1322 – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)
1758 – Richard Leveridge, English bass singer and composer, dies at 87
1838 – Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73
1924 – Robert Nivelle, French military officer, dies at 67
1955 – Ivan Šubašić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister and last ban of Croatia (b. 1892)
1971 – Martin Bodmer, Swiss Bibliophile and scholar (Bodmer Papyri), dies at 71
1979 – Richard Sykes, British ambassador, assassinated by the IRA in The Hague, Holland
1986 – Charles Starrett, American actor (The Mask of Fu Manchu, Bonanza Town), dies at 82
2008 – Cachao López, Cuban mambo musician (b. 1918)
2010 – James W. Black, Scottish Nobel Prize-winning doctor and medical research scientist (b. 1924)
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Historical Events for 22nd March 2021
1943 – Dutch SS police chief Hans Albin Rauter threatens to kill half Jewish children
1958 – 20th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Seattle, 84-72; Seattle’s future Hall of Fame small forward Elgin Baylor is named tournament MOP
1972 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP
1981 – Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6
1984 – Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL record scores 5 seconds into game
1989 – US Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of NYC Board of Estimate
1996 – Cheryl Depew of Florida crowned 13th Miss Hawaiian Tropic International
2011 – Lawrence Taylor pleads guilty for misdemeanors of sexual misconduct and is sentenced to six years probation
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
2014 – Guinea confirms Ebola outbreak has already killed 59 people
Today in History for 22nd March 2021
Historical Events
1960 – 1st patent for lasers granted to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes
1964 – LPGA Western Open Women’s Golf, Scenic Hills CC: Carol Mann her 1st of 2 major titles by 2 shots from Ruth Jessen and Judy Kimball
1968 – Student riot in Nanterre near Paris
1969 – “Come Summer” closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 7 performances
1981 – Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6
1990 – The ML umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games
Famous Birthdays
1903 – James Sargent Russell, US pilot and admiral (WW II Pacific Ocean), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1996)
1907 – James Gavin, US 82nd Airborne Division General (Sicily/Normandy), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1990)
1937 – Angelo Badalamenti, American film composer (Twin Peaks, The Straight Story, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive), born in Brooklyn, New York
1948 – Randy Hobbs, American rock musician (Johnny Winter Band, McCoys), born in Winchester, Indiana (d. 1993)
1969 – Russell Maryland, American NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys, Oak Raiders), born in Chicago, Illinois
1974 – Marcus Camby, American NBA forward (Toronto Raptors), born in Hartford, Connecticut
Famous Deaths
1685 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
1906 – Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist and composer, dies at 59
1993 – Tim Crews, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), drowns at 31
2001 – William Hanna, American animator and studio founder, dies at 90
2003 – Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)
2019 – Carlo Franci, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 91
Famous Deaths for 21st March 2021
1729 – John Law, Scottish economist and author (Money and Trade Considered), dies at about 57
1843 – Robert Southey, English writer (The Story of the Three Bears), Poet Laureate (1813-43) and biographer (Nelson), dies at 68
1891 – Joseph E. Johnston, American military officer (senior officer in Confederate Army and United States Army), dies at 84
1952 – Wilhelm Albrecht, German SD-chief, executed
1954 – Harry Lawrence Freeman, African-American composer, dies at 84
1970 – Marlen Haushofer, Austrian writer (The Wall), dies at 49
1975 – Joe Medwick, American baseball player, dies at 63
1980 – Gideon Fagan, South African conductor and composer, dies at 75
2007 – Kevin Whitrick, first British man to commit suicide on a live chatroom (b. 1964)
2011 – Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer (b. 1931)
Historical Events for 21st March 2021
1871 – Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa
1872 – 34th Grand National: John Page wins his second GN aboard 20/1 shot Casse Tete
1944 – General Eisenhower postpones invasion of the south of France until after Normandy
1948 – LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Patty Berg wins her 4th Titleholders title by 1 stroke ahead of Babe Zaharias and Peggy Kirk
1990 – “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” opens at Eugene O’Neill Theater NYC for 149 performances
2014 – Canadian freestyle skier (moguls) and two-time Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeau retires at 26
2018 – China announces greater controls over the media, including merging state-run radio and television broadcasters into a single conglomerate called “Voice of China”
2018 – Suicide bomber kills 31 in crowd celebrating Persian New Year in Kabul, Afghanistan
2019 – Governor of Missouri Mike Parson declares a state of emergency as flooding from Nebraska and Iowa flows downstream into the state
2019 – A huge blast from a chemical factory in Chenjiagang Chemical Industry Park in eastern China is so big it registers as an earthquake, kills 78 people and injuries 617
Today in History for 21st March 2021
