1924 – Bavaria and Vatican reach accord
1930 – Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
1941 – 3rd NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Wisconsin beats Washington State, 39-34; Badgers’ forward John Kotz is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
1942 – Bombing of Lübeck in World War II was the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city
1943 – Meat (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI’s), butter and cheese rationed in US during WW II
1961 – 23rd Amendment to the US Constitution ratified, allowing Washington, D.C. residents to vote in presidential elections
1971 – Chile president Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines
1982 – 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: “Mommie Dearest” wins
2015 – WrestleMania XXXI, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA (76,976): Seth Rollins beats Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns in impromptu triple threat match to capture WWE Heavyweight title
2019 – Joe Biden accused of an inappropriate kiss by fellow Democrat Lucy Flores
Author: gil7
Today in History for 29th March 2021
Historical Events
1850 – SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die
1865 – Battle of Lewis’s Farm [alt. Quaker Road, Gravelly Run], in Dinwiddie County, Virginia begins (Union victory)
1895 – 57th Grand National: Joe Widger aboard 10/1 chance Wild Man From Borneo wins by 1.5 lengths from Cathal
1979 – Last day of Test cricket for Pakistani cricketer Mushtaq Mohammad
1980 – 134th Grand National: American amateur rider Charlie Fenwick wins aboard 40/1 outsider Ben Nevis; only 4 from 30 starters finish race
1993 – 65th Academy Awards: “Unforgiven”, Al Pacino and Emma Thompson win
Famous Birthdays
1829 – Ritta and Christina Parodi, Siamese twins, born in Sassare, Sardinia (d. 1829)
1848 – Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general and minister of War, born in Sheshurino, Russia (d. 1925)
1911 – Philip Ahn, American actor (Kung Fu, Thoroughly Modern Millie), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1978)
1929 – Utpal Dutt, Indian actor and director (Manusher Adhikar), born in Barisal, Bengal Presidency, India (d. 1993)
1966 – Robb Thomas, American NFL receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Portland, Oregon
1969 – Jimmy Spencer, NFL cornerback (New Orleans Saints, Cincinnati Bengals)
Famous Deaths
1368 – Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328)
1772 – Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)
1892 – William Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75
1995 – James Eric Storrar, fighter pilot, dies at 74
2009 – Maurice Jarre, French composer (Doctor Zhivago-Acad Award 1966), dies at 84
2017 – Alexei Abrikosov, Russian-born American physicist (Nobel Prize 2003), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 28th March 2021
593 – Guntram, French King in Burgundy, dies at about 67
1818 – Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 62
1927 – Karl Prohaska, Austrian composer, dies at 57
1941 – Virginia Woolf-Stephen [Adeline], British writer (To Lighthouse), dies from suicide at 59
1979 – Emmett Kelly, American circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80
2001 – Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (b. 1928)
2011 – Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (b. 1917)
2012 – Harry Crews, American writer and actor (Indian Runner), dies from neuropathy at 76
2015 – Gene Saks, American actor and director (One and Only, Prisoner of 2nd Ave), dies at 93
2017 – Ahmed “Kathy” Kathrada, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, dies at 87
Historical Events for 28th March 2021
1879 – 41st Grand National: Garry Moore aboard 5/1 chance The Liberator wins by 2 lengths from Jackal
1924 – 83rd Grand National: Bob Trudgill wins aboard 25/1 shot Master Robert; last GN from a general riding start, now-familiar ‘tape’ introduced the following year.
1942 – 4th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth, 53-38; Cardinal forward Howie Dallmar is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
1952 – US Ladies’ Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
1960 – Scotch whisky factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters in Glasgow, Scotland
1967 – “Sherry!” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 65 performances
1981 – Gabi Schonbrunn skates ladies world record 3 km (4:21.70)
1981 – France performs nuclear test
1990 – Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient
1993 – Conservatives win French parliamentary election
Today in History for 28th March 2021
Historical Events
1920 – Anton Denkin’s White Russian troops defeated by Bolsheviks and Soviets at Novorossijsk on the Black Sea (The British aid Denkin in his escape)
1935 – Robert Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket
1939 – Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to the Nationalists headed by Francisco Franco
1948 – 2nd Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win
1969 – Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal
2018 – At least 68 people die and scores are injured in a fire caused by a prison riot in the cells at the Carabobo state police headquarters in Valencia, Venezuela
Famous Birthdays
1888 – Jack Burke Sr., American golfer (US open 1920 runner-up; Senior PGA C’ship 1941), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1943)
1895 – Christian Herter, American Republican politician, 59th Governor of Massachusetts (1953-57) and US Secretary of State (1959-61), born in Paris, France (d. 1966)
1960 – Chris Barrie, British actor (Red Dwarf,), born in Hanover, West Germany
1965 – Jeff Beukeboom, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers), born in Ajax, Canada
1969 – Earnest Stewart, American soccer player (Willem II), born in Veghel, Netherlands
1970 – Michelle Gildernew, Irish republican politician
Famous Deaths
1866 – Solomon Foot, American politician (U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1851-66) and attorney, dies at 63
1910 – David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1837)
1950 – Georgine M “May” Basting, actress (Occupier), dies at 67
1965 – Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (b. 1888)
1995 – William Hayter, British diplomat and Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1953-57), dies at 88
2020 – Tom Coburn, American politician (Sen-R-Oklahoma 2005-2015, Rep-R-Oklahoma 1995-2001), dies at 72
Famous Deaths for 27th March 2021
710 – Rupert of Salzburg, saint and Bishop of Worms and Salzberg
1472 – Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet and translator, dies at 37
1826 – Jakob Haibel, Austrian composer, dies at 63
1989 – May Allison, actress (Youth for Salem Men of Steel), dies
1995 – Rene Allio, film Director, dies at 70
2001 – Anthony Dexter [Walter Fleischmann], Canadian actor (The Phantom Planet, Captain John Smith and Pocahontas), dies at 88
2008 – Jean-Marie Balestre, French president of motor sport’s FIA, dies at 86
2010 – Vasily Smyslov, Russian grandmaster (b. 1921)
2016 – Mother Angelica, Catholic American Franciscan nun, dies at 92
2017 – David Storey, British novelist and playwright (This Sporting Life), dies at 83
Historical Events for 27th March 2021
1642 – The sixth Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Joseph takes office.
