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- 0161 Death - Antoninus Pius [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74
- 0161 Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire.
- 0321 Roman Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire.
- 0322 Death - -BC- Aristotle dies
- 1040 Death - Harold I King of England (1035-40), dies
- 1111 Death - Bohemund I of Tarente French ruler of Antioch, dies
- 1274 Death - St Thomas Aquinas Italian thelogian dies at 48
- 1277 Condemnation of 219 philosophical and theological theses by Stephen Tempier, Bishop of Paris.
- 1305 Death - Gwijde van Dampierre count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78
- 1543 Birth - Johan Casimir count of Rhine (occupied Gent)
- 1560 Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, N Africa
- 1573 Turkey & Venice signs peace treaty
- 1574 Birth - John Wilbye composer
- 1602 Birth - Kano Tanju Japanese painter (palaces, portraits)
- 1621 Birth - Georg Neumark composer
- 1621 John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies
- 1633 Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg
- 1644 Massachusetts establishes first 2-chamber legislature in colonies
- 1657 King Louis XIV 1638-1715 prohibits sale of liquor to Indians in New France
- 1659 Birth - Henry Purcell English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas)
- 1663 Birth - Tomaso Antonio Vitali composer
- 1682 Birth - Johan W van Ripperda Dutch diplomat/baron/duke
- 1693 Birth - Clement XIII [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69)
- 1696 English King Willem III departs Netherlands
- 1707 Birth - Stephen Hopkins (Governor-RI) signed Declaration of Independence
- 1715 Birth - Ewald Christian von Kleist German lyric poet (Der Frhling)
- 1719 Death - Steven J Vennekool Amsterdam's master builder, buried
- 1719 Michel-Philippe Isabeau starts to build Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island. The fortress takes 25 years to build.
- 1724 Death - Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at 68
- 1731 Birth - Jean-Louis Laruette composer
- 1737 Death - Guido Starhemberg Austrian earl/fieldmarshal, dies at 79
- 1750 Death - Cornelis Troost Dutch painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52
- 1761 Death - Antonio Palella composer, dies at 68
- 1762 Birth - Sebastiaan C Nederburgh director-general (East Indies Company)
- 1765 Birth - Joseph N Nipce French inventor (photography)
- 1769 Birth - Josef Alois Ladurner composer
- 1773 Birth - Tommaso Marchesi composer
- 1774 British close port of Boston to all commerce
- 1778 Captain James Cook sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay
- 1785 Birth - Alessandro Manzoni Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed)
- 1786 Death - Frantisek Benda composer, dies at 76
- 1792 Birth - John Herschel Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer
- 1797 Birth - Karl Schwencke composer
- 1798 The French army enters Rome: the birth of the Roman Republic.
- 1799 Birth - Frantisek L Celakovsky Czechoslovakian poet (national anthem, folk song)
- 1799 Napoleon I of France captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
- 1799 The Royal Institution is founded.
- 1801 Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law
- 1802 Death - Johann Georg Witthauer composer, dies at 50
- 1804 Death - John Wedgwood founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies
- 1807 Birth - Franz Grave von Pocci German poet/composer (Der Alchemist)
- 1808 Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro
- 1809 Death - Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Austrian composer, dies at 73
- 1810 Death - Albertus H Wiese Governor-General of Netherland Indies, dies at about 48
- 1811 Birth - Christian Heinrich Hohmann composer
- 1813 Birth - Judocus Smits Dutch Catholic newspaper pioneer/founder (The Time)
- 1814 Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.
- 1815 Napoleon I of France meets troops of the Fifth Regiment sent by Louis XVIII at Grenoble, and convinces them to join him on his march to Paris.
- 1820 Birth - Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman composer
- 1822 Birth - Victor Masse composer
- 1827 Birth - Henry DeLamar Clayton Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
- 1827 Brazil marines sail up the Rio Negro (Argentina) and attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina. They are defeated by the local citizens.
