Ken Fussichen's History Of The Day For
March 25th

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1*Roman Church historian Dionysius Exiguus (ca.500-550), in calculating his history of the Christian Church, took this day as the supposed date of the Annunciation. March 25th afterward became the first day of the calendar year, until the Gregorian Calendar Reform of 1753 changed the day to January first.Ref: 5
31*First Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus.Ref: 5
421 Friday at 12 Prime Minister: city of Venice founded.Ref: 5
708*Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope.Ref: 5
1133*William the Conqueror orders first Domesday Survey of England.Ref: 5
1409 Council of Pisa opens.Ref: 5
1437*James II is crowned King of Scotland at Holyrood Abbey by Michael Ochiltree, bishop of Dunblane. This is the first Scottish crowning to be held away from Scone, where it was considered too dangerous because of the recent murder of James I.Ref: 16
1571 Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland.Ref: 5
1581*Portugese Cortes calls Philip II king of Portugal.Ref: 5
1581*Last New Year's Day in European Catholic countries; Gregorian calendar moves it to Jan 1, 1582.Ref: 10
1584*Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore North America.Ref: 5
1598 Cornelis de Houtman's fleet departs for East-Indies.Ref: 5
1634*The Catholic Church gained a foothold in colonial America when the ships "Dove" and "Ark" arrived in Maryland with 128 Catholic colonists, selected by Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore. The colony was under the leadership of Leonard Calvert, Lord Baltimore's brother.Ref: 5
1647 Cape of Good Hope; tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay.Ref: 5
1655*Puritans jail Governor Stone after a military victory over Catholic forces in the colony of Maryland.Ref: 2
1700 England, France & Netherlands ratify 2nd Extermination treaty.Ref: 5
1751*Last New Year's Day in England; British finally accept Gregorian calendar; New Year starts Jan 1.Ref: 10
1753*Voltaire leaves the court of Frederik II of Prussia.Ref: 5
1760*Thomas Jefferson enteres the College of William and Mary. His mentor at the time was William Small, a Scot and professor of natural philosophy. 
1774*English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill.Ref: 5
1775*The Virginia Convention requires each county to form a volunteer company of cavalry or infantry. 
1776*The Continental Congress authorizes a medal for General George Washington.Ref: 5
1802 France, Netherlands, Spain & England signs Peace of Amiens.Ref: 5
1807*First railway passenger service began in England.Ref: 5
1807*British Parliament abolishes the slave trade.Ref: 5
1807*George Canning becomes British minister of Foreign affairs.Ref: 5
1814 Netherlands Bank established.Ref: 5
1817 Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians.Ref: 5
1821*Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day).Ref: 5
1847*Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland".Ref: 5
1882*First demonstration of pancake making (Department store in New York NY).Ref: 5
1888 Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis elected to Dutch 2nd chamber.Ref: 5
1894*Jacob S. Coxey began leading an "army" of unemployed from Massillon, Ohio, to Washington, D.C., to demand help from the federal government.Ref: 70
1900*US Socialist Party is formed at Indpls.Ref: 5
1905*Rebel battle flags that were captured during the American Civil War are returned to the South.Ref: 2
1906*(Shipp) In his Sunday sermon at the First Baptist Church in Chattanooga, the city's establishment church for whites, pastor Howard Jones strongly criticizes the lynchers and their sympathizers.Ref: 87
1911*(4:40)(Triangle) Shortly before quitting time of 4:45, a fire breaks out on the eighth floor of the Asch building, housing the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. The fire will claim 146 victims, mostly young women.Ref: 87
1911*(4:46)(Triangle) NYFD Company 72 arrives at the Asch building. The fire is spreading towards the ninth and tenth floors, also the workplace for Triangle Shirtwaist Company employees. Employees on the eighth floor head down, those on the tenth head to the roof, many on the ninth floor have nowhere to go.Ref: 87
1911*(4:57)(Triangle) The last of dozens of bodies falls to the sidewalk from the ninth floor ledge.Ref: 87
1911*(5:05)(Triangle) The fire is effectively brought under control.Ref: 87
1911*(5:15)(Triangle) The fire is described as practically "all over."Ref: 87
1911*(6:20)(Triangle) Fire fighters make their way to the badly burned top three floors of the Asch building, finding dozens of badly burned bodies as they do so.Ref: 87
1911*(6:45)(Triangle) Throngs of grieving people push through police lines and move toward the Asch building.Ref: 87
1911*(8:00)(Triangle) By now, 60 bodies have been lowered from the upper floors. The Death wagon returns to the Asch building for its second load.Ref: 87
1911*(8:15)(Triangle) A Triangle Shirtwaist worker stuck in water in the bottom of an elevator shaft is rescued by fire fighters.Ref: 87
1911*(9:05)(Triangle) A row of lights strung around the outside of the Asch building is turned on.Ref: 87
1911*(11:15)(Triangle) The last body is taken down from the upper floors.Ref: 87
1917*Joseph Stalin, a senior member of the Central Committee (founded in 1912), returns from exile with Kamenev.Ref: 90
1919*The Paris Peace Commission adopts a plan to protect nations from the influx of foreign labor.Ref: 2
1920*Greek Independence Day.Ref: 5
1924*Greek parliament selects Admiral Paul Koundouriótis as premier.Ref: 5
1931*(Scottsboro Boys) A posse stops Southern Railroad train in Paint Rock, Alabama. Scottsboro boys are arrested on charges of assault. Rape charges are added against all nine boys after accusations are made by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates.Ref: 87
1935 First Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns.Ref: 5
1936 Britain signs naval treaty with U.S. and France.Ref: 10
1937 Italy & Yugoslavia sign no-attack treaty (Pact of Belgrade).Ref: 5
1940*The United States agrees to give Britain and France access to all American warplanes.Ref: 2
