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This Day in History

Today in History for 1st April 2013

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1803 – French law rules the use of intention
1938 – Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1958 – Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank
1963 – Soap operas “General Hospital” and “Doctors” premier on TV
1991 – Dwight Gooden signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with NY Mets
1997 – Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU)

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Famous Birthdays

1901 – Whittaker Chambers, American writer, editor, and defector (d. 1961)
1924 – Miodrag Petrović, Serbian actor (d. 2003)
1929 – Milan Kundera, Czech poet/writer (Joke, Unbearable Lightness of Being)
1939 – Phil Niekro, knuckleball pitcher (NY Yankees, Atlanta Braves)
1982 – Sam Huntington, actor (Jungle 2 Jungle)
1988 – Robin Lopez, American basketball player

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Famous Deaths

1866 – Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer, dies at 98
1869 – Anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Min of Reformed Worship, dies at 69
1957 – Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies
1973 – Arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies
1989 – Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57
2001 – Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (b. 1908)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 31st March 2013

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1808 – French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names
1903 – Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (NZ)
1909 – Gustav Mahler conducts NY Philharmonic for his 1st time
1954 – US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo, established
1958 – US Navy forms atomic sub division
1996 – 25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan

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Famous Birthdays

1651 – Karl II, Elector Palatine (d. 1685)
1915 – Jack Perry, businessman
1946 – Gabe Kaplan, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Welcome Back Kotter)
1970 – Oleg Romanov, NHL defenseman (Belarus, Olympics-98)
1974 – Jason Odom, tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1982 – Jessica Joseph, Royal Oak Mich, dance skater (and Butler-1997 Natl)

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Famous Deaths

1389 – Everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered
1723 – Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British-born American statesman (b. 1661)
1881 – Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73
1945 – Maurice Rose, 1st US general in Nazi Germany, killed in action at 45
1991 – John Carter, US jazz clarinetist (Roots and folklore), dies
1997 – Laxmishankar Pathak, food retailer, dies at 62

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This Day in History

Today in History for 30th March 2013

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1456 – Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege
1814 – Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification.
1870 – 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race
1911 – Lötschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13,735 m) completed
1976 – Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation
1992 – Man accidentally backs in A’s Jose Canseco’s $225,000 Lamborghini

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Famous Birthdays

1750 – John Stafford Smith, composer
1830 – Julius F A Bahnsen, German philosopher
1903 – Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (d. 1984)
1929 – Richard Dysart, Brighton Mass, actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law)
1936 – Mark Burns, British director (Juggernaut)
1972 – Matt Joyce, NFL/WLAF guard/tackle (Cardinals, Seahawks, Claymores)

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Famous Deaths

1804 – Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (b. 1718)
1886 – Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, French Canadian politician (b. 1838)
1926 – Feliks E Dzerzjinski, Lithuanian organizer (KGB), dies at 48
1967 – Jean Toomer, American writer (b. 1894)
1971 – Selmer Jackson, actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82
2005 – Emil Dimitrov, Bulgarian singer (b. 1940)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 29th March 2013

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1930 – Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
1941 – 1st performance of Benjamin Britten’s “Symphony da Requiem”
1963 – Final episode of soap opera “Young Doctor Malone”
1971 – Development of a serum hepatitis vaccine for children announced
1989 – 9th Golden Raspberry Awards: Cocktail wins
1997 – PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith

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Famous Birthdays

1912 – Hanna Reitsch, German test pilot (d. 1979)
1929 – Ronald Clive Williams, actor/comedian
1936 – Richard Rodney Bennett, Broadstairs Kent England, composer, (d. 2012)
1961 – Gary Brabham, Australian racing driver
1964 – Michael A. Jackson, Maryland politician
1973 – Brad Bridgewater, US, 200m backstroke (Olympics-gold-96)