- 1827 Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand.
- 1831 Birth - John Bratton [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brigadier General
- 1832 Birth - Orlando Metcalfe Poe Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
- 1833 Death - Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin German author, dies at 61
- 1835 HMS Beagle returns from Concepción to Valparaiso
- 1837 Birth - Henry Draper Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)
- 1841 Birth - Olegario Vctor Andrade Argentina, poet (El nido de cndores)
- 1842 Birth - Anne van Diest Belgian physician/feminist
- 1842 Death - Christian Theodor Weinlig composer, dies at 61
- 1844 Birth - Anthony Comstock New Canaan CT, anti-vice crusader/philatelist
- 1847 US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico
- 1848 In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed
- 1848 The Great mahele (land division) is signed in Hawaii.
- 1849 Birth - Luther Burbank Lancaster MA, horticulturist
- 1850 Birth - Toms G Masaryk Czechoslovakia, Father/President of Czechoslovakia (1918-35)
- 1850 Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850
- 1850 United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
- 1851 Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends
- 1852 Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law
- 1854 Charles Miller received a patent for the sewing machine that stitches buttonholes!
- 1856 Birth - Matilde Serao [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne)
- 1857 Birth - Julius Wagner von Jauregg Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927)
- 1858 Birth - Nikolai Artzibushev composer
- 1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Generals McCulloch & McIntosh killed
- 1862 Death - Ben McCulloch US Confederate Brigadier-General (KIA), dies at 50
- 1862 Death - John Baillie McIntosh US General-Major (Union Army), dies at 32
- 1862 Death - William Slack US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle
- 1865 Battles round Kinston NC
- 1866 Birth - Paul Ernst writer
- 1866 Canada puts 10,000 militia on alert after Fenians hold meeting in New York and threaten invasion; as precaution against anticipated attacks on St. Patrick's Day.
- 1869 Birth - Ernst J Cohen Dutch chemist
- 1870 Wyoming women allowed on juries; the right later was taken away.
- 1872 -8º F in Boston MA
- 1872 Birth - Piet Mondrian Holland, abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie)
- 1872 Birth - Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov composer
- 1875 Birth - Maurice Joseph Ravel Cibourne France, composer (Bolro)
- 1876 Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
- 1883 Birth - Carl Deis composer
- 1886 Birth - Raymond Largay Wisconsin, actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl)
- 1887 Birth - Heino Eller composer
- 1888 Birth - Alidius van Starkenborch Stachouwer Governor of Netherland Indies (1936-45)
- 1891 Birth - Marcel Barger [Meyer Streliskie], cabaret performer (I keep Susy)
- 1895 Birth - Juan Jose Castro composer
- 1896 Birth - Erwin Bodky composer
- 1898 Birth - Jan Bata Czechoslovakian shoe manufacturer
- 1900 Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees
- 1900 Birth - Giuseppe Capogrossi Italian painter
- 1900 Birth - [Albert] Carel Willink Dutch painter (magic realism)
- 1900 Poplar Grove, South Africa Canadians engage Boers in artillery fight at Poplar Grove
- 1902 Birth - Heinz [Heinrich William] Ruehmann Essen Germany, actor/director (Der Hauptmann von Kpenick)
- 1902 Boers beat British troop in Tweebosch Transvaal
- 1904 Birth - Ivar Ballangrud Norway, Olympics speed skater (4 gold, 2 silver)
- 1904 Birth - Reinhard Heydrich German Governor (Bohemen/Moravia (Lidice))
- 1904 Birth - Virginia Downing actress (Gig, Butterfield 8)
- 1904 Birth - Willy Forst Austria actor/director (Vienna Blood)
- 1905 Birth - Vera Fjodorova Panova Russian author (Sputniki)
- 1906 Birth - Alejandro Garcia Caturla composer
- 1906 Birth - Hans Lachman composer
- 1906 Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor
- 1907 Birth - Juan Francisco Giacobbe composer
- 1907 Birth - Mircea Eliade religious historian (Le Yoga)
- 1907 Death - Victor Alphonse Duvernoy composer, dies at 64
- 1908 Birth - Anna Magnani Rome Italy, actress (Rose Tattoo, Miracle)
- 1908 Birth - Joop [Joseph] van Santen Dutch 1st chamber member (CPN)
- 1908 Birth - Tomas de Manzarraga composer
- 1908 Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council & announced that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles"
- 1909 Birth - Greta Schoon writer
- 1909 Birth - Leo Malet writer
- 1911 Birth - Stefan Kisielewski composer
- 1911 Death - Antonio Fogazzarro Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at 68
- 1911 Revolution in Mexico.