1941*Carolina Paprika Mills, Dillon SC, incorporated.Ref: 5
1942*700 Jews of Polish Lvov-district reach Belzec Concentration camp.Ref: 5
1947 Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia.Ref: 5
1949*SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied.Ref: 5
1951*E Purcell & EM Ewen detect 21-cm radiation at Harvard physics lab.Ref: 5
1953*A group of 22 Southern Baptist military personnel, stationed at Rapid City, met to form the Calvary Baptist Church , the first Southern Baptist congregation established in South Dakota.Ref: 5
1954*Pope Pius XII encyclical "Sacra virginitas" (On consecrated virginity).Ref: 5
1955*East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, USSR.Ref: 5
1957*The Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (Common Market).Ref: 5
1958*Jan Zurakowski takes off from Malton Airport near Toronto in an Avro CF-105 Arrow for a 35-minute maiden flight, marking the beginning of Canada's era of supesonic flight.Ref: 2
1958*West German parliament desires German atomic weapons.Ref: 5
1959*French President De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary.Ref: 5
1960*First guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut).Ref: 5
1960 Italian government Tambroni forms.Ref: 5
1962*French OAS-leader ex-General Jouhaud arrested.Ref: 5
1964*Britain sets memorial for the late President John F Kennedy.Ref: 5
1965*West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution.Ref: 5
1965*The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery AL, to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks. (Go to article.)Ref: 70
1966*US Supreme court rules "poll tax" unconstitutional.Ref: 5
1967*USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.Ref: 5
1968*US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.Ref: 5
1969 Andes Pact signed in Peru.Ref: 5
1969*Pakistan General Agha Mohammed Jagja Khan succeeds Ayub Chan as President.Ref: 5
1971*European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers.Ref: 5
1976 Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties.Ref: 5
1979 Major riot at Bourda prevents day's play in WSC Supertest.Ref: 5
1981*The U.S. Embassy in San Salvador is damaged when gunmen attack, firing rocket propelled grenades and machine guns.Ref: 2
1984*A summit eruption on Mauna Loa was spotted at 1:25 AM. The Northeast rift zone was fountaining by 4:30 PM. During the next 21 days lava would flow almost to the city of HiloRef: 62
1985*Edwin Meese III becomes US Attorney General.Ref: 5
1986*President Ronald Reagan orders emergency aid for the Honduran army. U.S. helicopters take Honduran troops to the Nicaraguan border.Ref: 2
1986*Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes.Ref: 5
1987*Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified.Ref: 5
1988*Robert E. Chambers Jr. pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin in New York City's so-called "preppie murder case."Ref: 70
1992*Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi backs away from an offer to turn over two suspects in the PanAm Flight 103 bombing to the Arab League. (XDG, p 4A, 3/27/2002)Ref: 83
1992 British scientists find new largest perfect number (2 756839 -1 2 756839).Ref: 5
1994*The US Senate approves a $1.51T budget. (XDG, p 4A, 3/25/2004)Ref: 83
1996*The US introduces a new, more counterfeit-resistant $100 bill. (TWA, 2000)Ref: 95
1996*Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) approaches within 0.1018 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth.Ref: 5
1996*An 81-day standoff by the antigovernment Freemen began at a ranch near Jordan, Mont.Ref: 70
1998*President Clinton acknowledged during his Africa tour that "we did not act quickly enough" to stop the slaughter of one million Rwandans four years earlier.Ref: 70
2001*The Xenia Daily Gazette reported on page 1 that Wright-Patterson AFB had successfully turned back foreign hacks into the Aeronautical System Center's computer system. LtG Richard Reynolds claimed 125,000 break-in attempts occurred on Friday, March 22nd. The exact purpose of the attack and identity of the attackers is unknown.Ref: 83
2003*The US Senate votes to slash President Bush's proposed $726B tax-cutting package in half, handing the president a defeat on the foundation of his plan to awaken the nation's slumbering economy. (XDG, p 4A, 3/25/2004)Ref: 83
2003*Former Waterbury CT Mayor Philip Giordano was convicted of violating the civil rights of two preteen girls by sexually abusing them. (Giordano was later sentenced to 37 years in federal prison.)Ref: 70
1609*Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co.Ref: 5
1655*Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite).Ref: 5
1856*A E Burnside patents Burnside carbine.Ref: 5
1857*Frederick Langenheim of Philadelphia takes world's first photograph of a solar eclipse.Ref: 5
1902*Irving W. Colburn patents the sheet glass drawing machine.Ref: 4
1902*Marie Curie proves existence of radium and notes its atomic weight.Ref: 10
1954 Radio Corporation of America (RCA) began commercial production of TV sets that were equipped to receive programs in living color. To buy one of those huge sets with a 12½" screen, television buyers spent $1,000 -- and more.Ref: 4
1961*Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km).Ref: 5
1961*Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered.Ref: 5
1970*Concorde makes its first supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH).Ref: 5
1988*NASA launches space vehicle S-206.Ref: 5
1992*Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returned to Earth from the Mir space station after a 10-month stay in the TM-14, during which his native country, the Soviet Union, ceased to exist.Ref: 70
1813*The frigate USS Essex flies the first U.S. flag in battle in the Pacific.Ref: 2
1820 Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack.Ref: 5
1863*First Army Medal of Honor awarded.Ref: 5
1863*Skirmish at Brentwood TN.Ref: 5
1864*Battle of Paducah KY (Forrest's raid).Ref: 5
1865*The last offensive for Lee's Army of Northern Virginia begins with an attack on the center of Grant's forces at Petersburg. Four hours later the attack is broken. 