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Famous Deaths

1917 – Fran Gerbic, composer, dies at 76
1937 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish/Ukraine composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 54
1963 – Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish author (Stolica), dies at 64
1982 – Walter Hallstein, W German politician (CDU, H-doctrine), dies at 80
1996 – Maggie Donnelly, bag lady, dies at 46
2006 – Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer (b. 1932)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 28th March 2013

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1862 – Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia
1967 – UN Sect General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam
1992 – Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31)
1992 – PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel
1995 – World’s largest bank-Japan’s Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge
1996 – Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America

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Famous Birthdays

1903 – Charles Starrett, American actor (d. 1986)
1945 – Hans Brunhart, leader of Liechtenstein (1978-93)
1962 – Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
1966 – Nathalie Herreman, France, tennis star
1968 – Nasser Hussain, cricketer (Essex and England batsman)
1980 – Luke Walton, American basketball player

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Famous Deaths

1863 – James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52
1877 – Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer, dies at 77
1910 – David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1837)
1975 – Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77
1982 – William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
2010 – June Havoc, American actress (b. 1913)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 27th March 2013

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1865 – Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals
1890 – A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200.
1912 – 1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Wash DC
1952 – Failed assassination attempt of German Chancellor Adenauer
1962 – Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic school
1977 – Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic

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Famous Birthdays

1554 – Everhardus van Bronchorst, Dutch lawyer
1860 – Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (d. 1924)
1886 – Sergey Kirov, Russian bolshevik leader (d. 1934)
1902 – Mary Armour, artist
1919 – Julian Amery, conservative minister
1920 – Robin Jacques, illustrator (d. 1995)

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Famous Deaths

1894 – Verney L Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49
1898 – Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian Muslim intellectual and one of the founding fathers of Pakistan dies at 80
1920 – Johan G Danser, Dutch poet (Meetings), dies at 26
1934 – Francis William Reitz, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844)
1956 – Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84
2006 – Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (b. 1925)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 26th March 2013

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1804 – Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana
1824 – 1st performance of Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis”
1916 – Birdman of Alcatraz receives solitary
1936 – 200″ telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, NY-Cal Tech
1942 – German offensive in North-Africa under Col-general Rommel
1943 – Elsie S Ott becomes 1st woman awarded US Air Force Medal

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Famous Birthdays

603 – Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque
1889 – Vaclav Kapral, composer
1909 – Chips Rafferty, Broken Hill Australia, actor (Desert Rats)
1923 – Elizabeth Jane Howard, British novelist (After Julius)
1929 – Edwin Turney, American businessman
1966 – Wesley Walls, NFL tight end (NO Saints)

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Famous Deaths

1793 – John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721)
1814 – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)
1940 – Spiridon Louis, Greek runner, winner of the first modern Olympics marathon (b. 1873)
1990 – International Chrysis, Transvestite actor (QandA), dies of cancer at 38
1993 – Luis Falco, US choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at 50
1994 – Constantine Koukouchkine, Russ diplomat. murdered in Algeria at 41

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This Day in History

Today in History for 25th March 2013

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1943 – Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore premiere on radio
1943 – 97% of all Dutch physicians strike againt nazi registration
1961 – “Gypsy” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 702 performances
1972 – UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title
1996 – 68th Academy Awards – “Braveheart,” Nicholas Cage and Susan Sarandon win
1996 – Ice Pairs Championship at Edmonton won by Eltsova and Bushkov (RUS)

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Famous Birthdays

1593 – Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
1908 – David Lean, Croydon England, director (Dr Zhivago, Ryan’s Daughter)
1909 – Jay Blackton, NYC, conductor/arranger (Guys and Dolls)
1946 – Gerard John Schaefer, American serial killer (d. 1995)
1953 – Mary Gross, Chicago Ill, actress/comedian (SNL, Club Paradise, Feds)
1975 – Miguel Mejia, San Pedro de Macoris, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)

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Famous Deaths

1620 – Johannes Nucius, German composer
1801 – Novalis, writer, dies at 28
1825 – Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl, dies at 63
1852 – Alexis Garaude, composer, dies at 73
1959 – Billy Mayerl, composer, dies at 56
2005 – Paul Henning, American TV/film producer and writer (b. 1911)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 24th March 2013

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1545 – German Parliament opens in Worms
1792 – Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London
1944 – 811 British bombers attack Berlin
1973 – Professional track debut of Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile
1996 – MTA raises NYC bridge tolls to $3.50 each way
2007 – The Australian Labor Party is reinstated after the New South Wales state elections.

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Famous Birthdays

1703 – Jose F de Isla, [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer
1835 – Josef Stefan, Austria, physicist (Stefan-Boltzmann law)
1907 – Lydia Korneevna Chukovskaya, writer
1907 – Martin Kosleck, Germany, actor (Pursuit to Algiers)
1922 – Dorothy Irene Height, president (national council of negro women)
1982 – Nivea, American singer

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Famous Deaths

1631 – Philipp Dulichius, composer, dies at 68
1773 – Philip Dormer Stanhope, English statesman (b. 1694)
1869 – Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (b. 1779)
1881 – Friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69
1915 – Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (b. 1846)
1975 – Muriel Hutchinson, actor (Another Thin Man), dies at 60

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This Day in History

Today in History for 23rd March 2013

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1821 – Battle and fall of city of Kalamata, Greek War of Independence.
1896 – The Raines Law is passed by the New York State Legislature, restricting Sunday sale of alcohol to hotels.
1912 – Dixie Cup invented
1965 – Gemini 3 launched, 1st US 2-man space flight (Grissom and Young)
1991 – 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 and Mont beats Birmingham 20-5
2003 – In Nasiriyah, Iraq, 11 soldiers of the 507th Maintenance Company as well as 18 U.S. Marines are killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Famous Birthdays

1908 – Dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate
1927 – Osvaldo Lacerda, composer
1933 – Norman Bailey, British bass-baritone (Flying Dutchman)
1934 – Mark Rydell, NYC, actor (Havana, Punchline, Long Goodbye)
1949 – Ric Ocasek, Balt, rock vocalist (Cars-Double Life, Bye Bye Love)
1955 – Petrea Burchard, American actress

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Famous Deaths

1653 – Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48
1809 – Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60
1927 – Paul César Helleu, French artist (b. 1859)
1931 – Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev Indian freedom fighters
1950 – Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies
1953 – Raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France

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This Day in History

Today in History for 22nd March 2013

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1594 – French King Henri IV festival in Paris
1953 – AntonínZápotockýchosen as president of Czechoslovakia
1962 – “I Can Get It For You Wholesale” opens at Shubert NYC for 300 perfs
1968 – Student riot in Nanterre near Paris
1990 – The ML umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games
1991 – Pamela Smart (HS teacher) found guilty in NH of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband

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Famous Birthdays

1752 – Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer
1846 – Randolph Caldecott, England, illustrator (Caldecott Medal namesake)
1885 – Adriano Lualdi, composer
1903 – James S Russell, US pilot/admiral (WW II Pacific Ocean)
1930 – Derek Bok, American lawyer and educator
1966 – Artis Pabriks, Latvian politician

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Famous Deaths

1923 – Theophile Delcasse, French statesman, dies at 71
1955 – Ivan Šubašić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister and last ban of Croatia (b. 1892)
1962 – Aura Abranches, Port actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio), dies at 65
1964 – Addison Richards, actor (Col-Pentagon), dies at 76
1969 – Ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Czech actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at 78
2001 – William Hanna, American animator and studio founder, dies at 90

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This Day in History

Today in History for 21st March 2013

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1859 – Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1st in US, incorporated
1955 – Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece
1971 – Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1971 – Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2″
1986 – Pittsburgh Associates buy Pittsburgh Pirates for $218 million
2006 – Immigrant workers constructing the Burj Dubayy in Dubai, The United Arab Emirates and a new terminal of Dubai International Airport join together and riot, causing $1M in damage.

