This Day in History
March 1

What happened in history on this day: March 1? On March 1 in ... 293 - Roman emperor Maximianus introduces tetrarchy. 492 - Saint Felix III ends his reign as Catholic Pope. 492 - Saint Gelasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. 705 - John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope. 743 - Slave export by Christians to heathen areas prohibited. 772 - Birth of Po Tjiu-i, Chinese poet/Governor of Hang-tsjow. 918 - Balderik becomes bishop of Utrecht. 965 - Leo VIII Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies. 1077 - Imperial diet removes Heinrich IV as Kaiser and subsequently elects Rudolf von Schwaben. 1131 - Stephen II King of Hungary (1116-31), dies. 1260 - Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis, conquerors Damascus. 1382 - French Maillotin uprises against taxes. 1383 - Amadeus VI (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at age 49. 1420 - Pope Martinus I calls for crusade against the hussieten. 1434 - Jacoba of Bavaria marries Frank van Borselen. 1456 - Birth of Wladyslaw Jagiello king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516). 1494 - Birth of Il Bacchiacca [Franceso Ubertini] Italian painter. 1510 - Francisco d'Almeida viceroy of India, dies in battle at about age 59. 1528 - Birth of Albrecht V von Wittelsbach [the Generous], duke of Bavaria. 1535 - Bernardo Accolti [Unico Aretino], Italian writer (Virginia), dies. 1562 - Blood bath at Vassy; General de Guise allows 1200 huguenots murder. 1565 - Spanish occupier Estacio de Sá founds Rio de Janeiro. 1587 - English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower. 1591 - Pope Gregory XIV threatens to excommunicate French king Henri IV. 1607 - Birth of Giovanni Francesco Milanta composer. 1610 - Birth of Johann B Schup [Schuppius] German poet/historian. 1619 - Thomas Campion English physician/composer/poet (Poemata), dies at age 53. 1630 - Birth of Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere Flemish painter, baptized. 1633 - George Herbert English poet, dies at age 39. 1634 - Battle at Smolensk; Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians. 1642 - Georgeana (York) Maine became the first incorporated American city. 1643 - Girolamo Frescobaldi Italian composer/organist, dies at age 59. 1690 - Birth of Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel composer. 1692 - Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrested for witchcraft (Salem, Massachusetts). 1693 - Benedict Schultheiss composer, dies at age 39. 1703 - Birth of Dieudonne Raick composer. 1709 - Birth of Josef Antonin Gurecky composer. 1711 - "The Spectator" begins publishing (London). 1711 - Birth of Peregrinus Pogl composer. 1734 - Birth of Pieter Valck[x] South Netherlands sculptor. 1771 - Birth of Armand-Emmanuel Trial composer. 1771 - Isfrid Kayser composer, dies at age 58. 1773 - Jan Wagenaar Dutch historian, dies at age 63. 1773 - Luigi Vanvitelli [Louis van Wittel], Italian architect, dies at age 72. 1777 - Georg Christoph Wagenzeil Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at age 62. 1779 - Birth of Jacob Gottfried Weber composer. 1780 - Birth of Léonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies Governor-General of Netherland Indies (1826-30). 1780 - Pennsylvania becomes first US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only). 1781 - The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation, on the ratification by the 13 colonies of North America. 1784 - E Kidner opens first cooking school, in Great Britain. 1785 - Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized. 1788 - Birth of Gheorghe Asachi Romania, writer/humanist/politician. 1788 - Orazio Mei composer, dies at age 56. 1790 - First US census authorized. 1792 - US Presidential Succession Act passed. 1796 - First National Meeting in the Hague. 1799 - Birth of Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky composer. 1801 - The London stock exchange is founded. 1803 - Ohio becomes 17th state to join the USA. 1804 - Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen composer, dies at age 63. 1809 - Embargo Act of 1807 repealed and Non-Intercourse Act signed. 1810 - Birth of Frédéric Chopin Poland, composer/pianist (Concerto in F Minor). 1811 - Birth of Robert Christie Buchanan Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1878. 1811 - Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500. 1811 - French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel. 1815 - Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law. 1817 - Luigi Gatti composer, dies at age 77. 1820 - Birth of George Davis Attorney General (Confederacy), died in 1896. 1820 - Birth of Richard Redhead composer. 1822 - Birth of Albin Francisco Schoepf Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1886. 1822 - Birth of Charles Champion Gilbert Brigadier General (Union volunteers). 1826 - Birth of John Thomas composer. 1826 - J J Friedrich Weinbrenner German architect/archaeologist, dies at age 59. 1828 - Birth of James Fleming Fagan Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1893. 