Today In History
Monday March 31st, 2003 -- Day Number: 90 - Days left: 275
* Astrological sign: Aries
* Gems-bloodstone & aquamarine
* Flowers-jonquil, violet & daffodil
* Irish-American/Hamburger/Pickle/American Woman's History month
* National Kidney/Peanut/Nutrition/Eye Doner/Craft month
* Red Cross/Parenting Aware/Music in our Schools month
Those born today...
1976 Josh Saviano, actor (Paul Pfeiffer-Wonder Years)
1974 Carol Ann Plante, actress (Sara Henderson-Harry & the Hendersons)
1965 Patty Fendick, Sacramento Calif, tennis star
1965 William McNamara, Dallas TX, actor (Texasville, Beat, Stealing Home)
1964 Erik Turner, Omaha Nebraska, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
1964 Isabelle Ferrari, Italy, (Italy's Miss Teenager)
1961 Ron Brown, LA Calif, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1960 Anne Howard, San Diego Calif, actress (Nicole Love-Another World)
1959 Angus Young, Glascow Scotland, rock guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
1958 Pat McGlynn, Edinburgh, rock guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
1957 Marc McClure, San Mateo Calif, actor (Ross-California Fever)
1957 Mary Cadorette, East Hartford Ct, actress (Vicky-3's a Crowd)
1954 Tony Brock, England, rock drummer (Babys-Missing You)
1953 Greg Martin, Louisville Ky, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
1953 Sean Hopper, Calif, rock keyboardist (Huey Lewis & The News)
1952 Vanessa Del Rio, [Anna Maria Sanchez], XXX actress (Babylon Gold)
1951 Ed Marinaro, NYC, actor (Joe-Hill St Blues, Sonny-Laverne & Shirley)
1950 Richard Hughes, rocker (Johnny Winter Band)
1948 Albert Gore Jr, Wash DC, (Sen-D-Tenn, 1985-92)/45th US VP (1993- )
1948 Rhea Perlman, Brooklyn, actress (Zena-Taxi, Carla-Cheers)
1948 Thijs van Leer, Dutch singer/flutist (Focus, Introspection)
1947 Al Goodman, rock vocalist (Ray, Goodman, Brown)
1947 C‚sar Gaviria Trujillo, president (Colombia, 1990-94)
1947 Jon-Jon Poulos, Chicago Ill, rocker (Buckinghams)
1946 Al Nichol, Winston Salem NC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Turtles)
1946 Gabe Kaplan, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Welcome Back Kotter)
1944 Rod Allen, [B Rodney Bainbridge] rock bassist/vocalist (Fortunes)
1943 Christopher Walken, Astoria Queens, actor (Deer Hunter, Brainstorm)
1940 Barney Frank, (Rep-D-MA, 1981- )
1940 Patrick J Leahy, (Sen-D-VT, 1975- )
1939 Liz Claiborne, Brussels Belgium, fashion designer (women)
1938 Nathaniel Taylor, St Louis Mo, actor (Rollo-Sanford & Sons)
1937 Willem Duyn, [Mouth], Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal)
1936 Marge Piercy, author (Small Changes, Gone for Soldiers)
1935 Herb Alpert, bandleader/trumpeteer (Tijuana Brass)/CEO (A & M)
1935 Judith Rossner, US, writer (August)
1935 Richard Chamberlain, Beverly Hills Calif, actor (Dr Kildare)
1934 G G Nelyubov, cosmonaut
1934 John Loudermilk, rock drummer
1934 Wim H Sinnige, Dutch social democratic party-alderman of finance
1933 Bob Simmons, Fulham England, stuntman (double for James Bond)
1933 Shirley Jones, Smithton Pa, actress (Partridge Family, Elmer Gantry)
1932 John Jakes, Chicago, writer (Sir Scoundrel, Great Women Reporters)
1932 Nagisa Oshima, Kyoto Japan, director (Town of Love & Hope)
1929 Lee Patterson, Vancouver BC, actor (Dave-Surfside Six)
1928 Gordie Howe, Floral Sask, NHL right wing (Detroit Redwings)
1927 Cesar Chavez, Yuma Az, farm labor leader (United Farm Workers)
1927 William Daniels, Bkln NY, actor (Dr Mark Craig-St Elsewhere, 1776)
1926 John Fowles, England, novelist (Collector)
1926 Sydney Chaplin, son of Charlie/actor (Adding Machine, Psycho Sisters)
1924 Harry Cubitt, 4th Lord Ashcombe ("Mad Harry"), English landowner
1924 Leo Buscaglia, LA Calif, "Dr Hug", psycholigist (Love)
1923 Donald Argee Barksdale, Berkley Cal, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1948)
1922 Patrick J G McGee, North Ireland, actor (Clockwork Orange)