1865*During the Civil War, Confederate forces captured Fort Stedman in Virginia, near Petersburg.Ref: 5
1865*Battle of Bluff Spring FL.Ref: 5
1865*Battle of Mobile AL (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely).Ref: 5
1879 Japan invades the kingdom of Liuqiu (Ryukyu) Islands, formerly a vassal of China.Ref: 2
1895 Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia).Ref: 5
1915*The first submarine disaster occurs when a U.S. F-4 sinks off the Hawaiian coast, killing 21.Ref: 2
1915*German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea.Ref: 5
1941*Disguised German merchant raider Kormoran captures Canadian merchant ship Candolite southeast of Freetown, West Africa. The crew of 44 is taken prisoner. 
1941*Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers.Ref: 2
1942*Fearing Japanese attack, school board plans to issue I.D. tags to 100,000 school children.Ref: 37
1943*97% of all Dutch physicians strike againt Nazi registration.Ref: 5
1944*German troop executes 335 residents of Rome.Ref: 5
1944*RAF Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute. He suffers a broken ankle.Ref: 5
1945*Allied forces begin an assault on the Rhine River, the last major line of German defence. 
1945*US first army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen.Ref: 5
1945*US 4th Armored division arrives at Hanau & Aschaffenburg.Ref: 5
1945*US Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa.Ref: 5
1953*The USS Missouri fires on targets at Kojo, North Korea, the last time her guns fire until the Persian Gulf War of 1992.Ref: 2
1964 Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64).Ref: 5
1975*Hue is lost and Da Nang is endangered by North Vietnamese forces. The United States orders a refugee airlift to remove those in danger.Ref: 2
1994*American troops completed their withdrawal from Somalia.Ref: 70
1999 NATO aircraft and missiles blast targets in Yugoslavia for a second night, directing much of their fire on Kosovo, where fighting rages between Serbs and ethnic Albanians. (XDG, p 4A, 3/25/2004)Ref: 83
2003*British troops continue battling Iraqi militiamen in the Iraqi city of Basra, control of which is key to delivering humanitarian aid. (XDG, p 5A, 4/21/2003)Ref: 83
1668*The first horse race in America takes place.Ref: 5
1876*Glasgow first soccer match Scotland-Wales (4-0).Ref: 5
1898 Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in New York NY.Ref: 5
1907*Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles but outscore them in 2 game set but outscore them 12-8 and win cup.Ref: 5
1910*Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champion.Ref: 5
1916*Heavyweight Jess Willard & Franc Moran fight to no decision in 10 for boxing title (New York NY).Ref: 5
1916*Women are allowed to attend a boxing match.Ref: 5
1924*Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens (NHL) sweep Calgary Tigers (WCHL) in 2 (2nd of 1924).Ref: 5
1934*Horton Smith won the first Masters golf tournament under the magnolia trees of Augusta National in Georgia.Ref: 4
1935*The Cardinals sell Pat Malone to the Yankees.Ref: 1
1936*Detroit Red Wings beat Montréal Maroons in NHL longest game (2 hours 56 minutes 30 seconds).Ref: 5
1937*Babe Ruth was reported to have received $25,000 a year for the Quaker Oats Company to use his name in ads for Quaker Oatmeal.Ref: 4
1937*Lionel Conacher misses on first Stanley Cup penalty shot.Ref: 5
1938*First US bred horse (Battleship) to win Grand National Steeplechase.Ref: 5
1945*Tryouts are granted to pitcher Terris McDuffie and first baseman Dave Thomas when a group of blacks appear at the Dodger offices in Brooklyn. The two players will work out at Ebbets Field in front of Branch Rickey on April 7.Ref: 1
1947*9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Oklahoma 58-47.Ref: 5
1954*Dickie Moore schores four goals in one period in a Stanley Cup game, an individual record.Ref: 4
1957*NBA modifies the free-throw rule.Ref: 5
1958*Sugar Ray Robinson is first boxing champion to win 5 times.Ref: 5
1959*Bill White traded to St Louis for pitchers Sam Jones & Don Choate.Ref: 5
1960*Ford Frick voids Indians-Red Sox deal as Sam White retires.Ref: 5
1961*23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cincinnati beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT).Ref: 5
1961*3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes.Ref: 5
1962*Elvin Tappe is named as the Cubs first head coach of the season in team's college of coaches plan. Chicago hasn't had a manager since 1960.Ref: 1
1963*The Reds sell pitcher Johnny Klippstein to the Phillies.Ref: 1
1967*29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64, its 3rd national basketball championship in 4 years.Ref: 5
1971*Boston Patriots become New England Patriots.Ref: 5
1972*Bobby Hull joined Gordie Howe to become only the second National Hockey League player to score 600 career goals. Hull played for the Chicago Blackhawks and Howe spent his NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings.Ref: 4
1972*34th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Florida 81-76; UCLA's 6th consecutive national basketball title.Ref: 5
1973*Carol Mann wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic.Ref: 5
1979*Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sahara National Pro-Am Golf Tournament.Ref: 5
1982*Wayne Gretzky becomes first NHL to score 200 points in a season.Ref: 5
1983 Christa Rothenburger skates world record 500 meter ladies (39.69 seconds).Ref: 5
1983 Pavel Pegov skates world record 1000 meter (1:12.58).Ref: 5
