1790 – Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (b. 1710)
1824 – Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48
1852 – Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75
1914 – George Westinghouse, American entrepreneur, engineer (Westinghouse Electric) and pioneer of the electrical industry,, dies at 67
1921 – Isabella Caroline Somerset, British philanthropist, temperance leader and campaigner for women’s rights, dies at 69
1974 – George D. Sax, Drive-in bank and instant loan innovator. Owner of the Saxony Hotel. (b. 1904)
1980 – Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (b. 1914)
1992 – Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/MP (chr-dem), murdered
2010 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish novelist (b. 1920)
2013 – Clive Burr, English drummer, dies from complications from multiple sclerosis at 56
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Historical Events for 12th March 2021
1862 – 24th Grand National: Harry Lamplugh wins aboard The Huntsman; first French trained winner; only human fatality recorded in the event, jockey Joe Wynne
1897 – Vincent d’Indy’s opera “Fervaal” premieres in Brussels
1981 – Walter R T Witschey installs world’s largest sundial in Richmond, Virginia
1983 – Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49)
1993 – Entertainment Tonight’s 3,000th show
1995 – Ice Pairs Championship at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny
1996 – Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy
2012 – 45 people, including children, are massacred by the Syrian Army in Homs
2013 – JOGMEC becomes the first to successfully extract methane hydrate from seabed deposits
2019 – Theresa May’s British government suffers a second defeat on a Brexit deal with the EU, 391 votes to 242
Today in History for 12th March 2021
Historical Events
1941 – German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands
1963 – Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold
1966 – Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins)
1967 – Indonesian congress strips President Sukarno of authority and names General Suharto as acting President
1995 – World Men’s Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko of Canada
2012 – China records its highest trade deficit in over a decade
Famous Birthdays
1793 – Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer
1859 – Abraham H. Cannon, Mormon apostle (d. 1896)
1942 – Jimmy Wynn, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1967, 74, 75; Houston Astros, LA Dodgers), born in Hamilton, Ohio (d. 2020)
1950 – Wheeler Winston Dixon, American filmmaker, critic and author
1963 – Paul Way, English golfer (Ryder Cup 1983, 85), born in Kingsbury, Middlesex
1982 – Zach Miner, American baseball player
Famous Deaths
1681 – Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter, dies at 45
1961 – Belinda Lee, English actress (Joseph and his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25
1973 – Esther Williamson Ballou, American organist, composer and educator, dies at 57
1992 – Karel Poons, father of Paul Deen, dies
1996 – Gyula Kallai, Prime Minister of Hungry (1965-67), dies at 85
2013 – Clive Burr, English drummer, dies from complications from multiple sclerosis at 56
Famous Deaths for 11th March 2021
1602 – Emilio de’ Cavalieri, Italian composer
1854 – Willard Richards, American physician and religious leader, dies at 49
1870 – Moshoeshoe I, King of Lesotho (1822-70), dies at about 47
1921 – Sherburne Wesley Burnham, American astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83
1992 – Manuel De Dios Unanue, US anti-drug journalist, murdered at 48
1992 – David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41
1995 – Frank Fidler, English artist, dies at 84
1999 – Herbert Jasper, Canadian physiologist and neurologist, dies at 92
1999 – Stefan Schnabel, German actor (Anna, Dracula’s Widow, Firefox), dies from a heart attack at 87
2012 – Sid Couchey, American comic book artist, dies at 92
Historical Events for 11th March 2021
1791 – Samuel Mulliken is 1st to obtain more than one US patent
1888 – Great blizzard of ’88 strikes northeastern USA
1919 – General strike in Germany crushed
1953 – 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)
1966 – Military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out
1968 – Otis Redding is the first person in the US to posthumously receive gold record for his single “Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay”
1978 – Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed
1986 – 1 million days since the foundation of Rome on April 21st, 753 BC
2003 – The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
2017 – At least 65 killed in landslide at rubbish dump near Addis Ababa, Ethopia
Today in History for 11th March 2021
Historical Events
1930 – William Taft, US 27th President and Chief Justice buried in Arlington
1954 – US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics
1968 – Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 12nd string quartet
1986 – 187.27 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1995 – -36.8°F (-38.2°C) in Chosedachar, Komi-district, on 67°N
2014 – Refugees from Syria pour into the Kingdom of Jordan
