This Day in History
March 3

What happened in history on this day: March 3? On March 3 in ... 78 - Origin of Saka Era (India). 468 - Saint Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius. 561 - Pelagius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. 1191 - Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at age 52. 1409 - Austrian civil war ends. 1431 - Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV. 1459 - Ausias March Catalan poet, dies. 1500 - Birth of Reginald Pole English Cardinal/"heretic". 1549 - Birth of Henric Spieghel Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel). 1554 - Johan Frederik de Greatmoedige ruler of Saxon (1532-47), dies at age 50. 1580 - Jacob Hillebrand Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies. 1583 - Birth of Edward Herbert of Cherbury English military/philosopher. 1589 - Birth of Gisbertus Voetius [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist. 1606 - Birth of Edmund Waller England, poet (Penshust). 1627 - Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil. 1634 - First tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole). 1635 - Philips de l'Espinoy historian/mayor of Ghent, dies. 1638 - Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden. 1652 - Birth of Thomas Otway England, dramatist/poet (Venice Preserved). 1703 - Robert Hooke scientific genius, dies in London. 1705 - Birth of Michael Schevenstuhl composer. 1706 - Johann Pachelbel organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at age 52. 1707 - Aurangzeb Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at age 88. 1717 - Pierre Allix French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about age 75. 1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness. 1747 - Birth of Kasamir Pulaski US General (Revolutionary War). 1756 - Birth of William Godwin philosopher/political writer (Caleb Williams). 1766 - Gregor Joseph Werner composer, dies at age 73. 1768 - Nicola Antonio Porpora composer, dies at age 81. 1776 - The Continental Marines land at New Providence in the Bahamas. 1791 - First Internal Revenue Act (taxing distilled spirits and carriages). 1791 - US Congress establishes US Mint. 1792 - Robert Adam Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at age 63. 1793 - Birth of Charles Sealsfield writer (The Making of America). 1794 - First performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D. 1794 - Richard Allen founded AME Church. 1800 - Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi composer, dies at age 64. 1801 - First US Jewish Governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia. 1803 - First impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins. 1805 - Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms. 1809 - Birth of Sophia Hawthorne writer. 1811 - Birth of Vissarion Belinsky Sveaborg Finland, Russian author (Literary Review). 1812 - US Congress passes first foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims). 1813 - Office of Surgeon General of the US army is established. 1813 - Prince Karl Johan of Sween concludes an alliance with England. England cedes Guadeloupe island in West Indies to Sweden, and agrees to Sweden's demands on Norway. 1814 - Birth of Charles Kensington Salaman composer. 1815 - US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners and demanding tribute. 1817 - Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory and Mississippi. 1820 - Birth of Eduard Douwes Dekker [Multatuli], Dutch writer (Max Havelaar). 1820 - Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri. 1822 - Franz Adam Veichtner composer, dies at age 81. 1823 - Birth of Guyla Andrássy Sr premier of Hungary (1867-71). 1824 - Giovanni Battista Viotti Italian violist/composer, dies at age 70. 1828 - Birth of Karl Collan composer. 1831 - Birth of George M Pullman inventor (railway sleeping car). 1835 - US Congress authorizes a US mint at New Orleans Louisiana. 1837 - US Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9. 1837 - US President Andrew Jackson and Congress recognizes Republic of Texas. 1838 - Birth of George W Hill US astronomer (Moon orbit). 1838 - Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada. 1841 - Birth of John Murray Canada oceanographer (Depths of the Ocean). 1842 - First US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Massachusetts). 1842 - First performance of Felix Mendelssohn's third "Scottish" Symphony. 1843 - US Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US. 1845 - First US law overriding a Presidential veto (John Tyler's). 1845 - Birth of Georg Cantor German mathematician (discovers transfinite numbers). 1845 - US Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery. 1845 - Florida becomes 27th state of the USA. 1846 - Birth of Desiderio Pietri Italian baker/marathon runner Dorando's father. 1847 - Birth of Alexander Graham Bell Edinburgh Scotland, inventor (telephone). 