1984*Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.Ref: 5
1985*It's bad news for the Cubs as a judge rules laws banning night games are constitutional. The Cubs brought suit after having to give up a home playoff game last season due to the lack of lights at Wrigley.Ref: 1
1988*Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money.Ref: 5
1990*Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic.Ref: 5
1994 Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3 km (4:09.32).Ref: 5
1994 Yasunori Miyabe skates world record 1000 meter (1:12.37).Ref: 5
1995*Boxer Mike Tyson is released from the Indiana Youth Center near Plainfield, Ind.Ref: 98
1996 World Ice Dance Championship in Edmonton won by Gritshuk & Platov (Russia).Ref: 5
1996 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Eltsova & Bushkov (Russia).Ref: 5
1996 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Michelle Kwan (USA).Ref: 5
1996 World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA).Ref: 5
1997*Indians trade Lofton & Embree to Braves for Grissom & JusticeRef: 5
1997*Former President George H.W. Bush, 73, parachuted from a plane over the Arizona desert.Ref: 70
1999 Alexei Yagudin wins the men's title for the second tiem at the World Figure Skating Championships held in Helsinki, Finland. (XDG, p 4A, 3/25/2004)Ref: 83
1616*William Shakespeare signs his will giving wife Anne "my second best bed with the furniture."Ref: 10
1833*Edmund Kean's last performance; collapses onstage at Covent Garden playing "Othello".Ref: 10
1852 Friedrich Hebbel's "Agnes Bernauer" premieres in Munich.Ref: 5
1911 L D Swamikannu publishes "Manual of Indian Chronology" in Bombay.Ref: 5
1913*The Palace Theatre opens its doors in New York City. Ed Wynn was first on the vaudeville bill.Ref: 4
1931*Hal Kemp and his orchestra recorded Whistles, with Skinnay Ennis, for Brunswick Records. Both Kemp and Ennis sang in the Dorsey Brothers Concert Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Eugene Ormandy (later, conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra). The pair were part of the orchestra vocal quartet that also featured Nye Mayhew and Saxey Dowell in 1928.Ref: 4
1937*Washington Daily News is first US newspaper with perfumed advertising page.Ref: 5
1939*Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart.Ref: 5
1943 Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore premiered on network radio. The pair replaced the popular Abbott and Costello following Lou Costello’s heart attack.Ref: 4
1946*First performance of Igor Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto".Ref: 5
1948*Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes first British film to win Academy Award for best picture.Ref: 10
1951*5th Tony Awards: Guys & Dolls & Rose Tattoo win.Ref: 5
1954*26th Academy Awards: "From Here to Eternity", William Holden & Audrey Hepburn win.Ref: 5
1957*Poetry under attack: Allen Ginsberg's "Howl"declared obscene by U.S. Customs officials.Ref: 10
1960 DH Lawrence' "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (New York NY).Ref: 5
1961*Elvis Presley performed his first post-Army appearance, a benefit for planning and building the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The concert raised well over $64,000 and raised public awareness of the need for the memorial.Ref: 4
1961*"13 Daughters" closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 28 performances.Ref: 5
1961*"Gypsy" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 702 performances.Ref: 5
1962*"Family Affair" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 65 performances.Ref: 5
1966*Beatles pose with mutilated dolls & butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday & Today" album, It is later pulled.Ref: 5
1967*The Turtles' "Happy Together" goes #1.Ref: 5
1967*Who & Cream make US debut at Murray the K's Easter Show.Ref: 5
1969*John Lennon and Yoko Ono stage a bed-in for peace in Amsterdam.Ref: 2
1971*Tom Jones' "She's a Lady" goes gold.Ref: 5
1972*"Selling of the President" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 5 performances.Ref: 5
1972*The group, America, rode to the top of the pop music charts with their LP, America, and the single (included on the LP), A Horse with No Name. A Horse With No Name would be the group’s only gold record and one of two number one songs (the other was Sister Golden Hair, 6/14/75). America placed 11 tunes on the pop music charts between 1972 and 1983. George Martin, the producer of The Beatles, was behind five America tunes, including Tin Man, Lonely People, Sister Golden Hair, Daisy Jane and Today’s the Day. Dan Peek, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell were the original lineup of the trio that won the Best New Artist Grammy in 1972.Ref: 4
1973*27th Tony Awards: That Championship Season & Little Night Music win.Ref: 5
1974*Barbra Streisand records the album "Butterfly".Ref: 5
1976*"My Fair Lady" opens at St James Theater NYC for 384 performances.Ref: 5
1976*"Rex" opens at Lunt-Fontaine Theater NYC for 48 performances.Ref: 5
1985*57th Academy Awards: "Amadeus", F Murray Abraham & Sally Field win.Ref: 5
1988 "Les Miserables" opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Japan.Ref: 5
1989 "Les Miserables" opens at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago.Ref: 5
1990*"Lettice & Lovage" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 284 performances.Ref: 5
1990*10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins.Ref: 5
1991*63rd Academy Awards: "Dance with Wolves", Jeremy Irons & Kathy Bates win.Ref: 5