- 1911 US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border
- 1911 Willis Farnworth of Petaluma, CA patented the coin-operated locker.
- 1912 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole
- 1912 Roald Amundsen first announces to the world that his expedition has reached the South Pole, though they had arrived on December 14, 1911.
- 1914 Birth - Morton DaCosta Philadelphia PA, director (Island of Love, Music Man)
- 1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania
- 1914 Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign.
- 1915 Birth - Jacques Chaban-Delmas French politician
- 1917 Birth - Davis Roberts Mobile AL, actor (Mr Johnson-Boone)
- 1917 Birth - Janet Collins ballerina
- 1917 Birth - Robert Erickson composer
- 1918 Birth - June Wayne artist/lithographer/teacher
- 1918 President Wilson authorizes US Army's Distinguished Service Medal
- 1918 World War I: Finland forms an alliance with Germany.
- 1919 Birth - Jocelyn Olaf Hambro financier
- 1919 Visitor posting - Mrs Benistone was born
- 1919 Birth - Mochtar Lubis Indonesian writer (Twilight in Djakarta)
- 1919 The Minister of Railways is appointed as receiver for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.
- 1920 Birth - Willie Watson cricketer (England batsman & soccer international)
- 1921 Red Army under Trotsky attack sailors of Kronstadt
- 1924 Birth - Eduardo Paolozzi British sculptor (Hydra)
- 1924 Birth - Kobo Abe Tokyo Japan, playwright (Woman, the Dunes)
- 1924 Death - Pat Moran manager (Cincinnati Reds), dies of Bright's Disease
- 1925 American Negro Congress organizes
- 1926 Death - Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan composer, dies at 73
- 1927 Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan
- 1927 In Tango, Japan a 7.9 earthquake resulted in 3,020 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.
- 1930 Birth - Anthony Armstrong-Jones [Earl of Snowdon] London England, photographer
- 1930 Birth - James Broderick Charleston NH, actor (Brenner-Brenner, Doug-Family)
- 1931 Birth - C W Stubblefield music promoter
- 1931 Birth - Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen director Social Businesses of Press
- 1931 Birth - Donald Barthelme US, writer (Snow White)
- 1931 Death - Akseli V Gallen-Kallela Finnish painter/illustrator, dies at 65
- 1931 Death - Theo van Doesburg [Christian Kupper], painter/architect, dies at 47
- 1932 Death - Aristide Briand 11 x premier of France (Nobel 1926), dies at 69
- 1932 Riots at Ford-factory Dearborn MI, kills 4
- 1934 Birth - King Curtis [Curtis Ousley], rocker
- 1934 Birth - Nari Contractor cricketer (Indian batsman & captain)
- 1934 Birth - Willard Scott weather forecaster (Today Show)
- 1935 Saar incorporated into Germany
- 1936 Birth - Georges Perec French writer (Seire Noire, Retour a la bien-aimee)
- 1936 Germans march into the Rhineland, previously demilitarized by the Versailles Treaty.
