1252 – Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)
1616 – Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)
1758 – Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician (b. 1705)
1899 – Victoria Kaiulani, Hawaiian princess (b. 1875)
1933 – Anton Cermak, American politician (44th Mayor of Chicago, 1931-33), dies 23 days after being shot in Miami at 59
1935 – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, US 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32), dies of pneumonia at 93
1954 – Jan Kalf, Dutch literature/art historian, dies at 80
1959 – Fred Stone, renowned American circus performer and broadway actor (Alice Adams), dies at 85
2018 – Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet and academic (Noctuary), dies at 61
2020 – Henri Richard, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (record 11 Stanley Cups; 9 x NHL All Star; Montreal Canadiens), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 84
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Historical Events for 6th March 2022
1479 – Treaty of Alcaçovas: Portugal gives the Canary Islands to Castile in exchange for claims in West Africa
1862 – Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas (Elkhorn Tavern)
1906 – Heavy storm bursts dike, flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands
1951 – The trial of Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel Rosenberg begins
1962 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 – Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
1999 – 20th Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament: Connecticut beats St. John’s, 82-63
2001 – US Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham establishes the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve to be used in emergency circumstances
2012 – 9,000 residents are evacuated from Wagga Wagga, Australia, as the Murrimbidgee River threatens to overflow
2019 – US trade deficit rises to 10-year high of $621 billion
Today in History for 6th March 2022
Historical Events
1665 – Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing
1775 – 1st Negro Mason in north America initiated, Boston
1831 – Vincenzo Bellini’s opera “La Sonnambula” premieres in Milan
1922 – GB Shaw’s “Back to Methusaleh III/IV” premieres in NYC
1957 – Centenary of Dred Scott slavery court decision marked by rediscovery of Scott’s grave
1999 – 20th Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament: Connecticut beats St. John’s, 82-63
Famous Birthdays
1899 – Jay C Flippen, American actor (Jet Pilot, The Killing, Thunder Bay), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1971)
1917 – Roy Scott, cricketer (one Test NZ v England 1947, 18, 1-74)
1919 – Maurice Grosse, British paranormal investigator (d. 2006)
1926 – Ann Curtis, 400m/800m US swimmer (Olympics 2 gold-1948), (d. 2012)
1927 – William J Bell, soap opera creator (Young and Restless), born in Chicago, Illinois
1966 – Cliff Meidl, American sprint kayak (Olympics 1996 and 2000), born in Manhattan Beach, California
Famous Deaths
1962 – Rezső Kókai, Hungarian pianist, composer, musicologist, and pedagogue, dies at 56
1967 – Nelson Eddy, American baritone (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65
1996 – Herb Hall, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, dies at 88
2007 – Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (b. 1909)
2016 – Nancy Reagan [Anne Frances Robbins], US First Lady (1981-89), dies at 94
2017 – Alberto Zedda, Italian opera conductor and musicologist, dies at79
Famous Deaths for 5th March 2022
254 – St Lucius I, Pope and Bishop of Rome (253-54), dies
1849 – David Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)
1893 – Richard Samuel Hughes, Welsh composer, dies at 37
1950 – Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian nationalist and military leader, dies at 42
1966 – Enrique E Ecker, Curacaos/US bacteriologist, dies at 79
1977 – Tom Pryce, Welsh Formula One driver, dies at 27
1994 – Joe Daley, American jazz tenor, clarinet and flute player, dies at 75
1995 – Peter John Norton, naval diplomat/artist, dies at 82
1996 – Whitner “Whit” Bissell, American actor (Time Machine, Soylent Green, The Magnificent Seven), dies at 86
2000 – Lolo Ferrari [Eve Valois], French adult actress and dancer, dies from an overdose of prescription drugs at 37
Historical Events for 5th March 2022
1046 – Persian scholar Naser Khosrow begins the 7 year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama
1766 – Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Territory from the French
1840 – 2nd Grand National: Bartholomew Bretherton wins aboard 16/1 Jerry; a then smallest field of 13
1856 – Covent Garden Opera House, London, destroyed in a fire
1924 – Frank Carauna, becomes 1st to bowl 2 successive perfect 300 games
1960 – Elvis Presley ends 2-year hitch in US Army
1963 – Beatles record “From Me to You” and “Thank You Girl”
1970 – “Airport” based on the book by Arthur Hailey, directed by George Seaton and starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin is released
1972 – Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party
2002 – American reality TV program The Osbournes” featuring family of Ozzy Osbourne premieres on MTV
Today in History for 5th March 2022
Historical Events
1651 – South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm
1924 – King Hussein of Hedzjaz appoints himself kalief
1977 – 3rd People’s Choice Awards: John Wayne and Barbra Streisand win (Motion Picture) and Telly Savalas and Mary Tyler Moore win (TV)