1993*"Candida" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances.Ref: 5
1996*68th Academy Awards: "Braveheart", Nicholas Cage & Susan Sarandon win.Ref: 5
1997*"Barrymore" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 240 performances.Ref: 5
1999*13 year-old singer Charlotte Church becomes youngest artist to enter American top 30 album chart.Ref: 10
2184*Fiction: Pavel Andreivich Chekov, Leningrad, USSR (Star Trek-character)Ref: 5
1252*Konradijn Hohenstaufen [Koenrad van Zwaben], son of Konrad IV, is born.Ref: 5
1347*St Catherine of Siena, Italian Dominican tertiary, mystic and patron Saint of Italy, is born.Ref: 70
1495*Leonhard Paminger composer, is born.Ref: 5
1528*Jacob Andreae German theologist (Schwäbische Konkordie), is born.Ref: 5
1532*Pietro Pontio composer, is born.Ref: 5
1594*Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher Dutch writer, is born.Ref: 5
1653*Joseph Sauveur French physicist/mathematician, is born.Ref: 5
1688*Johann Gotthilf Ziegler composer, is born.Ref: 5
1699*Johann Adolf Hasse composer, is born.Ref: 5
1702*Christian Gottlieb Ziegler composer, is born.Ref: 5
1702 Pieter Teyler Van der Hulst Dutch silk merchant (Teyler's Museum), is born.Ref: 5
1713*Jean-Baptiste Canavas composer, is born.Ref: 5
1723 Kaat Mussel [Catharina Mulder], Dutch demonstrater, is born.Ref: 5
1745*Nicolas Etienne Framery composer, is born.Ref: 5
1762*Francesco Giuseppi Pollini composer, is born.Ref: 5
1767*Joachim Murat, Napoleon's brother in law who became king of Naples in 1808, is born.Ref: 2
1769*Salvatore Vigano composer, is born.Ref: 5
1770*Carl Friedrich Ebers composer, is born.Ref: 5
1782*Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), sister of Napoleon), is born.Ref: 5
1784*François-Joseph Fétis Belgian musicology/composer, is born.Ref: 5
1786*Giovanni B Amia Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, is born.Ref: 5
1797*John Winebrenner, US clergyman who founded the Church of God, is born.Ref: 5
1800*Paulin Paris French historian, is born.Ref: 5
1808*José de Espronceda y Delgado Spanish revolutionary/poet (Cortes), is born.Ref: 5
1818*Isaac Ingalls Stevens Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862, is born.Ref: 5
1820 Xavier F M G Earl of Merode, Belgian minister to Pope (in Rome), is born.Ref: 5
1823*William Thompson Martin Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1910, is born.Ref: 5
1826*Matilda Gage, American women's rights advocate, is born.Ref: 70
1827*Stephen Luce, American founder and first president of the Naval War College, is born.Ref: 70
1839*William Bell Wait, American educator of the blind, is born.Ref: 5
1867*John Gutzon Borglum sculptor: Mt. Rushmore National Memorial [George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt]; died March 6, 1941Ref: 4
1867*Arturo Toscanini Parma Italy, temperamental conductor, is born.Ref: 68
1869*Gustaaf Schamelhout Flemish physician/writer, is born.Ref: 5
1871*John Gutzon Borglum sculptor (Mount Rushmore), is born.Ref: 5
1872*Vito Pardo Italian sculptor (Columbus monument in Argentina), is born.Ref: 5
1873 Rudolf Rocker German/US anarchist, is born.Ref: 5
1875*Spencer Charters Duncannon PA, actor (3 Faces West), is born.Ref: 5
1877*Alphonse de Châteaubriant French writer (Instantanés aux Pays-Bas), is born.Ref: 5
1878*Henry graaf de Baillet-Latour Belgian President of IOC (1925-42), is born.Ref: 5
1878*Theodore Samuel Holland composer, is born.Ref: 5
1879*William Knudsen, Danish-born American industrialist; president of General Motors (1937-1940), is born.Ref: 70
1879*Otakar Zich composer, is born.Ref: 5
1881*Béla Bartók, composer, is born. (Also: Cross, Milton, "Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music", Doubleday & Co, 1953)Ref: 5
1881 Louis Dosfel Flemish lawyer/writer (Assault!), is born.Ref: 5
1882*Haydn Wood composer, is born.Ref: 5
1885*Veit Valentin German/US historian (Deutsche Revolution), is born.Ref: 5
1887*Josef Capek Czechoslovakian painter/author/critic (Kulhavy Poutník), is born.Ref: 5
1888*Gerald Murphy, American expatriate; befriended, with wife, writers and artists in Paris in the 1920's, is born.Ref: 70
1890*Marten Baersma [MH Bottema], Friesan author (De ljochte kimen), is born.Ref: 5
1892*Andy Clyde Scotland, actor (George-Real McCoys, Cully-Lassie), is born.Ref: 5
1893*Edward Hart (Representative-Democrat-NJ)/1st chairman of Committee on Un-American Activities, is born.Ref: 5
1894*Erik William Gustav Leidzen composer, is born.Ref: 5
1897*John Laurie Dumfries Scotland, actor (Jericho, Island of Desire), is born.Ref: 5
1899*Bella Spewack Hungary, playwright (Kiss Me Kate), is born.Ref: 5
1899*Jacques Audiberti French poet (Race of Men), is born.Ref: 5
1901*Ed Begley actor: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Sweet Bird of Youth, Sorry Wrong Number, On Dangerous Ground, The Oscar; is born.Ref: 4
1902*Sten Broman composer, is born.Ref: 5
1903*Frankie Carle (Carlone) pianist, bandleader [w/Horace Heidt], led own band: Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night of the Year, wrote: Oh What It Seemed to Be, Falling Leaves, Lover’s Lullaby; is born in Providence RI.Ref: 4
1905*Binnie Barnes London, actress (Last of the Mohicans, 3 Musketeers), is born.Ref: 5
1906*Alan John Percivale Taylor British historian (English history 1914-1915), is born.Ref: 5
1906*Howard Pyle (Governor-Republican-AZ, 1951-55), is born.Ref: 5
1906*Jean Sablon crooner, is born.Ref: 5
1908*Jeanne Cagney actress: A Lion is in the Streets, Quicksand; sister of actor James Cagney; is born.Ref: 4