1922 Richard Kiley, Chicago, actor (Man of La Mancha, Endless Love)
1920 Marga [Sara Voeten-] Minco, Dutch writer (Bitter Herb)
1916 John Vivyan, Chic Ill, actor (Imitation of Life, Mr Lucky)
1915 Eliseo Morales Pajaro, composer
1915 Henry Morgan, NYC, comedian/TV panelist (I've Got a Secret, Arena)
1914 Octavio Paz, Mexico, writer/diplomat (Salamandra, Topoemas)
1912 Wilhelmus Berkelmans, civil servant/resistance fighter
1909 Pieter Jongeling, Dutch 2nd-Chamber member/editor (GVP/Neth Daily)
1909 Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator
1907 Eddie Quillan, Phila, actor (Julia, Hell Town)
1906 Lauri Saikkola, composer
1900 Henry WFA, English duke of Gloucester/earl of Ulters
1900 L”rinc Szab˘, Hungary, poet (Huszonhatodik ‚v)
19-- Brigitte Aime, XXX actress (Battle of the Superstars Round 1)
19-- Evan Cohen, LA Calif, actor (David-The Ropers, Johnny-It's Not Easy)
19-- Ken Meeker, NY, actor (Rafe Garretson-One Life to Live)
19-- Mirla Castellanos, Buenos Aires Argentina, spanish singer
19-- Peggy Rea, LA Calif, actress (Red Skelton Show, Waltons)
19-- Valerie Curtin, Jackson Hgts NY, actress/writer (Judy-9 to 5)
1895 John Jay McCloy, lawyer/banker (Sec of War 1941-45, pres Chase Man)
1895 Vardis A Fisher, US author (Darkness & Deep)
1893 Clemens Krauss, Vienna Austria, conductor (Berlin State Orch-1937)
1892 Stanislav Maczek, Polish/British general-major/commandant
1891 Erich Walter Sternberg, composer
1891 Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului)
1891 Victor Varconi, Hungary, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City)
1887 Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer
1887 Saint-John Perse, [MRA Alexis L‚ger], Fren poet (Nobel 1960) [or 5/31]
1885 Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist
1878 Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915)
1872 Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist, founder of Sinn F‚in
1872 Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet)
1868 Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist
1854 Dugald Clerk, inventor (2-stroke motorcycle engine)
1848 John Henry Roberts, composer
1847 Jarolslaw Zielinski, composer
1844 Andrew Lang, Scotland, author (The Blue Fairy Book)
1840 John Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1839 Nikolay Przhevalsky, naturalist, explorer of east central Asia (OS)
1838 L‚on Dierx, French poet
1837 Robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA
1837 Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1835 John La Farge, US painter
1831 Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist
1822 Rafael Hernando, composer
1811 Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, Germany, chemist (Bunsen Burner)
1809 Edward FitzGerald, England, writer (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)
1809 Nikolai Gogol, father of 19th-century Russian realism (Dead Souls)
1809 Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer
1791 Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer
1747 Johann A P Schulz, German composer
1747 Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer (Moon has Risen)
1732 Franz Joseph Haydn, Austria, composer, help develop classical style
1723 Frederik V, King of Denmark/Norway (1746-66)
1717 Florian Wrastill, composer
1684 Francesco Durante, composer
1675 Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Italy, Pope (1740-58)
1621 Andrew Marvell, England, poet (To His Coy Mistress)
1596 Ren‚ Descartes, France, philosopher (he thought, therefore he was)
1570 Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau
1519 Henry II, King of Germany (1547-59)
1499 Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65)
Those who died today...
2002 Walter Drake,Drake mail-order, dies at 80.
1998 Bella Abzug, Congresswoman, dies from complications of heart surgery
1998 at the age of 78.
