This Day in History
March 10

What happened in history on this day: March 10? On March 10 in ... 418 - Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire. 483 - Simplicius, Italian Pope (468-83), dies. 1452 - Birth of Ferdinand II the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily (expelled Jews). 1503 - Birth of Ferdinand I in Alcala de Henares, Spain; Holy Roman Emperor (1558-64), king of Bohemia and Hungary. 1526 - Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal. 1535 - Bishop Tomás de Berlanga discovers Galápagos Islands. 1538 - Birth of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth (1572). 1546 - Thomas Elyot English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at age 46. 1578 - Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir £20,000 to aid Dutch rebellion. 1585 - Rembert Dodoens [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist, dies at age 67. 1592 - Michiel Coxcie Flemish (court)painter/carpet designer, dies. 1597 - Petrus Forestus Dutch physician (Willem of Orange), dies. 1624 - England declares war on Spain. 1628 - Birth of Constantine Huygens Jr Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist. 1629 - King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later. 1656 - Birth of Adolf H van Rechteren Dutch diplomat/politician. 1661 - French King Louis XIV ends office of premier. 1681 - English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania. 1698 - Birth of Gaetano Maria Schiassi composer. 1700 - Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer, dies at age 61. 1701 - Johann Schelle composer, dies at age 52. 1713 - Birth of Christian Friedrich Schale composer. 1713 - Birth of Raphael Weiss composer. 1716 - Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt composer, dies at age 48. 1734 - Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples. 1735 - Dirk T van Cloon Dutch lawyer/Governor-General of E Indies, dies at about age 46. 1748 - Birth of John Playfair Scotland, clergyman/geologist/mathematician. 1755 - Birth of Philipp Christoph Kayser composer. 1771 - Birth of Georg F Creuzer German philological/historian (Idea und Probe). 1772 - Birth of Friedrich von Schlegel Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde). 1776 - Birth of Luise queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III. 1780 - Birth of Juan Jose Landaeta composer. 1787 - Birth of William Etty English painter (nudes). 1788 - Birth of Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff German poet (Das Marmorbild). 1789 - Franklin College founded (1787?). 1791 - John Stone, Concord Massachusetts, patents a pile driver. 1791 - Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution's treatment of the clergy. 1792 - John Stuart third earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at age 78. 1809 - Birth of William David Porter Commander (Union Navy), died in 1864. 1810 - Birth of John McCloskey US, president of Saint John's College (Fordham University). 1812 - Birth of Victor Tesch Belgian lawyer/minister of Justice. 1818 - Birth of George Wythe Randolph Secretary of War (Confederacy), died in 1867. 1819 - Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi writer, dies. 1822 - Birth of Willem Roelofs Dutch painter/lithographer. 1824 - Birth of Major General Thomas J Churchill Confederate Army/Fought at Wilson's Creek, Red River. 1826 - Johan VI M L J King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at age 56. 1832 - Birth of William Henry Penrose Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1903. 1832 - Muzio Clementi Italian composer, dies at age 79. 1833 - Birth of Pedro Antonio de Alarcón Spain, writer (Three-Cornered Hat). 1839 - Birth of Dudley Buck Hartford Connecticut, organist/church composer. 1842 - Birth of Ina Donna Coolbrith US, poet laureate of California. 1844 - Birth of Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez composer (Spanish Dancing). 1845 - Birth of Alexander III [Romanov] Russian tsar (1881-94). 1847 - First money minted in Hawaii. 1849 - Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only US President to do so. 1850 - Birth of Mary Mills Patrick US, first president of Istanbul Women's College. 1861 - Josepf François Snel composer, dies at age 67. 1862 - Great Britain and France recognizes independence of Zanzibar. 1862 - US issues first paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1000). 1864 - Maximilian II Jozef King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at age 52. 1864 - Grant is named commander of the Union armies. 1864 - Red River campaign, Louisiana. 1865 - Birth of Pim [Willem JH] Mulier Dutch journalist/writer/sport-organizer. 