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
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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
Historical Events for 9th March 2021
1914 – Henry Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Co
1918 – Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party
1943 – Delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown
1958 – George Yardley (Pistons) is 1st NBAer to score 2,000 points in season
1961 – Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72
1964 – Creighton’s Paul Silas grabs Midwest record 27 rebounds against Okla
1974 – 21st ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Maryland, 103-100 (OT)
1996 – Javed Miandad’s last international in Pakistan’s Cricket World Cup Quater Final loss to India
2007 – The US Justice Department releases an internal audit that found that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had acted illegally in its use of the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about US citizens
2011 – Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights
Today in History for 9th March 2021
Historical Events
1701 – France, Cologne and Bavaria sign alliance
1765 – After a public campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son had actually committed suicide.
1841 – US Supreme Court rules the kidnapped slaves from the Spanish schooner the Amistad are free
1860 – 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington
1984 – John Lennon single “Borrowed Time” released posthumously
2013 – Bernard Hopkins defeats Tavoris Cloud to win IBF light heavyweight title
Famous Birthdays
1877 – Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist and biochemist, born in Oberuzwil, Switzerland (d. 1950)
1932 – Simon Heere Heeresma, Dutch writer and poet (Han de Wit goes in development aid), born in Amsterdam (d. 2011)
1932 – Sister Bernard Ncube, South African religious sister and anti-apartheid, born in Johannesburg (d. 2012)
1934 – Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut and 1st man into space (aboard Vostok 1), born in Klushino, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (d. 1968)
1937 – Bernard Landry, Premier of Quebec (2001-2003), born in Saint-Jacques, Quebec, Canada
1977 – Radek Dvorak, Czech NHL left wing (Florida Panthers), born in Tábor, Czech Republic
Famous Deaths
1800 – Dominique Della-Maria, French composer, dies at 30
1975 – Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor, dies at 86
1996 – Elman Ali Ahmed, peace campaigner, dies at 42
2005 – Glenn Davis, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1946; National C’ship 1944, 45, 46; Army; NFL: LA Rams), dies of prostate cancer at 80
2006 – Geir Ivarsøy, Norwegian programmer, co-founder of Opera Software ASA (b. 1957)
2012 – Lord Wedderton of Charlton, British academic and politician, dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 8th March 2021
1641 – Xu Xiake, Chinese adventurer (b. 1587)
1901 – Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (High Mass), dies at 66
1955 – Clémentine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte V, dies at 82
1975 – George Stevens, American director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70
1977 – Henry Hull, American actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86
1992 – Red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76
1993 – Wells Root, American screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 92
2004 – Robert Pastorelli, American actor (b. 1954)
2012 – Leslie Cochran, American peace activist and police critic, dies from head trauma at 60
2014 – William Guarnere, American WWII veteran, dies at 90
Historical Events for 8th March 2021
1722 – Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia
1945 – “Kiss Me Kate” opens in Britain
1966 – “Golden Boy” closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 569 performances
1968 – Bill Graham’s New York rock venue Fillmore East opens in Manhattan
1973 – Paul and Linda McCartney are fined £100 for growing cannabis
1983 – House Foreign Affairs Com endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR
1986 – Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley’s Comet at 109,800 km
1986 – 27th SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Alabama, 83-72
1989 – Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 secs)
1995 – Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections