Births
1533 - Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher
1552 - Jobst Brgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician
1573 - Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)
1616 - Kaspar Forster, composer
1632 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer
1663 - Thomas Newcomen, English co-inventor (steam engine)
1683 - Ren‚-Antoine de R‚aumur, France, biologist/engineer
1690 - Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great
1712 - Louis Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-V‚ran, France, general
1747 - Justin Morgan, composer
1750 - Ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister
1764 - Robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist
1771 - French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter
1786 - D Fran‡ois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician
1792 - Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist
1792 - Henriette ALF countess d'Oultremont de W‚gimont, wife of King Willem
1797 - W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign)
1797 - Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)
1799 - Johann von D”llinger, German Old Catholic theologian/historian
1810 - Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian
1812 - Berthold Auerbach, German author (Schwarzw„lder Dorfgeschichten)
1817 - James Craig, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
1820 - John Tenniel, England, cartoonist/illustrator (Alice in Wonderland)
1822 - Matthew Duncan Ector, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
1823 - Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion
1824 - Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist
1824 - John Creed Moore, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1910
1825 - Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
1833 - Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal
1850 - Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist)
1854 - Juliusz Zarebski, composer
1857 - Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer
1858 - Jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries)
1865 - Wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary
1865 - Arthur Symons, Welsh poet/critic/co-founder (Savoy)
1866 - Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [OS=2/16]
1874 - Soledad Jiminez, Santander Spain, actor (Phantom ofthe Range)
1875 - Viliam Figus, composer
1876 - John Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift)
1877 - Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer
1882 - Richard Heinrich Stein, composer
1882 - Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer)
1882 - Jos‚ Vasconcelos, Oaxaca M‚xico, politician/essayist/philosopher
1886 - Jos‚ Guti‚rrez Solana, Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas)
1886 - Max Vasmer, German slavic (La Tertulia de Pombo)
1887 - William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance)
1889 - Victor Sutherland, Paducah KY, actor (Captive City)
1890 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS)
1893 - Ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page)
1895 - Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit)
1895 - Marcel Pagnol, French playwright/director (Marchands de Gloire)
1896 - Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel)
1898 - Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey)
1899 - Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist
1900 - Laura Z Hobson, writer
1901 - Linus Pauling
1901 - Linus Pauling, chemist/peace worker (Nobel 1954, 1962)
1901 - Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen)
1905 - Glyn Jones, writer
1906 - Bugsy Siegel, gangster created casinos in Las Vegas
1907 - Earl Scheib
1907 - Milton Caniff, Hillsboro Ohio, Dutch cartoonist (Terry & Pirates)
1909 - Stephen Harold Spender, Engld, poet/critic (Vienna, Edge of Darkness)
1909 - Olan Soule, La Harpe Ill, actor (My 3 Sons, Arnie)
1910 - Roman Maciejewski, composer
1910 - Vincente Minnelli, Chicago IL, director (American in Paris, Gigi)
1911 - Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Njanji Sunji)
1912 - Helmut Coing, German lawyer/director (Max-Planck-institute)
1914 - Jim Boles, Lubbock Tx, actor (Joe-One Man's Family)
1915 - Peter Medawar, England, zoologist, immunologist (Nobel 1953)
1915 - Zero "Samuel" Mostel, Brooklyn, actor (Fiddler on the Roof)
1915 - Zero Mostel
1917 - Hans Deutgen, Sweden, world champion archer
1917 - John B Connally, (Gov/Sen-D/R-Tx), took a bullet with JFK
1918 - Alfred Burke, London England, actor (Backfire)
1920 - Marjorie M Sweeting, English geomorphologist
1920 - Jim Olin, (Rep-D-VA, 1983- )
1920 - Edward Kassner, music publisher
1921 - John Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Fool of Heideloo)
1921 - Vladimir Sommer, composer
1923 - Charles Durning, Highland Falls NY, actor (Fury, Sting, Tootsie)
1923 - Charles Durning
1924 - Robert A Roe, (Rep-D-NJ, 1969- )
1925 - Harry H Corbett, Rangoon Burma, actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky)
1926 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin/author (My Life)
1926 - Seymour Shifrin, composer
1926 - Stanley Glasser, composer
1927 - Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer
1927 - John Swire, British aircraft magnate (Cathay Pacific)
1928 - Bettye Ackerman, Cottageville SC, actress (Maggie Graham-Ben Casey)
1928 - Smokey The Bear
1928 - Tom Aldredge, Dayton OH, actor (What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers
1929 - Frank O Gehry, architect (Galleria-Okla City)
1930 - Frank Malzone, baseball player
1930 - Leon Cooper, US physicist (Nobel 1972)
1930 - Gavin MacLeod
1931 - Gavin MacLeod, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat
1931 - Gustav Thoni, Italy, skiier (World Cup-1971, 72, 73, 75)
1931 - Jack Thieuloy, writer