1828 - Birth of Vittorio Bersezio [Carlo Nugelli] Italian playwright. 1831 - Birth of Hiram Bronson Granbury Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864. 1832 - Birth of Friedrich Grutzmacher composer. 1835 - Birth of Matthias J Scheeben German theologist (Natur und Gnade). 1837 - Birth of Ion Creanga Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie). 1837 - Birth of William Dean Howells US, novelist/critic/editor (Atlantic). 1838 - Birth of Gabriele dell' Addolorata [Francesco Possenti], Italian priest. 1841 - Birth of Blanche Kelso Bruce Farmville Virginia, (Senator-Mississippi, 1875-1881). 1841 - Birth of Romualdo Marenco composer. 1845 - US President John Tyler signs a resolution of Congress to accept Texas as a state. 1847 - Michigan becomes first English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state). 1848 - Birth of Augustus Saint-Gaudens US, sculptor/designer (1907 $20 gold piece). 1852 - Birth of Theophile Delcassé French statesman. 1854 - SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor and is never seen again. 1856 - Birth of Florimond Fonteyne Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw). 1858 - Birth of Georg Simmel German philosopher/sociologist. 1859 - Josef Theodor Krov composer, dies at age 61. 1859 - Present seal of San Francisco adopted (its second). 1860 - Birth of Suzanna Salter first US female mayor/temperance leader. 1864 - Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built). 1865 - Anna Paulowna Romanova great monarch of Russia, dies at age 70. 1865 - Birth of Gerard Vissering Dutch banker/president (Bank of Java). 1866 - Paraguayan canoes sink two Brazilian ironclads on Rio Parana. 1867 - Howard University, Washington DC, chartered. 1867 - Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later). 1869 - Alphonse MLP de Lamartine Fr poet (History of Girondins), dies at age 78. 1869 - Postage stamps showing scenes are issued for first time. 1870 - Francisco S López President of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at age 43. 1871 - J Milton Turner named minister to Liberia. 1872 - Yellowstone National Park (world's first national park) is established under the act signed into law by President Ulysses Grant. 1874 - Birth of Jean de Merode [Marie-Louise B Courtenay], Princess of Netherlands. 1875 - US Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883. 1876 - Guernsey Cattle Club forms (Farmington Connecticut). 1878 - Birth of Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont composer. 1879 - Library of Hawaii founded. 1880 - Birth of Julian Myrick promoter of junior tennis. 1880 - Birth of Lytton Strachey biographer/critic (Benson Medal 1923). 1882 - Birth of Ida Moore Altoona Kansas, actress (Mr Music, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki). 1883 - Birth of Thomas Shelvin college football player great (Yale). 1885 - Birth of Lionel Atwill Croyden England; actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum). 1886 - Birth of Oskar Kokoschka Russian/Austrian/British, painter (Erasmus Prize 1960). 1890 - First US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published. 1890 - Birth of Jan Duiker Dutch architect (Zonnestral). 1892 - Archibald Scott Scottish chemist, dies at age 60. 1892 - Birth of Ryunosuke Akutagawa Japan, writer (Rashomon in Kappa). 1893 - Birth of Theo Frenkel actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy). 1893 - Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the US rank of ambassador. 1895 - Birth of G B "Duke" Keats hockey hall of famer (elected 1958). 1896 - Battle of Adua: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians. 1896 - Birth of Dimitri Mitropoulos Athens Greece, conductor/composer. 1898 - Sudan issues its first postage stamps, eight values from 1-millieme to 10-piastres. 1899 - György earl Apponyi, Hungarian Member of Parliament, dies at age 90. 1900 - At Mulinu'u Point, Samoa, Dr. Wilhelm Solf declares the islands taken under protection of the German empire. 1901 - Bernhard Erdmannsdörffer, German historian (Mirabeau), dies at age 68. 1904 - Birth of Glenn Miller; bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra - "In the Mood"). 1904 - Birth of Paul Hartman in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Bert - Petticoat Junction). 1905 - Birth of Pol le Roy; Flemish author/novelist/writer (Stroom). 1906 - Moriz Heyne, German germanist (German Wörterbuch), dies at age 68. 1907 - Birth of Lois Moran in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Mom - Waterfront). 1909 - First US university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota. 1909 - Birth of David Niven in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland; actor (Casino Royale, Eye of the Devil). 1909 - Birth of Terrence De Marney in London, England; actor (Case Thomas - Johnny Ringo). 1910 - An avalanche of snow hits two trains stranded for seven days outside the Cascade Tunnel below Stevens Pass, near Wellington, Washington, USA, killing 96. Deadliest avalanche in US history. 