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- 0871 Battle at Marton: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army
- 0986 Death - Lotharius King of France (954-86), dies at 44
- 0986 Lothair IV of the Franks dies March 2 at age 44 and is succeeded by his son, 19, who will reign briefly as Louis V (le Fainéant), embroiling the Carolingians with Adalberon, archbishop of Reims, and Hugh Capet
- 0986 Louis V becomes King of the Franks.
- 1121 Dirk VI becomes count of Holland
- 1122 Death - Floris II the fat one, count of Holland, dies
- 1127 Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.
- 1127 Death - Charles the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered
- 1316 Birth - Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90)
- 1333 Death - Wladyslaw IV the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies
- 1383 Death - Amadeus VI count of Savoy, dies
- 1409 Birth - John II French duke of Alenon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc
- 1458 Hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia
- 1459 Birth - Adrian VI [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23)
- 1481 Birth - Franz von Sickingen German knight
- 1498 Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island
- 1545 Birth - Sir Thomas Bodley England, diplomat/scholar
- 1555 Birth - Ludovico Spontoni composer
- 1609 Birth - Hadji Chalfa/Ktib Tsjelebi Turkish literary (Djihannma)
- 1619 Death - Anne of Denmark daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44
- 1675 Prince William III installed as Governor of Overijssel
- 1699 Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville 1661-1706 builds Fort Maurepas on the Gulf of Mexico; French control now extends all the way down the Mississippi River.
- 1717 The Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England.
- 1725 Georg F Händels opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto", premieres in London
- 1755 Birth - Antoine-Frederic Gresnick composer
- 1758 Death - Johann Baptist Zimmermann German stucco worker, buried at 78
- 1759 Birth - Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner composer
- 1760 Birth - Camille Desmoulins France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader
- 1769 Birth - DeWitt Clinton (Governor/Senator-NY)
- 1772 Death - Robert J Pothier French lawyer, dies at 73
- 1776 Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
- 1787 Death - Jean Allamand French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73
- 1789 Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances
- 1791 Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
- 1793 Birth - Sam[uel] Houston 1st president of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44)
- 1797 Death - Horace [Horatio] Walpole British horror writer, dies at 79
- 1799 Congress standardizes US weights & measures
- 1800 Death - Christian Friedrich Schale composer, dies at 86
- 1807 Congress bans slave trade effective January 1, 1808
- 1810 Birth - Leo XIII [Vincenzo G Pecci], 256th pope (1878-1903)
- 1813 Birth - George Alexander Macfarren composer
- 1815 Birth - Antonio Buzzolla composer
- 1815 Signing of Kandyan treaty by British invaders and Sri Lankan King.
- 1817 Birth - Jnos Arany Hungary, epic poet (Toldi, Death of King Buda)
- 1819 Territory of Arkansas organized
- 1819 US passed its first immigration law
- 1820 Birth - Multatuli writer
- 1822 Death - Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber composer, dies at 40
- 1824 Birth - Bedrich Friedrich Smetana Bohemian composer (Bartered Bride, Moldau)
- 1824 Birth - Constantine D Uschinsky Russian theorist
- 1824 Birth - Henry Beebee Carrington Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
- 1824 Interstate commerce comes under federal control
- 1828 Birth - Jefferson Columbus Davis Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1879
- 1829 Birth - Carl Schurz Major General (Union volunteers) journalist/political reformer/Civil War general
- 1831 John Frazee becomes the first US sculptor to receive a federal commission
- 1836 Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico
- 1836 Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.
- 1836 Texas declares its independence from Mexico.
- 1838 Birth - David Duffle Wood composer
- 1840 Death - Heinrich Olbers German astronomer (discoverer of comets & asteroids), dies at 81
- 1844 Birth - Hermanus J A M Schaepman clergyman/Dutch politician
- 1853 Territory of Washington organized after separating from Oregon Territory
- 1855 Aleksandr Romanov becomes tsar of Russia
- 1855 Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
- 1855 Death - Nicholas I Pavlovitch tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58
- 1858 Frederick Cook, New Orleans, patents a cotton-bale metallic tie
- 1861 Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia: Tsar Alexander II signed the emancipation reform into law, abolishing Russian serfdom.
