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Today in History for 31st March 2023

Historical Events

1906 – GB Shaw’s German version of “Caesar and Cleopatra” premieres in Berlin
1909 – Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his 1st time
1972 – Official Beatles Fan Club closes down
1983 – Popayán Earthquake (5.5 Mw Depth) in Colombia kills 267 people, injuring some 7,500
1995 – Federal judge Sonia Sotomayor of US District Court in NYC issues an injunction against Major League Baseball owners in move that effectively ends 232-day strike
2004 – Australian swimmer Lisbeth Lenton breaks Inge de Bruijn’s 4-year old 100m freestyle women’s world record in 53.66s at the Australian Olympic trials in Sydney

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Famous Birthdays

1723 – Frederick V, King of Denmark-Norway (1746-66), born in Copenhagen Castle, Copenhagen (d. 1766)
1747 – Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer (The Moon Has Risen), born in Lüneburg, Germany (d. 1800)
1809 – Edward FitzGerald, British poet, writer, and translator (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam), born in Bredfield, Sussex, England (d. 1883)
1884 – Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer (d. 1946)
1916 – Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
1982 – Chloé Zhao, Chinese filmmaker and director (The Rider, Nomadland), born in Beijing, China

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Famous Deaths

1389 – Everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered
1547 – King Francis I of France (1515-47), dies complaining about the weight of the crown at 52
1881 – Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73
2002 – Barry Took, British comedian (b. 1928)
2003 – H.S.M. Coxeter, English-born geometer (b. 1907)
2010 – Shirley Mills, American actress (b. 1926)

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Famous Deaths for 24th March 2023

1910 – Galen Clark, Canadian-born American naturalist and conservationist (discovered and helped preserve Mariposa’s Grove of giant Sequoia trees), dies at 95
1974 – Doris Deane, dies at 74
1991 – Sir John Kerr, Australian politician and the Governor General who dismissed the Whitlam Government, dies at 76
1993 – John Hersey, American author (Hiroshima, Bell for Adano, Wall), dies at 78
2008 – Chalmers “Spanky” Alford‎, American guitarist (b. 1955)
2009 – Martin Brozius, Dutch actor (Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden), dies at 67
2010 – Robert Culp, American actor, screenwriter, voice actor, and director (I Spy, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice), dies at 79
2013 – Barbara Anderson, New Zealand author, dies at 86
2015 – Oleg Bryjak, Kazakhstani-German bass-baritone opera singer (Deutsche Oper am Rhein), dies in plane crash at 54
2016 – Garry Shandling, American comedian (It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, Larry Sanders Show), dies at 66

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Historical Events for 24th March 2023

1937 – Bus carrying a roller skater troupe to Cincinnati from St.Louis crashes into a bridge abutment in Salem, Illinois, killing 21 people
1966 – Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance
1973 – Professional track debut of Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile
1979 – 10 rebounds and 10 assists, as the Spartans cruise to a 101-67 by Penn Mich State’s Earvin “Magic” Johnson registers triple-double 29 pts
1986 – 58th Academy Awards: “Out of Africa”, William Hurt and Geraldine Page win
1988 – “Gospel at Colonus” opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 61 performances
1991 – NY Yankees beat NY Mets, 9-3
1991 – 11th Golden Raspberry Awards: Ford Fairlane and Ghosts Can’t Do It wins
1996 – MTA raises NYC bridge tolls to $3.50 each way
2013 – 25 people are killed by gunmen in a coordinated attack in Adamawa State, Nigeria

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Today in History for 24th March 2023

Historical Events

1837 – Canada gives its black citizens the right to vote
1880 – Tobacco Growers’ Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in CT
1936 – Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons, 1-0 in 16:30 of 6th period of OT; record Stanley Cup playoff game lasts 9 periods (176 minutes)
1967 – University of Michigan holds 1st “Teach-in” after bombing of North Vietnam
1979 – Columbia flown on carrier aircraft lands at Kennedy Space Center
2002 – PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Unheralded New Zealander Craig Perks chips-in twice on the final 3 holes for his only PGA Tour career win, 2 strokes ahead of Stephen Ames