1911 - Jacobus H van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist/physicist (Nobel Prize 1901), dies at age 58. 1913 - US Federal income tax takes effect (16th Amendment). 1914 - Birth of Archibald J Gumede in South Africa; African National Congress member/chairman (UDF). 1914 - Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum. 1915 - Birth of Johannes J "Joop" Klant; Netherlands/South Africa economist (Madame Sans Gêne). 1916 - Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic Ocean. 1917 - First US federal land bank chartered. 1917 - Birth of Dinah Shore in Winchester, Tennessee, USA; singer ("See the USA in a Chevrolet"). 1917 - Birth of Robert Lowell; poet/pacifist ("Lord Weary's Castle", "Near the Ocean"). 1918 - Birth of Roger Delgado in London, England; actor (Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enough for June). 1919 - Demonstrations begin for Korean independence from Japan. 1920 - Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Admiral Horthy. 1920 - Birth of Harry Caray; baseball announcer (Chicago Cubs). 1920 - Birth of Howard Nemerov; third US poet laureate/novelist/critic (Blue Swallows). 1921 - Australia Cricket team completes 5-0 drubbing of England. 1921 - Birth of Jack Clayton in Brighton, East Sussex, England; film director (The Great Gatsby, Something Wicked This Way Comes). 1921 - Birth of Richard Wilbur; second US Poet Laureate (Ceremony, Walking to Sleep). 1921 - Birth of Terrence "Cardinal" Cooke New York City, New York. 1921 - Petrovic Njegos, King of Montenegro (1910-18), dies at age 79. 1921 - Rwanda ceded to England. 1921 - Sailors revolt in Kronstadt, Russia. 1922 - Birth of William M Gaines; publisher (MAD Magazine). 1922 - Birth of Yitzak Rabin; premier (Israel, 1992-95, Nobel Prize 1994). 1923 - Allies occupy Ruhrgebied, killing railroad striker. 1923 - Birth of Bonita Granville; actress/producer (Perry Mason). 1923 - Birth of Duncan White in Ceylon; 400 metre hurdler (Olympics-silver-1948). 1924 - Birth of Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton in Sparta, Wisconsin, USA; Major US Air Force/astronaut (Apollo 18). 1924 - Germany's prohibition of Communist Party KPD is lifted. 1924 - Louise-Marie Amélie, princess of Belgium, dies at age 66. 1925 - Birth of Al Rosen in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA; third baseman (American League Most Valuable Player 1953), New York Yankees' president. 1926 - Birth of Cesare Danova in Rome, Italy; actor (Garrison's Gorillas). 1926 - Birth of Pete Rozelle; NFL commissioner (1960-89). 1926 - Birth of Robert Clary in Paris, France; actor (LeBeau - Hogan's Heroes). 1926 - Camilo d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet (China), dies at age 58. 1927 - Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank. 1927 - Birth of Harry Belafonte in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA; calypso singer (Buck and the Preacher). 1927 - Birth of Robert Heron Bork; American judge, nominated for supreme court. 1929 - Birth of Sonny James; singer ("Young Love", "Running Bear"). 1930 - Aloïs Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor (Peace on Earth), dies at age 54. 1930 - Birth of C D Gopinath; cricket player (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950s). 1930 - Birth of Raymond Saint Jacques; actor/director (Cotton Comes to Harlem, Mr Moses). 1931 - The USS Arizona is placed back in full commission after a refit. 1932 - Charles Lindbergh III, the 20-month-old son of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, is kidnapped from the family's new mansion in Hopewell, New Jersey. A ransom note demanding US$50,000 is left in their son's empty room. 1932 - Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti Orfici), dies at age 46. 1933 - Bank holidays declared in six US states, to prevent run on banks. 1933 - Birth of Myrlie Evers; politician/commissioner (Los Angeles Board of Public works). 1934 - Birth of Jim "Ed" Brown in Sparkman, Arkansas, USA; country singer (Nashville on the Road). 1934 - Birth of Joan Hackett in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Will Penny, One Stone Pony). 1934 - Birth of Riet [M J J] Roosen-van Pelt; Dutch second Chamber member (CDA). 1934 - Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria. 1934 - Primo Carnera beats Tommy Loughran in 15 for heavyweight boxing title. 1935 - Birth of George Généreux in Canada; trap shooter (Olympics-gold-1952). 1935 - Birth of Judith Rossner; author (Looking for Mr Goodbar). 1935 - Birth of Robert Conrad [Conrad R Falk] in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Wild Wild West, Baa Baa Black Sheep). 1936 - Birth of Camille E Baly; Saint Maartens poet (Sonny). 1937 - First permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut). 1937 - Birth of Jed Allan in the Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Days of Our Lives, C C - Santa Barbara). 1937 - Governor Wouters innaugrates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles. 1937 - US Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day. 1938 - Birth of Michael J[oseph] Kurland; American sci-fi author (Infernal Device). 