1791 – Congress establishes US Mint
1815 – US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners and demanding tribute
1849 – US Home Department (later renamed the Department of the Interior) established by Congress
1904 – England cricket all-rounder Bernard Bosanquet takes 6 for 51 as tourists dismiss Australia for 171 in the 4th Test in Sydney to regain the Ashes; take an unassailable, 3-1 series lead
1923 – US Senate rejects membership of the International Court of Justice, The Hague
1926 – International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Fla)
1934 – John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol
1991 – Miguel Trovoada installed as president of Sao Tomé e Principal
2013 – A 2 year old US girl becomes the first child born with HIV to be cured
2016 – Eleventh Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by Fox, held in Detroit, Michigan
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Today in History for 3rd March 2022
Historical Events
468 – St Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius
1803 – Colégio Militar is founded in Portugal by Colonel Teixeira Rebello.
1849 – US Home Department (later renamed the Department of the Interior) established by Congress
1980 – France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
1984 – NY Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Tor Maple Leafs (6)
1992 – Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 263 die
Famous Birthdays
1915 – George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur
1929 – Nicos Mamangakis, composer
1937 – Bobby Driscoll, American Academy Juvenile Award-winning actor (Song Of The South; The Window), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (d. 1968)
1954 – John Lilley, American rock guitarist and dobro player (The Hooters – “All You Zombies”; “And We Danced”), born in West Chester, Pennsylvania
1978 – Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2009)
1979 – Patrick Renna, American actor
Famous Deaths
1707 – Aurangzeb, 6th Mughal Emperor (1658-1707), dies at 88
1766 – Gregor Joseph Werner, composer, dies at 73
1959 – Lou Costello, American comedian and actor (The Abbott and Costello Show), dies from a heart attack at 52
2004 – Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (b. 1958)
2013 – Bobby Rogers, American vocalist, dies from complications from diabetes at 73
2021 – Yuri Rozanov, Russian sports broadcaster (NTV Plus, Match TV; TEFI Award 2012), dies from cancer at 59
Famous Deaths for 2nd March 2022
1830 – Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755)
1895 – Berthe MP Morisot, French painter/aquarelliste, dies at 54
1916 – Elisabeth OL [Carmen Sylva], Queen of Romania, dies at 72
1962 – Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (Prime number theorem), dies at 95
1979 – Edith Craig, actress (Harmony Lane, Smashing Rackets), dies at 71
2005 – Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentarian, dies at 111
2006 – Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (b. 1909)
2017 – Simon Hobday, South African golfer (US Senior Open 1994), dies of cancer at 76
2018 – Van McLain [McElvain], American rock guitarist (Shooting Star), dies at 62 from West Nile virus
2020 – Henry N. Cobb, American architect (Pei Cobb Freed and Partners), dies at 93
Historical Events for 2nd March 2022
1815 – Signing of Kandyan treaty by British invaders and Sri Lankan King
1865 – Freedman’s Bureau founded for Black Education, 1865
1901 – United States Congress passes the Platt amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops
1907 – General Louis Botha named premier of Transvaal
1963 – 10th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament, Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, NC: Duke beats Wake Forest, 68-57
1981 – Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWDC in Washington, D.C.
1993 – Mario Lemieux undergoes his 22nd and final radiation treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma, then joins the Pittsburgh Penguins in Philadelphia and has a goal and assist in a 5-4 loss to the Flyers
2020 – Amy Klobuchar drops out of the US Democratic presidential race and endorses Joe Biden
2020 – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey can not longer enforce 2016 deal with EU to stop migrants entering Europe, warns millions may try
2021 – Governors of Texas and Mississippi both announce they are lifting mask mandates and COVID-19 health measures despite CDC warnings of complacency
Today in History for 2nd March 2022
Historical Events
1789 – Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances
1807 – US Congress bans the slave trade within the US, effective January 1, 1808
1867 – Jesse James’ gang robs bank in Savannah Missouri, 1 killed
1918 – Joe Malone goes scoreless in Montreal Canadiens’ 5-3 season-ending loss to Toronto Arenas; finishes the first NHL season with 44 goals, a record that stands until 1944-45
1968 – Men’s Figure Skating Champions in Geneva won by Emmerich Danzer of Austria
1970 – Reprise Records releases “Ladies of the Canyon”, Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell’s 3rd studio album
Famous Birthdays
1545 – Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat/scholar
1909 – Jan Fabricius, Dutch playwright
1922 – Bill Quackenbush, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman (8 x NHL All-Star; Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings) and coach (Princeton), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1999)
1923 – Robert H Michel, (Rep-R-IL, 1957- )
1943 – (Daniel) Tony Meehan, British rock drummer (Vipers; Drifters: Shadows), born in Hampstead, North West London, England (d. 2005)
1971 – Amber Smith, actress (Faithful, Funeral, Mirror Has 2 Faces), born in Tampa, Florida
Famous Deaths
986 – Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44
1867 – French-Andries Durlet, Belgian sculptor and architect, dies at 50
1895 – Berthe MP Morisot, French painter/aquarelliste, dies at 54
1986 – Zafer Masri, mayor of Nablus, murdered
1994 – Tengiz Abuladze, filmmaker, dies at 70
2005 – Martin Denny, American musician (Exotica), dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 1st March 2022
1706 – Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin, dies at 73
1777 – Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court) composer and pianist, dies at 62
1879 – Joachim Heer, Swiss politician, dies at 54
1940 – Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (Truth and Justice), dies at 62
1952 – Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist, dies at 79
1958 – Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog at a Rope), dies at 86
1959 – Albie Booth, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Yale University), dies of a heart attack at 51
1980 – John Jacob Niles, American composer and singer, dies at 87
1989 – Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch journalist and VARA radio host, dies at 64
2000 – Dennis Danell, American guitarist (Social Distortion) (b. 1961)
Historical Events for 1st March 2022
705 – John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1260 – Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis, conquers Damascus
1896 – Battle of Adwa: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians in Ethopia, killing two generals and capturing General Matteo Albertone
1909 – 1st US university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota
1942 – Major League Baseball owners decide not to allow players in the military to play for their clubs when on furlough
1944 – U-358 sinks in Atlantic
1993 – New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner is reinstated as general partner of the team; banned because of his relationship with convicted gambler Howie Spira
1995 – Jozef Oleksy succeeds Waldemar Pawlak on as premier of Poland
2000 – The Constitution of Finland is rewritten.