1908*Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte British theater & hotel director, is born.Ref: 5
1908*Helmut Käutner Düsseldorf Germany, director (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick), is born.Ref: 5
1908*Sir David Lean, Academy Award-winning director: Lawrence of Arabia [1962], The Bridge on the River Kwai [1957]; Dr. Zhivago, A Passage to India, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations; is born in Croydon England.Ref: 4
1909*Jay Blackton New York NY, conductor/arranger (Guys & Dolls), is born.Ref: 5
1909*Dutch (Emil John) Leonard baseball: pitacher: Brooklyn Dodgers Washington Nationals [all-star: 1940, 1943-1945], Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs [all-star: 1951]; is born.Ref: 4
1910*Mario Peragallo Italian composer, is born.Ref: 5
1911*Willy Anthoons Flemish sculptor (Mystic verheffing), is born.Ref: 5
1914*Marthe Robert essayist/translator, is born.Ref: 5
1914*Norman E Borlaug US agriculture scientist (Nobel 1970), is born.Ref: 5
1916*Nikolay Ivanovich Peyko composer, is born.Ref: 5
1919*Jeanne Cagney actress (Lion is in the Streets, Quicksand), is born.Ref: 5
1920*Howard Cosell (born Howard William Cohen), sports commentator, is born.Ref: 68
1920*Patrick Troughton actor (Doctor Who), is born.Ref: 5
1920 Anne Bronte is born.Ref: 10
1921*Nancy Kelly Lowell MA, actress (Double Exposure, Jesse James), is born.Ref: 5
1921*Simone Signoret (Kaminker), Wiesbaden Germany, actress (Casque d'Or, Room at the Top), is born.Ref: 5
1921 Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia is born.Ref: 10
1922*Bruno VeSota Chicago IL, actor/director (Chopper, Teenage Doll, Wild Rovers), is born.Ref: 5
1922*Eileen Ford modeling agency head (Ford Modeling Agency), is born.Ref: 5
1923*Lee Hale Tacoma WA, choral director (The Entertainers), is born.Ref: 5
1923*Wim Van Est [Locomotief/Pletmolen], Dutch cyclist, is born.Ref: 5
1924*Julia A Perry Lexington KY, US composer (Cask of Amontillado, Selfish Giant), is born.Ref: 5
1924*Machiko Kyo Osaka Japan, actor (Gate of Hell, Rashomon, Ugetsu), is born.Ref: 5
1925*(Mary) Flannery O'Connor Georgia, novelist (A Good Man Is Hard to Find), is born.Ref: 5
1926 Hans Rausing Swedish/British industrial/billionaire (Tetra Pak), is born.Ref: 5
1926*Laszlo Papp Hungary, Olympics Boxer (Gold-1948, 1952, 1956), is born.Ref: 5
1927*Leslie Claudius India, field hockey (Olympics-gold-1948, 52, 56), is born.Ref: 5
1928*James A. Lovell Jr, USN/astronaut (Gemini 7, 12, Apollo 8, 13): first to complete 4 spaceflights, first to make 2 flights to the Moon: aboard Gemini 7 [1965: spent 14 days in space] for rendezvous in orbit with Gemini 6; commander of Gemini 12 [Nov 1966: last Gemini mission]; command module pilot of Apollo 8 [Dec 1968: man’s first flight around the moon]; commander of Apollo 13 [Apr 1970: planned lunar landing that was aborted after an explosion on Apollo service module, is born in Cleveland OH.Ref: 4
1929*Harris W Fawell (Representative-Republican-IL, 1985- ), is born.Ref: 5
1929*Kenneth Haigh Yorkshire England, actor (Search for the Nile), is born.Ref: 5
1930*David Russell Burge composer, is born.Ref: 5
1931*Bohumil Golián Czechoslovakia, volleyball player (Olympics-bronze-1968), is born.Ref: 5
1932*Wes Santee runner: miler: “America’s greatest mile prospect of all time,” who never quite ran the mile in under 4 minutes; banned by AAU for expense violations just before 1956 Olympics, is born.Ref: 4
1932 Penelope Gilliatt is born.Ref: 10
1932*Woody (Woodson George) Held baseball: NY Yankees, KC Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Chicago White Sox, is born.Ref: 4
1934*Gloria Steinem Toledo OH, feminist/publisher (Ms Magazine), is born.Ref: 5
1934*Johnny Burnette Memphis, guitarist (Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16), is born.Ref: 5
1935*Susan Engel Vienna Austria, actress (Ascendancy), is born.Ref: 5
1936*Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales bassist, is born.Ref: 5
1938*Hoyt Axton singer, musician, songwriter: Greenback Dollar, The Pusher, Joy to the World, Never Been to Spain [Axton’s mother, Mae Boren Axton, wrote Elvis Presley’s Heartbreak Hotel]; actor: The Rousters, Gremlins, Disorganized Crime, The Civil War, Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long, King Cobra; is born.Ref: 4
1939*Toni Cade Bambara director, is born.Ref: 5
1940*Anita Bryant Barnsdall OK, Miss Oklahoma-America (1958)/singer (George Gobel Show)/homophobe, is born.Ref: 5
1941*Barclay Plager hockey: NHL: SL Blues, is born.Ref: 4
1942*Jacqueline Lichtenberg US, sci-fi author (Star Trek Lives!, Dreamspy), is born.Ref: 5
1942*Paul Michael Glaser, Cambridge MA, actor (Starsky-Starsky & Hutch), is born.Ref: 68
1942*Aretha Franklin ‘Lady Soul’: Grammy [15] Award-winning singer; Respect, Baby I Love You, Natural Woman, Chain of Fools, Think, Day Dreaming; first woman inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [1987]; actress: The Blues Brothers, is born in Memphis TN.Ref: 4
1943*Actor Paul Michael Glaser (of Starsky and Hutch) is born.Ref: 4
1943*Pavel Lednev USSR, pentathlete (Olympics-gold-1980), is born.Ref: 5
1943*Ronald Jeffers composer, is born.Ref: 5
1944*Terry L Bruce (Representative-Democrat-IL, 1985- ), is born.Ref: 5
1946*Bonnie Bedelia [Culkin] New York NY, actress (Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel, New Land), is born.Ref: 5
1947*Claudine Schneider (Representative-Republican-RI, 1981- ), is born.Ref: 5
1947*Elton John [Reginald Kenneth Dwight] Pinner Middlesex England, singer (Rocketman, Your Song, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road), is born.Ref: 5