1997 Edwin Alberian, actor - first Clarabell, dies at 76.
1995 Selena, Mexican Grammy winning singer, killed by a fan at 24
1994 L‚on J Ramirez Reine, [Degrelle], Belg/Spanish nazi Rex, dies at 87
1993 Brandon Lee, US actor (Crow)/son of Bruce Lee, accidentally shot at 28
1991 John Carter, US jazz clarinetist (Roots & folklore), dies
1990 Lillian "Miss" Miller, audience member (Merv Griffin, Tonight), dies
1988 Talib Rasul Hakim, composer, dies at 48
1986 Jerry Paris, director/actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 60
1986 O'Kelly Isley, US, singer (Isley Brothers), dies of heart attack at 48
1983 Stephen Murray, actor (Guilty, Silent Dust, Master Spy), dies at 70
1982 Fritz Eberhard, West German lawyer/resistor, dies at 85
1978 Astrid Allwyn, actress (Love Affair, Girl for Calgary), dies at 68
1974 Andrea Checci, actress (2 Women, Assassin, Black Sunday), dies at 57
1973 Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer, dies at 68
1971 Liselotte "Liselot" Beekmeyer, actress (Child Crying), dies at 31
1970 Semjon Timosjenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 75
1967 Don Alvarado, actor (Morning Glory, Big Steal), dies at 62
1967 Hieronim Feicht, composer, dies at 72
1961 Seerp Anema, poet/writer (Modern Art & Degenerating), dies
1960 Joseph Hare, German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81
1959 Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (S Verlag), dies at 68
1957 Gene Lockhart, NYC actor (Going My Way), dies at 65
1951 Ralph Forbes, actor (Riptide, Shock, Shock), dies at 45
1948 Egon E Kisch, Czech writer/journalist (Rasende Reporter), dies
1945 Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930), dies
1945 Maurice Rose, 1st US general in Nazi Germany, killed in action
1944 Mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies
1939 Indrië Einarsson, Iceland playwright (Skipië Sekkur), dies at 87
1938 Willem Kloos, poet, dies
1934 Franz Ehrle, German jesuit of Vatican library, dies at 88
1931 Knute Rockne, football player/coach dies in a plane crash at 43
1928 Gustave Ador, union president of Austria 1919, dies at 82
1928 Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits), dies at 69
1913 John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies
1901 John Stainer, composer, dies at 61
1898 Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies
1895 Vardis A Fisher, US writer (Darkness & Deep), dies
1892 Adolf Rzepko, composer, dies at 66
1886 Giovanni Rossi, composer, dies at 57
1885 Franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies
1885 Franz Wilhelm Abt, composer, dies at 65
1885 Philipp Fahrbach, composer, dies at 69
1884 John T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77
1881 Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73
1880 Henryk Wieniawski, composer, dies at 44
1877 Antoine A Cournot, French mathematician (rule of C), dies at 75
1855 Charlotte Bront‰, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38
1850 John Calhoun, dies at 68^
1837 John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60
1809 Franz Joseph Haydn, composer, dies on 77th birthday
1741 Peter Burmannus, [Peter Burman], attorney/classical, dies
1722 Campegius Vitringa, theologist, dies
1656 Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 64
1631 John Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown)
1621 Felipe III, King of Spain (1598-1621), dies at 42
1578 Juan de Escobedo, sec of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered
1567 Philips de Greatmoedige, count of Hessen, dies
1389 Everhard Tserclaes, of Brussels, murdered
1340 Ivan I Kalita, ruler of Vladimir, dies
1201 Absalon Asserss”n, Danish archbishop of Lund/statesman, dies
Things that happened today...
1996 Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast
1996 Wrestlemania XII - Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title
1995 1st game at Coors Stadium Colo (replacement Rockies beat Yanks 4-1)
1995 Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike
1994 Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens
1992 Bruce Springsteen releases "Human Touch" & "Lucky Town"
1991 Albania offers 1st multi-party election in 50 years
1991 Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite prostitute in Phoenix Az
1991 Georgian SSR votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union
1991 Musical "Will Rogers Follies," premieres in NYC
1990 "Carol & Company" starring Carol Burnette premieres on NBC-TV
1990 Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4)
1989 Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle
1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium
1988 NY Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night
1988 Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for "Beloved"
1987 Indiana beats Syracuse for NCAA basketball title
1986 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes
1986 English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead
1986 Louisville beats Duke for NCAA basketball title
1985 El Salvador's Pres Duartes Christian-Democrats win election
1985 Old Dominion beats Georgia, 70-65 to win Women NCAA basketball title
1984 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3078 Horrocks
1984 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1983 Marsha Norman's "'night, Mother," premieres in NYC
1982 Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil
1982 Rock group Doobie Brothers split up
1981 53rd Academy Awards - Ordinary People, wins
1980 Heavyweight champ Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in Knoxville
1978 Red Rum wins 3rd Grand National
1978 USSR launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite
1978 Wings release "London Town" album
1977 Michael Cristofer's "Shadow Box," premieres in NYC
1976 Cleve Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth
1976 Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator
1975 John Wooden's final game, UCLA wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs
1973 Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs Islanders, on 60 shots
1973 Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali in a 12 round split decision
1972 Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down
1971 South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion
1971 William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre
1970 Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee
1969 George Harrison & Patti Boyd are fined ś250 each for illegal drugs
1968 LBJ announces he will not seek re-election
1968 Pirate Radio Station Pegaus (NZ) begins transmitting
1967 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London)
1966 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in NYC
1966 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