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Famous Birthdays

1806 – Benito Pablo Juarez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mexico (1858-72)
1900 – Eugenie Leontovitch, Moscow Russia, actor (Homicidal)
1908 – Maurice Stans, rocker
1934 – Al Freeman Jr, Tx, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie), (d. 2012)
1965 – Xavier Bertrand, French politician
1980 – Ronaldinho Gaucho, Brazilian international footballer

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Famous Deaths

1801 – Andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59
1843 – Guadalupe Victoria, first President of Mexico (b. 1786)
1881 – Samuel Courtauld, American-born textile magnate (b. 1793)
1921 – “Big Jim” Colisimo, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1970 – Manolis Chiotis, Greek songwriter and musician (b. 1920)
2007 – Drew Hayes, American writer andamp; graphic artist (b. 1969)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 20th March 2013

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1760 – Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings
1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” published (Boston)
1916 – Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium
1922 – WIP-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
1980 – US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran
2012 – 50 people are killed and 240 injured in a wave of terror attacks across 10 cities in Iraq

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1828 – Henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler)
1840 – Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)
1928 – Anthony Blond, British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book)
1932 – Tod Dockstader, composer
1971 – Janis Kelly, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyball player (Olympics-96)
1976 – Chester Bennington, American musician (Linkin Park)

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Famous Deaths

687 – St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).
1568 – Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77
1962 – C Wright Mills, US sociologist (Power Elite), dies at 45
1991 – Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton‘s son, falls out of 53rd floor window at 5
2000 – Gene Eugene, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1961)
2007 – Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (b. 1948)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 19th March 2013

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1563 – Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots
1687 – Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
1803 – Friedrich Schillerand#039;s andquot;Die Braut von Messina,andquot; premieres in Weimar
1877 – Australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match
1981 – 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident
1984 – Pitcher Denny McLain, indicted on various charges of racketeering

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Famous Birthdays

1929 – Herman van San, composer
1930 – Bill Henderson, Chic Ill, jazz singer (Torpedo-Dreams)
1945 – Lisa Nicole Baker, Detroit TX, playmate of the year (Nov 1966)
1962 – Jim Korderas, American professional wrestling referee
1971 – Nadja Auermann, German supermodel
1982 – Jonathan Fanene, American football player

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Famous Deaths

1893 – Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 69
1905 – Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer, dies at 49
1934 – Anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at 66
1969 – Theodor Schaefer, composer, dies at 65
1987 – Louis Broglie, French physicist (Nobel 1929), dies at 94
2003 – Émile Genest, Canadian actor (b. 1921)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 18th March 2013

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1123 – 1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
1834 – Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
1920 – Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar
1945 – Maurice “Rocket” Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals
1970 – KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, TX (ABC) suspends broadcasting
1989 – Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen

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1919 – Laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936)
1937 – Rudi Altig, German cyclist
1964 – Paul Elliott, English footballer
1968 – Shinichiro Miki, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
1969 – Sheila Taormina, 4X200m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
1983 – Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player

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Famous Deaths

1227 – Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies
1582 – Jean Jaurequi, Basque attacker of William of Orange, killed by Williamand#039;s guards
1875 – Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43
1976 – Giuseppe Genco Russo, Sicilian mafioso (b. 1893)
1983 – Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist (b. 1910)
1992 – Cornelis B Vaandrager, [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56

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This Day in History

Today in History for 17th March 2013

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1521 – Portugese explorer Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Philippines
1756 – St Patrick’s Day 1st celebrated in NYC at Crown and Thistle Tavern
1900 – Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2
1910 – DHC soccer team forms in Delft Neth
1924 – Eugene O’Neill’s “Welded,” premieres in NYC
1931 – Stalin throws Krupskaya Lenin out of Central Committee

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1909 – Patrick Reilly, British diplomat
1927 – Maurice Ingvar Karkoff, composer
1937 – Galina Samsova, ballerina
1942 – Dimitris Poulikakos, Greek composer, singer and actor
1972 – Marc Gunn, poet, podcaster, and Celtic musician (Brobdingnagian Bards)
1972 – Mia Hamm, Selma Alabama, soccer forward (Olympics-96)