Famous Birthdays
1863 – Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist
1876 – David Wijnkoop, Dutch revolutionary socialist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1941)
1922 – José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, director and comedian (La Cabina, Travels With My Aunt), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2009)
1942 – Charles Swan, American actor
1948 – Roy Barnes, 80th Governor of Georgia
1971 – Jiri Vykoukai, Olomouc CZ, hockey player (Team Czech Rep, Olympic gold 1998)
Famous Deaths
1857 – Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author and poet (A la paz), dies at 84
1897 – Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist, evangelist, dies at 45
1931 – F.W. Murnau, German film director (b. 1888)
1979 – Victor Kilian, American actor (Gentleman’s Agreement), dies at 88
1982 – Horace Gregory, American poet, dies at 83
1994 – Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69
Famous Deaths for 10th March 2021
1597 – Petrus Forestus, Dutch physician (Willem of Orange), dies
1875 – Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul, French composer, dies at 84
1910 – Karl Lueger, Austrian politician, cofounder and leader of the Austrian Christian Social Party, dies at 65
1940 – Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Blokkade, Ghetto, Merchant of Venice), dies at 68
1948 – Zelda Fitzgerald [née Sayre], American writer (This Side of Paradise) and wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, dies at 47
1966 – Mari Sandoz, American author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64
1980 – Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet (Making a Poem), dies at 100
1999 – Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian master painter and sculptor, dies at 79
2010 – Édgar Valcárcel, Peruvian pianist and composer, dies at 77
2016 – Anita Brookner, English novelist (Hotel du Lac) and art historian, dies at 87
Historical Events for 10th March 2021
1847 – 1st money minted in Hawaii
1925 – Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran
1933 – Major earthquake in Long Beach, California
1949 – Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949
1956 – General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios
1964 – US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany
1974 – Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
1990 – Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA)
1991 – 12th Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament: Seton Hall beats Georgetown, 74-62
2009 – Billy Corgan testifies in front of Congress, on behalf of the musicFIRST Coalition, in support of H.R. 848, the Performance Rights Act
Today in History for 10th March 2021
Historical Events
1920 – Home Rule Act passed by the British Parliament, dividing Ireland into two parts; it is rejected by the southern counties, where the Ango-Irish war continues for a year
1941 – Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets
1944 – U-575 sinks British corvette HMS Asphodel in the Atlantic Ocean killing 92 of the 97 men aboard
1945 – Patton’s 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge’s 1st Army
1951 – Ireland clinches their 7th Five Nations Rugby Championship with a 3-3 draw against Wales at the National Stadium, Cardiff
2012 – 33rd Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament: Louisville beats Cincinnati, 50-44
Famous Birthdays
1656 – Adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician
1824 – Thomas James Churchill, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1905)
1934 – Judith Jamison, artistic director (Alvin Ailey Dance Theater)
1957 – Matt Knudsen, American actor
1976 – Kisaki, Japanese musician
1982 – Timo Glock, German racing car driver
Famous Deaths
1940 – Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Blokkade, Ghetto, Merchant of Venice), dies at 68
1953 – Charles Gordon Curtis, American inventor (Curtis-steam turbine), dies at 92
1977 – Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist and historian, dies at 74
1992 – Giorgos Zampetas, Greek composer and musician (b. 1925)
1994 – Robert Shea, American author (Illuminatus!), dies of cancer at 61
2010 – Micky Jones, Welsh rock guitarist (Man), dies of a brain tumour at 63
Famous Deaths for 9th March 2021
1202 – King Sverre of Norway (1184-1202), dies
1566 – David Rizzio, Italian secretary of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered by Protestant nobles
1706 – Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52
1747 – Jacob Campo Weyerman, Dutch painter and writer active during the Dutch Enlightenment, dies at 69
1975 – Shirley Ross [Bernice Maude Gaunt], American actress (Cafe Society, Prison Farm, Waikiki Wedding), dies of cancer at 62
1981 – Max Delbrück, German-American biologist and molecular geneticist (bacteriophage, Nobel Prize 1969), dies at 74
1983 – Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist famous for his work on neurotransmitters (Nobel 1970), dies at 78
2000 – Ivo Robić, Croatian singer and songwriter (b. 1923)
2005 – Chris LeDoux, American country singer (Ridin’ for a Fall), dies at 56
2012 – Peter Bergman, American Comedian, dies from leukemia at 72