1938 - Gabrielle d'Annunzio, Italian poet/fascist (Il fuoco), dies at age 74. 1939 - Birth of Warren Davis; rocker (Monotones). 1940 - 12th Academy Awards: Gone With the Wind, Robert Donat and Vivien Leigh win. 1940 - Birth of David Broome; Show Jumper (world champion-1970). 1940 - Adolf Hitler issues a Directive for "Case Weser exercise". He orders preparations be made for the occupation of Denmark and Norway, to secure iron ore from Sweden, and provide naval and air bases for operations against England. The objective is to occupy by peaceful means, designed to protect the arms of the neutrality of the Northern countries. General Nickolaus von Falkenhorst is to be Commander of Group XXI in charge of the operation. The crossings into Denmark and Norway are to be simultaneous. 1940 - The British Government informs Cunard they would requisition the Queen Mary ocean liner for war duty. 1940 - Birth of Ralph Towner in Chehalis, Washington, USA; rocker (Oregon, Weather Report). 1940 - Josef Swickard, actor (Lost City, Tale of Two Cities), dies at age 73. 1941 - "Captain America" appears in a comic book. 1941 - First US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee. 1941 - Birth of Michael L Lampton in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA; astronaut (STS-45). 1941 - Elmer Layden becomes first NFL commisioner. 1941 - Bulgaria formally agrees to adhere to the Tripartite Pact of the Axis powers. German troops enter the country. 1941 - Heinrich Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp. 1942 - Three day Battle of Java Sea ends, US suffers a major naval defeat. 1942 - Major League Baseball decides that players in military can't play when on furlough. 1942 - Birth of Jerry Fischer; rocker (Blood, Sweat and Tears). 1942 - Birth of Peter Guber; producer (Flashdance). 1942 - Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java. 1942 - Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews. 1942 - Tito establishes second Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia. 1943 - Birth of Benjamin W Jipcho in Mount Elgon, Kenya; 3000m steeplechase (Olympics-silver-1972). 1943 - Birth of Mauro Checcoli in Italy; three day equestrian (Olympics-gold-1964). 1943 - Birth of Piet Veerman; Dutch rock vocalist/guitarist (Cats - "Sailin' Home"). 1943 - Birth of Wolfgang Scheidel; German Democratic Republic luge (Olympics-gold-1972). 1944 - Birth of Dirk Benedict in Helena, Montana, USA; actor (The A-Team, Battlestar Galactica). 1944 - Birth of John B Breaux; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Louisiana, 1972-88). 1944 - Birth of John Napier in London, England; set designer (Royal Shakespeare Company). 1944 - Birth of Mike D'Abo; rock vocalist (Manfred Mann - "Mighty Quinn"). 1944 - Birth of Roger Daltrey in Hammersmith, London, England; rocker/actor/producer (The Who - "Tommy"). 1944 - Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns. 1944 - German submarine U-358 sinks in the Atlantic Ocean. 1945 - Birth of Burning Spear [Winston Rodney]; Jamaican reggae singer. 1945 - British 43rd Division under General Essame occupies Xanten. 1945 - Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi. 1945 - US President Franklin Roosevelt announces success of Yalta Conference. 1945 - Fieldmarshal Kesselring succeeds Gerd von Rundstedt as commander. 1945 - US infantry regiment captures Mönchengladbach. 1946 - In Budapest, Hungary, former Premier Ferenc Szalasi and six other cabinet ministers are convicted of war crimes, to be hanged March 4. 1946 - Birth of Lana Wood [Svetlana Gurdin] in Santa Rosa, California, USA; actress (Diamonds are Forever). 1946 - Birth of Tony Ashton in Blackburn, England; rocker (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke). 1946 - Panamá accepts its new constitution. 1947 - Birth of Alan Thicke in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada; actor/host (Thicke of the Night, Growing Pains). 1947 - International Monetary Fund begins operations. 1947 - J Boogaard, Nazi collaborator, executed. 1948 - Birth of Norman Connors; singer ("You Are My Starship"). 1949 - Birth of Sido Martens; Dutch guitarist/singer/mandolin player (Fungus). 1949 - Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champion. 1949 - The Saint Louis Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Saint Louis Cardinals. 1950 - Birth of Shahid Israr; Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (in one Test versus New Zealand 1976). 1950 - Chiang Kai-shek resumes the Presidency of National China on Formosa. 1950 - Klaus Fuchs is sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London). 1950 - USSR issues golden ruble coins. 1951 - Birth of Barbara DeAngelis; talk show hostess (Barbara DeAngelis Show). 1952 - Birth of Alice Ritzman in Kalispell, Montana, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 Rochester International-5th). 1952 - Birth of David Allen Barr in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; PGA golfer (Atlanta Golf Classic). 