1865 - William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting, Confederate General-Major, dies at age 48. 1865 - Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina. 1866 - Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini composer, dies at age 87. 1867 - Birth of Lillian D Wald US, sociologist/organizer (Visiting Nurses). 1870 - Birth of Alfred Kastner composer. 1870 - Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles composer, dies at age 75. 1872 - Birth of Felix Borowski composer. 1872 - Giuseppe Mazzini Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at age 66. 1873 - Birth of Jakob Wassermann Germany, novelist (My Life as German and Jew). 1874 - Purdue University (Indiana) admits its first student. 1875 - Birth of Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser composer. 1875 - Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul composer, dies at age 84. 1876 - First telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson). 1877 - Birth of David Mendes Chumaceiro Curaçao, poet (Crisálidas). 1878 - Birth of Karel van de Woestijne Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea). 1880 - Birth of Michael Jacobs New York City, New York, boxing promoter. 1880 - General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria. 1880 - Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare and religious activity. 1884 - Birth of Stuart Holmes Chicago Illinois; actor (Prisoner of Zenda). 1888 - First performance of César Franck's "Psyche". 1888 - Birth of Barry Fitzgerald Dublin Ireland; actor (Academy Award-Going My Way). 1888 - Birth of Krsto Odak composer. 1888 - Ciro Pinsuti Italian pianist/composer, dies at age 57. 1888 - Heavyweight Boxing champion John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds. 1891 - Birth of Jacob van Gelderen economist/sociologist/Dutch second Chamber (SDAP). 1891 - Birth of Sam Jaffe New York City, New York; actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey). 1892 - Birth of Arthur Oscar Honnegger Le Havre France, composer (King David). 1892 - Birth of Eva Turner British soprano. 1892 - Otto van Raised Governor-General of Netherland Indies (1884-88), dies at age 69. 1893 - Ivory Coast becomes a French colony. 1893 - New Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, as its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before. 1896 - After Bob Fitzsimmons knocks out much larger Jim Corbett to win world heavyweight championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall". 1896 - Birth of Harry Krimer actor (Napoleon). 1896 - Birth of Nancy Cunard writer. 1896 - Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins first modern marathon in 3:18. 1896 - The Bronx acquires O'Brien Square. 1897 - Teodulo Mabellini composer, dies at age 79. 1898 - Birth of Cy Kendall Saint Louis Missouri; actor (Mysteries of Chinatown). 1899 - French Ministry of Travaux Publics requires all motorists of France to carry a driving license. 1900 - Battle at Driefontein, South Africa (Boers versus British army). 1900 - Birth of Sherman Billingsley in Enid, Oklahoma, USA; talk show host (Stork Club). 1902 - Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri. 1903 - Harry Gammeter of Cleveland, Ohio, USA patents multigraph duplicating machine. 1903 - Birth of Leon Bismarck Beiderbecke AKA Bix Beiderbecke in Davenport, Iowa, USA; jazz cornetist ("In a Mist"). 1905 - Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang). 1906 - Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres, France. 1906 - Eugen Richter, German Member of Parliament (Liberal), dies at age 67. 1906 - London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line). 1908 - Birth of Carl Albert; US speaker of house (1971-77). 1908 - Birth of Kristian Palusalu in Finland; heavyweight wrestler (Olympics-gold-1936). 1909 - Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in six for boxing title. 1910 - China ends slavery. 1910 - Karl Lueger, Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies at age 65. 1911 - Birth of Warner Anderson in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Doctor, Lineup, Matthew - Peyton Place). 1913 - Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, conductor on Underground railroad, dies in New York. 1913 - Stanley Cup: Québec Bulldogs sweep Sydney Miners in two games. 1913 - William Knox becomes first in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300. 1914 - Birth of Chandler Harper; golfer (1950 PGA champion). 1914 - Suffragettes in London damage painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez. 1915 - British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle. 1916 - Birth of James Herriot in Scotland; writer (All Creatures Great and Small). 