1272 – Re Enzo, Italian poet/son of Emp Frederik II von Hohenstaufen, dies
1573 – Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered adm Coligny, dies
1696 – Jean Domat, French jurist, dies at 70
1757 – John Byng, English admiral executed by firing squad at 52 for neglecting his duty in defence of Minorca, dies at 53
1791 – Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725)
1925 – Walter Camp, American, father of American football, dies at 65
1949 – John Callan O’Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (b. 1873)
1954 – Ludomir Michał Rogowski, Polish composer, dies at 72
1995 – Johan W “Jo” van Marle, CEO (KNVB, 1980-93), dies at 70
1996 – Nico Kiasashvii, professor of English Literature, dies at 69
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Historical Events for 14th March 2021
1743 – 1st American town meeting is held in Boston’s Faneuil Hall
1801 – Henry Addington becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after his friend William Pitt the Younger resigns after being unable to persuade King George III of the need for Catholic Emancipation
1821 – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (NY)
1888 – Second largest snowfall in NYC history (21″)
1968 – CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn’t make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA
1971 – The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes
1978 – NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)
1993 – 14th Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament: Seton Hall beats Syracuse, 103-70
1993 – “Conversations with My Father” closes at Royale NYC after 462 performances
1994 – Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov and N Thagard
Today in History for 14th March 2021
Historical Events
1592 – “Ultimate Pi day”: on this day at 6.53am is the largest correspondence between calendar dates and significant digits of pi, since the introduction of the Julian calendar (3.14159265358)
1909 – Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms
1967 – 1967 NFL Draft: Michigan State defensive end Bubba Smith first pick by Baltimore Colts
1985 – Michael Secrest (US) completes 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
1987 – Worlds Ladies’ Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt
2010 – 57th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: #4 Duke beats Georgia Tech, 65-61
Famous Birthdays
1875 – Norman O’Neill, English composer, born in Kensington, London (d. 1934)
1912 – Les Brown, American big band leader (His Band of Renown – “Sentimental Journey”), born in Reinerton, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
1915 – Kenneth Rowntree, painter
1961 – Russell Todd, actor (Jamie Frame-Another World)
1970 – Ebru Kavaklıoğlu, Russian athlete
1978 – Ron Dayne, American College Football Hall of Fame running back (Heisman Trophy 1999, University of Wisconsin; NY Giants), born in Lynchburg, Virginia
Famous Deaths
1860 – Louis-Antoine Jullien, French conductor, dies at 47
1973 – Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer (b. 1907)
1980 – Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician (b. 1902)
1988 – Willi Apel, German-American musicologist (Harvard dictionary of music), dies at 94
2002 – Cherry Wilder, New Zealand-born author (b. 1930)
2018 – Jim Bowen, British TV game show host (Bullseye) and comedian, dies at 80
Famous Deaths for 13th March 2021
1569 – Louis, Prince of Condé (1530-69), dies in Battle of Jarnac at 39
1756 – Johann Melchior Conradi, German composer, dies at 81
1778 – Charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701)
1879 – Adolf Anderssen, German world chess champion (1851-66), dies at 60
1925 – Lucille Ricksen [Ingeborg Ericksen], American silent-film actress, dies of tuberculosis 14
1987 – Gerald Moore, English pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87
1990 – Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psycho-analyst (Uses of Enchantment), commits suicide at 86
1996 – Brian Hulls, British TV news cameraman, dies at 48
1998 – Hans von Ohain, German-American aerospace engineer, dies at 86
2020 – Breonna Taylor, African American medical technician, shot and killed by police officers in her home at 26
Historical Events for 13th March 2021
1852 – Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern weekly
1877 – American Chester Greenwood patents earmuffs after inventing them at age 15
1918 – American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms
1943 – Baseball approves official ball (with cork and balata)
1957 – Bloody battles after anti-Batista demonstration in Havana Cuba
1967 – Robert Anderson’s “You Know I Can’t Hear You …” premieres in NYC
1993 – Blizzard of ’93 hits north-east USA
2011 – 52nd SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Florida, 70-54
2015 – Cyclone Pam causes widespread damage in Vanuatu and the South Pacific, including 15-16 deaths.
2020 – Elite football in Britain, including England’s Premier League, EFL, Women’s Super League plus in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, is suspended until at least 3 April because of COVID-19 pandemic
Today in History for 13th March 2021
Historical Events
1852 – Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern weekly
1888 – Great Blizzard of 1888 rages across the east coast of the USA and Canada
1918 – Leon Trotsky gains control of the Red Army
1949 – US Ladies’ Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman
1954 – Viet Minh General Võ Nguyên Giáp opens the assault on French forces at Dien Bien Phu, northwest Vietnam
2018 – National Geographic magazine admits its past coverage was racist in issue to mark 50 years since death of Martin Luther King Jr.
Famous Birthdays
1822 – Moritz von Strachwitz, German poet, born in Peterwitz, Silesia (d. 1847)
1959 – Kathy Hilton, American socialite-Hilton Hotels, mother of Nikki Hilton and Paris Hilton, born in NYC, New York
1960 – Yuri Andrukhovych, Ukrainian writer, poet and political essayist, born in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
1970 – Michael Arrington, American founder of blog TechCrunch, born in Orange, California
1979 – Cedric Van Branteghem, Belgian athlete, born in Ghent, Belgium
1981 – Stephen Maguire, Scottish snooker player, born in Glasgow, Scotland
Famous Deaths
1569 – Louis, Prince of Condé (1530-69), dies in Battle of Jarnac at 39
1778 – Charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701)
1879 – Adolf Anderssen, German world chess champion (1851-66), dies at 60
1976 – Willy Alfredo [Willem Jue], Dutch comedian/poet, dies at 77
1994 – Sandra Paretti, German romantic novelist, dies at 59
2001 – Cranley Onslow, British politician (C, dies at 74
Famous Deaths for 12th March 2021
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
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