1952 - Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns. 1952 - Heligoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain. 1953 - Anton GO Ridder Van Rappard, painter/lithographer/etcher, dies. 1953 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open. 1953 - Birth of Bandula Warnapura; cricket player (first Sri Lanka Test captain). 1953 - Birth of Ron Howard in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA; actor/director (American Graffiti, Happy Days, Willow, Backdraft). 1954 - Four Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring five Representatives. 1954 - Birth of Catherine Bach in Warren, Ohio, USA; actress (Daisy Duke - The Dukes of Hazzard). 1954 - Birth of Janis Gill in Torrance, California, USA; singer (Sweethearts of Rodeo - "Midnight Girl"). 1954 - Rebellion during visit of President Naguib in Khartoum, Sudan, 30 die. 1954 - Ted Williams fractures collarbone in first game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War. 1954 - US explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll. 1955 - Birth of Jimmy Fortune in Newport News, Virginia, USA; singer (Statler Brothers - "Class of '57"). 1955 - Israeli assault on Gaza kills 48. 1955 - Pakistan versus India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw. 1956 - Birth of Balwinder Singh Sandhu; cricket player (Sikh pace bowler 1983 World Cup). 1956 - Birth of Mark Todd in the United Kingdom; New Zealand equestrian three day event (Olympics-1996). 1956 - Birth of Timothy Daly in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Joe - Wings, Almost Grown, Diner, Made in Heaven). 1957 - Birth of Jon Carroll in Washington, DC, USA; vocalist (Starland Vocal Band - "Afternoon Delight"). 1958 - Birth of Nik Kershaw in Bristol, England; singer/songwriter ("Wouldn't it be Good"). 1958 - Birth of Wayne B Phillips; cricket wicket-keeper (Australia). 1958 - Gary Sobers 365 versus Pakistan, 614 minutes, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara. 1958 - Sobers completes 446 stand for second wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260. 1958 - West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 declare versus Pakistan. 1959 - Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after three years. 1959 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament. 1960 - Birth of Alicia Dibos in Lima, Peru; LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open-4th). 1961 - Birth of Davis Daniel in Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA; country singer. 1961 - Birth of Mike Rozier; NFL halfback (Heisman Trophy-1983, Houston Texans, Atlanta Falcons). 1961 - US President John Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps. 1962 - American Airlines 707 plunges nose first into Jamaica Bay, New York, killing 95. 1962 - Birth of Bill Leen; rocker (Gin Blossoms). 1962 - Birth of Mark Gardner in Los Angeles, California, USA; pitcher (San Francisco Giants). 1962 - First Kmart store opens. 1962 - Roscoe Ates, actor (Dep Roscoe - Marshal of Gunsight Pass), dies at age 70. 1962 - US/British nuclear test experiment in Nevada. 1962 - CBS airs the last The Bob Cummings Show TV show. A total of 22 episodes aired. 1962 - Uganda becomes a self-governing country. 1963 - 200,000 French mine workers strike. 1963 - Birth of Arnold Oosterveer; soccer player (SC Heerenveen). 1963 - Birth of Barb[ara] Marois in Auburn, Massachusetts, USA; field hockey defender (Olympics-1996). 1963 - Birth of Magnus Svensson in Leksand, Sweden; NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers). 1963 - Birth of Maurice Bénard [Mauricio Morales] in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Sonny Corinthos - General Hospital, Nico Kelly - All My Children). 1963 - Birth of Robert James Affuso in Newburgh, New York, USA; rock drummer (Skid Row-Psycho Love). 1963 - Birth of Ron Francis in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Pittsburgh Penguins, Team Canada). 1963 - Birth of Tony Castillo in Lara, Venezuela; pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays). 1964 - Birth of Jennifer McCarter in Sevierville, Tennessee, USA; singer (McCarter - "The Gift"). 1965 - Australia suspends champion swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10 years for misconduct. 1965 - Birth of Les Miller; defensive end (Carolina Panthers). 1965 - Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Québec, Canada). 1966 - Ba'ath party takes power in Syria. 1966 - Birth of Clinton Gregory; singer. 1966 - Birth of John David Cullum; actor (1776, Sweet Country, Day After). 1966 - Birth of Luis Sojo in Barquisimeto, Venezuela; infielder (Seattle Mariners). 1966 - Birth of Steve Reed in Los Angeles, California, USA; pitcher (Colorado Rockies). 1966 - Venera 3 becomes first man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus). 1967 - Birth of Aron Winter; Surinamese/Dutch soccer star (Ajax, Lazio). 1967 - Dominica and Saint Lucia gain independence from Britain. 1967 - House of Representatives expels Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116). 1967 - Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London, England. 