1948*Michael Stanley Cleveland OH, rocker (Michael Stanley Band), is born.Ref: 5
1948*Richard Lundy horse trainer, is born.Ref: 5
1948*Bonnie Bedelia (Bonnie Culkin), American actress, singer, dancer, is born.Ref: 17
1948*Kelly Garrett actress, singer: Your Hit Parade, Headliners with David Frost: That Was the Week that Was, is born.Ref: 4
1949*Jean Potvin hockey: NHL: LA Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, NY Islanders, Cleveland Barons, Oklahoma City Stars, Minnesota North Stars, is born.Ref: 4
1949*Neil Jones musician (Bend Me Shape Me), is born.Ref: 5
1949*Nick Lowe Woodchurch Suffolk England, rocker (Rockpile-Cruel to be Kind), is born.Ref: 5
1951*Bob Pelander rock keyboardist/vocalist (Michael Stanley Band), is born.Ref: 5
1951*Maisie Williams Montserrat, rock vocalist (Boney M), is born.Ref: 5
1952*Ken Boyd basketball, is born.Ref: 5
1953*Mary Gross Chicago IL, actress/comedian (Saturday Night Live, Club Paradise, Feds), is born.Ref: 5
1956*Sonia M Lannaman England, 4X100 meter relayer (Olympics-bronze-1980), is born.Ref: 5
1958*James McDaniel, Washington DC, actor (Arthur Fancy-NYPD Blue), is born.Ref: 5
1958*María Caridad, Colón Cuba, javelin thrower, (Olympics-gold-1980), is born.Ref: 5
1959*Vince Guerra jockey, is born.Ref: 5
1960*Haywood Nelson New York NY, actor (Haywood-Grady, Dwayne-What's Happening), is born.Ref: 5
1960*Robert Green Omaha NE, tennis star, is born.Ref: 5
1960*Steve Norman London England, rock saxophone player (Spandau Ballet-True), is born.Ref: 5
1961*John Stockwell Galveston TX, actor (Born to Ride, City Limits), is born.Ref: 5
1961*Mark David Brooks Fort Worth TX, PGA golfer (1994 Kemper Open), is born.Ref: 5
1964*Alex Solls jockey, is born.Ref: 5
1964*Eric Woods California, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Xerox British Columbia Open), is born.Ref: 5
1964*Ken Wregget Brandon Manitoba Canada, NHL goalie (Pittsburgh Penguins), is born.Ref: 5
1965*Avery Johnson NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs), is born.Ref: 5
1965*Sarah Jessica Parker, Nelsonville OH, actress (Sex and the City, Square Pegs, LA Story), is born.Ref: 5
1965*Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton DJ (Hangin' With Hollywood, Z-100), is born.Ref: 5
1966*David Hohl Winnipeg Manitoba, freestyle wrestler (Olympics-9-92, 96), is born.Ref: 5
1966*Jeff Cross NFL defensive end (Miami Dolphins), is born.Ref: 5
1966*Jeff Healey Canada, blind pop guitarist (See the Light), is born.Ref: 5
1966*Tom Glavine Concord MA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Cy Young 1991), is born.Ref: 5
1967*Debi Thomas US, figure skater (Olympics-bronze-1988), is born.Ref: 5
1967*Takayuki Miura hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998), is born.Ref: 5
1968*Dixon Edwards NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings), is born.Ref: 5
1968*Errol Martin CFL linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos), is born.Ref: 5
1968*Peter Blackburn Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96), is born.Ref: 5
1969*Dale Davis NBA forward (Indiana Pacers), is born.Ref: 5
1969*Dan Wilson Arlington Height IL, catcher (Seattle Mariners), is born.Ref: 5
1969*Guy Newman Australian water polo goalie (Olympics-96), is born.Ref: 5
1969*Scott Sanders Hannibal MO, pitcher (San Diego Padres), is born.Ref: 5
1970*Magnus Larsson Sweden, tennis star, is born.Ref: 5
1970*Shawn Antoski Brantford, NHL left wing (Philadelphia Flyers), is born.Ref: 5
1971*Andre Bolduc CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos), is born.Ref: 5
1971*Cammi Granato ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-98), is born.Ref: 5
1971*Perry Klein NFL quarterback (Atlanta Falcons), is born.Ref: 5
1971*Sheryl Swoopes Lubbock TX, WNBA forward (Houston Comets, Olympics-gold-96), is born.Ref: 5
1972*Demet Edwards WLAF defensive tackle (Barcelona Dragons), is born.Ref: 5
1972*Howard Battle Biloxi MS, infielder (Philadelphia Phillies), is born.Ref: 5
1972*Lawrence Moten NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies), is born.Ref: 5
1973*Andrei Nikolishin Vorkuta Russia, NHL center (Hartford Whalers), is born.Ref: 5
1973*Bob Sura NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers), is born.Ref: 5
1973*Ray Zellars NFL fullback (New Orleans Saints), is born.Ref: 5
1974*Mike Adams wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers), is born.Ref: 5
1974*Vyninka Arlow Australia, diver (Olympics-96), is born.Ref: 5
1975*Miguel Mejia San Pedro de Macoris, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals), is born.Ref: 5
1976*Monica Croscicka-Wnetrzak Miss Poland-Universe (1996), is born.Ref: 5
1989*Chicken Kentucky first partial birth in space (chicken), is born.Ref: 5
752*(or 26th) Pope Stephen II dies only 4 days after his electionRef: 69
1191*(day speculative) Clement III [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies.Ref: 69
1223*Afonso II 3rd King of Portugal (1211-23), dies at 36.Ref: 5
1458*Inigo López de Mendoza Spanish marquis of Santillana/poet, dies.Ref: 5
1510*Georges d'amboise French archbishop of Narbonne/Rouen, dies at 49.Ref: 5
1609*Johan Willem duke of Jülich/Cleef/Mark/Mountain/Ravensberg, dies.Ref: 5
1669*Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000.Ref: 5
1692*Gerardus L Blasius Flemish anatomist, dies at about 66.Ref: 5
1697*Hendrik Casimir II King of Nassau-Dietzstadhouder, dies.Ref: 5
1751*Frederik of Hessen Kassel King of Sweden (1720-51), dies at 74.Ref: 5
1766*Johannes Ritschel composer, dies at 26.Ref: 5
