1603 – Elizabeth I Tudor [Virgin Queen], Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) and daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, dies at 69
1644 – Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland, dies at 32
1755 – Theodor Christlieb Reinhold, German composer, dies at 72
1881 – Friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republican politician, dies at 69
1887 – Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic, dies at 49
1990 – An Wang, Chinese-American computer engineer (Wang Labs, Wang Computers), dies of cancer at 70
2009 – George Kell, American baseball player, dies at 86
2010 – Johnny Maestro, American rock vocalist (Crests – “16 Candles”; Brooklyn Bridge), dies at 70
2015 – Oleg Bryjak, Kazakhstani-German bass-baritone opera singer (Deutsche Oper am Rhein), dies in plane crash at 54
2016 – Johan Cruyff, Dutch soccer player and coach (Ajax/Barcelona), dies at 68
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Historical Events for 24th March 2021
1877 – English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Wanderers beat Oxford University, 2–1 (a.e.t.); Wanderers’ 4th title
1878 – British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost
1899 – 61st Grand National: George Williamson aboard 1897 winner Manifesto wins by 4 lengths from Ford Of Fyne
1941 – German troops occupy El Agheila Libya
1967 – University of Michigan holds 1st “Teach-in” after bombing of North Vietnam
1980 – ABC’s nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed “Nightline”
1985 – Third straight WTA Tour Championship for tennis legend Martina Navratilova; beats Helena Suková 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 at Madison Square Garden, NYC
1989 – Worst US oil spill, Exxon’s Valdez spills 11.3 mil gallons off Alaska
2006 – Pope Benedict XVI adds 15 men to the College of Cardinals, in the first consistory of his Pontificate
2019 – Investigation headed by Special Council Robert S. Mueller finds no evidence President Trump colluded with Russia in 2016 election
Today in History for 24th March 2021
Historical Events
1878 – British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost
1899 – 61st Grand National: George Williamson aboard 1897 winner Manifesto wins by 4 lengths from Ford Of Fyne
1933 – Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency
1970 – Dutch cartoonist Frans Piet ends “Sjors and Sjimmie” strip
1980 – Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks on the LP “Rarites”
1991 – WrestleMania VII in LA Memorial Sports Arena, CA: Hulk Hogan beats Sgt Slaughter for WWF Heavyweight title
Famous Birthdays
1607 – Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)
1725 – Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina (d. 1813)
1855 – Andrew Mellon, American banker (Mellon Bank), industrialist and Secretary of the Treasury (1921-32), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1947)
1895 – Leo “Syd” Sailor, American actor (Arizona Days, Waterfront), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1962)
1907 – Paul Sauvé, Quebec politician (d. 1960)
1983 – T. J. Ford, American basketball player
Famous Deaths
1915 – Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (b. 1846)
1916 – Enrique Granados, Spanish opera composer (Goyescas), drowns while crossing the English Channel in a torpedo attack at 48
1956 – Edmund Taylor Whittaker, British mathematician (applied mathematics and the theory of special functions), dies at 82
1991 – Sir John Kerr, Australian politician and the Governor General who dismissed the Whitlam Government, dies at 76
1995 – Trevor Oswald Ling, English religious Studies Professor, dies at 75
2016 – Garry Shandling, American comedian (It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, Larry Sanders Show), dies at 66
Famous Deaths for 23rd March 2021
1237 – Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies
1618 – James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician
1806 – George Pinto [Sanders], English violin prodigy, keyboard virtuoso, and composer, dies of tuberculosis at 20
1819 – August von Kotzebue, German dramatist, dies at 57
1955 – Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (b. 1875)
1961 – James Edward Murray, (Sen-D-Montana) (1935-61), dies
1978 – Bill Kenny, American singer, dies at 63
1990 – Rene Enriquez, American actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of pancreatic cancer at 56
2004 – Rupert Hamer, Australian politician (b. 1916)
2013 – Virgil Trucks, American MLB pitcher (two-time All Star), dies at 95
Historical Events for 23rd March 2021
1808 – Napoleon’s brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain
1918 – Alick Wickham dives 200′ into Australia’s Yarra River
1921 – Germany announces it will be unable to meet its Great War reparation payments
1943 – German counter attack on US lines in Tunisia
1993 – NY Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl
1999 – Gunmen assassinate Paraguay’s Vice President Luis María Argaña
2000 – Joe Sakic records his 400th career goal and becomes the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche all-time leading point scorer
2002 – 22nd Golden Raspberry Awards: “Freddy Got Fingered” wins
2007 – Iranian Navy seize Royal Navy personnel in Iraqi waters
2013 – 20 people are killed and 200 are injured by a tornado in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh
Today in History for 23rd March 2021
Historical Events
1848 – The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.
1908 – American diplomat Durham Stevens is attacked by Korean assassins Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan, leading to his death in hospital two days later
1919 – 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party re-establishes a five-member Politburo which becomes the center of political power in the Soviet Union. Original members Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Lev Kamenev and Nikolai Krestinsky
1951 – Wages in France increase 11%
2003 – 75th Academy Awards: “Chicago Best Picture,” Adrien Brody and Nicole Kidman win
2013 – 20 people are killed and 200 are injured by a tornado in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh
Famous Birthdays
1881 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel ’53)
1887 – Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog)
1922 – Ugo Tognazzi, Italian comedy actor, director and screenwriter (La Cage Aux Folles, The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man), born in Cremona, Italy (d. 1990)
1934 – Teresa Proccacini, Italian organist and composer (Clown Music), born in Cerignola, Italy
1963 – Ana Quirot, Cuba, 800m runner (Olympics-bronze/silver-92, 96)
1973 – Naoko Sawamatsu, Nishinomiya Japan, tennis star (1994 Singapore)
Famous Deaths
1618 – James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician
1946 – Gilbert N. Lewis, American Chemist (atomic theory), dies at 70
1958 – Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76
1993 – Hans Werner Richter, German writer/founder (Gruppe 47), dies at 84
2007 – Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician (Cohen forcing, Continuum hypothesis), dies at 72
2007 – Paul J. Cohen, American mathematician, Fields Medal winner (b. 1934)
Famous Deaths for 22nd March 2021
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)
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)