1932 - Brian Moore, British commentator (Big Match)
1932 - Don Francks, Vancouver, actor (Terminal Choice, Finian's Rainbow)
1934 - Willie Bobo, NYC, jazz drummer (Cos)
1935 - Clive Halse, cricketer (S Afr fast bowler on 1963-64 Aust/NZ tour)
1938 - Martin Olav Sabo, (Rep-D-MN, 1979- )
1939 - John Fahey, singer (Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death)
1939 - Tommy Tune
1939 - Charles Brown, Cin Oh, featherweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1964)
1939 - Tommy Tune, Wichita Falls Tx, dancer/choreographer (Boyfriend)
1940 - Joe South, Atlanta, guitarist/songwriter/singer (Games People Play)
1940 - Mario Andretti, race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500)
1940 - Mario Andretti
1941 - Alice May Brock, author
1941 - Marty Sanders, rock vocalist
1942 - Brian Jones, rock guitarist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
1942 - Brian Jones
1942 - Frank Bonner, Little Rock AR, actor (WKRP, Hoax, You Can't Hurry Love
1943 - Hans F Dijkstal, Dutch minister of the Interior (VVD, 1994-)
1943 - Barbara Acklin, [Allen], Chicago, R&B singer (Love Makes a Woman)
1943 - Donny Iris, singer
1944 - Colin Nutley, director/writer (Such is Life, Black Jack)
1944 - Kelly Bishop, CO, actress (Unmarried Woman, Advice to Lovelorn)
1945 - Charles "Bubba" Smith, Tx, NFLer (Balt Colts)/actor (Police Academy)
1945 - Ronnie Rosman, rocker (Tommy James Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion)
1945 - Mimsy Farmer, Chicago Ill, actress (Devil's Angel, Road to Salina)
1946 - Graham Vivian, cricketer (son of Giff, 5 Tests for NZ 1965-72)
1947 - Stephanie Beacham, England, (Devil's Widow, Schizo, Dallas, Colbys)
1948 - Bernadette Peters
1948 - Mercedes Ruehl, Queens NY, actress (Lost in Yonkers, Crazy People)
1948 - Willie Donnell Smith
1948 - Bernadette Peters, [Lazzara], Queens NY, actress (Jerk)
1950 - Stephen Chatman, composer
1950 - Ilene Graff, Bkln NY, actress (Marsha-Mr Belvedere)
1951 - Karsan Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s)
1951 - Gustavo Thoeni, Italy, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1972)
1952 - Cristina Raines, [Tina Herazo], Manila Phil, actress (Sentinel)
1952 - Jennie Lynn, San Diego Calif, actress (Love & Marriage)
1952 - Melissa Babish, SC, swimmer (Olympic)
1952 - Eddie Manion, saxophonist
1953 - Ricky "Dragon" Steamboat, [Richard Blood], wrestler (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA)
1955 - Gilbert Gottfried
1955 - Randy Jackson, New Orleans, guitarist (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want)
1955 - Gilbert Gottfried, comedian (Beverly Hills Cop)
1955 - Adrian Dantley, Wash DC, NBA forward (Olympic-gold-1976, Utah Jazz)
1957 - Cindy Wilson, Athens Georgia, rock vocalist (B-52's-Love Shack)
1957 - Ian Smith, cricket wicket-keeper (NZ of the 80's)
1957 - Ian Stanley, keyboardist
1957 - Jeff Woodland, Papua New Guinea, Nike golfer (1991 Dakota Dunes Open)
1957 - John Turturro, Bkln, actor (Brain Donor, Color of Money, Jungle Fever
1957 - Phil Gould, rock percussionist (Level 42-Hot Water)
1958 - Mark Pavelich, NHLer (NY Rangers)
1958 - Christine Lathan-Brehmer, German DR, 400m runner (Oly-gold-76)
1959 - Sydney P Mufamadi, South African leader (SACP)
1960 - Dorothy Stratten, Vancouver BC, playmate (August, 1979) (Galixina)
1961 - Wayne Smith, Albany WA, Australasia golfer
1961 - Barry McGuigan, British(?) boxer
1962 - Steve Tsujiura, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1962 - Rae Dawn Chong, Edmonton Alberta, actress (Quest for Fire)
1962 - Chunli Li, Auckland NZ, table tennis player (Olympics-96)
1962 - Angela Bailey, England, Canadian 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
1965 - Mikko Makela, Tampere Finland, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
1965 - Duane Ferrell, NBA forward (SF Warriors, Indiana Pacers)
1966 - Vincent Askew, NBA guard/forward (Seattle Supersonics, Trailblazers)
1966 - Tim Goad, NFL defensive tackle (Cleve Browns)
1966 - Jan Varholik, Kosice CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
1966 - Erik van Kessel, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1967 - Jeff[rey] Pfaendtner, Detroit, rower (Olympics-bronze-1996)
1967 - Antone Davis, NFL tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Phila Eagles)
1967 - Marcus Lillington, rock guitarist (Breathe-All I Need)
1968 - Mike Milchin, Knoxville TN, pitcher (Minn Twins)
1968 - J T Snow, US baseball 1st baseman (NY Yankees, Calif Angels)
1969 - Shawn McEachern, Waltham MA, NHL forward (Boston Bruins, Senators)
1969 - Robert Sean Leonard, NJ, actor (Dead Poets Society, Mr & Mrs Bridge)
1969 - Elisa Fiorillo, singer (Forgive Me For Dreaming)
1970 - Jan Varholik, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
1970 - Mika Stromberg, Helsinki FIN, hockey defenseman (Team Finland)
1970 - Noureddine Morceli, Algeria, 1500m runner (Olympics-gold-96)
1971 - John Buchanan, actor (Sidekicks, Black Stallion, Family Man)
1972 - Scott Gragg, NFL tackle (NY Giants)
1972 - Melisa Moses, Jacksonville FL, diver (Olympics-4th-96)
1973 - Henry Bailey, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (Pitts Steelers)
1973 - Demetrice Martin, WLAF cornerback (Scotland Claymores)
1973 - Eric Lindros, London Ontario, NHL center (Phila Flyers)
1973 - Denard Walker, cornerback (Tennessee Oilers)
1973 - Gary Walker, NFL defensive tackle/defensive end (Houston Oilers)
1974 - Michael Manasseri, actor (License to Drive)
1974 - Kevin Abrams, cornerback (Detroit Lions)
1974 - Michael Swift, WLAF CB (Rhein Fire)
1974 - Katie Allen, Australian field hockey full back/half back (Olympics-96
1975 - Azhar Mahmood, cricket pace bowler (Pakistani ODI 1996)
1976 - Angie Kennedy, Nambour QLD Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1977 - Aki-Petteri Berg, NHL defenseman (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998, Kings
