Today In History
Thursday March 6th, 2003 -- Day Number: 65 - Days left: 300
* Astrological sign: Pisces
* 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...
1972 Shaquille O'Neal, NBA (Charlotte Hornets)
1969 Andrea Elson, NYC, actress (Lynn-Alf, Alice-Whiz Kids)
1964 Cher Butler, Garland Tx, playmate (August, 1985)
1964 Reniet Vrieze, rock singer/guitarist (Pilgrims-White Men)
1963 Suzanne Crough, rocker (Partridge Family)
1960 [Eris] Sleepy Floyd, NBAer
1956 Peter Roebuck, cricketeer
1953 Jackie Zeman, Englewood NJ, actress (Bobbie-General Hospital)
1949 Donald York, rocker (Sha Na Na)
1948 James FCS "Jim" Woude, cartoonist
1947 Dick Fosbury, US, running high jumper (Olympic-gold-1968)
1947 Judy Loe, actress^
1947 Kiki Dee, Yorkshire England, singer (Don't Go Breaking My Heart)
1946 David Jon Gilmour, rock guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall)
1946 Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, Cameroon, astronaut (STS 18)
1946 Tony Klatka, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1945 Anna Maria Horsford, NYC, actress (Thelma Frye-Amen)
1945 Hugh Grundy, Winchester England, drummer (Zombies-She's Not There)
1945 Rob Reiner, Bronx NY, actor/director (All in the Family, Stand By Me)
1944 Kiri Te Kanawa, Gisborne NZ, operatic soprano
1944 Mary Wilson, Detroit Mich, vocalist (Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go)
1941 Ann Winterton, British MP
1941 Ben Murphy, Jonesboro Ark, actor (Name of the Game, Winds of War)
1941 Karyn Kupcinet, actress (Carol-Gertrude Berg Show)
1940 Joanna Miles, Nice France, actress (Cross Creek, Delta County USA)
1940 Willie Stargell, outfielder (Pirates) (1971 NL HR leader)
1939 Christopher Bond, (Sen-R Missouri)
1939 David Spielberg, Weslaco Tx, actor (Jessica Novak, The Practice)
1939 Jerry Naylor, Stephenville Tx, rock vocalist (Crickets)
1937 Doug Dillard, rocker
1937 Ivan Boesky, Detroit, stockbroker inside trading
1937 Paul Mefano, composer
1937 Valentina V Tereshkova-Nikolayev, 1st woman in space (Vostok 6)
1936 A "Bram" Stemerdink, Dutch minister of Defense (PvdA)
1936 Jean Boht, actress (Arthur's Hallowed Ground)
1936 Marion S Barry, (Mayor-D-Wash DC, 1979-90, 95- ), drug indictment
1935 Ronnie Delaney, Ireland, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1956)
1934 John Noakes, British TV presenter
1933 Heiko Wierenga, Dutch soc-dem mayor of Enschede (1977-94)
1933 William Davis, author/broadcaster (Battle at Bull Run)
1931 Carmen Delavallade, US dancer/singer/actress (Aida)
1931 David Haddon Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker's Almanack)
1931 John Smith, LA Calif, actor (Cimarron City, Laramie, 7 Angry Men)
1929 David Sheppard, bishop (Liverpool, England)
1929 Gnter Kunert, German poet/writer (Kaiser von Hondu)
1929 Hal Miller, British MP
1929 Ho Dam, North Korean secretary of State (1970-83)
1929 Thomas S Foley, (Rep-D-WA, 1965-94)/majority whip/speaker of house
1928 Gabriel Garc¡a M rquez, Col, novelist (Europa Y America, Nobel 1982)
1928 Ronald Stevenson, composer
1927 John Fairchild, Newark NJ, CEO (Fairchild publishing)
1927 Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr, Shawnee Okla, USAF/astronaut (Mer 9, Gem 5)
1927 Norman Treigle, New Orleans Louisiana, bass-baritone
1927 William J Bell, Chicago Ill, soap opera creator (Young & Restless)
1926 Alan Greenspan, economist/presidential advisor
1926 Andrzej Wajda, Suwalki Poland, director (Ashes & Diamonds, Lotna)
1926 Elwood H [Bud] Hillis, (Rep-R-IN, 1971- )
1926 Jon Nordal, composer
1926 Miroslav Klega, composer
1924 Sarah Caldwell, Maryville Mo, conductor/opera director (Flagstaff)
1924 William H Webster, US, judge/head FBI/CIA
1923 Ed McMahon, Detroit Mich, TV host (Johnny Carson Show, Star Search)
1923 Erhard Karkoschka, composer
1923 Raymond "Bill" Hoffenberg, college president (Wolfson at Oxford)