1916 - Birth of Manuel A. Greenhill AKA Manny Greenhill in New York, USA; record producer (Folklore Productions), concert promoter. 1920 - Birth of Jethro Burns; country singer (Homer and Jethro). 1920 - NHL's Québec Bulldogs' Jim Malone scores six goals versus Ottawa Senators. 1921 - Birth of Cec Linder in Galica, Poland; actor (Goldfinger). 1921 - Birth of Paul Coates in New York City, New York, USA; columnist (Tonight! America After Dark). 1922 - Birth of Adam Kennedy in Lafayette, Indiana, USA; actor (Dion - Californian). 1922 - Birth of Pamela Mason in London, England; actress (Navy versus Night Monsters). 1922 - State of siege proclaimed during mine strike in Johannesburg, South Africa. 1923 - Birth of Ara Parseghian; football coach (Northwestern, Notre Dame). 1923 - Birth of [Kenneth C] "Jethro" Burns in Conasauga, Tennessee, USA; mandolinist/country singer (Homer and Jethro). 1925 - Birth of Ed van der Elsken; movie photographer (Een liefdesgeschiedenis). 1925 - Birth of M J J A [Sef] Imkamp; Dutch politician (D66). 1926 - Birth of Marques Haynes; NBA hall of famer (Harlem Globetrotters). 1926 - Run on Belgian banks. 1927 - Albania mobilizes due to threat of Serbian, Croatian and Slovenes. 1927 - Bavaria lifts ban on Adolf Hitler's speeches. 1927 - Birth of Claude Laydu; actress (Diary of a Country Priest). 1927 - Birth of Donn Trenner in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; orchestra leader (ABC's Nightlife). 1928 - Birth of Arthur Milton; cricket player (England opening batsman late 1950s). 1928 - Birth of James Earl Ray; convicted assassin/patsy (Martin Luther King Jr). 1931 - British Labour party removes fascist Sir Oswald Mosley. 1932 - Birth of Anatoliy Roschin in USSR; super heavyweight wrestler (Olympics-gold-1972). 1933 - Major earthquake in Long Beach, California, USA. 1933 - Nevada becomes first US state to regulate narcotics. 1934 - Birth of Judith Jamison; artistic director (Alvin Ailey Dance Theater). 1934 - Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leafs history (18 games). 1934 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Suzanne Davis. 1934 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner. 1935 - Barend Barendse, actor/director (Broken Lives), dies at age 82. 1935 - Birth of Gary Owens; announcer (Laugh-in). 1936 - Birth of Juda Bar; Norwegian Israeli/Dutch mime/actor (King). 1937 - Birth of Tamara Press in USSR; shot putter (Olympics-gold-1960, 1964). 1938 - Birth of Ijaz Butt; cricket player (Pakistani opening batsman in 8 Tests 1958-60). 1938 - Birth of Marina Vlady in Clichy, France; actress (Conjugal Bed, The Hunt). 1938 - Birth of Ron Mix; NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders). 1938 - Spanish insurgents launch offensive on Spain's eastern front, capturing Belchite. 1939 - Seventeen villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad, India. 1939 - Birth of Irina Press in USSR; 80 metre hurdles/pentathlete (Olympics-gold-1960, 1964). 1939 - Josef Stalin makes a speech to the Eighteenth Party Congress in Moscow. He says Russia would look after her own affairs, not fight anyone else's battles. 1940 - First US opera telecast, W2XBS, New York City, New York, I Pagliacci. 1940 - Birth of Chuck [Carlos Ray] Norris in Ryan, Oklahoma, USA; martial arts actor (Walker Texas Ranger, Missing in Action). 1940 - Birth of David Rabe in Dubuque, Iowa, USA; playwright (Streamers). 1940 - Birth of Dean Torrence in Los Angeles, California, USA; surf music singer (Jan and Dean - "Little Old Lady from Pasadena"). 1940 - Birth of Wayne Dyer; psychologist (Universe Within You). 1940 - Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at age 68. 1941 - Birth of Sandra Palmer in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; LPGA golfer (1986 Mayflower Classic). 1941 - Larry MacPhail, Brooklyn Dodgers' general manager, predicts all players will wear batting helmets. 1943 - Birth of Angelique Pettyjohn in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Body Talk, Star Trek). 1943 - Tully Marshall, actor (Let's Go, Red Dust), dies at age 78. 1944 - David Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at age 52. 1945 - Birth of Katharine Houghton in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actress (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner). 1945 - Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine. 1945 - George Patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's 1st Army. 1945 - Tokyo on fire after night time B-29 bombing. 1945 - US troops lands on Mindanao. 1946 - Birth of Gaylord Birch; drummer (Reconstruction, Honey Dripper). 