Hartford, actress (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) 1945 Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine 1945 Japan declares Vietnam Independence 1945 Patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's first Army 1945 The Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians. 1945 Tokyo on fire after night time B-29 bombing 1945 US troops lands on Mindanao 1946 Birth - Gaylord Birch drummer (Reconstruction, Honey Dripper) 1946 Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju Brazil 1947 Birth - Avril "Kim" Campbell Canada's 1st female Prime Minister/19th Prime Minister (June 25, 1993-November 4, 1993) 1947 Birth - Laurie Langenbach Dutch author 1947 Birth - Tom Scholz rock guitarist/keyboardist (Boston-More Than a Feeling) 1948 Birth - Austin Carr NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers) 1948 Birth - Eddie Grundy rocker 1948 Death - Jan Masaryk Czechoslovakian Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered 1948 The Indian Union Muslim League is founded, by remnants of the old Muslim League. 1950 Birth - Ted McKenna rocker (Alex Harvey Band) 1951 FBI director J Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner 1952 Birth - Oupa J Gqozo South African warden/army commandant (Ciskei) 1952 Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba. 1952 Military coup by General Fulgencio Batista in Cuba 1953 Birth - Caroline H "Carolien" van de Berg actress (Havinck) 1953 Death - Charles Gordon Curtis inventor of (Curtis-steam turbine), dies at 92 1955 Birth - Bunny DeBarge Grand Rapids MI, rocker (Debarge) 1955 Birth - Juliusz Machulski Poland, director/writer/actor (Do It Yourself) 1956 Birth - Janet Anderson West Sunbury PA, LPGA golfer (1982 US Women's Open) 1956 General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios 1956 Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph) 1957 Birth - Adolfo Horta Camaguey Cuba, heavyweight boxer (Olympics-silver-1980) 1957 Birth - Shannon Lee Tweed St Johns Newfoundland, playmate (November 1981) actress (Meatballs 3) 1957 Shannon Lee Tweed model, actress, born at St John's Newfoundland in 1957. Tweed was Playboy Playmate, Nov 1981 and Playmate of the Year; actress, Meatballs 3, ws born 1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy 1958 Birth - Sharon Stone Meadville PA, actress (Basic Instinct, Sliver, Casino) 1959 Tibet leads an unsuccessful uprising against ten years of Chinese occupation in Lhasa. Thousands massacred by the occupying Chinese army. 1959 Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet 1960 Birth - Linda Jezek California, backstroke swimmer (Pan Am Gold-1979) 1960 Number one hit on UK music charts - Adam Faith - Poor Me 1960 USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing 1961 Birth - Jesse Sapolu NFL guard (San Francisco 49ers) 1961 Birth - Laurel B Clark Ames IA, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1961 Birth - Mitch Gaylord Van Nuys CA, gymnast (Olympics 1984)/actor (American Anthem) 1962 Birth - Andre Waters NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals) 1962 Birth - Gary Clark rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer) 1963 Birth - Jasmine Guy Boston MA, actress (Whitley-Different World) 1963 Birth - John Cangelosi Brooklyn NY, outfielder (Houston Astros) 1963 Pete Rose debuts with hits in his two first at bats in spring training 1964 Birth - Cynthia Brimhall Ogden UT, playmate (October 1985) 1964 Birth - Greg Campbell cricketer (Aussie pace-bowler 1989-90) 1964 Birth - Neneh Cherry Stockholm Sweden, Swedish pop singer (Buffalo Stance) 1964 Birth - Prince Edward Anthony Richard Louis of Britain 1964 US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany 1965 Birth - Paul Masotti CFL receiver (Toronto Argonauts) 1965 Birth - Rod Woodson NFL cornerback/kick returner (Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers) 1965 Dutch Princess Margriet & Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged 1966 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires 1966 Birth - Edie Brickell Mrs Paul Simon/rocker (& New Bohemians) 1966 Birth - Michael Timlin Midland TX, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays) 1966 Birth - Stephen Mailer New York NY, actor (Red Meat, League of Their Own, War & Love) 1966 Death - Frederik "Frits" Zernike Dutch physicist (Nobel 1953), dies at 77 1966 Death - Mari Sandoz US author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64 1966 Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg 1966 North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley 1967 Birth - Derrick Graham guard (Seattle Seahawks) 1968 Death - Helen Walker actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at 47 1968 Personal posting - William Joseph Bonneau III was born. - USA 1968 Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington New Zealand (200 killed) 1969 Birth - Jay Hillmann WLAF running back (Rhein Fire) 1969 Birth - Ricky Seagall rocker (Partridge Family) 1969 Birth - Stephen Leaney Australia, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Infinit TPC-7th) 1969 In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He would later retract his guilty plea. 1969 James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King Jr 1970 Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" & "I Can Do It" 1970 Birth - Antonio Edwards NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks) 1970 South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia 1970 Vietnam War: Capt. Ernest Medina is charged with My Lai war crimes. 