1922 Frankie Howerd, British actor/comedian (A Funny Thing Happened)
1921 Julius Rudel, Vienna Austria, conductor (NYC Opera 1957)
1921 Oliver Wright, British Ambassador (To US)
1920 Lewis Gilbert, London England, director/actor (You Only Live Twice)
1920 Roger Price, Charleston WV, actor/writer (Who's There, Droodles)
1917 J A Mommersteeg, Dutch asst sect of Defense (KVP)
1916 Rochelle Hudson, Okla City OK, actress (That's My Boy)
1914 Kirill P Kondrashin, Moscow Russia, conductor (Hollywood Bowl 1981)
1913 Ella Logan, Glasgow Scotland, actress (52nd Street, Goldwyn Follies)
1912 Madge Adam, astronomer
1911 Charles Frank, physicist
1911 Roland Jacobi Leich, composer
1909 Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83)
1906 Bob Wills, TX, actor (Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle)
1906 Lou Costello, Paterson NJ, comedian/actor (Abbott & Costello)
1904 Hugh Williams, actor/writer (Charley's Aunt, Bank Holiday)
1904 Johannes C "Chris" Baay, Dutch actor (Klatergoud, Surprise Raid)
1903 Elizabeth Pinkston Becker, US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1928)
1901 Mark Donskoy, Odessa Russia, director (Heart of a Mother)
1900 J H P Pafford, librarian (University of London)
1900 Ludwig Donath, actor (Jolson Story, Torn Curtain, Blondie Knows Best)
1900 Robert "Lefty" Grove, baseball pitcher (300 game winner)
19-- Martin Kove, Bkln NY, actor (Victor-Cagney & Lacey)
19-- Tami Monroe, XXX actress (Hung Jury, Kinky Couples, Jennifer 69)
1898 Jay C Flippen, Little Rock AR, actor (Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay)
1898 Jimmy Conzelman, NFL QB/coach/team owner (Chicago)
1898 Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano (Matth„us Passion)
1897 Knud†ge Riisager, Port Kunda Estonia, Danish composer (Quaarrtsiluni)
1893 [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of the blues
1891 Victor Kilian, Jersey City NJ, actor (Gentleman's Agreement)
1890 Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator/theory (Orfeo)
1887 Henri Gagnon, composer
1885 Ring Lardner, US, writer (You Know Me Al)
1882 Guy Kibbee, El Paso TX, actor (Big Shot)
1870 Oscar Straus, Vienna Austria, composer (Ein Walzertraum)
1852 Joseph Bayer, composer
1844 Nicolai Rimski-Korsakov, composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee) (NS 3/18)
1843 Artur Napoleao dos Santos, composer
1835 Charles Ewing, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1835 Ludwik Grossman, composer
1831 Friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh, German theologist (Home Mission)
1831 Philip Henry Sheridan, Albany NY, Major General (Union Army)
1820 Horatio Gouverneur Wright, Major General (Union volunteers)
1812 Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking
1806 Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet (Sonnets from the Portuguese)
1793 Bernhard Joseph Klein, composer
1791 Anna Claypoole Peale, painted miniatures
1787 Joseph von Fraunhofer, Germany, physicist (studied Sun's spectrum)
1785 Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer
1779 Philipp Roth, composer
1765 Jan Kops, Dutch agronomist/vicar
1763 Jean Xavier Lefevre, composer
1761 Earl d'Andr‚ossi, French general/member of parliament
1740 Giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica)
1710 Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli, composer
1698 John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist
1619 Cyrano de Bergerac, famous nose, playwright (Voyage to the Moon)
1616 Malachias Siebenhaar, composer
1615 Jan Zoet, actor/playwright/poet (Parnasssus aan 't Y)
1495 Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione)
1492 Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer
1483 Francesco Guicciardini, Ital attorney/president of Romagna
1459 Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant
1405 Johan II, King of Castille
Those who died today...