- 1861 Government Printing Office purchases a printing plant, Washington DC
- 1861 Nevada Territory and Dakota Territory are organized as political divisions of the United States.
- 1861 US Congress creates Dakota & Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska & Utah territories
- 1862 Birth - John Jay Chapman US advocate/poet/writer (Learning & Other Essays)
- 1862 Death - Frederick West Lander US Union Brigadier-General/poet, dies at 40
- 1863 Congress authorizes track width of 4'8½" for Union Pacific RR to be called the "Standard gauge "
- 1865 British newspaper "Morning Chronicle" begins publishing
- 1865 Freedman's Bureau founded for Black Education, 1865
- 1865 General Early's army is defeated at Waynesborough
- 1865 Second Taranaki War: The Volkner Incident in New Zealand.
- 1866 The first US company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Connecticut
- 1867 Congress abolishes peonage in New Mexico
- 1867 Death - French A Durlet Belgian sculptor/architect, dies at 50
- 1867 Jesse James-gang robs bank in Savannah MO, 1 dead
- 1867 US Congress creates the Department of Education
- 1867 US Congress passed the first Reconstruction Act
- 1868 Death - Carl Eberwein composer, dies at 81
- 1875 Birth - Hans Lietzman German theologist/church historian
- 1876 Birth - Gsta Forsell Swedish radiologist
- 1876 Birth - Pius XII [Euhenio MGG Pacelli], 260th Pope (1939-58)
- 1877 Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared President despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory
- 1878 Birth - Wander J de Haas Dutch physicist/son-in-law of Lorentz
- 1882 Birth - Wallis Clark Essex England, actress (Postal Inspector)
- 1882 Death - Louis Kufferath composer, dies at 70
- 1884 Birth - Leon Jongen composer
- 1887 Death - August W Eichler German botanist, dies at 47
- 1887 Death - Wilhelm Troszel composer, dies at 63
- 1888 The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
- 1889 Kansas passes first US antitrust
- 1893 Birth - Maxime Dumoulin composer
- 1893 The first federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features
- 1894 Birth - Renaat Veremans Flemish composer/conductor
- 1895 Birth - Felix Bressart Eydtkuhnen East Prussia Germany, actor (Ninotchka, Escape, Crossroads)
- 1895 Death - Berthe MP Morisot French painter/aquarelliste, dies at 54
- 1895 Death - Ismail Pasha kedive of Egypt (1863-79), dies at 64
- 1896 Ethiopia defeats Italy in the Battle of Adwa, marking the first victory of an African nation over a colonial power.
- 1896 George Lohmann takes 9-28 vs South Africa at Johannesburg
- 1898 Australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England
- 1899 Admiral George Dewey becomes the first US Admiral of the Navy.
- 1899 Birth - Pattie Maie Menzies Australian dame
- 1899 In the state of Washington, USA, Mount Rainier National Park is established.
- 1900 Birth - Kurt J Weill Dessau Germany, composer/Brecht collaborator (Mahogany)
- 1901 Birth - Willem Bruynzeel Dutch timber-merchant
- 1901 Hawaii's first telegraph company opens
- 1902 Birth - Edward Uhler Condon atomic scientist (Manhattan Project)
- 1903 Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in New York NY
- 1904 Birth - Dr Seuss [Theodor Geisel] children's book author (Green Eggs and Ham, Horton Hears a Who!)
- 1904 Visitor posting - Theodor Seuss Geisel aka Dr. Suess is born in Springfield, MA - USA
- 1905 Birth - Marc Blitzstein Philadelphia PA, composer (Cradle Will Rock)
- 1907 General Louis Botha named premier of Transvaal
- 1908 Birth - Jan Brasser Dutch resistance fighter (Witte Ko)/communist
- 1909 Birth - Hanoch Jacoby composer
- 1909 Birth - Jan Fabricius Dutch playwright
- 1909 Birth - Mel Ott 1st National League-er to hit 500 homeruns, hall of famer (New York Giants)
- 1909 Great Britain, France, Germany & Italy ask Serbia to set no territorial demands
- 1910 2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington WA, 118 die
- 1910 Birth - Hope Clara Chenhalls food inspector
- 1911 Birth - William Hansen Washington DC, actor (Homebodies)
- 1912 Birth - Arthur Beaumont C Langton cricketer (South African pace bowler of 1930's)
- 1913 Birth - Godfried [Jan Arnold] Bomans Dutch humorist/writer (Pieter Bas)
- 1913 Birth - Marjorie Weaver Crossville TN, actress (Young Mr Lincoln)
- 1913 Birth - Mort Cooper baseball player (National League MVP 1942)
- 1915 Birth - Lona Andre actress (Case of Baby Sitter)
- 1915 British Vice Admiral Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts
- 1915 Vladmir Jabotinsky forms a Jewish military force to fight in Palestine
- 1916 Birth - Anne Vondeling Dutch politician (PvdA)
- 1916 Birth - Bernard George Stevens composer
- 1916 Death - Elisabeth OL [Carmen Sylva], Queen of Romania, dies at 72
- 1917 (Old Style) - Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Michael II of Russia.