- 1936 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland nobody complains
- 1936 World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
- 1937 Birth - Anne Kristen actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay, Sunset Song)
- 1937 Birth - Don Bonker (Representative-Democrat-WA, 1975- )
- 1937 Bucharin, Jagoda & Rykov pushed out of CPSU in USSR
- 1938 Birth - Homero Blancas Houston TX, PGA golfer (1972 Phoenix Open)
- 1938 Birth - Janet Guthrie race car driver, 1st woman to race in Indy 500
- 1939 Birth - Marion Marlowe St Louis MO, singer (Arthur Godfrey & Friends)
- 1939 Death - Amadeo Roldan composer, dies at 38
- 1939 Glamour magazine begins publishing
- 1939 Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians first record "Auld Lang Syne"
- 1939 Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians record their signature tune, Auld Lang Syne, for Decca Records; Lombardo born in London, Ontario.
- 1940 Birth - Daniel J Travanti Kenosha WI, actor (Frank Furillo-Hill St Blues)
- 1940 Birth - Harald Gerlach writer
- 1940 Birth - Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke German student leader (Glasnost Berlin)
- 1940 Birth - Viktor Petrovich Savinykh USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4, T-13, TM-5)
- 1941 3rd largest snowfall in New York NY history (18.1")
- 1941 50,000 British soldiers land in Greece but do not stay long
- 1941 British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- 1941 Death - Arnold Schering German musicologist, dies at 63
- 1941 Death - Gnther Prien German commandant (U-47), dies in battle
- 1942 15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta
- 1942 Birth - Al[bert] Tanara WLAF defensive coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
- 1942 Birth - Michael Eisner Mount Kisko NY, CEO (Walt Disney)
- 1942 Birth - Paul Preuss US, sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire)
- 1942 Birth - Tammy Faye Bakker gospel singer/wife of Jim Bakker (PTL)
- 1942 Birth - Tommy F Robinson (Representative-Democrat-AR, 1985- )
- 1942 Birth - U N Kulkarni cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68)
- 1942 The first cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee
- 1943 Birth - Carole Peel Australian softball assistant coach (Olympics-bronze-96)
- 1943 Birth - Chris White rock bassist (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
- 1943 Birth - Leon Frank Sylvers rocker
- 1943 General-Major Patton arrives in Djebel Kouif Tunisia
- 1944 Birth - Elton Gallegly (Representative-Republican-CA)
- 1944 Birth - Jrgen Theobaldy writer
- 1944 Birth - Townes Van Zandt musician
- 1944 Japans begins offensive in Burma
- 1945 Birth - Arthur Lee rocker (Vindicator)
- 1945 Birth - John Heard Washington DC, actor (Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD)
- 1945 Cologne taken by allied armies
- 1945 Death - Adolf Bartels German writer/racist, dies at 82
- 1945 The Commanding Officer, CGAS Floyd Bennett Field reported that a dunking sonar suspended from an XHOS-1 helicopter had been tested successfully.
- 1945 The tandem rotor XHRP-X transport helicopter, built under Navy contract by P-V Engineering Forum made its first flight at the contractor's plant at Sharon Hill
- 1945 US 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine
- 1945 Yugoslavia government of Tito forms
- 1946 Birth - Matthew Fisher London, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum)
- 1946 Birth - Peter Wolf rock singer (J Giels Band-Centerfold, Freeze Frame)
- 1947 Birth - Donna Loren Boston MA, singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo)
- 1947 Birth - Lewis J Stadlen Brooklyn NY, actor (John-Benson, Savages, Windy City)
- 1947 Birth - Richard Lawson Loma Linda CA, actor (Eddie-The O'Neills)
- 1947 Birth - Robert O'Neill Crossman politician
- 1947 The Kuomintang and Communist Party of China resume full-fledged Civil War.
- 1948 The Dodecanese islands officially become part of Greece again, ending the Italian rule.