1968 - Birth of Dave Zuniga in Worland, Wyoming, USA; 136.5 pounds/greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-1996). 1968 - Birth of Salil Ankola; cricket player (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989). 1968 - Birth of Sanjeeva Weerasinghe; cricket player (Test for Sri Lanka vs India at age 17). 1968 - Georg von der Vring, German painter (Camp Lafayette), dies at age 78. 1968 - NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return. 1968 - Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands. 1968 - Singers Johnny Cash (36) and June Carter (38) wed. 1968 - Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect. 1969 - After 88 weeks, The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album drops off the charts. 1969 - Birth of Azam Khan; cricket player (Pakistan ODI batsman 1996). 1969 - Birth of Doug Creek in Winchester, Virginia, USA; pitcher (San Francisco Giants). 1969 - Birth of Vincenzo Esposito; NBA guard (Toronto Raptors). 1969 - New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball. 1970 - Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round ladies skater. 1970 - Birth of Lisa Eagen in Harlan, Iowa, USA; team handball wing/back court (Olympics-1996). 1970 - Birth of Ray Crittenden; wide receiver (San Diego Chargers). 1970 - Birth of Stuart Thompson; Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996). 1970 - Ed[uard] Hoornik, Dutch writer/poet (Na jaren), dies at age 59. 1970 - End of US commercial whale hunting. 1970 - Kreisky's social-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election. 1970 - White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain. 1971 - Birth of Allen Johnson in Washington DC; long jumper/110 metre hurdler (Olympics-gold-1996). 1971 - Birth of André Karnebeek; soccer player (FC Twente). 1971 - Birth of Austin Robbins; NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders, New Orleans Saints). 1971 - Birth of Shepherd Clark in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; figure skater (1994, 1997 Eastern Sr champion). 1971 - Birth of Tim Prinsen; Canadian Football League offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats). 1971 - Birth of Tyler Hamilton in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA; cyclist (Olympics-1996). 1971 - Birth of Zahoor Elahi; cricket player (Pakistan opening batsman versus New Zealand 1996). 1971 - Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC. 1972 - Birth of Omar Daal in Maracaibo, Venezuela; pitcher (Montreal Expos). 1972 - Birth of Profail Grier; Canadian Football League running back (Saskatchewan Roughriders). 1972 - Club of Rome publishes report Boundaries on the Growth. 1972 - Wilt Chamberlain is first NBA player to score 30,000 points. 1973 - Birth of Chris Webber; NBA forward (Washington Bullets/Wizards). 1973 - Birth of Igor Murin in Trencin, Czechoslovakia; hockey goaltender (Team Slovakia 1998). 1973 - Robyn Smith becomes first female jockey to win a major race. 1974 - Birth of Mark-Paul Gosselaar; actor (Zack - Saved by the Bell). 1974 - Birth of Stephen Davis; running back (Washington Redskins). 1974 - Ian and Greg Chappell make 264 partnership versus New Zealand cricket at Wellington. 1974 - Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Azuren Holte), dies at age 53. 1974 - Watergate grand jury indicts seven US Presidential aides. 1975 - 17th Grammy Awards: "I Honestly Love You", Marvin Hamlisch win. 1975 - Birth of Maria Jose Suarez; Miss Spain-Universe (1996). 1975 - Eagles' song "Best of My Love" reaches #1. 1976 - Birth of Maringo Vlijter; soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles). 1976 - Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at age 66. 1977 - Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards. 1977 - Birth of Rod White in Sharon, Pennsylvania; archer (Olympics-gold-1996). 1977 - US extends territorial waters to 200 miles. 1979 - Dolores Costello, actress (Noah's Ark, Expensive Women), dies at age 73. 1979 - The German Constitutional Court upholds the Codetermination Law of 1976. (Worker participation in corporate decision making.) 1979 - Molla Mustafa Barzani, Iranian Kurd leader (KDP), dies at age 75. 1980 - The Voyager 1 probe confirms the existence of Janus, a moon of Saturn. 1980 - Birth of Rose VBL Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard. 1980 - Birth of Shahid Afridi; cricket player (ton in 37 balls in first ODI innings). 1980 - Commonwealth Trade Union Council is established. 1980 - Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater. 1980 - Death of Dixie Dean, English football player (born 1907). 1980 - Death of Wilhelmina, high-fashion model and owner of model agency (born 1940). 1980 - Death of Daniil Khrabrovitsky, Soviet film director (born 1923). 1981 - Bobby Sands, a Provisional Irish Republican Army member, begins a hunger strike for political status in Long Kesh prison (he dies May 5, the first of ten men). 1981 - Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic. 1981 - Birth of Ana Hickmann; Brazilian model. 