- 1917 Birth - Desi Arnaz Santiago Cuba, singer/actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy)
- 1917 Birth - Jim Konstanty baseball player (National League MVP 1950)
- 1917 Birth - John Gardner composer
- 1917 Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted
- 1917 Puerto Ricans are granted US citizenship.
- 1917 The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans, United States citizenship.
- 1918 Birth - Peter O'Sullevan Ireland, horse racing commentator
- 1919 Birth - Eddie Lawrence comedian
- 1919 Birth - Jennifer Jones [Phyllis Isley] Tulsa OK, actress (Farewell to Arms)
- 1919 Birth - Tamara Toumanova dancer
- 1919 First congress of Communist International opens at the Kremlin
- 1919 The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
- 1920 Birth - Enrique Franco composer
- 1921 Birth - Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson composer
- 1922 Birth - Eric Feldbush composer
- 1922 Birth - Mario Zafred composer
- 1923 Birth - "Doc" Watson bluegrass musician
- 1923 Birth - Don Taylor cricketer (New Zealand 3 Tests, Auckland stands w/Sutcliffe in Wisden)
- 1923 Birth - Robert H Michel (Representative-Republican-IL, 1957- )
- 1923 Time magazine first edition
- 1924 Birth - Albert Vogel Dutch elocutionist
- 1924 Birth - Rnos Apostolidis Greek author/poet (Katigor)
- 1925 Japan's House of Representatives recognizes male suffrage
- 1925 Nationwide road numbering system & US shield marker adopted
- 1925 SDAP-Second-Faction (Dutch Socialists) of parliament demands drastic disarmament
- 1925 Secretary of Agriculture approves first list of United States Numbered Highways
- 1926 Birth - Murray Newton Rothbard economist/Libertarian Party founder
- 1927 Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year)
- 1927 Birth - Siegfried Kohler composer
- 1927 Birth - Witold Szalonec composer
- 1928 Birth - Philip K Dick writer
- 1929 Birth - Donald Gosling English parkeerplaatsenmagnaat/multi-millionaire
- 1929 Congress creates Court of Customs & Patent Appeals
- 1930 Birth - Jan van Noor Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
- 1930 Birth - John Cullum Knoxville, actor (Hamlet, Hawaii, Northern Exposure)
- 1930 Death - David H Lawrence poet/writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 44
- 1931 Birth - Duane F Graveline Newport VT, astronaut
- 1931 Birth - Mikhail S Gorbachev Privolnoye USSR, Soviet Secretary-General (1985-91)
- 1931 Birth - Tom Wolfe Richmond VA, journalist/author (Right Stuff)
- 1933 "King Kong", premieres at Radio City Music Hall & RKO Roxy NYC
- 1933 King Kong premieres in New York City.
