Today In History
Friday March 28th, 2003 -- Day Number: 87 - Days left: 278
* 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...
1977 Angelo Garcia, Brooklyn NY, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
1972 Jonathan Edwards, Boston Mass, doubles luger (Olympics-1994)
1969 Earnest Stewart, soccer player (Willem II)
1969 Salt, rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang)
1963 Bernice King
1962 Ged Grimes, [Danny Wilson], rocker (Mary's Prayer)
1959 Todd Curtis, actor (Capitol, Skip-Young & Restless)
1958 Bart Wayne Conner, Chicago Ill, gymnist (Olympic-2 gold-1984)
1957 Harvey Glance, Pheonix City Ala, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
1956 Evelin Jahl, German DR, discus thrower (Olympic-2 gold-1976)
1955 Reba McEntire, McAlester Ok, country singer (Can't Even Get the Blues)
1953 Nydia M Velazquez, (Rep-D-New York, 1993- )
1949 Milan Williams, US keyboardist (Commodores-Three Times a Lady)
1949 Ronnie Ray Smith, 4 X 100m relay runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
1948 Dianne Wiest, KC MO, actress (Hannah & Her Sisters, Footloose)
1948 John Evans, (Aka Evan) rock drummer (Jethro Tull)
1948 Wubbo J Ockels, Almelo Netherlands, astronaut (STS 22)
1946 Richard Sussman, rocker
1945 Chuck Portz, Santa Monica Ca, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together)
1945 Hans Brunhart, leader of Liechtenstein (1978-93)
1944 Ken Howard, El Centro Calif, actor (Ken-White Shadow, Dynasty, 1776)
1944 Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward (NY Nets, Golden State Warriors)
1943 Conchata Ferrell, Charleston WV, actress (Deadly Hero, LA Law)
1943 Mike Newell, director (Bad Blood, Awakening, Amazing Grace & Chuck)
1943 Richard Eyre, British director of National Theatre
1942 Brian Jones, [Lewis B Hopkin], English pop guitarist (Rolling Stones)
1942 Neil Kinnock, leader of the British opposition (Labour)
1942 Samuel Ramey, Colby Kansas, bass (La Scala)
1941 Alf Clausen, Minneapolis Mn, orch leader (Mary, Simpsons)
1941 Charlie McCoy, Oak Hill WV, harmonica player (Hee Haw)
1940 Kevin Loughery, NBA star/coach (Balt, Phila)
1936 Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru, writer (Aunt Julia)/pres candidate
1934 Siegfried Thiele, composer
1932 Sven Oskar Lindqvist, Swedish writer (Myten om Wu Tao-tzu)
1930 George Bruce, painter
1930 Robert Ashley, composer
1928 Jose Luis de Delas, composer
1928 Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security advisor under Carter
1926 Francis Burt, composer
1925 Innokenti Smoktunovsky,
1924 Freddie Bartholomew, England, actor (Anna Karenina, David Copperfield)
1920 Dirk Bogarde, London England, actor (Death in Venice, Servant)
1920 Gene Chappie, (Rep-R-CA, 1981-86)
1920 Lord Butterfield
1919 Jacob Avshalomov, Tsingtao China, composer (Sinfonietta, The Oregon)
1914 Edmund S Muskie, (Sen-D-Me)/US Sec of State (1980)
1914 Frank Lovejoy, Bronx NY, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw)
1912 A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, UK, sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space)
1910 Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark
1909 Nelson Algren, US, novelist (Man with the Golden Arm)
1906 Joseph Wright, Canada, oarsman (Olympic-gold-1928)
1905 Marlin Perkins, Carthage Mo, TV host (Wild Kingdom)
1904 Fosco Giachetti, Livorno Italy, actor (Wastrel, We the Living)
1903 Rudolf Serkin, Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro Sch of Music)
1902 Flora Robson, South Shields England, actress (Dominique is Dead)
1902 Paul Godwin, [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violinist
1900 Achille Longo, composer
1900 Robert Harris, actor (Big Caper, Laughing Anne)
19-- Elvera Roussel, actress (Guiding Light)
19-- Stephanie Dunnam, Oak Harbor Wash, actress (Kay-Emerald Point NAS)
19-- Tom O'Rourke, actor (Guiding Light)
1895 Spencer W Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church
1891 Karel MJF Cruysberghs, Flemish author
1891 Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag)
1890 Paul Whiteman, Denver Co, orch leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club)
1887 Rudolf F W Boskaljon, Cura‡ao, musician/composer
1886 Jaroslav Novotny, composer
1885 Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, composer
1883 William H Harris, composer
1880 Rosina Lh‚vinne, Kiev Ukraine, pianist/prof (Juiliard Grad School)
1872 Jos‚ Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general (Morocco)
1871 Willem Mengelberg, Utrecht Neth, conductor (NY Philharmonic 1922-30)
1868 Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter
1868 Maxim Gorki, [Aleksei Peshikov], Russia, writer (Mother) [3/16 OS]
1868 Wojciech Gawronski, composer
1862 Aristide Briand, France, 11x premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926)
1859 Jos‚phin P‚ladan, French writer/founder (French Rosicrucians)
1853 Rudolf Kittel, German theologist (Psalms)
1840 Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria)
1818 Wade Hampton, SC, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1817 Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer
1806 Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1861-66)
1779 Angelo Maria Benincori, composer
1766 Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline)
1760 Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation)
1750 Francisco A G de Miranda, Venezuelan freedom fighter
1741 Johann Andre, composer
1737 Francesco Zannetti, composer
1731 R mon de la Cruz, Spanish playwright/interpreter