1971 Birth - Frank Habermann WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire) 1971 Birth - Morris Unutoa corner (Philadelphia Eagles) 1971 Birth - Shad Williams Fresno CA, pitcher (California Angels) 1971 Death - Mabel Wheeler Daniels composer, dies at 92 1971 Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18 1972 Birth - Jack Kellogg WLAF CB (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1972 General Lon Nol becomes President & prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia 1973 Birth - Eva Herzigova Litvinov Czechoslovakia, model (Guess Jeans, Wonderbra) 1973 Death - Sir Richard Sharples Governor of Bermuda, is assassinated 1973 Morocco adopts constitution 1974 Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election 1974 Death - June Harrison actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at 48 1974 Death - Quinto Maganini composer, dies at 76 1974 Lawrence Rowe completes 302 vs England Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six 1975 "Rocky Horror Picture Show" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances 1975 Birth - Stefan Bergkvist Leksand Sweden, NHL defenseman (Pittsburgh Penguins) 1975 Death - Leopold Samuel composer, dies at 91 1975 Dog spectacles patented in England 1975 Sanyo Shinkansen open between Osaka and Fukuoka. 1976 Birth - Barbara Schett Innsbruck Austria, tennis star 1977 Birth - Shannon Miller Rolla MO, gymnast (Olympics-2 gold/2 silver/3 bronze-92, 96) 1977 Death - E Power Biggs English organist/composer (CBS), dies at 70 1977 Death - Pieter Jan Bouman Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 74 1977 Death - Willem Schermerhorn Dutch premier (1945-46), dies at 82 1977 Rings of Uranus discovered during occultation of SAO 1977 Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus. 1978 Soyuz 28 returns to Earth 1979 Personal posting - Amanda Shiverdecker was born at Bloomington Memorial hospital 1980 Death - Doctor Tarnoff Jean Harris kills Scarsdale diet doctor 1980 Death - Herman Tarnower doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris 1980 Willard Scott becomes the weather forecaster on the Today Show 1981 In the North West Territories Panarctic Oils Ltd. finds oil in offshore exploratory well in the eastern Arctic 1982 President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya 1982 Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL) 1982 Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun 1982 Syzygy: all 9 planets align on the same side of the Sun. See also Jupiter effect. 1982 The United States places an embargo on Libyan petroleum imports because of their support of terrorist groups. 1984 Death - June Marlowe actress (Pardon US), dies at 81 1984 Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page 1985 Death - Konstantin Chernenko party leader/President of USSR (1984-85), dies at 73 1985 Personal posting - March 10, 1985 Happy Birthday Jesse, from Aunt LaLa 1985 French socialists lose election (National Front 9%) 1985 India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket" 1986 Death - Ray Milland actor (Lost Weekend-Academy Award 1945), dies at 81 1987 The Holy See condemns the practice of surrogate motherhood, along with test-tube babies and artificial insemination. 1987 Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization & embryo transfer 1988 Avalanche at Swiss Ski resort "Klosters" nearly kills Prince Charles 1988 Death - Andy Gibb singer, dies in Oxford England of an inflammatory heart virus at 30 1988 Death - Glenn Cunningham US world record miler, dies at 78 1988 Death - William Brocklesby Wordsworth composer, dies at 79 1989 An Air Ontario jet crashes after take off from Dryden, killing 24, injuring 45; inquiry later blames wing icing for the crash. 1989 In Malawi a 6.2 earthquake occured, at least 9 people killed, 100 injured and damage in the Salima-Dedza-Mchinji area. About 50,000 left homeless in Malawi 1990 4th American Comedy Awards: When Harry Met Sally 1990 Death - Michael Stewart UK Secretary of State (1965-66, 68-70), dies 1990 In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup. 1990 Lieutenant General Avril resigns as President of Haiti 1991 Laura Davies wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic 1991 Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg clinches his 4th slalom World Cup 1992 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole & Color Me Badd win 1992 Death - Roy Holmer Wallack dies of pneumonia at 64 1993 Death - C Northcote Parkinson English historian/sociologist (Law of P), dies 1993 Death - David Gunn abortion doctor, killed by Michael Griffin at 47 1994 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral 1994 Death - Cecil Rolph Hewitt journalist/policeman, dies at 92 1994 Death - Charles Bukowski German/US writer (Barfly, Hollywood), dies at 73 1994 Personal posting - March 10 1994 - Tiana Marie born 1994 Death - Robert Shea author, dies of cancer 1995 Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shiite mosque, 17+ killed 1995 Death - Alexander Hyatt-King Mozart scholar, dies at 84 1995 Death - Carel Birnie ballet producer, dies at 69 1995 Death - Hendrik W van Leeuwen Dutch musician, dies at 79 1995 Death - Richard Baerlein racing writer, dies at 84 1996 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks win 1996 Death - Lucius E Burch Jr US civil rights leader, dies at 84 1996 Death - Ross Hunter US producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at 75 1996 NYC Mayor Guiliani visits Israel 1998 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1999 Personal posting - Filomena and Scott married 2000 The NASDAQ stock market index peaks at 5048.62, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom. 2004 DC Shoes is acquired by Quicksilver. 2006 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars. 2006 Mass unrest by the PCC started in So Paulo (the biggest city in Brazil) which would eventually kill more than 152 people 2008 Market rumours say Bear Stearns may not have enough cash to do business. 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