- 1933 Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan
- 1934 Birth - Bernard Rands Sheffield England, composer (Wildtrack)
- 1934 Birth - Howard "Hopalong" Cassady NFLer
- 1934 Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha
- 1935 Birth - Al Waxman Toronto Canada, actor (Cagney & Lacey, Meatballs 3, Spasms)
- 1936 Birth - Henny Boskamp [Hoelscher], actor (Troeleke)
- 1936 Bradman scores 369 in 253 minutes, SA vs Tasmania, 46 fours 4 sixes
- 1937 Death - Gustav Wohlgemuth composer, dies at 73
- 1937 Mexico nationalizes oil
- 1938 Birth - Alan Lewis English textile factory/multi-millionaire
- 1938 Birth - Donald Schwall baseball player (1961 American League rookie of year)
- 1938 Birth - Simon Estes Centerville IA, bass/baritone (Wonton, Don Carlos)
- 1938 Landslides & floods cause over 200 deaths (Los Angeles CA)
- 1938 Trials of Soviet leaders begins in the Soviet Union
- 1939 Birth - Barbara Luna New York NY, actress (5 Weeks in a Balloon, Gentle Savage)
- 1939 Birth - Gerard van Tongeren Dutch singer (Buffoons)
- 1939 Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
- 1939 Death - Howard Carter British archaeologist/Egyptologist (King Tut), dies at 65
- 1939 Eugenio Pacelli chosen as Pope Pius XII
- 1939 Mass Legislature votea to ratify the Bill of Rights; 147 years late
- 1939 Roman Catholic Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope, taking the name Pius XII.
- 1940 Birth - Frederik van Zyl Slabbert chairman (South African Progressive Federal Party, 1979-86)
- 1940 Soviet armies conquer Tuppura Island Finland
- 1941 World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joined the Axis Pact.
- 1942 14th Academy Awards: "How Green was My Valley", Gary Cooper & Joan Fontaine win
- 1942 Admiral Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon
- 1942 Birth - John Irving Exeter NH, writer (World According to Garp)
- 1942 Birth - Lou Reed [Louis Firbank] Freeport NY, vocalist/guitarist (Walk on the Wild Side, Velvet Underground)
- 1942 Birth - Tony Meehan [Daniel Meehan] London England, rocker (Drifters, Vipers)
- 1942 HMS STRONGHOLD, sunk south of Java - by gunfire from Japanese 8in cruiser 'Maya' and destroyers.
- 1942 Ten Jews are hung in Zdunsk Wola near Lodz as substitutes for "the 10 hanged sons of Haman."
- 1943 Birth - George Benson jazz/blues guitarist (Breezin', This Masquerade)
- 1943 Birth - Gordon Black English industrialist
- 1943 Birth - Rosa DeLauro (Representative-Democrat-CT)
- 1943 Birth - Stephen Dickman composer
- 1943 Canadian budget introduces unique PAY , PAY, PAY AND pay-as-you-earn income tax system.
- 1943 Death - Alexandre Yersin Swiss bacteriologist (bacteria plague), dies at 79
- 1943 RAAF in battle of the Bismarck Sea
- 1943 Sea battle in Bismarck Sea finishes, US & Australia win
- 1943 The first transport from Westerbork Netherlands to Sobibor concentration camp
- 1944 16th Academy Awards: "Casablanca", Jennifer Jones & Paul Lukas win
- 1944 Birth - Katherine Crawford actress (Captains & Kings, Gemini Man)
- 1944 Birth - Leif Segerstam composer
- 1944 Birth - Pam Barnett LPGA golfer
- 1944 Fumes from locomotive stalled in a tunnel suffocates 521 in Italy
- 1945 Birth - Gordon Thomson Ottawa Canada, actor (Adam Carrington-Dynasty)
- 1945 Birth - Joy Garrett actress (Jo-Days of Our Lives)
- 1946 Birth - Brian J Donnelly (Representative-Democrat-MA, 1979- )
- 1946 Dutch troops land on East Bali
- 1946 Ho Chi Minh elected President of North Vietnam
- 1946 Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
- 1946 Kingman Douglass, becomes deputy director of CIA
- 1948 Birth - Larry Carlton rock composer (Against All Odds, Who's the Boss)
- 1949 A US Air Force B-50 Superfortress, the Lucky Lady Two, lands in Texas, after completing the first non-stop around the globe flight.