1868 – The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company is organized in Oswego, New York.
1933 – Farm Credit Administration (US) authorized
1940 – Peter Fraser becomes Prime Minister of New Zealand after the death of his predecessor Michael Joeseph Savage from cancer
1945 – 7th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NYU, 49-44; Cowboys’ center Bob Kurland is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
1958 – Havana Hilton opens in Cuba, later HQ for Fidel Castro
1964 – Great Train Robbers sentenced to a total of 307 years behind bars
1990 – The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba in an effort to bridge the information blackout imposed by the Castro regime.
1994 – Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk and Platov (RUS)
2000 – Phillips explosion kills 1 and injures 71 in Pasadena, Texas.
Today in History for 27th March 2021
Historical Events
1808 – Joseph Haydn’s oratorio “Die Schopfung” premieres in Vienna
1928 – US Ladies’ Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1956 – French commandos land in Algeria
1969 – Launch of Mariner 7, flies 2,190-mi above southern Mars
1970 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1993 – Jiang Zemin appointed President of the People’s Republic of China
Famous Birthdays
972 – Robert II of France [the Pious, the Wise], King of the Franks (996-1031), born in Orléans, France (d. 1031)
1907 – Claude Stroud, American actor (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Ted Knight Show, Duke), born in Kaufman, Texas (d. 1985)
1909 – Golo Mann, German-American historian (Antisemitism), born in Munich (d. 1994)
1913 – Godfrey Turner, British composer, born in Manchester, England (d. 1948)
1963 – Charly Alberti, Argentinian rock musician (Soda Stereo), born in Buenos Aires
1988 – Holliday Grainger, English actress (The Borgias), born in Manchester, England
Famous Deaths
1572 – Girolamo Maggi, Italian Renaissance man (b. abt. 1523)
1761 – Johann Ludwig Steiner, Swiss composer, dies at 72
1924 – Walter Parratt, British organist and composer, dies at 83
2000 – Ian Dury, English rock musician (The Blockheads) and actor (Judge Dredd), dies at 57
2003 – Paul Zindel, American writer (b. 1936)
2005 – Gwydion Brooke [Holbrooke], British bassoonist (Royal Philharmonic, 1946-1961), dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 26th March 2021
1566 – Antonio de Cabezon, Spanish composer, dies
1797 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist ‘father of modern geology’ dies at 70
1926 – Georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens), dies from TB at 39
1934 – Grete Gulbransson, Austrian writer and poet (Geliebte Schatten), dies at 51
1959 – Raymond Chandler, British-American mystery writer novelist and screenwriter (Farewell My Lovely; The Long Goodbye; The Big Sleep), dies at 71
1973 – Noël Coward, English playwright (Hay Fever, Private Lives), director (In Which We Serve-1942 Academy Award), actor and singer, dies of heart failure at 73
2000 – Alex Comfort, English author (The Joy of Sex), dies at 80
2004 – Jan Sterling [Jane Adriance], American actress (Ace in the Hole, The High and the Mighty), dies of diabetes and a stroke at 82
2008 – Heath Benedict, American Football Player (b. 1983)
2008 – Manuel Marulanda Velez aka Tirofijo, founder and lifelong leader of Colombian rebel group FARC-EP (b. 1930)
Historical Events for 26th March 2021
127 – Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy begins his observations of the heavens (until 141 AD)
685 – Cuthbert (later Saint Cuthbert) is consecrated Bishop of Lindisfarne by Archbishop Theodore at York
1820 – Future Mormon church leader Joseph Smith has his “First Vision” in a wooded area of New York, according to Mormon scholars
1821 – Franz Grillparzer’s “Das Goldene Vliess” premieres in Vienna
1872 – Thomas J. Martin, of Alabama, receives a U.S. patent for a pipe and valve fire extinguisher system t
1897 – 59th Grand National: Terry Kavanagh aboard 6/1 favourite Manifesto wins by 20 lengths from Filbert
1937 – William H. Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands)
1955 – 109th Grand National: Pat Taaffe wins aboard Quare Times at 100/9; third consecutive GN victory for trainer Vincent O’Brien
1973 – 35th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76; Bruins’ 7th straight title; future Hall of Fame center Bill Walton tournament MOP for 2nd consecutive year
1980 – Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police)