1981 - Birth of Adam LaVorgna; American actor. 1981 - Birth of Brad Winchester; American ice hockey player. 1982 - Five die as ski lift malfunctions a Lúz-Ardiden in Pyrenees. 1983 - Tornado tears through Louisiana, USA, injuring 33 people. 1983 - Swatch introduces their first watches. 1983 - The Balearic Islands and Madrid become autonomous communities of Spain. 1983 - Tamara McKinney becomes first US woman skier to win the World Cup. 1984 - Birth of Naima Mora, winner of America's Next Top Model cycle 4. 1984 - Jackie Coogan, American actor (Uncle Fester - Addams Family), dies at age 69 (born 1914). 1984 - NASA launches Landsat-D Prime (Landsat 5) to thematic map the Earth. 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. 1985 - Eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at age 66. 1985 - Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks. 1985 - Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter. 1987 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open. 1988 - Birth of Melissandre Fuentes, Andorra figure skater. 1988 - Birth of Katija Pevec, American actress. 1988 - In Trebbin, East Germany, a greenhouse is struck by a meteorite. 1988 - Courtney Gibbs Eplin, age 21, of Texas, crowned 37th Miss USA. 1988 - Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran, Iran. 1988 - Jean Le Poulain, actor (The Gorillas), dies at age 63. 1988 - Joe Besser, American comedian (The Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello), dies at age 80 (born 1907). 1988 - Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile. 1988 - Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist. 1989 - Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981. 1989 - Comet du Toit at perihelion. 1989 - Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host, dies at age 64. 1989 - Josephine van Gasteren, Dutch actress/director (Bluejackets), dies at age 72. 1989 - Louis Wade Sullivan starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Commerce. 1989 - James D. Watkins starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Energy. 1989 - The Politieke Partij Radicalen, Pacifistisch Socialistische Partij, Communistische Partij Nederland and the Evangelische Volks Partij amalgamate to form Netherlands political party the GroenLinks (GL, GreenLeft). 1989 - The Berne Convention, an international treaty on copyrights, is ratified by the United States. 1989 - Birth of Daniella Monet, American actress. 1989 - A curfew is imposed in Kosovo, where protests continue over the alleged intimidation of the Serb minority. 1990 - Benin nullifies its constitution. 1990 - Claude Spaak, Belgian dramatist, dies. 1990 - Luis Alberto Lacelle sworn in as President of Uruguay. 1990 - In Texas, near-stock ZR-1 and L-98 Corvettes set a dozen land speed records. Average speed for all runs is 170- to 175-MPH. 1990 - The Royal New Zealand Navy discontinues its daily rum ration. 1990 - A fire at the Sheraton Hotel in Cairo, Egypt, kills 16 people. 1990 - Steve Jackson Games is raided by the U.S. Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. 1990 - Birth of James Lomas, British stage actor. 1991 - Edwin H Land, inventor (Polaroid instant camera), dies at age 81 (born 1909). 1991 - Katharine Blake, actress (To Have and To Hold), dies at age 62. 1991 - The ballistic missile submarine USS-ex-Sam Houston SSBN-609 is deactivated. 1991 - Clayton Keith Yeutter ends term as the United States Secretary of Agriculture. 1991 - US Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens. 1992 - Jenny Thompson swims 100 metre freestyle world record (1:01.40). 1992 - Maria Déa, French actress (Piéges), dies at age 73. 1992 - Nelson Diebel swims 100 metre freestyle US record (54.48 seconds). 1992 - After a majority of the Bosniak and Bosnian Croat communities vote for Bosnian independence, Serb snipers fire on civilians. 1993 - Authorities in Waco, Texas negotiate with Branch Davidians. 1993 - George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of New York Yankees. 1993 - Luis Kutner, US co-founder (Amnesty International), dies at age 84. 1993 - New expansion NHL team, owned by Disney, is named the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. 1993 - Terry Frost, actor (Waterfront, Dead Man's Trail), dies at age 86. 1994 - 36th Grammy Awards: "I Will Always Love You", Toni Braxton win. 1994 - Eliseo Diego, Cuban poet, dies at age 74. 1994 - Jacob "Jimmy" Herman Huizinga, journalist/writer, dies at age 75. 1994 - Manmohan Desai, filmmaker, dies at age 57. 1994 - Martti Ahtisaari inaugurated as President of Finland. 1994 - The grunge rock band Nirvana plays its final show in Munich, Germany. 1994 - US Senate rejects a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. 1994 - Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer/musician, dies at age 51. 1994 - Walter Kent, US composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at age 82. 1994 - Former banker Leonard Coleman is elected National League president replacing Bill White. 1994 - A lone terrorist kills Ari Halberstam during an attack on 14 Jewish students on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. 