1729 Pieter Fouquet, Dutch art seller (Atlas of Fouquet)
1727 Maximilian III Jozef, Elector of Bayern (1745-77)
1660 Arnold Houbraken, Dutch schilder/writer
1660 Georg Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/King George I of Gt Britain
1643 Jose Solana, composer
1621 Heinrich Schwemmer, composer
1615 Pieter, the Great, regent/diplomat
1603 Stephan Otto, composer
1592 Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reformer
1515 Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint
1483 Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens)
1472 Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter
1468 Charles I, Duke of Savoy
Those who died today...
1994 Albert Goldman, US biographer (Lives of John Lennon), dies at 66
1994 Eugene Ionesco, playwright (Rhinoceros, Bald Soprano), dies at 81
1992 Wendell Mayes, writer, dies of cancer at 72
1991 Carlos Montalban, actor (Bananas), dies at 85
1990 Helene Fortescu Reynolds, actress (Bermuda Mystery), dies at 65
1987 Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82
1987 Patrick Troughton, actor (Dr Who-Dr Who), dies at 56
1986 Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey-Man From Atlantis), dies at 39
1986 Virginia Gilmore, actress (Jennie, Western Union), dies
1985 Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97
1985 Nand Baert, Belgian radio/tv-host, dies at 53
1984 Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead
1983 Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies
1983 Martinus A Jansen, bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70), dies
1980 Dick Haymes, actor (Real Life, Betrayal), dies
1980 Jesse Owens, (Oly-gold-36), dies at the age of 66
1979 Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80
1975 Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77
1974 Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68
1974 Fran‡oise Rosay, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison), dies at 82
1973 Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies
1971 Felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78
1969 Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78
1965 VAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67
1963 Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52
1960 Ian Keith, US actor (Ramses I-10 Commandments), dies at 61
1958 Chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53
1958 William C Handy, US conductor/composer (St Louis Blues), dies at 85
1956 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack
1954 Francis B Young, British physician/writer (In South Africa), dies
1953 James Francis Thorpe, decathelete (Olympic-gold-12), dies at 64
1950 Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Occupier), dies at 67
1947 Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57
1944 Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis
1944 Stephen Leacock, dies^
1943 Sergej V Rachmaninoff, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69
1942 Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67
1942 Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spanish poet (Viento del Pueblo), dies
1941 Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To the Lighthouse), dies
1928 Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63
1927 Karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57
1914 Hanus Trnecek, composer, dies at 55
1910 Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist/conductor, dies
1908 John Eliot, English meteorology, dies at 68
1907 Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer, dies at 65
1889 Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, 1st on electric chair
1887 Ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75
1885 Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer, dies at 53
1881 Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, composer, dies at 42
1880 Achille Peri, composer, dies at 67
1880 Eelco Refer, linguistic (Oera Linda Book?), dies at 49
1877 Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer, dies at 77
1868 James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan, dies at about 70
1865 Albert G Bilders, landscape painter, dies at 26
1863 James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52
1860 Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer, dies at 73
1856 Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76
1849 Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botany, dies at 44
1847 Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67
1840 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89
1818 Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer, dies at 62
1801 Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66
1799 Etta LJ "baronne" Palm-Aelders, adventurer/spy, dies at 55
1758 Jonathan Edwards, US theologist (Great Awakening), dies
1712 John van Heyden, painter/inventor (street lantern), dies at 75
1701 Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor, dies at 75
1687 Constantine Huygens, diplomat/poet/composer (Korenbloemen), dies at 90
1677 Wenzel Hollar, Bohemia cartoonist/etcher, dies at about 69
1673 Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, buried at 51
1566 Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79
1285 Martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies
1134 Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of CŒteaux/saint, dies
593 Guntram, French king to Bourgondie, dies at about 67
193 Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated
Things that happened today...