2009 – Steven Holcomb pilots USA-1 sled to victory in the 4-man competition at the World Bobsled Championships at Mt Van Hoevenberg, NY; first American win in the event in 50 years
Today in History for 1st March 2022
Historical Events
1914 – Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum
1944 – Massive strikes in northern Italian towns
1953 – KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1989 – Charlie Francis, coach of disqualified sprinter Ben Johnson tells federal inquiry into Canada’s greatest sports scandal Johnson knowingly used steroids since 1981; Johnson first across line Olympic 100m 1988
2017 – Charo is revealed as a contestant on season 24 of Dancing with the Stars
2018 – Earliest evidence for figural tattoos (bull and sheep) on two naturally mummified bodies from Egypt’s predynastic period (3351-3017BC) published in “Journal of Archaeological Science”
Famous Birthdays
1810 – Frederic Chopin, Polish-French pianist and composer (Concerto in F Minor), born in Żelazowa Wola, Duchy of Warsaw (d. 1849) (baptismal record states 22nd Feb)
1895 – Duke Keats, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame centre (WCHL First-Team All-Star 1921-26; Edmonton Eskimos; NHL: Chicago Black Hawks), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1972)
1939 – Leo Brouwer, Cuban composer, conductor and musician, born in Havana
1943 – Akinori Nakayama, Japanese gymnast (6 x Olympic gold 1968, 72; 7 x World C’ships gold 1966, 70), born in Nagoya, Japan
1967 – Aron Winter, Dutch soccer midfielder and coach (84 caps; Ajax, Lazio, Inter), born in Paramaribo, Suriname
1976 – Travis Kvapil, American auto racer (NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion 2003), born in Janesville, Wisconsin
Famous Deaths
1899 – Gyorgy Apponyi, Hungarian politician, dies at 90
1980 – John Jacob Niles, American composer and singer, dies at 87
1993 – Terry Frost, American actor (Waterfront, Dead Man’s Trail), dies at 86
1994 – Timothy Andrew James Souster, British composer, dies at 51
2005 – Peter Malkin Israeli secret agent, dies at 77
2009 – Ken Henry, American speed skater (Olympic gold 500m 1952), dies at 80
Famous Deaths for 28th February 2022
1525 – Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Emperor (1520 – 1521), tortured and killed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés
1638 – Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier and Huguenot leader, dies
1932 – Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer (b. 1851)
1935 – Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg, Dutch politician of the Anti Revolutionary Party and Governor-General of Dutch Indies (1909-16), dies at 73
1956 – Emile Buisson, French murderer executed (b. 1902)
1961 – Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64
1978 – Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73
2005 – Chris Curtis [Crummey], British rock drummer, songwriter and vocalist (The Searchers – “Needles And Pins”), dies at 63
2006 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist (antiproton, Nobel-1959), dies at 85
2007 – Charles Forte, Italian-British hotel magnate (Savoy), dies at 98
Historical Events for 28th February 2022
1759 – Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
1794 – US Senate voids Pennsylvania’s election of Abraham Gallatin
1849 – 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in San Francisco from the east coast
1883 – 1st US vaudeville theater opens in Boston, Massachusetts
1912 – Victor Trumper’s last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50
1941 – British-Italian dogfight above Albania
1951 – French government of Pleven dissolves
1969 – Terence O’Neill re-elected as leader of the Unionist Parliamentary Party and thus confirmed as Northern Ireland Prime Minister
1991 – Gulf War ends after Iraq accepts a ceasefire following their retreat from Kuwait
2016 – Explosion at Severnaya coal mine in Vorkuta, Russia kills 36, including 5 rescuers