- 1950 Birth - Franco Harris NFL fullback (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- 1950 Birth - Mark Pinter Decorah IA, actor (Karl-Behind the Screen, Another World)
- 1950 Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
- 1951 Birth - Linda Gibboney actress (Search for Tomorrow, Jessica-Generations)
- 1951 Death - Ali Razmara Shah of Iran (1950-51), assassinated
- 1951 Death - Ivor Novello British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at 58
- 1951 Death - Shah Ali Razmara of Iran, assassinated
- 1951 Ezzard Charles wins 15-round heavyweight decision against Jersey Joe Walcott
- 1951 Korean War: Operation Ripper - In Korea, United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgeway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
- 1952 Birth - Ernie Isley US vocalist/guitarist (It's Your Thing, Heat is On)
- 1952 Birth - Lynn Swann NFL receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)/sportscaster
- 1952 Birth - Vivian Richards West Indian master blaster
- 1953 Birth - Jules Shear rock musician
- 1953 Birth - Kathleen Sullivan Pasadena CA, newscaster (E!)
- 1953 Visitor posting - Gordon McDougall born this day in the city of Hull - United Kingdom
- 1953 Jackie McGlew scores 255 vs New Zealand at Wellington
- 1954 Birth - Matt Frenette rock drummer (Loverboy)
- 1954 Russia defeated Canada 7-2 to capture the world ice-hockey title in Stockholm, Sweden.
- 1954 Russia wins title in their first international ice hockey competition
- 1955 7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas & Loretta Young
- 1955 Death - Tom Dugan actor (Pick a Star), dies at 66
- 1955 Mary Martin as "Peter Pan" televised
- 1957 Visitor posting - Jocelyn Wingate born March 7, 1957. Pet cat that is 16 yrs of named Keekers - USA
- 1958 Birth - Rik Mayall comedian (Drop Dead Fred, Bottom, Little Noises)
- 1958 Commissioning of USS Grayback, first submarine built from keel up with guided missile capability, to fire Regulus II missile.
- 1959 Birth - Thomas Edward Lehman Austin MN, PGA golfer (1994 Memorial Tournament)
- 1959 Death - Arthur C Pigou English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies
- 1959 Death - Hinsdale Smith developer of roll-down auto windows, dies at 88
- 1959 Melvin C. Garlow became the first pilot to fly over a million miles in jet airplanes.
- 1959 The first aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 Mkm) in a jet (MC Garlow)
- 1959 West Indies all out 76 vs Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34
- 1960 Birth - Ivan Lendl Czechoslovakia, tennis pro (US Open 1985-87)
- 1960 Birth - Joe Carter Oklahoma City OK, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
- 1960 Dutch Builders strike for CLA
- 1960 USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) rescues 4 Russian soldiers from their landing craft 1,000 miles from Midway Island, which was drifting several weeks after their engine failed off Kamchatka Peninsula.
- 1961 Birth - Mary Beth Evans Pasadena CA, actress (Katherine-General Hospital, Kayla-Days of our Lives)
- 1961 Death - Englebert van Anderlecht Belgian painter, dies at 42
- 1961 Death - Max Hymans WWII resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at 60
- 1962 Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio
- 1962 Birth - Taylor Dayne [Leslie Wunderman], Long Island NY, vocalist (I'll Always Love You)
- 1962 Launch of OSO 1, first astronomy satellite (solar flare data)
- 1963 Birth - Mike Eagles Sussex, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
- 1963 Birth - Mohammad Ishaq cricketer (UAE batsman 1996 World Cup)
- 1963 In Quebec FLQ starts campaign of violence by hurling Molotov cocktails at three Canadian Army armories.