1847 - Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps. 1848 - Heinrich Olivier German painter, dies. 1849 - Birth of Jacques Oppenheim Dutch lawyer. 1849 - Territory of Minnesota is organized. 1849 - US Department of the Interior established by Congress. 1851 - US Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3-cent piece). 1853 - Birth of Vincent Van Gogh Dutch painter. 1853 - Transcontinental railroad survey is authorized byUS Congress. 1853 - US Assay Office in New York City, New York authorized. 1855 - US Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use. 1855 - Registration of letters authorized byUS Congress. 1857 - Birth of Alfred Bruneau composer. 1858 - József Bajza Hungarian author/poet/critic, dies at age 54. 1861 - Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom. 1862 - General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid, Missouri. 1863 - Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences. 1863 - Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired. 1863 - Gold certificates (currency) authorized by US Congress. 1863 - US Congress authorizes another US$200 million in United States Notes. 1863 - Idaho Territory forms. 1863 - Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister, Georgia. 1863 - First US wartime military conscription bill enacted. 1864 - Ulric Dahlgren Union Colonel, dies in battle at age 21. 1865 - Birth of Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler composer. 1865 - Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks. 1867 - Birth of Gustav Strube composer. 1868 - Birth of Alain [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer. 1869 - Birth of Henry J Wood English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms). 1869 - University of South Carolina opens to all races. 1871 - US Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent. 1871 - US Congress establishes the civil service system. 1872 - Birth of Wee Willie Keeler outfielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897. 1873 - Birth of William Green president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52). 1873 - US Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps. 1873 - US Congress and government raise own salary, retroactively. 1875 - First recorded hockey game (Montréal). 1875 - US Congress authorizes 20-cent coin, lasts only three years. 1875 - Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris France). 1877 - Birth of Garrett Morgan African-American inventor. 1877 - Rutherford B Hayes is sworn in as the 19th President. 1878 - Treaty of San Stefano is signed, the beginning of Bulgaria's liberation from the Ottoman Empire. 1879 - First female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood). 1879 - In Washington, D.C., the United States Geological Survey is established, in the Department of the Interior, with responsibilities: "classification of the public lands, and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain". 1880 - Birth of Anne C Veth Dutch cartoonist/art critic. 1882 - Birth of Floris H L Prims Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp. 1882 - New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings. 1883 - US Congress authorizes the first steel vessels in US navy. 1885 - First US state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission. 1885 - American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates. 1885 - US Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of federal government). 1885 - US Post Office offers special delivery for first-class mail. 1886 - Birth of James Friskin composer. 1886 - Birth of Reginald Owen Morris composer. 1887 - American Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton IA. 1887 - Anne Sullivan begins teaching six-year-old blind-deaf Helen Keller. 1889 - Birth of Fritz Behrend composer. 1889 - Edward Sydney Smith composer, dies at age 49. 1890 - Birth of Edmund Lowe San Jose California; actor (Black Sheep, Front Page Detective,Dillinger). 1890 - Birth of Norman Bethune Canada, Doctor in Spain and China. 1891 - Birth of Federico Moreno Torroba composer. 1891 - Birth of Jan Donner Dutch minister of Justice/president High Council. 1891 - US Congress creates Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Department). 1891 - US Congress creates US Courts of Appeal. 1892 - First cattle tuberculosis test in US made, Villa Nova Pennsylvania. 1892 - Birth of Rui Coelho composer. 1893 - Birth of Beatrice Wood potter/artist/author. 1893 - Birth of Bill Nestell California; actor (Dangerous Venture, Buckskin Frontier). 1893 - Birth of Karel Lotsy Dutch insurance director/Olympics-chief d'équipe. 1893 - Columbian Isabella silver quarter authorized. 1893 - US Congress authorizes first federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture. 1894 - First Greek-language publication in US begins, "New York Atlantis". 1894 - 4th and last British government of Gladstone resigns. 