- 1949 Birth - Eddie Money [Mahoney] Brooklyn NY, singer/guitarist (Take Me Home Tonight)
- 1949 Birth - Gates McFadden actress (Beverly Crusher-Star Trek Next Generation)
- 1949 Birth - Rory Gallagher Ballyshannon Ireland, rock guitarist (See Here)
- 1949 Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
- 1949 Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes first nonstop round-the-world flight at Fort Worth TX, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hours
- 1949 The first automatic street light (New Milford CT)
- 1950 Birth - Molly Cheek Bronxville NY, actress (Garry Shandling Show)
- 1950 Birth - Karen Carpenter New Haven CT, vocalist/drummer (We've Only Just Begun)
- 1950 Birth - Matthew Laurance Queens NY, actor/identical twin of Mitchell (Mel-Beverly Hills 90210, Ben-Duet)
- 1950 Birth - Mitchell Laurance Queens NY, actor/identical twin of Matthew (LA Law, Not Necessarily the News)
- 1950 Death - M Joseph V d'Arbaud French poet/author (Li cant palustre), dies at 76
- 1950 Visitor posting - Jane Berlow Kardys Gallison birthday - USA
- 1951 Birth - Cassie Yates Macon GA, actress (Osterman Weekend, Dynasty)
- 1951 National Defence publish first Canadian casualty list from Korea; six soldiers killed
- 1952 Birth - Laraine Newman Los Angeles CA, comedienne/actress (Saturday Night Live)
- 1953 Birth - William Simmons sax/keyboardist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
- 1953 The Academy Awards are first broadcast on television by NBC.
- 1954 Birth - Stone Phumelele Sizani South African treasurer (UDF)
- 1955 Birth - Dale Bosworth TV host (America's Most Wanted)
- 1955 Birth - Dale Bozzio Boston MA, rock vocalist (Missing Persons-Destination Unknown)
- 1955 Birth - Jay Osmond Ogden UT, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donny & Marie)
- 1955 Birth - Shoko Asahara [Chizuo Matsumoto], Japanese sect leader
- 1955 Birth - Steve Small cricketer (stalwart New South Wales opening batsman)
- 1955 King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King Norodom Suramarit.
- 1955 King Norodom Sihanukh of Cambodia succeeded by his father
- 1956 Birth - John Cowsill Newport RI, rock drummer (Cowsills-We Can Fly)
- 1956 Birth - Mark Evans Melbourne Australia, rock bassist (AC/DC-Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Warrior Soul-Last Decade of The Century)
- 1956 Morocco declares its independence from France.
- 1956 Morocco tears up the Treaty of Féz, declares independence from France
- 1957 Death - Harry E Soref inventor (padlock), dies at 70
- 1958 Birth - Ian Woosnam Welsh golfer
- 1958 Birth - Kevin Curren South Africa, tennis star
- 1958 The first surface crossing of Antarctic continent is completed in 99 days
- 1958 Yemen announces it will join the United Arab Republic
- 1959 Birth - Andrew Farriss Australia, rock keyboardist (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt)
- 1959 Birth - Larry Stewart Paducah KY, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
- 1959 Birth - Laura Hurlbut LPGA golfer
- 1959 Death - Eric Blore actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy), dies at 70
- 1959 Death - Yrl Henrik Kilpinen Finnish composer, dies at 67
- 1960 Visitor posting - Steven J. Strasser was born - USA
- 1961 Number one hit on UK music charts - Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back
- 1962 Birth - Al Del Greco NFL kicker (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
- 1962 Birth - Jon Bon Jovi [Bongiovi] Perth Amboy NJ, rocker (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name)
- 1962 Birth - Philip Jonas Johannesburg South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Payless-2nd)
- 1962 Birth - Terry Steinbach New Ulm MN, catcher (Oakland A's)
- 1962 Death - Charles-Jean baron de la Valle-Poussin Belgian engineer, dies at 96
- 1962 In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup.
- 1962 JFK announces US will resume above ground nuclear testing
- 1962 Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 points in an NBA game
- 1962 Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by tallying 100 points.