1966 USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter
1964 Pres Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military
1963 LA ends streetcar service after 90 years
1962 Asteroid #3179 discovered
1961 Aklilou Habtewold becomes 1st premier of Ethiopia
1960 Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in NYC
1959 Tibet's Dalai Lama reaches India
1958 US Navy forms atomic sub division
1955 US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes
Chase National (3rd largest bank) & Bank of the Manhattan Company
(15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan
1954 USSR offers to join NATO
1953 UN Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskj”ld secretary-general
1951 US tanks exceed 38ř of latitude in Korea
1949 Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province
1946 Belgian govt of Acker, forms
1945 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine
1945 Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen
1945 Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie," premieres in NYC
1945 US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa
1944 Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars
1943 Allies bombs Wilton-Feyenoordwerf (326 dead)
1943 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!" opens on Broadway
1943 US errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326
1941 Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa
1941 Ground broken for Union Square Garage, SF
1940 Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes 12th Soviet republic (until 1956)
1939 Britain & France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany
1935 Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49)
1934 Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia)
1933 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Ga)
1933 Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps
1933 German Republic gives power to Hitler
1932 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall
1932 Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine
1926 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands
1925 WOWO-AM, Ft Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts)
1924 Croydon Airport: 1st British mig aircraft Imperial established
1924 London public transport strike ends
1923 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs
1923 French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die
1923 Ottawa Senators sweep Edm Eskimos in 2 for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1923)
1922 KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions
1922 Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam
1921 British coal miners goes on strike
1920 British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law
1919 Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann
1918 1st daylight savings time in US goes into effect
1917 US purchases Virgin Is from Denmark for $25 million
1916 Dutch govt ends all milt engagements
1916 M Wolf discovers asteroids #821 Fanny, #822 Lalage, #823 Sisigambis
& #1661 Granule
1909 Gustav Mahler conducts NY Philharmonic
1907 Romanian Army puts down Moldavian revolt
1906 GB Shaws German version of "Caesar & Cleopatra,"
premieres in Berlin"
1905 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger
1903 Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (New Zealand)
1900 Brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands
1899 J Coggia discovers asteroid #444 Gyptis
1896 Whitcomb Judson, Chicago, patents a hookless fastening (zipper)
1891 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #308 Polyxo
1889 Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opens
1886 J Palisa discovers asteroids #254 Augusta & #255 Oppavia
1885 Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate
1883 1st performance of C‚sar Franck's "Le Chasseur Maudit"
1883 Utrecht begins water pipe system
1880 1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, IN)
1877 British high director/governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown
1870 Thomas P Mundy became 1st black to vote in US (Perth Amboy NJ)
1868 Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China
1865 Battle of Boydton, VA (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H)
1865 Gen Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg
1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA
1862 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River
1861 Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans
1856 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #40 Harmonia (daughter of Mars)
1854 Commodore Perry forces Japan to open its ports to foreign trade
1854 Japan opens harbors for US shipping
1850 US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%))
1849 Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF
1841 1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B
1831 Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends
1831 Qu‚bec & Montr‚al incorporated
1814 Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris
1808 French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names
1796 Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont," premieres in Weimar
1745 Jews are expelled from Prague
1683 Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey
1667 France/England signs anti-Dutch military accord
1657 English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown
1651 Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru
1644 Pope Urbanus VIII & duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara
1547 Henry II succeeds Fran‡ois I as king of France
1521 Magelhaes takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St Lazarus
1504 France & Spain signs ceasefire
1492 Queen Isabella of Castilia & Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews
1084 Anti-pope Clemens crowns German emperor Hendrik IV
Other Occasions...
NCAA Final Four Men's Basketball competition ends
[Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda,] Fiscal Year ends
[Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Burma, Canada,] Fiscal Year ends
[Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Equatorial Guinea,] Fiscal Year ends
[Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Gaza Strip,] Fiscal Year ends
[Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Isle of Man, Israel,] Fiscal Year ends
[Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Lesotho, Malawi, Malta,] Fiscal Year ends
[Montserrat, Namibia, Niue, Pitcairn Islands,] Fiscal Year ends
[Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, St Helena,] Fiscal Year ends
[St Lucia, Swaziland, Tokelau, United Kingdom,] Fiscal Year ends
[West Bank of Israel] Fiscal Year ends
Celebrations...
[Malta] Freedom Day (1974)
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