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Famous Birthdays

1188 – Ferrand, Count of Flanders, son of Sancho I, born in Coimbra, Portugal (d. 1223)
1911 – Herman W. “Fritz” Liebert, American rare books scholar and librarian (Yale University), born in New York City (d. 1994)
1947 – Meiko Kaji [Masako Ohta], Japanese film actress and singer (Lady Snowblood), born in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan
1970 – Marques Bragg, NBA forward (Minnesota Timberwolves)
1973 – Jim Parsons, American actor (The Big Bang Theory), born in Houston, Texas
1975 – Julia Bikbova, dance skater (with partner John Lee), born in Kyiv, Ukraine

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Famous Deaths

1284 – Hugh III of Cyprus, King of Cyprus and Jerusalem (b 1235)
1381 – Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint
1644 – Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland, dies at 32
1995 – Trevor Oswald Ling, English religious Studies Professor, dies at 75
1996 – Maria Lucia Beltran Alcayaga, singer, dies at 66
1999 – Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women’s activist (b. 1902)

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Famous Deaths for 23rd March 2023

59 – Agrippina the Younger [Julia Agrippina], Roman Empress (sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero), dies at 43 (circumstances of her death vary, but suggest she was murdered by her son, the Emperor Nero)
1653 – Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (commanded Dutch fleet during Battle of Leghorn), dies of wounds from the Battle of Leghorn at about 48
1950 – Douglas Carr, England cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 7 wickets; Kent CCC), dies at 78
1967 – Duncan Macrae, Scottish actor (Casino Royale, The Little Kidnappers), dies at 61
1968 – Lauwrens Voorthuyzen [Lou de Palingboer], Dutch religious sect leader, dies at 70
1981 – Mike Hailwood, MBE GM, British motorcycle road racer (World C’ships: 250cc – 1961, 66, 67; 350cc – 1966, 67; 500cc –1962, 63, 64, 65; 76 Grand Prix wins), dies in a car accident at 40
1996 – J. D. “Jay” Miller, American record producer, dies at 73
2002 – Eileen Farrell, American soprano (I Got A Right To Sing The Blues; Metropolitan Opera, 1960-66) and film voice (Interrupted Melody), dies at 82
2011 – Fred Titmus, English cricket all-rounder (53 Tests, 153 wickets, 10 x 50s; Middlesex), dies at 78
2015 – Roy Douglas, English composer and arranger (Tomorrow We Live – At Dawn We Die), dies at 107

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Historical Events for 23rd March 2023

1534 – Aragonese legal code formally recognised
1880 – Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin)
1918 – Germany begins using long-range gun, the ‘Kaiser Wilhelm Geschütz’ (‘Emperor William Gun’), aka ‘Paris Gun’ to shell Paris from Crépy-en-Laonnais, 75 miles away; over several days, 303 rounds kill 256 and wound over 600
1950 – UN World Meteorological Org established
1963 – 8th Eurovision Song Contest: Grethe and Jorgen Ingmann for Denmark win singing “Dansevise” in London
1979 – Larry Holmes TKOs Osvaldo Ocasio in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 – Former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns as chairman of the Social Democratic Party
1994 – Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for NY governor
2004 – Andhra Pradesh Federation of Trade Unions holds its first conference in Hyderabad, India
2013 – The US Senate approves its first budget in four years by a margin of 50–49

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Today in History for 23rd March 2023

Historical Events

1858 – Streetcar patented (E A Gardner of Philadelphia)
1886 – Tchaikovsky’s “Manfred” symphony premieres in Moscow, Russia, conducted by Max Erdmannsdörfer
1896 – Umberto Giordano’s opera “Andrea Chénier” premieres in Milan
1920 – Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms
1995 – Dollar equals 88.41 yen (record)
2019 – More than 130 Fulani people killed in Ogossagou, Mali, in attack by Dogon hunters, prompting government ban on the hunters