- 1963 Visitor posting - Peter A. Brady III - born in Stamford, Ct. - USA
- 1964 Birth - Amy Baltus Bloomington IN, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-13th-1992)
- 1964 Birth - Jeff Criswell NFL tackle (Kansas City Chiefs)
- 1964 Death - Franz Alexander Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73
- 1965 Alabama state troopers & 600 black protestors clash in Selma
- 1965 Birth - Cameron Daddo Melbourne Australia, actor (Brian Petersen-Models Inc)
- 1965 Birth - Jesper Bo Parnevik Stockholm Sweden, PGA golfer (1995 Nestle-5th)
- 1965 Birth - Steve Beuerlein NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars, Car Panthers)
- 1965 Birth - [Willie] Flipper Anderson NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
- 1965 Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for New Zealand after ton
- 1965 Christian-democrats win parliament in Chile
- 1965 In Selma, Alabama, State troopers and local law enforcement forcefully break up a group of 600 civil rights marchers. The event was televised and was dubbed Bloody Sunday.
- 1966 Birth - Jeff Feagles NFL punter (Arizona Cardinals)
- 1966 Birth - Mel Rojas Haina Dominican Republic, pitcher (Montral Expos)
- 1966 Birth - Terry Carkner Smiths Falls, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
- 1966 Department of Navy reorganized into present structure under CNO
- 1967 Birth - Zheng Haixia WNBA center (Los Angeles Sparks)
- 1967 Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", premieres in New York NY
- 1967 PBRs assists Operation Overload II in Rung Sat Zone, Vietnam
- 1967 Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union & jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971)
- 1968 Birth - Jeff Kent Bellflower CA, infielder (New York Mets)
- 1968 Birth - Ricky Proehl NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears)
- 1968 Death - Yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin USSR cosmonaut (Vostok I), dies at 31
- 1968 Operation Coronado XII begins in Mekong Delta, Vietnam
- 1969 Birth - Anne Marie Lauck Rochester NY, marathoner (Olympics-10th-96)
- 1969 Birth - Anthony Davis NFL linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs)
- 1969 Birth - Brian Jamieson Livingston NJ, rower (Olympics-silver-1996)
- 1969 Birth - Geoff Smith Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
- 1969 Birth - Matt Blundin NFL quarterback (Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions)
- 1969 Birth - Sam Gash NFL running back (New England Patriots)
- 1969 Golda Meir elected as the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
- 1969 UK hist Victoria Line tube opens in London
- 1970 Birth - Jacquelyn Doucette Miss Massachusetts-USA (1996)
- 1970 Birth - James Calvin Spivey Schiller Park IL, miler
- 1970 Birth - Kathy Gedney Indianapolis IN, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-25th-1994)
- 1970 Number one hit on UK music charts - Lee Marvin - Wandrin' Star
- 1970 Visitor posting - Scott Northup was born today - USA
- 1971 Birth - Alison Herst Toronto Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-5-92, 96)
- 1971 Egypt refuses to renew the Suez ceasefire
- 1972 Birth - Andrew Finch rower (Olympics-1996)
- 1972 Birth - Marina Hatzakis Australian rower (Olympics-96)
- 1973 Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory
- 1973 Death - Andr de Meulemeester Belgian WWI pilot [Eagle of Flanders], dies at 78
- 1973 Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh
- 1974 "Monitor" (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras NC
- 1974 Birth - Joost Volmer soccer player (FC Twente)
- 1974 First general striking in Ethiopia
- 1975 Birth - Andrey Savenkov hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998)
- 1975 Birth - William Hampton CFL defensive back (Calgary Stampeders)
- 1975 Death - Ben Blue actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 73
- 1975 Death - Francine Larrimore actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at 76
- 1975 Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate
- 1976 Death - Erwin Kroll composer, dies at 90
- 1976 Morocco & Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria
- 1977 Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections
- 1977 Birth - Ludmila Richterova Kosice Slovakia, tennis star (1995 Bournemouth)
- 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin meets President Carter
- 1978 Belgian baron Charles Bracht kidnapped
- 1978 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders
- 1978 Dutch 2nd Chamber votes against neutron bomb
- 1979 Death - Guiomar Novaes pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84
- 1979 Death - Klaus Egge Norwegian composer (Fanitullen), dies at 72
- 1979 USS Constellation and her escort ships were ordered to the Gulf of Aden in response to the conflict between North and South Yemen.