1946 - Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju, Brazil. 1947 - Birth of Avril "Kim" Campbell; Canada's first female Prime Minister / 19th Prime Minister (1993 June 25 to November 4). 1947 - Birth of Tom Scholz; rock guitarist/keyboardist (Boston - "More Than a Feeling"). 1948 - First civilian to exceed speed of sound - Herb H Hoover, Edwards Air Force Base California. 1948 - Birth of Austin Carr; NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers). 1948 - Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakian Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered. 1949 - Detroit Tigers' pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949. 1950 - Birth of Ted McKenna; rocker (Alex Harvey Band). 1951 - FBI director J Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner. 1952 - Birth of Oupa J Gqozo; South African warden/army commandant (Ciskei). 1952 - Military coup by General Fulgencio Batista in Cuba. 1953 - Birth of Caroline H "Carolien" van de Berg; actress (Havinck). 1953 - Charles Gordon Curtis, inventor of Curtis-steam turbine, dies at age 92. 1955 - Birth of Bunny DeBarge in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; rocker (Debarge). 1955 - Birth of Juliusz Machulski in Poland; director/writer/actor (Do It Yourself). 1956 - Birth of Janet Anderson in West Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA; LPGA golfer (1982 US Women's Open). 1956 - General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios. 1956 - Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph). 1957 - Birth of Adolfo Horta in Camaguey, Cuba; heavyweight boxer (Olympics-silver-1980). 1957 - Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy. 1958 - Birth of Sharon Stone in Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Basic Instinct, Sliver, Casino, Total Recall). 1959 - Dorothy Comiskey Rigney sells 54 percent of Chicago White Sox to Bill Veeck. 1959 - 300,000 Tibetans band together in revolt, surrounding the Norbulinka Palace of the Dalai Lama in defiance of Chinese occupation forces. 1960 - Birth of Linda Jezek in California, USA; backstroke swimmer (Pan Am Gold-1979). 1960 - USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing. 1961 - Birth of Jesse Sapolu; NFL guard (San Francisco 49ers). 1961 - Birth of Laurel B Clark in Ames, Iowa, USA; Lieutenant Commander US Navy/astronaut. 1961 - Birth of Mitch Gaylord in Van Nuys, California, USA; gymnast (Olympics 1984)/actor (American Anthem). 1962 - Birth of Andre Waters; NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals). 1962 - Birth of Gary Clark; rocker (Danny Wilson - "Mary's Prayer"). 1962 - Due to its no black policy, Philadelphia Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida. 1963 - Birth of Jasmine Guy in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Whitley - Different World). 1963 - Birth of John Cangelosi in Brooklyn, New York, USA; outfielder (Houston Astros). 1963 - Pete Rose debuts with hits in his two first at bats in spring training. 1963 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 70 points versus Syracuse. 1964 - Birth of Greg Campbell; cricket player (Aussie pace-bowler 1989-90). 1964 - Birth of Neneh Cherry in Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish pop singer ("Buffalo Stance"). 1964 - Birth of Prince Edward Anthony Richard Louis of Britain. 1964 - US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany. 1965 - Birth of Paul Masotti; Canadian Football League receiver (Toronto Argonauts). 1965 - Birth of Rod Woodson; NFL cornerback/kick returner (Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers). 1966 - Five-time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires. 1966 - Birth of Edie Brickell; Mrs Paul Simon/rocker (and New Bohemians). 1966 - Birth of Michael Timlin in Midland, Texas, USA; pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays). 1966 - Birth of Stephen Mailer in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Red Meat, League of Their Own, War and Love). 1966 - Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg. 1966 - Frederik "Frits" Zernike, Dutch physicist (Nobel Prize 1953), dies at age 77. 1966 - Mari Sandoz, US author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at age 64. 1966 - North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley. 1967 - Birth of Derrick Graham; guard (Seattle Seahawks). 1968 - Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand (200 killed). 1968 - Helen Walker, actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at age 47. 1969 - Birth of Jay Hillmann; WLAF running back (Rhein Fire). 1969 - Birth of Ricky Seagall; rocker (The Partridge Family). 