1895 - Birth of Alexander Nicholas Voormolen Dutch composer. 1895 - Birth of General Matthew Ridgeway US, military leader (WWII/China/Nicaragua/Korea/NATO). 1895 - Birth of Juanita Hansen Iowa, actress (Fast Company, Broadway Love). 1895 - Birth of Ragnar Frisch Norway, economist (first Nobel Prize in economy-1969). 1895 - Birth of Robert Gordon Kansas; actor (Loveless). 1897 - Birth of Jose Moreno Gans composer. 1899 - Birth of Alfred M Gruenther US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56). 1899 - Birth of Juri Olescha writer. 1899 - US Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar. 1899 - George Dewey becomes first in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy. 1900 - Birth of Edna Best Hove England, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo). 1900 - US Steel Corporation organizes. 1901 - US Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce. 1902 - Birth of Ruby Dandridge Memphis Tennessee, actress (Father of the Bride). 1902 - Isaac D France van de Putte Dutch premier (1866), dies at age 79. 1903 - Birth of Gilbert Adrian [Greenberg], Naugatuck Connecticut, costume designer. 1903 - Birth of Rabbe A Enckell Fins author/poet (Lutad about Brunnen). 1903 - North Carolina becomes first state requiring registration of nurses. 1905 - US Forest Service forms. 1906 - Birth of Artur Lundkvist Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir). 1906 - Birth of Donald Novis Hastings England; actor (Monte Carlo). 1906 - Birth of Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar journalist/diplomat. 1906 - Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France. 1907 - Birth of Aar van de Werfhorst [Pieter G Jansen], Dutch writer. 1907 - Birth of Canada Lee New York City, New York; actor (Lost Boundaries). 1907 - Birth of Joy Finzi [Joyce A Black], British painter. 1908 - Birth of Riccardo Nielsen composer. 1909 - Birth of Harry Hemsley billionaire New York landlord. 1909 - Birth of Jay Morris Arena inventor/pediatrician. 1909 - Birth of Kenton Kilmer poet/translator. 1909 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Montréal Wanderers, 8-3. 1911 - First US federal cemetery with Union and Rebel graves opens, Missouri. 1911 - Birth of Francesco Siciliani opera composer. 1911 - Birth of Jean Harlow [Harlean Carpentier] Kansas City Missouri, 30s' sex goddess (Dinner at 8). 1912 - Birth of Joe Stydahar NFL tackle (Chicago Bears). 1913 - Birth of Margaret Bonds US pianist/composer/arranger. 1913 - Birth of Roger Caillois French writer (Les Jeux et les Hommes). 1913 - Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC. 1914 - Birth of Martin Ritt actor/director (Slugger's Wife, End of the Game). 1915 - Birth of George Brian Snape businessman/rugby league entrepreneur. 1915 - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created. 1917 - Birth of Bert van Aerschot Flemish writer (Elevator, Women). 1917 - US Congress passes first excess profits tax on corporations. 1917 - Great monarch Michael resigns after one day as czar. 1917 - Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates. 1918 - Birth of Arnold Newman photographer (Faces USA). 1918 - Birth of Arthur Kornberg US biochemist (Nobel Prize 1959). 1918 - Birth of Frank Wigglesworth composer. 1918 - Richard Göring's "Seeschlacht" premieres in Berlin. 1918 - Russia withdraws from WWI, signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany and Austria. 1919 - First international air mail service from US, Seattle WA-Victoria British Columbia, Canada. 1919 - Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike. 1920 - Birth of James Doohan Vancouver British Columbia; actor (Montgomery Scott-Star Trek). 1920 - Birth of Julius Boros golfer (PGA Champion 1968, US Open 1952, 1963). 1920 - Birth of Martin Ritt director (The Front, Nuts). 1920 - Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Québec Bulldogs. 1921 - Birth of Allen Ginsberg beat generation poet (1969 Arts and Letters Award). 1921 - Birth of Diana Barrymore New York City, New York, actress (Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife). 1921 - Birth of Junior Parker Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter (Mystery Train). 1921 - Petrus Cuypers architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at age 93. 1922 - Birth of Kazimierz Serocki composer. 1922 - Italian fascists occupy Fiume and Rijeka. 1922 - WWJ-AM in Detroit Michigan begins radio transmissions. 1923 - Time magazine publishes first issue. 1923 - US Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague. 1924 - German and Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed. 1924 - Sean O'Casey's "Juno and the Paycock" premieres in Dublin. 1925 - Birth of Enzo Stuarti Italy, singer (Yesterday). 1925 - Birth of Richard Vernon Reading Berkshire England; actor (Servant, Gandhi, Hard Days Night). 1926 - Birth of James Ingram Merrill US poet/author (Scripts for the Pageant). 1926 - Cyril Metodej Hrazdira composer, dies at age 58. 