1240 – Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies
1939 – S.S. Van Dine [pseudonym for William Huntingdon Wright], American critic and detective writer (Philo Vance), dies at 50
1970 – Cathy O’Donnell [Ann Steely], American film noir actress (Miniver Story, Man from Laramie), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 46
1983 – Dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78
1985 – Bunny Ahearne, British ice hockey promoter, dies at 84
1991 – Tom Rosqui, American stage and screen character actor (The Godfather – “Rocco Lampone”), dies of cancer at 62
1992 – James Brown, American actor (Objective, Burma!; The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin -“Rip”), dies of lung cancer at 72
1993 – Rahmon Nabiyev, Tajik politician (First Secretary of The Communist Party, 1982-85; President of Tadzjikistan, 1991-92), dies at 63
2006 – Proof [DeShaun Holton], American rapper (D12), shot to death in billiard game dispute at 32
2007 – Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (McCoy, Saunders-Soap), dies at 81
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Historical Events for 11th April 2022
1828 – Foundation of Bahia Blanca, Argentina
1856 – Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats William Walker’s invading Nicaraguans
1907 – New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame backstop Roger Bresnahan becomes first catcher to wear shin guards
1921 – KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)
1957 – Britain agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
1970 – Beatles’ “Let It Be” single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks
1975 – Hank Aaron returns to County Stadium as a Milwaukee player after his off-season trade from the Atlanta Braves; Brewers beat Cleveland Indians, 6-2
1975 – J. P. Parisé scores an 11 sec OT goal, to see the NY Islanders eliminate the NY Rangers in their ever 1st playoff advance
1984 – Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
2010 – 74th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Phil Mickelson wins his 3rd green jacket by 3 strokes from England’s Lee Westwood
Today in History for 11th April 2022
Historical Events
1814 – Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates unconditionally and he is exiled to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean
1955 – Chartered Air India plane the “Kashmir Princess” is bombed and crashes into the South China Sea in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by a Kuomintang secret agent
1971 – “Johnny Johnson” opens/closes at Edison Theater NYC for 1 performance
1993 – 450 prisoners riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continue for ten days, citing grievances about prison conditions and the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis)
1999 – 52nd British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): “Shakespeare in Love” Best Film, Peter Weir Best Director
2005 – 39th CMT Music Awards: Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson and Kenny Chesney wins
Famous Birthdays
1592 – John Eliot, English parliament leader, born in Port Eliot, Cornwall, England (d. 1632)
1879 – Leendert Round, Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo)
1889 – Nick LaRocca, American jazz coronetist and composer (“Tiger Rag”), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1961)
1950 – Bill Irwin, American actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall), born in Santa Monica, California
2002 – Alexa Gerasimovich, American actress (World Trade Center), born in NYC, New York
2013 – Arrogate, American thoroughbred racehorse (Breeders’ Cup Classic, World’s Best Racehorse 2016; Pegasus World Cup, Dubai World Cup 2017), born in Clearsky Farms, Kentucky (d. 2020)
Famous Deaths
1812 – Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Opfer Noachs), dies at 35
1895 – Julius Lothar Meyer, German Chemist, dies at 64
1908 – Henry Bird, English Chess player and author (b. 1829)
2001 – Kamal Ranadive, Indian cancer researcher (Indian Women Scientists’ Association; Indian Cancer Research Centre), dies at 83
2013 – Angela Voigt, East German long jumper (Olympic gold 1976), dies at 61
2021 – Colin Baker, Welsh soccer wing half (7 caps; Cardiff City 298 games), dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 15th March 2022
493 – Odoacer [Odiaker] German army leader, King of Italy (476-93), murdered by Theodoric the Great at about 60
1190 – Isabella of Hainault, Queen of France (1180-90), dies following a complicated childbirth at 19
1311 – Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens at the Battle of Halmyros
1966 – Abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63
1987 – Sterling W Cole, (Rep-R-NY), dies at 82
1994 – Mae Zetterling, Swedish actress (Night Games), dies at 68
1998 – Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and writer, dies at 94
1998 – Jheri [Robert] Redding, American hairdresser and businessman (created the Jheri curl and hair conditioner), dies at 91
2011 – Marty Marion, American baseball shortstop and manager (MLB All-Star 1943–50; NL MVP 1944; St. Louis Cardinals), dies from a heart attack at 93
2021 – Yaphet Kotto, African-American stage and screen actor (Live And Let Die; Alien; Homicide: Life on the Street), dies at 81
Historical Events for 15th March 2022
351 – Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire.