1994 Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 50 killed
1994 Italy's right alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election
1993 Conservatives win French parliamentary election
1993 Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031)
1992 Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31)
1991 Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son
1990 Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game
1990 President Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal
1989 New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars & Stripes, in a NY court
1987 Stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway
1986 Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India
1985 International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley
1985 Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues," premieres in NYC
1985 STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad
1982 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2873 Binzel
1982 JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador
1982 Louisiana Tech wins 1st NCAA women's basketball title
1981 Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 m 40.18 sec)
1981 France performs nuclear test
1981 Sch”nbrunn skates ladies world record 3 km (4:21.70)
1981 Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (36.91 secs)
1979 British government of Callaghan falls
1979 Lazarus & Vosburgh's "Day in Hollywood & night in
Ukraine," premieres
1979 Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pa (no deaths)
1979 Partial meltdown at 3 Mile Island power plat
1977 49th Academy Awards - Annie Hall, Richard Dreyfuss & Diane Keaton win
1977 Morarji Desai forms govt in India
1977 Retiring coach Al McGuire's Marquette basketball team wins NCAA
1975 Wash Caps win 1st game on road after 37 straight road loses also
1974 Rock group Raspberries breakup
1973 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #3071 Nesterov
1972 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1971 25th Tony Awards: Sleuth & Company win
1970 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)
1969 Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal
1968 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #3049
1964 1st pirate radio station near England (Radio Caroline)
1964 9.2 earthquake shakes Prince William Sound, Alaska
1963 AFL's NY Titan's become the NY Jets
1962 Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees
1960 Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African & 1st Filipino cardinal
1960 Scotch factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters (Glasgow Scotland)
1957 1st National Curling Championship held
1954 WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, PR (TM) begins broadcasting
1953 "Stock exchanges open, dikes closed" raises Ÿ5,200,000
1953 KCAU TV channel 9 in Sioux City, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1950 NYC college becomes 1st to win NCAA & Natl Inv Basketball in same year
1945 Last V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London
1944 Astrid Lindgren begins writing Pippi Longstocking
1944 NBA rookie of the year in 1966, Rick Barry
1944 Utah defeated Dartmouth 42-40 to win the NCAA basketball title
1942 British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire
1942 RAF bombs Lbeck
1942 Raid on lock/dock St Nazaire
1942 Stanford beats Dartmouth, 53-28 for NCAA title
1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan
1939 Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down
1939 Philip Barry's "Philadelphia Story," premieres in NYC
1939 Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship
1939 Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco
1935 Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket
1933 German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler
1930 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra
1930 Constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara
1929 Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador
1924 WGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
1922 Toronto St Pats beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
1920 Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford
1920 Thomas Masaryk becomes president of Czechoslovakia
1917 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv & Jaffa by Turkish authorities
1917 Puccini's "La Rondine," premieres in Monte Carlo
1910 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre)
1905 Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used
1902 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record)
1900 A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #454 Mathesis
1896 The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan)
1891 1st world weightlifting championship held
1885 US Salvation Army officially organized
1871 SF Art Assn holds open reception at 430 Pine
1862 Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia
1859 1st performance of John Brahms' 1st Serenade for orchestra
1854 Great Britain & France declares war on Russia
1849 Dutch princess Marianne & Prince Albert of Prussia separate
1845 Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
1844 Jos‚ Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid
1837 Felix Mendelssohn marries C‚cile Jeanrenaud
1834 Senate censure Pres Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US
1804 Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804
1802 Heinrich W Olbers discovers asteroid #2 Pallas
1799 NY State abolished slavery, 1799
1797 Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine
1774 Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts
1738 English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear)
1556 Karel V's son Philip II crowned king of Spain
1556 Origin of Fasli Era (India)
1535 Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked & destroyed
Other Occasions...
Celebrations...
[Czechoslovakia] Teachers' Day
[Libya] Evacuation Day
******************************************************************
* Today in History is brought to you by The Rockford Files BBS. *
* Programming by Gordon Shumway - CoSysop *
* Today Data Files by Bruce Goldman. Updated by Gordon Shumway. *
******************************************************************
--- Peach v1.69
* Origin: Peach AutoPost v1.01g2 -Peach Software- (1:120/483)
SEEN-BY: 120/228 481 483 544 123/500 261/38 633/260 262 267 270 285 640/954
SEEN-BY: 770/215 771/4020 774/605 2432/200
@PATH: 120/483 481 228 261/38 123/500 774/605 633/260 285 267