- 1963 Birth - Suzette Charles Mays Landing NJ, replaced Vanessa Williams as Miss America (1984)
- 1965 "Sound Of Music" opens
- 1965 Birth - Ron Gant Victoria TX, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
- 1965 Visitor posting - John Edward Fagan born - USA
- 1966 215,000 US soldiers in Vietnam
- 1966 Birth - Judith Wiesner Hallein Austria, tennis star (1994 Schenectady)
- 1966 Birth - Stevie Rachelle rock vocalist (Tuff-What Comes Around Goes Around)
- 1967 9th Grammy Awards: Strangers in Night & Michele win
- 1967 Birth - Allan Boyko CFL slot back/twin of Bruce (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
- 1967 Birth - Bruce Boyko CFL fullback/twin of Allan (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
- 1967 Birth - Leo Gomez Canovanas PR, infielder (Chicago Cubs)
- 1967 Death - Gordon Harker actor (Inspector Hornleigh), dies at 81
- 1967 Number one hit on UK music charts - Engelbert Humperdink - Release Me
- 1968 Birth - Penny "Stamper" Davis Carlisle England, Canadian 470 yachter (Olympics-96)
- 1968 USAF displays Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, biggest plane in the world
- 1968 USSR launches space probe Zond 4; fails to leave Earth orbit
- 1968 World Ice Dance Championship in Geneva won by Diane Towler & Bernard Ford (Great Britain)
- 1968 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Lyudmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov (USSR)
- 1968 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Peggy Fleming (USA)
- 1968 World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Emmerich Danzer (Austria)
- 1969 Chinese-Russian borders fight (approximately 70 die)
- 1969 In Toulouse, France the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
- 1969 Maiden flight of supersonic Concorde, at Toulouse
- 1969 Phil Esposito becomes first NHL Player to score 100 points in a season
- 1969 Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River.
- 1970 American Airlines' first flight of a Boeing 747
- 1970 Birth - Kevin Miniefield NFL defensive back (Chicago Bears)
- 1970 Birth - Steve Holman Indianapolis IN, miler
- 1970 Ottawa stops foreign takeover of Denison Mines, Canada's largest uranium mining company, by US interests
- 1970 Rhodesia declares an independent republic Britian replys with an economic blockade
- 1970 Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
- 1970 Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years
- 1970 Visitor posting - Marsha Louise Winters is born in Pennsylvania - USA
- 1971 Birth - Amber Smith Tampa FL, actress (Faithful, Funeral, Mirror Has 2 Faces)
- 1971 Birth - Donna Perry Glendale CA, playmate (November 1994)
- 1971 Birth - James Hammerstrand LaMesa CA, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
- 1971 Birth - Ray Hall NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- 1971 Birth - Ruffin Hamilton NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
- 1971 Death - Charles W Engelhard US silver multi-millionaire, dies at 54
- 1972 Death - Bill Lawrence news anchor (ABC), dies at 56
- 1972 Jean-Bédel Bokassa appoints himself President for life of Central African Republic
- 1972 Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby
- 1972 The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
- 1973 "Black September" terrorists occupy Saudi Embassy in Khartoum
- 1973 Birth - John Elmore guard (Baltimore Ravens)
- 1973 Birth - Paul Popowich actor (Tommy Tricker & Stamp Traveler)
- 1973 Death - Cleo Noel US ambassador to Sudan is assassinated
- 1974 16th Grammy Awards: Killing Me Softly & Bette Midler win
- 1974 Birth - Martine Dessureault Montral Qubec Canada, 50 meter swimmer (Olympics-96)
- 1974 Death - Barbara Ruick actress/singer (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 41
- 1974 Grand jury concludes President Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up
- 1974 Greg Chappell makes 247 vs New Zealand, 410 minutes, 29 fours 1 six
- 1974 US first-class postage stamps jump to 10 cents (from 8 cents) .
- 1975 Birth - Arleen McDonald Miss Mississippi-USA (1997)
- 1975 Death - Jean Kurt Forest composer, dies at 65
- 1976 Birth - Lars Bruggemann hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
- 1976 Walt Disney World logged its 50 millionth guest, it wasn't me
- 1977 Bette Davis is first woman to receive Life Achievement Award
- 1977 Future Tonight Show host Jay Leno debuts with host Johnny Carson
- 1977 Libya amends constitution
- 1978 Czech Vladimr Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
- 1978 Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6
- 1978 The first of many broadcasts of the evening soap "Dallas" on CBS TV
- 1979 Death - Edith Craig actress (Harmony Lane, Smashing Rackets), dies at 71
- 1979 Death - Mollah Mustafa Barzani Kurdish leader, dies at 75
- 1979 Death - Sir Richard Sykes British ambassador is assassinated in Holland
- 1981 Aircraft hijacked by 3 Pakistani terrorists
- 1981 Death - Janear Hines actress (Roberta-Julia), dies at 30
- 1981 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWDC in Washington DC
- 1982 Death - Philip K[indred] Dick author (Hugo-1963, Dr Futurity), dies at 53
- 1982 Terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru
- 1983 Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced
- 1983 Final episode of MASH; 125,000,000 viewers
- 1983 Visitor posting - Leora born - USA
- 1984 Death - Louis Basile actor (Louie-The Super), dies at 48
- 1984 Iran offensive against Iraq fails
- 1985 Death - John B Kelly Jr chairman US Olympics Committee, dies at 57
- 1985 Death - Sir Michael Redgrave actor/writer dies at 77 of Parkinson's disease
- 1985 US approves screening test for AIDS
- 1986 Death - Marcel Liebman Belgian historian, dies at 56
- 1986 Death - Zafer Masri mayor of Nablus, murdered
- 1986 English Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to US
- 1987 Chrysler acquires American Motors.