2002 Howard Canton, four-term senator form Nevada, dies at 90.
2000 John Colicos, actor, dies of heart attack at 72.
1995 Emile van Moerkerken, photographer (Ice Princess), dies at 78
1995 Helene We˜el, author (In Two Worlds), dies at 44
1994 Melina Mercouri, Greek actress (Never on a Sunday), dies at about 68
1994 Tengis Abuladze, Georgia SSR parliament leader (Penalty), dies at 71
1993 Cyril Collard, French director (Lesson nuits fauves), dies at 35
1993 Douglas Marland, actor, dies of surgery complications at 58
1993 Nicholas Ridley, English Minister of Finance, dies at 64
1992 Elvia Allman, actress (Night at Earl Carroll's), dies of pneumonia
1992 Emmy Huf, writer (I Want Warm Meat), dies
1992 Maria E Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Mirror Palace), dies
1989 Harry Andrews, actor (Equus, Helen of Troy, Hill), dies at 77
1988 Konstantin Iliev, composer, dies at 63
1986 Adolph Caesar, actor (Club Paradise, Soldier's Story), dies
1986 Georgia O'Keefe, US painter (Flowers), dies at 98
1985 Eric Sloane, US artist, dies at 80
1984 Henry Wilcoxon, actor (Cleopatra, Dragnet, Jericho), dies at 78
1984 Martin Niem”ller, submarine captain/anti-nazi minister, dies at 92
1984 Pierre Cochereau, composer, dies at 59
1983 Thelma Pelish, actress (Pajama Game), dies at 55
1982 Ayn Rand, author-philosopher (Atlas Shrugged), dies in NY at 77
1982 Jan Lemaire, actor/writer (Beautiful Juultje), dies at 97
1981 Klaus Grabowski, child molester, shot by parent
1979 Charles Wagenheim, actor (Halligan-Gunsmoke), dies at 83
1976 "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, lt-hvywgt box champ (1932-34), dies at 72
1973 Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 72
1973 Pearl S[ydenstricker] Buck, author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938), dies at 80
1973 Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki), dies at 67
1971 Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Forget Not to Leave), dies
1970 William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55
1968 Isa Krejci, composer, dies at 63
1968 Joseph Martin Jr, Speaker of the House, dies at 83
1967 Nelson Eddy, US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65
1967 Oscar Shaw, actor (Rhythm on the River, Marianne), dies at 76
1967 Zolt n Kod ly, Hungarian composer (H ry Janos), dies at 84
1966 Richard Hageman, composer, dies at 83
1965 Margaret Dumont [Daisy Baker], actress (Animal Crackers), dies at 75
1965 Ruvim Pergament, composer, dies at 58
1964 King Paul I, of Greece (1947-64), dies
1963 Kornelis ter Lan, 1st socialist mayor (Zandam), dies at 91
1962 Rezso Kokai, composer, dies at 56
1961 Kjeld Abell, Danish playwright/director of Tivoli, dies at 59
1959 Fred Stone, actor (Hideaway, Westerner), dies at 85
1954 Jan Kalf, literature/art historian, dies at 80
1954 Louis Zimmermann, violinist, dies at 80
1951 Ivor Novello, actor/writer (Lodger, Phantom Fiend), dies at 58
1950 Lew Lehr, comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One), dies at 54
1947 Ludwig Weber, composer, dies at 55
1945 John Thijssen, resistance fighter, executed at Savage Farm
1945 Rudolph Karel, composer, dies at 64
1941 Gutzon Borglum, sculptor (Mt Rushmore), dies at 73
1941 John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum, sculptor (Mount Rushmore), dies at 73
1941 Leen Schijvenschuurder, February strike leader, executed
1939 [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician, dies at 86
1937 Frank Vosper, actor/writer (Jew Suss), dies at 37
1936 Josef Stransky, composer, dies at 63
1936 Rubin Goldmark, composer, dies at 63
1933 Anton J Cermak, US mayor of Chicago, murdered
1932 John Philip Sousa, US composer (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 77
1924 Meyer E van Beem, actor, dies at 85
1917 Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73
1900 Gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65
1888 Louisa M Alcott, US author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies at 55
1867 Wiktor Kazynski, composer, dies at 54
1854 Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80
1851 Alexander Aliabiev, composer, dies at 63
1846 Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 [NS]
1836 Davy Crockett, US pioneer (Alamo), dies
1754 Henry Pelham, English premier (1745, 46-54), Gin Act, dies at about 57
1753 Gerhardus Havingha, composer, dies at 56
1720 Pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63
1674 Johann Paul Schor, German barok painter, dies at 58
1616 Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)
1615 Pieter Both, admiral/1st gov-gen of East Indies (1609-14), drowns
1583 Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48
766 Chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50
Things that happened today...