1926 - International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami Florida). 1927 - Birth of Charles O Whitley (Representative-Democrat-North Carolina, 1977-). 1927 - Birth of Frank Singleton librarian. 1927 - Birth of John McLaughlin commentator (McLaughlin Report). 1927 - Birth of [Herman] Junior Parker rocker (Driving Wheel, In the Dark). 1928 - Birth of Dave Dudley singer (Six Days on the Road). 1928 - Birth of Don Gibson singer/writer (I can't Stop Loving You, Oh Lonesome Me). 1928 - Birth of G Pausewang writer. 1928 - Birth of Joe Conley Buffalo New York; actor (Ike-The Waltons). 1928 - Jan [Jean] T Toorop Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at age 69. 1929 - Birth of Nicos Mamangakis composer. 1931 - "The Star-Spangled Banner" is adopted as the United States National anthem. 1931 - Birth of Henk Knol Dutch second chamber member (PvdA). 1931 - Birth of Piet [van] Bambergen Dutch cabaretier (Mounties, Sherlock Jones). 1931 - Cab Calloway records "Minnie the Moocher" (Jazz's first million seller). 1932 - Eugene Francis Charles D'albert composer, dies at age 67. 1933 - Birth of Lee Radziwell Ross New York City, New York, princess (Jackie O's sister). 1933 - Birth of Marco Antonio Muñiz Mexico, Spanish singer (Murmullos). 1933 - Birth of Princess Lee Radziwell Ross New York City, New York (Jackie O's sister). 1933 - German Presidential candidate Earnest Thälmann (KPD) arrested. 1933 - Mount Rushmore dedicated. 1933 - New York City, New York premiere of "King Kong". 1934 - Birth of Gia Scala Italy, actress (Angry Hills, Don't Go Near the Water). 1934 - John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol. 1934 - Norman Houstoun O'Neill composer, dies at age 58. 1935 - Birth of Zhelyu Zhelev president of Bulgaria (1990-). 1935 - Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms. 1935 - Neville Knox cricket player (bowled in two Tests for England 1907), dies. 1936 - Birth of Jim Clark Formula One racer (1963 Champion). 1936 - Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wickets in 5th Test versus South Africa. 1937 - Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down. 1938 - American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors). 1938 - Arthur Koestler writer, dies at age 32. 1938 - Birth of Douglas Leedy composer. 1938 - Birth of Lew De Witt singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall). 1938 - Birth of Willie Chambers guitarist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers). 1939 - Birth of Hans Pieter Verhagen poet (Hoepla/Holland's Hole). 1939 - Birth of M L Jaisimha cricket player (Indian batsman of the sixties). 1940 - Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label. 1941 - Constant W L Scheurleer archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at age 59. 1941 - Ernst Cahn owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed. 1941 - Netherlands NSB-leader Mussert visits Göring in Berlin. 1942 - First combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane. 1942 - Amedeo Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at age 43. 1942 - Birth of Mike Pender Liverpool, vocalist/guitarist (Searchers-Needles and Pins). 1942 - Birth of Vladimir Vasilyevich Kovolyonok USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 29/31, T-4). 1943 - Birth of Roger Swaybill actor/writer (Porky's II, Breaking Point). 1943 - Bomb fleeing crowd falls into London shelter; 173 die. 1943 - F Ryerson and Cohn Claues' "Harriet" premieres in New York City, New York. 1943 - George Thomson cricket player (all-rounder-6 Tests for England 1909-10), dies. 1943 - US defeats Japan and wins Battle of Bismark Sea. 1944 - Birth of Janice Garfat rocker (Dr Hook). 1945 - Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at age 61. 1945 - Birth of Farooq Hamid; cricket player (1-107 in Test, Pakistan versus Australia 1964). 1945 - Birth of Hattie Winston in Greenville, Mississippi, USA; actress (Nurse, Electric Company). 1945 - RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511. 1945 - Roermond/Venlo Netherlands freed. 1945 - US and Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor. 1945 - US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall. 1945 - U.S. forces gain control of all three airfields on Iwo Jima. 1945 - Koos Speenhoff, Dutch singer, killed in bombing raid at age 75. 1946 - Birth of James C Adamson in Warsaw, New York, USA; Lieutenant Colonel USA/astronaut (STS 28, STS 43). 1946 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill. 1946 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button. 1947 - Birth of Dave Mount in Carshalton, Surrey, England; rocker (Mud). 1948 - Birth of Byron MacGregor; newscaster. 1948 - Birth of Reed Hundt; US Federal Communications Commission chairman. 1949 - Birth of Bonnie J Dunbar in Sunnyside, Washington, USA; PhD/astronaut (STS 61-A, 32, 50, 71, 89). 