1994 - South Africa cedes Walvis Bay to Namibia. 1994 - Mary Ellen Withrow begins her term of office as Treasurer of the United States, serving under President Bill Clinton. 1995 - 37th Grammy Awards: "All I Want to Do", "Streets of Philadelphia", Sheryl Crow. 1995 - Belgium ends military conscription. 1995 - Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher, dies at age 56. 1995 - Polish Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak resigns from Parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Jozef Oleksy. 1995 - Muntinlupa City, Philippines, officially becomes a city. 1995 - Julio María Sanguinetti is sworn in as President of Uruguay. 1995 - Part of Houston begins using new area code 261. 1995 - Ukraine premier Vitaly Massol resigns. 1995 - In Moscow, Russian anti-corruption journalist Vladislav Listyev is killed by a gunman. 1995 - Yahoo! web site is founded in Santa Clara, California. 1995 - Death of Georges Köhler in Feiburg, Germany; won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1984. 1996 - Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory. 1996 - New toll-free 888 area code introduced in North America. 1996 - Iraqi forces refuse UNSCOM inspection teams access to five sites designated for inspection. The teams enter the sites only after delays of up to 17 hours. 1997 - The Osaka Dome opens in Chiyozaki, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan. 1997 - The Nintendo 64 video game system is released in Europe and Australia. 1999 - One of four bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, destroys the Angolan Embassy. 1999 - Rwandan Hutu rebels kill and hack to pieces eight foreign tourists at the Buhoma homestead, Uganda. 1999 - The Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines comes into force. 1999 - Death of Ann Corio, American dancer and actress (born 1914). 2000 - The Constitution of Finland is rewritten. 2002 - In eastern Afghanistan, Operation Anaconda begins. 2002 - Continuing violence in Ahmedabad kills 28; police shoot and kill five rioters. 2002 - The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 km above the Earth using an Ariane 5 on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500kg. 2002 - Space Shuttle Columbia flies the Hubble Space Telescope service mission, its last before STS-107. 2002 - The Peseta is discontinued as the official currency of Spain and is replaced with the euro. 2003 - The United Arab Emirates calls for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to step down to avoid war, a sentiment later echoed by Bahrain and Kuwait. 2003 - The Turkish parliament votes against U.S. troop access to airbases in Turkey in order to attack Iraq from the north. The Bush administration starts working on Plan B, namely attacking Iraq from the south, through the Persian Gulf. 2003 - Representatives of 171 countries agree to the text of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control treaty, part of the World Health Organization's plan to reduce deaths and health problems due to smoking. 2003 - The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the United States Customs Service, and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security. 2003 - Pakistani authorities capture Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, along with money-man Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi. 2005 - Tim Hudson agrees to a four-year, $47-million contract extension with the Atlanta Braves. 2005 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules the death penalty unconstitutional for juveniles who committed their crimes before age 18. 2006 - Death of Harry Browne, American Libertarian Presidential candidate (born 1933). 2006 - Death of Peter Osgood, English football player (born 1947). 2007 - Airbus announces that it will cease work indefinitely on the A380F freight aircraft. 2007 - International Polar Year, a US$1.5 billion research program to study both the North Pole and South Pole, is launched in Paris, France (runs until March 1, 2009). 2008 - The 59-acre Aquatica water park opens at Sea World in Orlando, Florida, USA. 2008 - In Gaza Strip, at least 52 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers are killed in the most intense Israeli air strikes since 2005. 2008 - Death of Raúl Reyes, Colombian guerrilla (born 1948). 2009 - Chinese lunar probe Chang'e 1 crashes into the moon in a controlled collision at the end of a 16-month moon-mapping mission. 2009 - In Victoria, British Columbia, Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg wins her third Canadian women's curling Tournament of Hearts title with an 8-5 victory over Marla Mallett of B.C. 2010 - At the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, the Canadian men's hockey team defeats the USA team 3-2 in overtime winning its 13th gold medal, a new record for any country at any Olympic Winter Games.         Your Ad Here         You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history. 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