1995 American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets
1995 US 4.5› equals 156.30 Dutch guilder (record)
1994 Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec)
1992 Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaine
1990 SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17
1989 Yanks beat Mets 6-4 in exhibition game (1st meeting since 1985)
1988 3 IRA-terrorists shot to death in Gibralter
1988 Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories)
Orville Moodey shoots 63 at Seniors golf tournament
1987 6.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, kills 100
1987 Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 189 die
1986 Ken Ludwig's "Lend me a Tenor," premieres in London
1986 USSR's Vega 1 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,889 km
1985 Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his 1st pro fight
1985 M‚xican authorities find body of US drug agent Enrique C Salaazar
1984 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3356 Resnik & #3697 Guyhurst
1983 Helmut Kohls CDU/CSU wins West German parliament
1983 New Bedford, Mass woman charges she was gang-raped atop a pool table
1982 Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)
1981 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1981 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3235
1981 S J Bus discovers asteroid #3269
1981 Soyuz 39 returns to Earth
1981 Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "CBS Evening News"
1980 Marguerite Yourcenar becomes 1st female member of Acad‚mie Fran‡aise
1979 C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #3250
1978 Hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot & crippled by a sniper in Ga
1976 Dorothy Hamill wins world figure skating championship
1975 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2273 Yarilo
1975 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2832 Lada, #3466, #3470 & #3348
1974 An Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo
1973 C Kowal discovers asteroid #1981 Midas
1970 Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK
1967 Jimmy Hoffa enters Lewisburg Federal Prison
1967 Muhammad Ali is order by selective service to be inducted
1967 Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US
1967 WACS TV channel 25 in Dawson, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks)
1965 1st nonstop helicopter crossing of North America, JR Willford
1964 Constantine succeeds Paul I as king of Greece
1964 Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
1964 Liz Taylor's 4th divorce (Eddie Fisher)
1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 US promise Thailand assistance against communist aggression
1961 1st London minicabs introduced
1961 Dutch Queen Juliana celebrates 12« year govt jubilee
1961 Dutch guilder revalued 4.74%
1961 P Wild discovers asteroid #1657 Roemera
1960 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #3363
1960 President Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament
1959 Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles)
1957 Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) declares independence from UK
1955 Samuel Becketts' "Waiting for Godot," premieres
1953 Malenkov becomes chairman of the USSR
1951 Belgium extends conscription to 24 months
1947 XB-45, 1st US 4-engine jet bomber, makes 1st test flight, Muroc, CA
1946 France recognizes Vietnam statehood within Indo-Chinese federation
1945 117 SD-prisoners executed at Savage Farm
1945 Assassination attempt on H”here, SS Police fhrer Rauter
1945 Chinese 38th division occupies Lashio
1945 Erich Honnecker & Erich Hanke flee nazis
1945 Federico Garc¡a Lorca's "La Casa," premieres in Buenos Aires
1944 USAF begins daylight bombing of Berlin
1943 Battle at Medenine, North-Africa: Rommels assault attack
1943 Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers
1940 1st US telecast from an airplane, NYC
1936 Belgium ends Locarno-pact
1935 Frank Bartell (Czech), cycles record 80.584 mph in LA
1934 Sidney Howard & Paul de Kruif's "Yellowjacket," premieres in NYC
1933 Maxwell Anderson's "Both your Houses," premieres in NYC
1933 Poland occupies free city Danzig (Gdansk)
1930 Bkln's Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food
1929 Turkey & Bulgaria sign peace treaty
1926 China asks for a seat in the Security council
1925 Belgium annexes Eupen, Malm‚dy & Sankt
1924 British Labour govt cuts military budget
1922 GB Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh III/IV," premieres in NYC
1918 US naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle
1915 Greek King Constantine I fires premier Venizelos
1909 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Griselda," premieres in Vienna
1906 Heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands
1906 Nora Blatch becomes 1st woman elected to Am Soc of Civil Engineers
1896 1st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage"
1886 1st US alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA
1886 1st US nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, 1st appears, NYC
1885 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #246 Asporina
1882 Monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king
1865 Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida
1865 President Lincolns 2nd Inaugural Ball
1862 Battle of Pea Ridge, AR (Elkhorn Tavern)
1861 Temporary Confederate Congress establishes Confederate Army
1857 Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules blacks cannot be citizens
1855 Gustave Flaubert writes goodbye to Louise Colet
1853 Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premieres in Venice
1851 Dion Boucicault's "Love in a Maze," premieres in London
1838 Franz Grillparzer's "Weh dem, der Lgt," premieres in Vienna
1836 3,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight
1836 HMS Beagle/Darwin reaches King George's Sound, Australia
1831 Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point milt academy
1831 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan
1816 Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany
1810 Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in US
1808 1st college orchestra in US founded, at Harvard
1799 Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine
1775 1st Negro Mason in US initiated, Boston
1728 Spain & England sign (1st) Convention of Pardo
1714 Peace of Rastatt - French emperor Charles VI of Habsburg
1665 Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing
1664 King Louis XIV & Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant
1646 Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent
1628 Emperor Ferdinand II delegates Restitutie-edict
1590 Earl Mauritius conquerors Breda "turfschip of Breda"
1579 Veluwe joins Union of Utrecht
1521 Magellan discovers Guam
1460 Treaty of Alcacovas-Portugal gives Castile Canary Is for W Africa
1447 Tommaso Parentucelli replaces Pope Eugene IV as Nicolaas V
1323 Treaty of Paris
1205 Aken, [Philips van Zwaben], crowned Roman-Catholic German King
1079 Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam completes Jalali-calendar
Other Occasions...
Celebrations...
[Ghana] Independence Day (1957)
[Guam] Magellan Day/Discovery Day (1521)
[US] Stoneware Pottery Appreciation Day
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