1949 - Birth of James S Voss in Cordova, Alabama, USA; Major, astronaut (STS 44, 53, 69). 1950 - Three months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name. 1950 - Birth of Re Styles; rock vocalist (Tubes). 1950 - Birth of Tim Kazurinsky in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian (Saturday Night Live, Police Academy 2, 3, 4). 1951 - Bill Mikvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 points. 1951 - Birth of Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov; Russian cosmonaut. 1952 - Birth of Robyn Hitchcock; rocker (Moss Elixir). 1952 - Puerto Rico approves their first self-written constitution. 1953 - Birth of Aleksandr Viktorovich Borodin in Russia; cosmonaut. 1953 - Birth of Dave Amato; rocker (REO Speedwagon - "Can't Fight this Feeling"). 1953 - Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block Saint Louis Browns' attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee. 1953 - Canadian Comet plane crashes at Karachi, 11 killed. 1954 - Birth of Keith Carlton Fergus in Temple, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (1995 Honda Classic-8th). 1954 - Birth of Merrick [Chris Hughes]; rock drummer (Adam and The Ants). 1956 - Birth of Jim Barton in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; soling yachter (Olympics-bronze-1996). 1956 - Birth of John F Reid; cricket player (New Zealand batsman of 1970s/1980s). 1956 - Birth of Miguel Bosé in Panamá; Spanish actor (Lo Mejor del Año). 1956 - Cockie Gastelaars swims world record 100 metre freestyle (1:04.2). 1956 - Indonesian government of Harahap resigns. 1956 - Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice New York Giants to stay in New York. 1956 - Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne). 1956 - Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at age 79. 1957 - Corry Brokken wins Eurovision Song festival with "Just as Then". 1957 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open. 1957 - World Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham and Courtney Jones (Great Britain). 1957 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul (Canada). 1957 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Carol Heiss (USA). 1957 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins (USA). 1957 - ABC airs the last Omnibus TV show. 1958 - Birth of Bob Bradley in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; soccer coach (Olympics-gold-1996). 1958 - Birth of Miranda Richardson in Southport, England; actress (Damage, Crying Game). 1958 - Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq. 1959 - First US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched. 1959 - Birth of Romeo Zondervan; Dutch soccer player (NAC). 1959 - British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis. 1959 - Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at age 52. 1959 - San Francisco Giants rename their stadium Candlestick Park. 1960 - Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at age 65. 1961 - Birth of Mary Page Keller; actress (Duet, Scared Stiff, Baby Talk). 1961 - King Hassan II ascends to throne of Morocco. 1962 - Birth of Herschel Walker; WFL/NFL running back (New Jersey Generals, Dallas Cowboys). 1962 - Birth of Jackie Joyner-Kersee in East Saint Louis, Illinois, USA; heptathlete (Olympics-gold-1988, 1992). 1962 - British Antarctic Territory is formed. 1963 - Birth of Elizabeth Chavez in Santa Monica, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (US Open-13th-1991). 1963 - Birth of Kelly Miller in Detroit, Michigan, USA; NHL left wing (Washington Capitals). 1963 - Senegal adopts constitution. 1964 - Birth of Arturo Huerta in Mexico; Canadian walker (Olympics-1996). 1964 - Birth of Atif Rauf; cricket player (Pakistani Test batsman versus New Zealand 1994). 1964 - Birth of Laura Martinez-Herring in Sinaloa, Mexico; Miss USA-1985 (Texas) / actress (Carla - General Hospital). 1964 - Birth of Lisa Ann Poggi in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; actress (Jolie - Loving). 1965 - Birth of A J Sager in Columbus, Ohio, USA; pitcher (Detroit Tigers). 1965 - Carlo Gatti, composer, dies at age 88. 1965 - Temptations' "My Girl" song reaches #1. 1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1965 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. 1966 - Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz - Bewitched), dies at age 52. 1966 - Birth of Anthony Terrell Smith in Los Angeles, California, USA; rocker (Tone Loc - "Let's Do It"). 1966 - Birth of Claus Boekweg; Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen, FC Zwolle). 1966 - Birth of Dmitri Volkov; Russian swimmer (world record). 1966 - Birth of Ellen Minzner in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA; rower (Olympics-1996). 1966 - Birth of Gary Parker; WLAF kicker (Scotland Claymores). 1966 - Birth of Noelle Daghe in Decatur, Illinois, USA; LPGA golfer (1994 PING-Cellular One-21st). 