1993 – Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die
1995 – Graves of Tsar Nicholas II and family found in St Petersburg
2016 – US air strike kills 150 Al-Shabaab militants north of Mogadishu, Somalia
Famous Birthdays
1921 – Berkley Bedell, (Rep-D-IA, 1975- )
1942 – Michael “Mike” Resnick, American sci-fi author (Sideshow; Eros Ascending), born in Chicago, Illinois
1947 – (Samuel) “Eddie” Hodges, American stage and screen actor and singer (“High Hopes”, The Music Man – “Gary, Indiana”; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
1951 – Rodney Hogg, cricketer (prolific Australian wicket-taker 1978-84)
1974 – Matt Lucas, English comedian
1978 – Kimberly McCullough, California, actress (Robin-General Hospital)
Famous Deaths
1967 – Georges Vanier, French Canadian soldier and 19th Governor General of Canada, dies at 78
1981 – Brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson’s Choice), dies at 64
1990 – Gloria Carter Spann, US President Jimmy Carter’s sister, dies of cancer at 63
1991 – Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland, dies at 109
1993 – Peter Bierdrager, Dutch Fokker’s-test pilot, dies in air crash
2016 – Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer (invented email and the @ sign), dies at 74
Famous Deaths for 4th March 2022
1238 – Yuri II, Grand Prince of Vladimir (b. 1189)
1303 – Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261)
1617 – Arcangelo Crivelli, Italian composer, dies at 70
1831 – Georg Michael Telemann, German composer, dies at 82
1916 – Franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36
1938 – Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)
1996 – Minnie Pearl [Sarah Ophelia Colley], American country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry, Hee-Haw), dies at 84
1997 – Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (b. 1916)
2002 – Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (b. 1913)
2008 – Gary Gygax, American fantasy author and role-playing games creator (Dungeons and Dragons), dies at 69
Historical Events for 4th March 2022
1774 – First sighting of Orion nebula by William Herschel
1789 – 1st US Congress meets and declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)
1791 – Vermont admitted as 14th state (1st addition to the 13 colonies)
1792 – Oranges introduced to Hawaii
1793 – French troops conquer Geertruidenberg, Netherlands
1954 – James E. Wilkins appointed 1st black US sub-cabinet member
1966 – North Sea Gas 1st pumped ashore by BP
1968 – Joe Frazier takes his record to 20-0 and captures vacant world heavyweight boxing title; stops Buster Mathis in 11th round TKO at Madison Square Garden, NYC
1982 – Bertha Wilson is appointed as first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada
1993 – Katharine Hepburn admitted to hospital suffering from exhaustion
Today in History for 4th March 2022
Historical Events
1238 – Battle of the Sit River: Mongol forces of Batu Khan overcome Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal near Yaroslavl in Russia, ending Russian resistance
1790 – France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land
1934 – Easter Cross on Mt. Davidson (San Francisco) dedicated
1983 – U.S. Public Health Service’s publishes its guidelines for blood donors and AIDS
1995 – Michael Johnson runs world record 400m indoor (44.63 sec)
2013 – 11 children are killed after a bus collides a truck in the Jalandhar district, India
Famous Birthdays
1819 – Charles Oberthur, German composer and harpist, born in Munich (d. 1895)
1873 – John H. Trumbull, 54th Governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut (d. 1961)
1883 – Maude Fealy, American actor and drama coach (The Ten Commandments), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1971)
1940 – Volodymyr Morozov, Ukrainian flatwater canoer
1945 – Frank Novak, American actor, born in Chicago, Illinois
1984 – Kevin O’Brien, Irish cricket batsman (3 Tests; 142 ODIs; 89 T20I; fastest century ever in ODI World Cup, off 50 balls v England 2011), born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Famous Deaths
1303 – Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261)
1561 – Carlo Carafa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41
1583 – Bernard Gilpin, English clergyman, “Apostle of the North” (b. 1517)
1959 – Maxey Long, American athlete (b. 1878)
1995 – Eden Ahbez [George Aberle], American songwriter (“Nature Boy”; “Lonely Island), dies in a car accident at 86
2021 – Mark Pavelich, American NHL forward (Olympic gold 1980 ‘Miracle on Ice’; NY Rangers, Minnesota North Stars, San Jose Sharks), dies at 63
Famous Deaths for 3rd March 2022
1703 – Robert Hooke, English scientific genius (Micrographia), dies at 67
1850 – Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (Later Day Saint apostle), dies at 43
1935 – Neville Knox, cricketer (bowled in 2 Tests for England 1907), dies
1945 – Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61
1985 – Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86
1991 – Arthur Murray [Moses Teichman], American ballroom dancer and businessman (Arthur Murray Dance Party), dies at 95 of pneumonia
1991 – Johnny Revolta, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1935; 18 PGA Tour titles), dies at 79
1993 – Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (b. 1910)
2008 – Norman O’Neill, Australian cricket batsman (42 Tests @ 45.55, 6 x 100s; NSW CA), dies at 71
2017 – Tommy Page, American pop singer (“I’ll Be Your Everything”), found dead of apparent suicide at 46