- 1987 Death - Randolph Scott actor (Fort Worth, Gung Ho, Jesse James), dies at 89
- 1988 Dutch Liberal Party merged with SDP
- 1989 12 European nations agree to ban chlorofluorocarbon production by 2000
- 1989 Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil
- 1989 Madonna's "Like a Prayer" premieres on worldwide Pepsi commercial
- 1989 New York Met Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez
- 1989 Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
- 1990 A grenade attack at a Panama discotheque kills a US soldier and injures 28 other people.
- 1990 Greyhound Bus goes on strike
- 1990 More than 6,000 bus drivers go on strike against US transportation company Greyhound.
- 1990 Nelson Mandela elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
- 1991 Battle at Rumaila Oil Field brings end to the 1991 Gulf War.
- 1991 Death - Clark Mollenhoff US journalist (Pulitzer Prize), dies
- 1991 Death - Freek Zoetmulder publisher (Austrian Encyclopedia)/neo-Nazi, dies
- 1991 Death - James "Cool Papa" Bell Negro baseball league great, dies at 87
- 1991 Death - Serge Gainsbourg composer/actor (Fury of Hercules), dies at 62
- 1991 UN votes in favor of US resolutions for cease fire with Iraq
- 1992 Death - Sandy Dennis actress (Up the Down Staircase), dies of cancer at 54
- 1992 Moldova joins the UN.
- 1992 Uzbekistan joins the United Nations.
- 1993 Claudette Colbert, suffers a stroke at 89
- 1993 Death - Floortje Peneder Dutch poet (Diary), dies at 15
- 1993 Death - Paul D Zimmerman US screenwriter (King of Comedy), dies at 54
- 1993 Salman Rushdie divorces Marianne Wiggins
- 1994 Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender if taped statement is broadcast; it is, but he doesn't
- 1994 Death - Donald McKenzie MacKinnon philosopher, dies at 80
- 1994 Death - Tengiz Abuladze filmmaker, dies at 70
- 1994 Miami begins a latin walk of fame, first star for Gloria Estefan
- 1994 William Natcher, (Representative-Democrat-KY), casts his 18,401 & last consecutive vote
- 1995 British trader Nick Leeson arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC
- 1995 Death - Hugo Cole musician/critic, dies at 77
- 1995 Death - Vladislav Listyev TV journalist, dies at 48
- 1995 Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed
- 1995 Visitor posting - Meagan was born
- 1995 Space shuttle STS-67 (Endeavour 8), launches
- 1995 The NASA space shuttle Endeavour blasts off on a mission to study the far reaches of space.
- 1995 The UN evacutes the last of its peacekeeping forces from Somalia.
- 1995 Yahoo! is incorporated.
- 1996 Death - Jacobo Majluta President of Dominican Republic (1982), dies at 61
- 1996 Establishment of Ranabima Royal College, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
- 1996 Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose
- 1997 Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5% of Apple
- 1997 Soyuz TM-24 returns to Earth (Russia)
- 1997 Visitor posting - Tash browner born on march the second 1997 and I love cake. My pet rabbit is named poohole - Australia
- 1998 Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
- 1999 Rock singer Dusty Springfield dies at her London area home at age 59.
- 2003 The first International Symposium on Taiwan Sign Language Linguistics is held at Chung Cheng University.
- 2004 Voters in the U.S. state of Georgia vote on a referendum concerning its Confederacy-derived flag.
- 2004 Visitor posting - Rachel K. Loiselle was born
- 2004 War in Iraq: Al Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
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