1966 - Birth of Tone-Loc [Anthony Terrell Smith], Los Angeles, California, USA; rocker (Let's Do It). 1966 - Birth of Wendy Fletcher in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; WPVA volleyball player (National-5th-1993). 1966 - Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinée. 1966 - Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al). 1966 - Tornado hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die. 1966 - William Frawley, actor (Fred Mertz - I Love Lucy), dies at age 89. 1967 - Birth of Alexander Volkov in Russia; tennis star. 1967 - Birth of Calvin Williams; NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles). 1967 - Birth of Elizabeth Cheshire in Burbank, California, USA; actress (Jill - Sunshine). 1967 - Georges Lonque, composer, dies at age 66. 1967 - Grenada gains partial independence from Britain. 1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1967 - Chicago White Sox given permission to use semi-designated hitter in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game). 1968 - Birth of Brian Leetch in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA; NHL defenseman (Team USA, New York Rangers). 1968 - Birth of Diann Roffe-Steinrotter in Warsaw, New York, USA; alpine skier (Olympics-gold/silver-1992). 1968 - Birth of Scott Radinsky in Simi Valley, California, USA; pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers). 1968 - Greece, Portugal, and Spain's embassies bombed in The Hague, Netherlands. 1968 - Jean Beliveau (Montréal) becomes second NHL player to score 1,000 points. 1969 - Apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days). 1969 - Birth of Ronald Humphrey; NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts). 1970 - Birth of Donovan Bergstrom; American 3K steeplechase runner. 1970 - Birth of Inzamam-ul-Haq; cricket player (dashing Pakistani batsman). 1970 - Birth of Kristine Radford in Sydney, Australia; tennis star (1996 ITF/Lyneham). 1970 - Birth of Rick Mirer; NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks). 1970 - Birth of Scott Keswick in Nevada, USA; gymnast (Coca-Cola-first-1994, Olympics-1996). 1970 - Birth of Shawn Marie Brogan; Miss Iowa-USA (1997). 1971 - Birth of Terryl Ulmer; Canadian Football League defensive back (Saskatchewan Roughriders). 1971 - South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles. 1971 - Winnie Mandela is sentenced to one year in jail in South Africa. 1972 - Birth of Christian Oliver; actor (Baby Sitters Club, Brian - Saved by the Bell). 1972 - Birth of Martin Prochazka in Slany, Czechoslovakia; NHL forward (Toronto Maple Leafs, Czechoslovakia Olympics-Gold-1998). 1972 - Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA. 1973 - Birth of Cory Raymer; NFL center (Washington Redskins). 1973 - Birth of James Dexter; tackle (Arizona Cardinals). 1973 - Birth of Jim Mills; tackle (San Diego Chargers). 1973 - Birth of Tisha Venturini in Modesto, California, USA; soccer midfielder (Olympics-1996). 1973 - Birth of Winslow Oliver; running back (Carolina Panthers). 1974 - Barbara Ruick, actress/singer (Jerry Colonna Show, Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at age 43. 1974 - Birth of Jared Rushton, actor (Big, Honey I Shrank the Kids). 1974 - Despite Billy Harris' hat trick New York Islanders lose 3-4. 1974 - Frank Wilcox, actor (John - Beverly Hillbillies), dies at age 66. 1974 - George Foreman knocks out Ken Norton. 1974 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic. 1974 - World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris, France (346 die). 1975 - Birth of Albert Fields in Gary, Indiana; rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why). 1975 - Birth of David Faustino in California; actor (I Had Three Wifes, Bud - Married With Children). 1975 - László Németh, Hungarian physician/author (Galilei/Iszony), dies at age 73. 1976 - Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at age 92. 1976 - Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia. 1977 - Birth of Bas Zuiderent; cricket player (Holland all-rounder 1996 World Cup). 1977 - Birth of Ronan Keating Bayside in Dublin, Ireland; Irish singer (Boyzone). 1977 - New York Islanders allow Detroit Red Wings only 11 shots on goal. 1977 - Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms. 1977 - Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at age 93. 1977 - World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov (USSR). 1977 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Rodnina/Alexandr Zaitsev (USSR). 1977 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Linda Fratianne (USA). 1977 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Vladimir Kovalev (USSR). 1978 - First day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (West Indies versus Australia). 1978 - Birth of Carol Aquino; Miss Guatemala-Universe (1997). 1978 - Birth of Douglas Osmond in Provo, Utah; vocalist (Osmonds secondG). 