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Famous Birthdays

1881 – Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist (Les Thibault, 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (d. 1958)
1929 – James Maxwell, American actor and director (The Portrait of a Lady, The Shadow of the Tower, The Evil of Frankenstein), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1995)
1934 – Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor, born in Montréal, Québec (d. 2006)
1952 – Kim Stanley Robinson, American sci-fi author (Mars Trilogy), born in Waukegan, Illinois
1957 – Teresa Ganzel, actress (Teachers Only, Duck Factory), born in Toledo, Ohio
1960 – Oscar Michael Moore, journalist

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Famous Deaths

59 – Agrippina the Younger [Julia Agrippina], Roman Empress (sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero), dies at 43 (circumstances of her death vary, but suggest she was murdered by her son, the Emperor Nero)
1559 – Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)
1669 – Philipp Buchner, German composer, dies at 54
1816 – Ignaz Vitzthumb, Austrian musician, composer, and conductor, dies at 91
1977 – Bennie Green, American swing jazz and soul trombonist (Earl Hines), dies at 53
1980 – Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (Misery Index), dies of a heart attack at 51

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Famous Deaths for 22nd March 2023

1418 – Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian
1421 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388)
1727 – Francesco Gasparini, Italian baroque composer (Ambleto; Missa Canonica), dies at 59
1758 – Jonathan Edwards, American Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (Original Sin), dies at 54
1824 – Johann Melchior Dreyer, German composer, dies at 76
1922 – Louis-Antoine Ranvier, French anatomist and historian, dies at 86
2005 – Rod Price, British rock and blues guitar and slide guitar player (Foghat, 1971-80 – “Slow Ride”), dies of a heart attack at 57
2007 – Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1918)
2018 – Morgana King, American jazz singer and actress (The Godfather, The Godfather Part II), dies of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at 87
2020 – Eric Weissberg, American singer and musician (Duelling Banjos), dies of Alzheimer’s at 80

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Historical Events for 22nd March 2023

1680 – Parliament of Breisach accepts French sovereignty over Elzas
1872 – Illinois becomes 1st state to require sexual equality in employment
1896 – Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 at the Panhellenic Games
1913 – Song Jiaoren, leader of the Chinese Kuomintang Party, shot at Shanghai Railway Station, dies 2 day later (thought orchestrated by Kuomintang President Yuan Shikai)
1933 – FDR makes wine and beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal
1978 – The Rutles mockumentary “All You Need is Cash” debuts on NBC television
1986 – Kania skates ladies’ world record 1500m (1:59.30)
1989 – US Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of NYC Board of Estimate
1993 – Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS
2012 – Ireland returns to recession as GDP falls by 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2011 following a fall of 1.1% in the third quarter

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Today in History for 22nd March 2023

Historical Events

1862 – San Marino and Italy conclude treaty of friendship and cooperation
1943 – Dutch SS police chief Hans Albin Rauter threatens to kill half Jewish children
1957 – Earthquake shakes San Francisco
1960 – 1st patent for lasers granted to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes
1975 – “Letter for Queen Victoria” opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 18 performances
1991 – Law enforcement officers raid fraternities at University of Virginaa, seizing drugs

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Famous Birthdays

1909 – Gabrielle Roy, French Canadian author (The Tin Flute, Street of Riches), born in St. Boniface, Manitoba (d. 1973)
1915 – Forest ‘Bud’ Sagendorf, American cartoonist (Popeye), born in Wenatchee, Washington (d. 1994)
1922 – Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (Rebel Without A Cause), born in New York City (d. 2015)
1941 – Jeremy Clyde, English pop singer and guitarist (Chad and Jeremy – “A Summer Song”) and actor (The Iron Lady), born in Dorney, Buckinghamshire
1947 – Patrick Olive, Grenadian percussionist (Hot Chocolate – “You Sexy Thing”), born in Grenada
1970 – Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer-songwriter

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Famous Deaths

1661 – Hendrick Uylenburgh, Dutch art dealer who launched Rembrandt and others, buried at about 73
1824 – Johann Melchior Dreyer, German composer, dies at 76
1923 – Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (Entente Cordiale), dies at 71
2003 – Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)
2005 – Rod Price, British rock and blues guitar and slide guitar player (Foghat, 1971-80 – “Slow Ride”), dies of a heart attack at 57
2020 – Stan Bronstein, American rock saxophonist (Elephant’s Memory), dies at 81

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