1977 - Debbie Koegel, Norristown Pa, dance skater (& Oleg Fediukov)
1978 - Marissa Perez, Miss Connecticut Teen USA (1996)
1979 - Virginia Ledgerwood, Chester Va, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
Events
870 - 8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople
1066 - Westminster Abbey opens
1570 - Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas
1610 - Thomas West, Baron de La Mar, is appointed governor of Virginia
1638 - Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh
1646 - Roger Scott was tried in Mass for sleeping in church
1653 - -Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beats Dutch
1667 - English colony Suriname in Dutch hands
1692 - Salem witch hunt begins
1704 - Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100
1704 - Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in NYC
1708 - Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die
1728 - Georg F Händels opera "Siroe, re di Persia," premieres in London
1730 - Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy
1749 - 1st edition of Henry Fieldings' "Tom Jones" published
1759 - Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
1778 - Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves
1784 - John Wesley charters Methodist Church
1794 - US Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin
1810 - 1st US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia
1819 - 1st public performance of a Schubert song, "Schäfers Klageleid"
1826 - M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet
1827 - 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered
1828 - Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Treuer Diener," premieres in Vienna
1835 - Dr Elias L"nnrot publishes Finnish poem "Kalevala"
1844 - 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes
1847 - US defeats México in battle of Sacramento
1849 - 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in SF from east coast
1854 - Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisc
1859 - Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery
1861 - Territories of Nevada & Colorado created
1862 - Opera "La Reine de Saba," premieres in Paris
1863 - Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia
1864 - -Mar 3rd] Skirmish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton's Ford)
1864 - -Mar 4th) Raid at Kilpatrick's Richmond
1871 - 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections
1878 - US congress authorizes large-size silver certificate
1879 - "Exodus of 1879" southern blacks flee political/economic exploitation
1882 - 1st US college cooperative store opens, at Harvard U
1883 - 1st US vaudeville theater opens (Boston)
1888 - Vincent d'Indy's Wallenstein-trilogy, premieres
1888 - Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes
1891 - Oscar Grundén skates world record 500m (50.8 sec)
1893 - Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum"
1896 - France dismisses Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar
1900 - General Buller's troops relieve Ladysmith Natal
1902 - Jules Massenets opera premieres in Monte Carlo
1903 - Barney Dreyfuss & James Potter buys Phila Phillies for $170,000
1904 - Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres
1906 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Queen's U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games
1908 - Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran
1912 - Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50
1913 - 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic)
1914 - Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (SF)
1917 - Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets
1917 - AP reports México & Japan will allie with Germany if US enters WW I
1920 - Maurice Ravel's "Le tombeau de Couperin," premieres
1922 - English princess Mary marries viscount Lascelles
1922 - Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
1922 - KHQ-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions
1923 - Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands
1924 - US begins intervention in Honduras
1925 - Theater Museum of Amsterdam forms
1925 - Longest win streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (9 games)
1925 - Congress authorizes a special handling stamp
1925 - "Tea For Two" by Marion Harris hit #1
1929 - Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home
1931 - Oswald Mosley founds his New Party
1931 - Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass
1933 - 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor
1933 - German Pres Von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion
1933 - Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD)
1935 - Nylon discovered by Dr Wallace H Carothers
1935 - Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit
1939 - Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain
1940 - Richard Wright's "Native Son" published
1940 - 1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)
1940 - US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%))
1941 - 39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month
1941 - British-Italian dogfight above Albania
1942 - Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies
1942 - 1st weapon drop on Netherlands
1942 - Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit
1943 - "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan
1943 - 63 U Boats (359,300 ton) sinks this month
1947 - Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan
1950 - "Alive & Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 46 perfs
1951 - Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates
1951 - French govt of Pleven dissolves
1953 - Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev & Malenkov