1978 - Charlie Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland. 1980 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island. 1980 - Pierre Trudeau returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada. 1981 - Birth of Lil' Flip; American rapper. 1981 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy's 9th and final hat trick of season-4 goals. 1981 - New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers play to an 8-8 tie. 1982 - Georges Perec, French writer, dies at age 45. 1982 - US Senate begins debate on expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams (Democrat-New Jersey). 1982 - Birth of Jessica Biel; American actress. 1982 - Queen Elizabeth II opens the Barbican Centre in London, England. 1983 - Arthur Koestler, Hungarian/British writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at age 77 (born 1905). 1984 - Peter Ueberroth is elected baseball commissioner (Effective October 1). 1984 - New York Islanders score their most goals (11) versus Toronto Maple Leafs (6). 1985 - Birth of Sam Morrow; Northern Irish football player. 1985 - Offshore Valparaiso, Chile, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs. At least 177 people killed, 2,575 injured and extensive damage in central Chile. 1985 - Moonlighting TV show with Cybill Shepard and Bruce Willis premieres. 1985 - My One and Only closes at Saint James Theater in New York City after 767 performances. 1985 - Betsy King wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic. 1985 - National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51-week strike. 1985 - Sarah Blanding, first US female college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at age 86. 1985 - Willie Shoemaker becomes first jockey to win US$100 million. 1986 - Birth of Stacie Orrico; American singer. 1986 - The first paper is published describing the Atomic force microscope, invented the previous year by Gerd Binnig, Calvin Quate and Christophe Berger. 1987 - Danny Kaye, American singer/actor/comedian (Danny Kaye Show), part owner of the Seattle Mariners, dies of heart failure at age 74 (born 1918). 1987 - Ray Dandridge, third baseman in Negro Leagues, elected to Hall of Fame. 1988 - Birth of Timur Gareev, Asian chess player. 1988 - Lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies. 1988 - Sewall Wright, US geneticist (evolution model), dies at age 98. 1989 - Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines. 1989 - Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, two years probation for Iran-Contra. 1989 - Portugal wins the FIFA U-20 World Cup defeating Nigeria on the final by 2-0 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 1989 - Jammu Siltavuori abducts and murders two 8-year old girls in Myllypuro suburb in Helsinki, Finland. 1990 - Carole Gist, 20, (Michigan), crowned 39th Miss USA. 1990 - Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at age 86. 1990 - Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder (Club Méd), dies at age 88. 1991 - Arthur Murray, American dance instructor, dies at age 95 of pneumonia (born 1895). 1991 - Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109 versus West Indies at Kingston. 1991 - Clara Eggink [Ebbele], Dutch poet (Life with J C Bloem), dies at age 84. 1991 - Iraqi generals and US General Schwarzkopf meet to discuss cease fire. 1991 - Latvia and Estonia vote to become independent of the USSR. 1991 - In California, Los Angeles Police severly beat Rodney King, captured on amateur video. 1991 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 metre indoor (22.24 seconds). 1991 - Miguel Trovoada installed as President of Sao Tomé e Principal. 1991 - Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18. 1991 - United Airlines plane crashes near Colorado Springs, kills 25. 1992 - Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak, Turkey, 263 die. 1992 - Mike Bossy's #22 is second number retired by New York Islanders. 1992 - President George H.W. Bush apologizes for raising taxes after pledging not to. 1992 - Robert Beatty, actor (Odd Man Out), dies at age 82. 1992 - Birth of Madison Cross, American singer and actress. 1992 - Ted Liss, actor (Child's Play), dies of heart attack at age 72. 1993 - Albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at age 86. 1993 - Carlos Montoya, flamenco guitarist, dies at age 89. 1993 - Cyril Collard, French composer/director/actor (A Nos Amours), dies at age 35. 1994 - Anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at age 50. 1994 - Bob Crisp, cricket player (9 Tests for South Africa, 20 wickets at 37 35), dies. 1994 - Karel Kryl, folk singer, dies at age 49. 1995 - The Indiana Jones Adventure - Temple of the Forbidden Eye ride opens in Adventureland at Disneyland. This is the largest attraction at Disneyland. 1995 - Camilla Parker Bowles and her husband Andrew divorce. 1995 - Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at age 84. 