Historical Events
1962 – Philadelphia retires pitcher Robin Roberts’ # 36
1993 – Pope John Paul II beatifies Duns Scotus, a philosopher-theologian of the Middle Ages
1994 – Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe’s NHL record of 801 goals
1997 – Ice Dance Championship in Lausanne, Switzerland won by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov (Rus)
2014 – Russia formally annexes Crimea amid international condemnation
2019 – Former Brazilian President Michel Temer is arrested in São Paulo as part of a large corruption investigation
Famous Birthdays
1820 – Frank Mori, English composer, born in London (d. 1873)
1921 – Joe Sutter, American engineer and head of the Boeing 747 program, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2016)
1928 – James W Kinnear, CEO (Texaco), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1944 – David Lindley, American musician (The Kaleidoscope), born in San Marino, California
1962 – Matthew Broderick, American actor (WarGames, Biloxi Blues), born in NYC, New York
1963 – Ronald Koeman, Dutch soccer star (Ajax, PSV, Barcelona, Feyenoord)
Famous Deaths
1844 – Leopold van Sasse van Ysselt, Dutch nobleman and politician, dies at 65
1969 – Gerhard Fritsch, Austrian writer, dies at 44
1980 – Peter Stoner, American mathematician, astronomer and Christian apologist (b. 1888)
1999 – Edward Playfair, British senior civil servant, dies at 89
1999 – Ernie Wise, British comedian (Morecambe and Wise), dies at 73
2011 – Pinetop Perkins, Member of the Blues Hall of Fame (b. 1913)
Famous Deaths for 20th March 2021
1351 – Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies
1413 – Henry IV of England, King of England and Lord of Ireland (1399-1413), dies at 45
1746 – Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656)
1871 – Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56
1987 – Norman Harris, guitarist (O’Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure
1989 – Archie Bleyer, American orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey), dies at 79
1990 – Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie, dies at 60
1992 – Georges Delerue, French film composer (Sword of Gideon, A Little Romance), dies of a heart attack at 67
2010 – Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepalese politician (b. 1925)
2018 – Bobby Mitchell, American golfer (US Masters runner-up 1972), dies of a heart attack at 75
Historical Events for 20th March 2021
1815 – Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule
1897 – France signs treaty with Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia
1920 – Australasian Championships Men’s Tennis, Adelaide: Pat O’Hara Wood beats fellow Australian Ronald Thomas 6-3, 4-6, 6-8, 6-1, 6-3
1922 – WIP-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
1923 – Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent
1956 – E Ochab succeeds Beirut as 1st secretary of Polish CP
1965 – Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 v NZ at Delhi
1967 – WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1993 – IRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington, England
1995 – Beatles song, “Baby It’s You”, with late John Lennon as lead singer, released, 1st Fab Four single in nearly 10 years
Today in History for 20th March 2021
Historical Events
1891 – 53rd Grand National: Irish jockey, trainer Harry Beasley wins aboard 4/1 Come Away
1943 – German U-384 bombed and sinks
1968 – Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign)
1980 – US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran
1982 – France beats Ireland, 22-9 at the Parc des Princes, Paris but the Irish take the Five Nations Rugby Championship with a 3-1 record and also their 5th Triple Crown
2000 – Pope John Paul II visits Holy Land – Jordan, Israel, Palestine
Famous Birthdays
1739 – Eligio Celestino, composer
1890 – Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American baritone tenor (National Symphony), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1973)
1951 – Tanya Boyd, actress (Celeste-Days of our Life), born in Detroit, Michigan
1971 – Janis Kelly, volleyball player (Olympics 1996), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
1976 – Arno Knapen, Dutch soccer player (Holten, FC Twente)
1987 – Rollo Weeks, English actor
Famous Deaths
1703 – Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies
1983 – Ivan Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (analytic number theory), dies at 91
1994 – Don Goddard, American news anchor (ABC Evening News 1958-59), dies at 89
1995 – Sidney Kingsley, US playwright (Pulitzer prize 1934), dies at 88
1995 – John Minton [Big John Studd], American pro wrestler (Royal Rumble 1989), dies from liver cancer and Hodgkin’s disease at 47
2018 – Bobby Mitchell, American golfer (US Masters runner-up 1972), dies of a heart attack at 75
Famous Deaths for 19th March 2021
1796 – Stephen Storace, English composer, dies at 33
1869 – Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium), dies at 64
1897 – Antoine T. d’Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87
1930 – Arthur Balfour, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1902-05) and Foreign Secretary (Balfour Declaration), dies of unremitting circulatory trouble at 81
1961 – Edric Cundell, composer, dies at 68
1969 – Theodor Schaefer, Czech composer, dies at 65
1979 – Albert “Al” Hodge, American actor (Captain Video, Green Hornet), dies at 65
1991 – Ron Pagano, dies after lengthy illness at 37
1995 – Gerard Tebroke, 5/10 km-dasher, dies at 45
2007 – Calvert DeForest, American comedian (Larry “Bud” Melman), dies at 85