1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1954 - Patty Berg/Pete Cooper wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament
1956 - Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory
1956 - 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Mass
1957 - Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory
1958 - West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket
1959 - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colo Spr won by Carol Heiss USA
1959 - "Goldilocks" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 perfs
1959 - Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner & Paul of CAN
1959 - Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit
1959 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colo Spr won by David Jenkins USA
1959 - NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players
1959 - Ice Dance Championship at Colo Springs USA won by Denny & Jones of GRB
1960 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1960 - 8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, Colo
1960 - US wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4
1961 - JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor
1962 - WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN
1966 - Sandy Koufax & Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers
1966 - Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal
1968 - Pirate Radio Hauraki, off NZ, returns to the air
1969 - Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colo Spr won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR
1969 - Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Spr won by Rodnina & Ulanov of URS
1969 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colo Springs won by Tim Wood USA
1969 - Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Spr won by Towler & Ford of GBR
1970 - "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 4 performances
1970 - WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 - KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast
1970 - Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53)
1970 - Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
1971 - 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA Natl FL Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd go
1971 - WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, KY (IND) begins broadcasting
1972 - Last broadcast of "M*A*S*H" on NBC-TV
1972 - Pres Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
1972 - George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident
1973 - Suriname govt of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders
1974 - US & Egypt re-form diplomatic relations after 7 years
1974 - Ethiopian govt of Makonnen forms
1974 - Taiwan police shoots into crowd
1974 - Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
1975 - 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop
1975 - EG signs accord of Lomé with 46 developing countries
1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1976 - Spain withdraws from Western Sahara
1976 - 18th Grammy Awards: Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole wins
1976 - Ceuta & Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession
1977 - Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends
1977 - 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, LA Calif)
1979 - Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in NYC
1980 - "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m)
1980 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 - China PR throws out Neth ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan
1981 - Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
1982 - AT & T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day
1982 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic
1982 - FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street
1983 - Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch
1984 - 26th Grammy Awards: Beat It, Michael Jackson wins 8
1986 - European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade
1986 - Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's
1988 - 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada
1988 - Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13)
1988 - Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed
1988 - Pat Verbeek becomes 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game
1989 - Red Schoendienst & Al Barlick elected to Hall of Fame
1989 - Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA
1989 - Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public
1990 - Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine
1990 - US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit
1991 - "Speed of Darkness" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 36 performances
1991 - Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16)
1991 - "Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Carre, Amsterdam
1991 - US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire
1991 - Don Mattingly named 10th NY Yankee Captain
1993 - Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)
1993 - Gun battle erupts at Waco Texas between FBI & Branch Davidians
1993 - Tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife
1993 - "Anna Christie" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 54 performances
1993 - 7th American Comedy Award: Seinfeld wins
1994 - 100 agents raid Branch Davidian compound at Waco Texas
1994 - Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect
1995 - Denver International Airport opens
1996 - 38th Grammy Awards: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morisette wins
1997 - Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45
1997 - FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia
1997 - Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US
1998 - "View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater NYC
1998 - Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points
Deaths
1261 - Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies
1573 - Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54
1609 - Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39
1618 - Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63
1626 - Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51
1638 - Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies
1638 - Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56
1665 - Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies
1737 - Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63
1742 - Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53
1781 - Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50
1784 - Phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies
1796 - Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56
1818 - Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56
1844 - Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
1844 - Thommas W Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
1876 - Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53
1903 - Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88
1905 - Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85
1912 - Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies
1913 - Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic)
1916 - Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72
1922 - Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51
1925 - Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies
1929 - Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (React of P), dies at 5
1929 - John Ebenezer West, composer, dies at 65
1931 - Ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness
1935 - Alexander W F Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16), dies at 73
1936 - Pedro Mu¤oz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55
1940 - Alfonso XIII de Borb¢n, corrupt king of Spain (1902-31), dies
1940 - Johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81
1949 - Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65
1953 - Jim Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at 64
1959 - Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70
1960 - Jonathan Hale, actor (Blondie), shoots himself at 68
1960 - F S Flint, British translator/poet (imagist movement), dies at 74
1961 - Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64
1962 - Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70
1963 - Theodore Newton, actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58
1964 - Dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergen School), dies at 78
1965 - Adolf Sch„rf, president of Austria (1957-65), dies at 74
1966 - Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet
1966 - Elliot McKay See Jr, astronaut, dies at 38 in T-38 jet crash
1968 - Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41
1968 - Frankie Lymon, singer, dies at 25
1968 - Juanita Hall, actress (Capt Billy), dies at 66
1972 - Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies
1973 - Hope Landin, actress (I Remember Mama, Sugarfoot), dies at 79
1973 - Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78
1974 - Mees Toxopeus, Dutch rescue-vessel captain, dies at 89
1975 - Istvan Kardos, composer, dies at 83
1977 - Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71
1978 - Philip Ahn, LA Calif, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu), dies at 66
1978 - Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73
1979 - Mr Ed, talking horse, dies
1979 - Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52
1980 - Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricketer (45 wkts for England), dies
1984 - Leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies
1985 - Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC
1986 - Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59
1987 - Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83
1987 - Nora Kaye, US ballet dancer, dies at 67
1988 - Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99
1989 - Hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46
1990 - Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at 86
1990 - Colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies
1990 - Tuppy Owen-Smith, S Afr cricketer (batsman v England 1929), dies
1991 - Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies
1992 - Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49
1992 - Emilla Sherman, choreographer/rockette, dies
1992 - La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53
1993 - Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81
1993 - Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street, Dames), dies of cancer at 82
1993 - Franco Brusati, Italian dir/writer (Bread & Chocolate), dies at 70
1993 - Joyce Carey, [Lawrence], English actress (Number 27), dies at 94
1993 - Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies
1994 - George Osborne Sayles, historian, dies at 92
1994 - Leopoldina Poldi Feichtegger Gerhard, dies at 90
1994 - Elbert "Skippy" Williams, tenor Sax player, dies at 77
1994 - Buster Holmes, chef/restaurateur, dies at 88
1994 - Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh, brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at 86
1994 - Pu Yi, brother of last Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, dies at 87
1995 - Max Rudolf, conductor, dies at 92
1995 - Keith Rigg, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia 1931-37), dies
1995 - Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69
1996 - Daniel Chipenda, angolam politician, dies at 64
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