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Famous Deaths

1425 – Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407)
1898 – Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington
1915 – Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69
1941 – Marguerite Nichols, American actress (b. 1895)
1965 – Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (U of Chic), dies in California at 102
1970 – Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83

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This Day in History

Today in History for 16th March 2013

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1833 – Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman grad of a pharmacy college
1929 – WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions
1957 – Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1967 – Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down
1970 – New English Bible published
1985 – Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut

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Famous Birthdays

1805 – Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (d. 1861)
1839 – René F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901)
1890 – Solomon Mikhoels, Soviet actor and chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (d. 1948)
1917 – Samael Aun Weor, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
1955 – Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director
1966 – David Nascimento, soccer player (Roda JC/FC Utrecht)

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Famous Deaths

1914 – John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies
1945 – Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874)
1968 – June Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60
2001 – Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)
2007 – Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
2008 – Gary Hart, American professional wrestling manager and wrestler (b. 1942)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 15th March 2013

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1729 – Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st US nun, takes her vows, N Orleans
1955 – Dutch 2nd Chamber requires TV licenses
1969 – US Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns
1971 – Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet
1972 – NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle
1998 – “Cabaret,” opens at Club Expo Theater NYC

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Famous Birthdays

1638 – Shunzhi Emperor of China
1933 – Ronald Roseman, composer
1968 – Sabrina [Salerno], Genoa Italy, Miss Italy (1984)/singer (Boys)
1971 – Patrick Reidy, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96)
1974 – Robert Fick, American baseball player
1985 – Eva Amurri, American actress

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Famous Deaths

1575 – Annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527)
1940 – Alfred Marr, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 and 5), dies
1959 – Lester Young, American musician (b. 1909)
1975 – Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler/sportscaster, dies at 49
1994 – Mae Zetterling, Swedish actress (Night Games), dies at 68
2003 – Paul Stojanovich, Reality TV pioneer (b. 1956)

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This Day in History

Today in History for 14th March 2013

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1869 – Defeat of Titokowaru.
1946 – Belgian government of Spaak, forms
1980 – 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation
1984 – Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.
2003 – Start of weekend of protests against war in Iraq that are attended by millions
2005 – Cedar Revolution, where over one and a million Lebanese went into the streets of Beirut to demonstrate against the Syrian military presence in Lebanon, and against the government, following the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

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Famous Birthdays

1782 – Thomas Hart Benton, (rep), “Old Bullion”
1884 – Winter Haynes Watts, composer
1933 – René Felber, former member of the Swiss Federal Council
1951 – Rick Dees, radio disc jock (KIIS LA)
1958 – Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco/bobsledder (Oly-1988)
1972 – Aris Brimanis, Cleveland, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)

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Famous Deaths

1757 – John Byng, English Admiral executed by firing squad at 52 for for neglecting his duty in defence of Minorca
1883 – Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies at 64
1981 – Ken Barrington, cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies
1983 – Maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55
1986 – Marlin Perkins, TV host (Wild Kingdom) at 80
1996 – Nico Kiasashvii, professor of English Literature, dies at 69

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This Day in History

Today in History for 13th March 2013

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1835 – Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andes crossing
1956 – NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win
1982 – Men’s Fig Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
1984 – Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
1992 – Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit
2012 – Encyclopedia Britannica announces that it will no longer public printed versions of its encyclopedia

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Famous Birthdays

1818 – Albion Parris Howe, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897
1872 – Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist
1897 – Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue)
1912 – James Friell, political cartoonist
1926 – Frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist
1936 – Clarence Nash, animation voice (Donald Duck)

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Famous Deaths

1569 – Louis Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenots, dies in Battle of Jarnac
1918 – William Courtleigh, actor (Susie Snowflake), dies at 26
1941 – E Hellendoorn, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1967 – Frank Worrell, West indian cricketer, dies
1970 – Rick Besoyan, composer, dies at 45
1987 – Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87

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