1995 - Death of Howard W. Hunter, fourteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1907). 1995 - Howard Yanks, founder of the Philadelphia folk festival, dies at age 65. 1995 - Pierre Tisseyre, publisher (Circle du livre de France), dies at age 85. 1995 - In Somalia, the United Nations peacekeeping mission ends. 1995 - Shiv Verma, soldier, dies at age 85. 1996 - Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final. 1996 - David Bowman, trade unionist, dies at age 82. 1996 - John Joseph Krol, cardinal, dies at age 95. 1996 - Leo Malet, writer, dies at age 86. 1996 - Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, journalist, dies at age 76. 1996 - Lyle Talbot [Henderson]; actor (Plan 9 From Outer Space), dies at age 76. 1996 - Marguerite Duras, French writer and director, dies at age 81 (born 1914). 1996 - Meyer Schapiro, art historian, dies at age 91. 1997 - Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies. 1997 - Birth of Maria Francisca Isabel de Bragança, daughter of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza. 1999 - Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones begin their attempt to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon without stopping. 1999 - Death of Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904). 2000 - Death of Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (born 1904). 2001 - Rusty Greer signs a $21.8 million, three-year contract extension with the Texas Rangers. Greer could make as much $36 million with incentives and options. 2002 - São Tomé and Príncipe hold legislative elections. 2005 - The freighter M/V Karen Danielsen crashes into the Great Belt Bridge of Denmark. All traffic across the bridge is closed, effectively separating Denmark in two. 2005 - Millionaire Steve Fossett breaks a world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer. 2005 - Death of Rinus Michels, Dutch soccer player and coach (born 1928). 2006 - In the opening game of the inaugural World Baseball Classic at the Tokyo Dome, South Korea blanks Taiwan, 2-0. 2006 - Death of William Herskovic, Hungarian Holocaust hero and philanthropist (born 1914). 2007 - Mixed martial artist Randy Couture wins the UFC heavyweight championship at the age of 43 in the main event of UFC 68. 2007 - Total lunar eclipse. 2007 - Death of Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (born 1913). 2008 - The United Nations' Security Council votes in favor of increasing economic sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend nuclear enrichment and other sensitive activities. 2008 - Venezuela and Ecuador cut diplomatic ties with Colombia, following Colombian bombing raids inside Ecuador to kill a leftist rebel. 2008 - In Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Genie Awards ceremony is held. Best Picture: Away from Her, Best Actor: Gordon Pinsent in Away from Her, Best Actress: Julie Christie in Away from Her, Best Supporting Actress: Kristen Thomson in Away from Her, Best Director: Sarah Polley for Away from Her, Best Adapted Screenplay: Sarah Polley for Away from Her, Best Supporting Actor: Armin Mueller-Stahl in Eastern Promises, Best Original Screenplay: Steve Knight for Eastern Promises, Best Original Song: "Shake Hands with the Devil", Claude Jutra Award: Sarah Polley. 2008 - Volkswagen announces it is taking over Swedish truck-maker Scania for 2.9 billion euro (US$4.4 billion) increasing its stake from 31 percent to 68.6 percent. 2008 - The board of Porsche Automobil Holdings approves Porsche acquiring a further 20 percent of Volkswagen giving it a controlling majority of 51 percent. 2008 - Russian energy company Gazprom cuts gas supplies to Naftogaz in the Ukraine by 25 percent, in a dispute over debts owed to the company. 2008 - Death of Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian operatic tenor (born 1921). 2008 - Death of Norman Smith, English singer and record producer (born 1923). 2009 - The Bank of Canada reduces the benchmark lending rate from 1 to 0.5 percent. 2009 - Gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore, Pakistan, killing eight people and injuring several others. 2009 - Death of Sydney Chaplin, age 82, of a stroke, in Rancho Mirage, California. Chaplin was a stage actor (Bells are Ringing, Funny Girl, Subways are for Sleeping). 2010 - Two people are killed and 14 injured as giant 8m high waves slam into the Cypriot-owned Louis Majesty cruise ship off the coast of north-east Spain in the Mediterranean. 2010 - About 300 people are killed after heavy rain causes a series of landslides in the mountainous eastern region of Bududa in Uganda. You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history. Bookmark this URL:   http://thisdayinhistoryinfo.info/   and revisit each day. (this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events) Or, visit my Timelines of History page. Other web pages of interest: Chronology of World History Chronology of World War II Chronology of Personal Computers