- 1981 Death - John Gnagy artist (Learn to Draw), dies at 73
- 1981 Death - Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67
- 1981 The first homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death
- 1982 Death - Charles Borromeo Mills composer, dies at 68
- 1983 Death - Igor Markevich composer, dies at 70
- 1983 Death - Robert Bray actor (Corey-Lassie, Simon-Stagecoach West), dies at 65
- 1983 TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV
- 1985 Death - George Schick Czechoslovakian conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76
- 1985 Death - Robert W Woodruff CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95
- 1985 Death - Victor W Farris inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies
- 1985 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released
- 1986 Death - Jacob K Javits (Senator-Republican-NY), dies in Palm Beach FL at 81
- 1986 South-Africa emergency crisis in Brabant & Limburg ends
- 1987 Gavaskar becomes first cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs
- 1987 Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1987 World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champ, "Iron" Mike Tyson, became the youngest heavyweight titlist ever as he beat James Smith in a decision during a 12-round bout in Las Vegas.
- 1988 Colombia becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- 1988 Death - Divine [Harris Glenn Milstead] transvestite actor (Hairspray, Polyester, Pink Flamingos), dies in Los Angeles at 42
- 1988 Death - Robert Livingston actor (Lone Ranger), dies at 83 of emphysema
- 1988 Howard Stern's first pay-per-view "Underpants & Negligee Party"
- 1989 Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a row over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel.
- 1989 Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Salman Rushdie's book "The Satanic Verses"
- 1989 Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, NW North America, Greenland)
- 1989 The State Council of the People's Republic of China declares martial law in Lhasa, Tibet.
- 1990 3 passengers killed & 162 injured as subway train derails (Philadelphia)
- 1990 Death - Max Neuhaus composer, dies at 50
- 1990 Visitor posting - Travis Allie was born
- 1991 Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait
- 1992 Visitor posting - Cody Arthur Volway was born in Saginaw MI 48604 - USA
- 1993 Death - Arnold Franchetti Ital/US composer, dies
- 1993 Death - Earl Wrightson singer/actor (Pinafore), dies of heart failure at 77
- 1993 Death - Tony Harris cricketer (8 Tests for South Africa 1947-49, 100 runs), dies
- 1993 Diff'rent Stroke actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant
- 1994 8th American Comedy Awards: Carrot Top wins
- 1994 ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa
- 1994 Charles Taylor resigns as President of Liberia
- 1994 Navy issues first orders to women assigned aboard combat ship, USS Eisenhower
- 1994 US Navy issues first permanent order assigning women on combat ship
- 1995 Death - Don Cook British foreign correspondent, dies at 74
- 1995 Death - Jaap van den Hurk TV-director (NCRV), dies
- 1995 Death - Jacques Lefebvre Belgian air force general, commits suicide at 64
- 1995 Death - John Arthur Neill Lambert composer teacher organist, dies at 69
- 1995 Death - Paul-Emile Victor French pole explorer, dies at 87
- 1995 Death - Thijmen Kuijt resistance fighter/co-found paper (Typhoon), dies at 82
- 1995 Visitor posting - Paul Chongs' Birthday - USA
- 1995 Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record)
- 1995 New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty
- 1996 British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million £ order
- 1996 Death - Aled Eames maritime historian, dies at 74
- 1996 Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists
- 1996 Visitor posting - Spencer Stillman born - USA
- 1996 The first democratically elected Palestinian parliament is formed.
- 1996 The first surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope)
- 1997 11th Soul Train Music Awards
- 1997 5 sue Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life
- 1997 Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome & Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site
- 2005 Mass protest outside the National Assembly of Kuwait building for women's voting rights in Kuwait.
- 2006 Apple Inc. is granted the patent to the iPod.
- 2006 Visitor posting - Kyriese graham my first handsome son was born god bless you - United Kingdom
- 2009 Visitor posting - March 7 2009 Ally Karpel's Bat Mitzvah
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