1969 - Birth of Stephen Leaney in Australia; Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Infinit TPC-7th). 1969 - James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King Jr. 1970 - Birth of Antonio Edwards; NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks). 1970 - South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia. 1971 - Birth of Frank Habermann; WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire). 1971 - Birth of Morris Unutoa; corner (Philadelphia Eagles). 1971 - Birth of Shad Williams in Fresno, California, USA; pitcher (California Angels). 1971 - US Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18. 1972 - Birth of Jack Kellogg; WLAF cornerback (Frankfurt Galaxy). 1972 - General Lon Nol becomes President and prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia. 1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. 1973 - BPAA US Open won by Mike McGrath. 1973 - Birth of Eva Herzigova in Litvinov, Czechoslovakia; model (Guess Jeans, Wonderbra). 1973 - Morocco adopts constitution. 1973 - Sir Richard Sharples, Governor of Bermuda, is assassinated. 1974 - Carol Mann wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic. 1974 - Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election. 1974 - June Harrison, actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at age 48. 1974 - Lawrence Rowe completes 302 versus England Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six. 1975 - Birth of Stefan Bergkvist in Leksand, Sweden; NHL defenseman (Pittsburgh Penguins). 1975 - Dog spectacles patented in England. 1976 - Birth of Barbara Schett in Innsbruck, Austria; tennis star. 1977 - Birth of Shannon Miller in Rolla, Missouri; gymnast (Olympics-2 gold/2 silver/3 bronze-1992, 1996). 1977 - E Power Biggs, English organist/composer (CBS), dies at age 70. 1977 - Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at age 74. 1977 - Rings of Uranus discovered during occultation of SAO. 1977 - Willem Schermerhorn, Dutch premier (1945-46), dies at age 82. 1978 - Soyuz 28 returns to Earth. 1980 - Herman Tarnower, doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris. 1981 - Sir Geoffrey Howe announces the British budget, which raises taxes in the middle of a recession. 1981 - Birth of Kristen Maloney; American gymnast. 1982 - Birth of Katharine Isabelle; Canadian actress. 1982 - Salim Malik scores 100 in second inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL). 1982 - Syzygy: all nine planets align on the same side of the Sun. 1982 - Travis Jackson and Happy Chandler elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. 1982 - The United States places an embargo on Libyan oil imports, alleging Libyan support of terrorist groups. 1982 - Birth of Kwame Brown; American basketball player. 1983 - Walter Alston, Los Angeles Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame. 1983 - Birth of Carrie Underwood; American singer. 1984 - June Marlowe, actress (Pardon US), dies at age 81. 1984 - Birth of Olivia Wilde, American actress. 1985 - Birth of Nathalie Kelley; Australian actress. 1985 - Birth of Lassana Diarra; French football player. 1985 - Bonnie Lauer wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational. 1985 - Dallas Mavericks' coach Dick Motta is fourth NBA coach to win 700 games. 1985 - French socialists lose election (National Front 9 percent). 1985 - India beats Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket". 1985 - Konstantin Chernenko, party leader/President of USSR (1984-85), dies at age 73 (born 1911). 1985 - World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin (USSR). 1985 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev (USSR). 1985 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic). 1985 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (USSR). 1986 - Ernie Lombardi, National League Most Valuable Player in 1938, and Bobby Doerr, elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. 1986 - Ray Milland, Welsh actor (Lost Weekend - Academy Award 1945), dies at age 81 (born 1907). 1987 - The Vatican expresses formal opposition to test-tube fertilization and embryo transfer. 1988 - Andy Gibb, British singer, dies in Oxford, England of an inflammatory heart virus at age 30 (born 1958). 1988 - Avalanche at Swiss ski resort "Klosters" nearly kills Prince Charles. 1988 - Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at age 78. 1988 - New York Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night. 1989 - In Malawi, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs. At least 9 people killed, 100 injured, about 50,000 left homeless. 1990 - 4th American Comedy Awards: When Harry Met Sally. 