1875 – 1st US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested
1913 – 1st US presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)
1958 – England retains the Five Nations Rugby Championship with a 3-3 draw against Scotland at Murrayfield, Edinburgh; England’s 16th FN title
1962 – Donald Jackson of Canada is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump
1975 – Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (37.99 sec)
1979 – Sarfraz takes 9-86 at MCG as Australia lose 7-5 to lose the Test
2013 – Li Keqiang assumes office as the 7th Premier of the People’s Republic of China
2019 – Terrorist attack on two mosques by a right-wing Australian gunman kills 51 and wounds 50 in Christchurch, New Zealand
2019 – Climate change strikes held by school children take place around the world inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg
Today in History for 15th March 2022
Historical Events
1855 – Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine
1948 – Sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine
1958 – England retains the Five Nations Rugby Championship with a 3-3 draw against Scotland at Murrayfield, Edinburgh; England’s 16th FN title
1967 – Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil
1984 – Tanzania adopts constitution
2017 – Dutch elections; Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s centre-right VVD party win 33 seats vs against 20 for right wing Geert Wilder’s Party of Freedom
Famous Birthdays
1811 – Robert Allen, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in West Point, Ohio (d. 1886)
1824 – Jules Chevalier, French Roman Catholic priest (Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart), born in Richelieu, Touraine, France (d. 1907)
1910 – Joop Van Nellen, Dutch soccer forward (27 caps; DHC Delft), born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1992)
1918 – Punch Imlach, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame coach and general manager (Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1987)
1957 – Park Overall, American actress (Empty Nest, Mississippi Burning), born in Nashville, Tennessee
1976 – Jennifer 8. Lee, American journalist
Famous Deaths
1996 – Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, American lawyer and diplomat, dies at 89
1997 – Gail Davis, American actress (Annie Oakley), dies at 71
2008 – Vytautas Kernagis, Lithuanian singer, TV shows announcer (b. 1951)
2011 – Smiley Culture [David Victor Emmanuel], British reggae singer (“Police Officer”; “Cockney Translation”), dies from a self-inflicted stab wound at 48
2018 – Edwin “Ed” Charles, American MLB third baseman (Miracle Mets-1969), dies following long illness at 84
2019 – Lam Jones, American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m relay 1976) and NFL wide receiver (NY Jets 1980-86), dies of myeloma at 60
Famous Deaths for 14th March 2022
968 – Matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (c. 895)
1272 – Enzo of Sardinia, illegitimate son of Emperor Frederick II von Hohenstaufen who appointed him King of Sardinia (1238-49) and poet, dies in prison
1457 – Jingtai, 7th Emperor of the Ming dynasty of China (1449-57), dies at 28
1471 – Thomas Malory, English writer (Le Morte d’Arthur), dies at 55
1899 – Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76
1965 – Marion Jones, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1899, 1902), dies at 85
1984 – Aurelio Peccei, Italian industrialist and chairman (Club of Rome), dies at 75
1986 – Huw Wheldon, Welsh broadcaster (BBC), dies at 69
1997 – Jurek Becker, Polish-born German writer (Jacob the Liar), dies at 59
2020 – Genesis P-Orridge [Neil Megson], British avant-garde rock singer-songwriter, and performance artist (Throbbing Gristle; Psychic TV), dies of leukemia at 70
Historical Events for 14th March 2022
1647 – Thirty Years’ War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm
1689 – Scotland dismisses William III and Mary Stuart as king and queen
1869 – Defeat of Maori Ngāti Ruanui leader Riwha Titokowaru in Taranaki, New Zealand by British forces
1916 – Battle of Verdun: Germans capture Cumières-le-Mort-Homme and Chattancourt in France
1957 – Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns
1960 – Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA playoff record of 53 points in Warriors’ 132-112 win over Syracuse Nationals at Philadelphia Civic Center
1978 – Marines terminate Moluccan action in Province house (1 dead)
1993 – Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days
2005 – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Buddy Guy; The O’Jays; The Pretenders; Percy Sledge; U2; Frank Barsalona; and Seymour Stein
2020 – Longest-ever scheduled passenger flight by distance by Air Tahiti Nui from French Polynesia to mainland France 9,765 m (15715 km) due to COVID-19 and it was domestic
Today in History for 14th March 2022
Historical Events
1592 – “Ultimate Pi day”: on this day at 6.53am is the largest correspondence between calendar dates and significant digits of pi, since the introduction of the Julian calendar (3.14159265358)
1951 – Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany
1972 – Muddy Waters wins his first Grammy Award, for his album”They Call Me Muddy Waters”
1978 – NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)
1994 – Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released
1995 – 1st time 13 people in space
Famous Birthdays
1914 – Lee Elhardt Hays, American folksinger (d. 1981)
1927 – Bill Rexford, American auto racer (NASCAR Grand National Series championship 1950, youngest Cup champion [23]), born in Conewango Valley, New York (d. 1994)
1957 – Tad Williams, American fantasy and science fiction author, born in San Jose, California
1967 – Vijay Yadav, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test, 3 dismissals, HS 30; Haryana), born in Gonda, India
1981 – Mei-Ting Sun, Chinese concert pianist, born in Shanghai, China
1982 – Kate Maberly, English actress (Secret Garden), born in Reigate, England
Famous Deaths
1272 – Enzo of Sardinia, illegitimate son of Emperor Frederick II von Hohenstaufen who appointed him King of Sardinia (1238-49) and poet, dies in prison
1803 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (Der Messias), dies at 78
1883 – Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies at 64
1957 – Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter (b. 1938)
1991 – Margery Sharp, English children’s author (The Rescuers), dies at 86
2009 – Alain Bashung, French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor, dies of cancer at 61
Famous Deaths for 13th March 2022
1901 – Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (Republican: 1889-93), dies in Indianapolis at 67
1963 – Austin Dobson, British racing driver (b. 1912)
1970 – Rick Besoyan, American singer, actor, playwright, composer and director (Little Mary Sunshine), dies of internal hemorrhages at 45
1983 – Paul Citroen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 86
1983 – Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies of cancer at 58
2003 – Ian Samwell, British songwriter and record producer (Cliff Richard; Small Faces; America), dies at 66
2006 – Arne Dørumsgaard, Norwegian composer, dies at 84
2010 – Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter, dies at 79
2013 – Ducky Detweiler, American MLB player, dies at 94
2014 – Reubin Askew, American politician (37th Governor of Florida), dies at 85