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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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)

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Today in History for 26th March 2021

Historical Events

1903 – American Hotel opens in Amsterdam
1915 – 77th Grand National: legendary jockey Jack Anthony wins his second of 3 GN’s aboard 100/8 bet Ally Sloper
1952 – 14th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Kansas beats St. Johns, 80-63; first tournament to have a true “Final Four” format
1954 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1972 – William Whitelaw appointed as the first Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1980 – Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police)

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Famous Birthdays

1916 – Vic Schoen, American orchestra leader (Patti Page Olds Show), born in Brooklyn, New York
1932 – Al Bianchi, American basketball guard, coach and general manager (Philadelphia 76ers, Virginia Squires; GM NY Knicks), born in Queens, NY (d. 2019)
1939 – Jonathan Tod, British Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy)
1954 – Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
1968 – James Iha, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle), born in Chicago, Illinois
1973 – Matt Burke, Australian rugby union fullback (81 caps; NSW Waratahs; Eastwood) and broadcaster (Network 10), born in Sydney, Australia

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Famous Deaths

1258 – Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies
1517 – Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer
1920 – William Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834)
1924 – Augusto (de Oliveira) Machado, Portuguese composer (Lauriane; Camões es os Luziadas), dies at 78
2004 – Jan Sterling [Jane Adriance], American actress (Ace in the Hole, The High and the Mighty), dies of diabetes and a stroke at 82
2013 – Tom Boerwinkle, American NBA player, dies at 67

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Famous Deaths for 25th March 2021

1345 – Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1281)
1558 – Marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer (Arizona, Seven Cities of Cibola), dies at 62 or 63
1712 – Nehemiah Grew, English naturalist (b. 1641)
1880 – Joseph Rummel, German composer, dies at 61
1957 – Max Ophüls, German director (The Earrings of Madame de…), dies at 54
1975 – Juan Gaudino, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)
1978 – Jack Hulbert, British actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack), dies at 85
1987 – Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79), dies at 83
2007 – Andranik Margaryan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (2000-07), dies at 57
2020 – Peter Kemper, Dutch soccer defender (3 caps; PSV 221 games), dies of heart failure at 77

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Historical Events for 25th March 2021

1811 – Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for his publication of the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism
1905 – Confederate battle flags captured during the American Civil War are returned to South
1918 – Belarusian People’s Republic is established
1923 – British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy
1936 – 200-inch mirror blank to build the Hale telescope leaves Corning New York for California (then largest telescopic mirror ever made)
1963 – KWHY TV channel 22 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1990 – 10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins
1997 – “Life After Death” 2nd studio album by The Notorious B.I.G. is released (Billboard Song of the Year 1997)
2013 – Golfer Tiger Woods returns to his world number one ranking
2016 – Suicide attack during a football match in Iskandariya, Iraq kills at least 32 people, ISIS claim responsibility

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Today in History for 25th March 2021

Historical Events

1913 – Great Dayton Flood: winter rains cause Great Miami River to flood, Ohio’s greatest natural disaster
1947 – Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois kills 111
1971 – James Callaghan speaks at a rally of the Northern Ireland labour movement, but rejects calls for the Labour Party to open membership to those living in N. Ireland
1979 – Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova retains her WTA Tour Championship with a 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 win over American teenager Tracey Austin in NYC
2006 – Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood
2013 – Golfer Tiger Woods returns to his world number one ranking

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Famous Birthdays

1820 – Xavier de Merode, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister to Pope in Rome (d. 1874)
1886 – Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)
1906 – A.J.P Taylor [Alan John Percival], English historian (The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848–1918, Origins of the Second World War), born in Southport, England (d. 1990)
1908 – David Lean, English director (Doctor Zhivago, Ryan’s Daughter), born in Croydon, England
1937 – Tom Monaghan, American founder of Dominos pizza, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
1967 – Doug Stanhope, American comedian

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Famous Deaths

1766 – Johannes Ritschel, German composer, dies at 26
1873 – Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter (b. 1810)
1880 – Ludmilla Assing, German writer, dies at 59
1937 – John Drinkwater, English poet and playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54
2001 – Brian Trubshaw, British test pilot, first to fly Concorde. dies at 77
2019 – Cal Ramsey, American basketball broadcaster, small forward (NY Knicks), dies of cardiac arrest at 81

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