1990 - Lieutenant General Avril resigns as President of Haiti, eighteen months after seizing power in a coup. 1990 - Michael Stewart, United Kingdom Secretary of State (1965-66, 1968-70), dies. 1990 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1990 - World Ice Dance Championship in Halifax won by Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko (USSR). 1990 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov (USSR). 1990 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA). 1990 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (Canada). 1991 - Eddie Sutton is first NCAA coach to lead four schools into playoffs. 1991 - Laura Davies wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic. 1991 - Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg clinches his fourth slalom World Cup. 1991 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 metre indoor (22.24 seconds). 1991 - Rico Lieder, Jens Carlowitz, Karsten Just, and Thomas Schönlebe walk 4x400 metre indoor world record (3:03.05). 1992 - Birth of Emily Osment, American actress. 1992 - 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole and Color Me Badd win. 1992 - Sandra Seuser, Katrin Schreiter, Annet Hesselbarth, and Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400 metre (3:07.22). 1992 - On 'Super Tuesday', U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton win most of the primaries held. 1993 - C Northcote Parkinson, English historian/sociologist (Law of P), dies. 1993 - David Gunn, abortion doctor, killed by Michael Griffin at age 47. 1994 - One million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral. 1994 - Cecil Rolph Hewitt, journalist/policeman, dies at age 92. 1994 - Charles Bukowski, German/US writer (Barfly, Hollywood), dies at age 73. 1994 - Robert Shea, author, dies of cancer. 1995 - Alexander Hyatt-King, Mozart scholar, dies at age 84. 1995 - Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shiite mosque, 17+ killed. 1995 - Carel Birnie, ballet producer, dies at age 69. 1995 - Hendrik W van Leeuwen, Dutch musician, dies at age 79. 1995 - Richard Baerlein, racing writer, dies at age 84. 1995 - Citing the labor unrest as the reason, former Chicago Bulls' great Michael Jordan announces he is leaving baseball to return to the NBA. 1996 - 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks win. 1996 - Lucius E Burch Jr, US civil rights leader, dies at age 84. 1996 - Ross Hunter, US producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at age 75. 1997 - The main office of Fuji TV moves from Kawadacho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan to Odaiba, Minato. 1997 - Death of La Vern Baker, American singer (born 1929). 1998 - Death of Lloyd Bridges, American actor (born 1913). 1998 - United States troops stationed in the Persian Gulf begin to receive the first anthrax vaccine. 1998 - Birth of Connor Stanhope, Canadian actor. 2000 - The NASDAQ Composite Index reaches an all-time high of 5048. 2000 - German-born filmmaker Billy Wilder is honored with the German "Verdienstkreuz". The award is presented in Hollywood, California. 2002 - Colombia holds legislative elections. 2002 - Togo holds parliamentary elections. 2004 - Five British men are released from detention at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. After they land at RAF Brize Norton, four of them are immediately arrested for questioning. 2005 - Death of Dave Allen, Irish comedian (born 1936). 2005 - Tung Chee Hwa, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, resigns. 2006 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit. 2006 - In the World Baseball Classic, Netherlands rout Panama, 10-0. The game is called after seven innings because of the mercy rule: a 10-run lead after seven innings. 2007 - Death of Richard Jeni, American comedian (born 1957). 2007 - Death of Ernie Ladd, American football player and professional wrestler (born 1938). 2008 - In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is sworn in as Prime Minister by the King. 2008 - Michael Todd, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, United Kingdom, is found dead on Bwlch Glas mountain in north Wales. 2008 - Great balls of fire are seen falling from the sky over Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. 2009 - Death of George Hedges, Hollywood lawyer and archaeologist, at age 57 in South Pasadena, California.         Your Ad Here         You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history. Bookmark this URL:   http://thisdayinhistoryinfo.info/   and revisit each day. (this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events) Or, visit my Timelines of History page. 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