1799*Constantin Reindl composer, dies at 60.Ref: 5
1801*Anthony Ziesenis architect/sculptor (Camper), dies at 69.Ref: 5
1801*Novalis writer, dies at 28.Ref: 5
1818*Henry Lee, American Revolutionary War officer, dies at age 62.Ref: 70
1823*Coelestin Jungbauer composer, dies at 75.Ref: 5
1825 Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck Dutch patriot/earl, dies at 63.Ref: 5
1835*Friederike Blum writer, dies.Ref: 5
1852*Alexis Garaude composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
1865*SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400.Ref: 5
1880*Joseph Rummel composer, dies at 61.Ref: 5
1880*Ludmilla Assing writer, dies.Ref: 5
1901*55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown IA.Ref: 5
1905 Maurice Barrymore dies.Ref: 10
1909*Ruperto Chapi y Lorente composer, dies at 57.Ref: 5
1910*Kálmán Mikszáth Hungarian author (Szent Péter Esernyöje), dies at 63.Ref: 5
1913*Dayton (Montgomery County) OH was the hardest hit city in the state by rain falling rain since the 23rd. Much of Dayton's flood problems could be blamed upon the failure of the Loramie Reservoir in Shelby County on the morning of the 25th. This added millions of gallons of water to the already flood swollen Miami River. South of Dayton, the Miami River swelled to over one mile in width. Except for the highest sections, North Dayton found itself entirely under water. Indeed, when night came on the 25th, most of Dayton, except for the highest points and outlying areas, was beneath flood waters of 6 to 10 feet, and downtown Main Street lay beneath 20 feet of water. Hundreds of people died in Ohio due to the flood, and millions of dollars damage was done. Ref 
1914*Frédéric Mistral French poet (Nobel-1904), dies at age 83.Ref: 5
1918*Claude A Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies in Paris France at 55.Ref: 68
1919*Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculpture, dies at age 38.Ref: 70
1931 Fifty people are killed in riots that break out in India. Mahatma Gandhi was one of many people assaulted.Ref: 2
1931*Ida Wells journalist, antilynching activist: Red Record [first account of lynchings of blacks in U.S. South]; dies.Ref: 4
1937*John Drinkwater English poet/playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54.Ref: 5
1940*Ion Nonna Otescu composer, dies at 51.Ref: 5
1941*British ship Britannia sinks in Atlantic Ocean; giant squid eats survivor in ocean.Ref: 10
1947*A coal mine explosion in Centralia IL, claiming 111 lives.Ref: 70
1948*Warren Hymer actor (Show Them No Mercy), dies at 42.Ref: 5
1949*Hanns A Rauter German SS-commandant in Netherlands, executed at 54.Ref: 5
1950*Frank Buck, US jungle explorer, dies.Ref: 17
1951*Edward Collins Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's), dies at 63.Ref: 5
1954*Gertrud Bäumer writer, dies.Ref: 5
1956*George Luther Foote composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
1956*Robert Newton actor (Henry V, Odd Man Out), dies at 50.Ref: 5
1957*Fud Livingston composer, dies at 50.Ref: 5
1958*Emerson Whithorne, composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
1959*Billy Mayerl composer, dies at 56.Ref: 5
1962*Auguste Piccard Swiss explorer/balloonist, dies at 78.Ref: 5
1963*David Moore US feather weight boxer, dies at 29.Ref: 5
1965*Giorgio Federico Ghedini composer, dies at 72.Ref: 5
1965*Viola Gregg Liuzzo US civil rights activist, murdered.Ref: 5
1966*Colin Campbell actor (Leather Boys), dies at 83.Ref: 5
1968*Douglas Evans actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood.Ref: 5
1969*Alan Mowbray actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), dies at 72.Ref: 5
1969*Max F Eastman US critic/essayist (Love & Revolution), dies at 86.Ref: 5
1973*Sir Noel (Peirce) Coward actor: The Italian Job, Paris When It Sizzles, Hearts of the World; actor, director, composer, playwright: In Which We Serve; playwright: Brief Encounter, Bitter Sweet, Private Lives; dies.Ref: 4
1973*Edward Steichen, artist, photographer: US Army supervisor of aerial photographic operations [WWI], Vogue, Vanity Fair, US Navy special unit of photographers shot naval aviation and combat [WWII], Director of Dept. of Photography at Museum of Modern Art, New York; dies at age 92.Ref: 4
1974*Otto Waldis actor (Unknown World, Whip Hand), dies at 72.Ref: 5
1975*King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot to death by a nephew with a history of mental illness. (The nephew was beheaded the following June.)Ref: 68
1976 Josef Albers dies.Ref: 10
1976 Field Marshall Montgomery dies.Ref: 10
1978*Jack Hulbert actor (Bulldog Jack), dies at 85.Ref: 5
1979*Anton Heiller composer, dies at 55.Ref: 5
1979*... Sykes British ambassador in The Hague, murdered.Ref: 5
1980*Roland Barthes, French essayist, dies at age 64.Ref: 70
1982*Goodman Ace, American writer/producer, dies at age 83.Ref: 70
1983*Martha Sleeper actress (Spitfire), dies of a heart attack at 72.Ref: 5
1987*Henry R LaBouisse headed UNICEF (1965-79), dies at 83.Ref: 5
1988*Robert Joffrey (Khan) choreographer: The Joffrey Ballet; dies.Ref: 4
1990*87 people, most of them Honduran and Dominican immigrants, were killed when fire raced through an illegal social club in NY City. (TWA, 1997)Ref: 95
1991*Eileen Joyce pianist, dies at 78.Ref: 5
1991*Lee Donn pianist, dies of stroke at 96.Ref: 5
1991*Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman Catholic archbishop, dies at age 85.Ref: 70
1992*Nancy Walker (Ann Myrtle Swoyer) actress (Bounty paper towel commercials) dies of cancer at age 69.Ref: 68
1992*Noémie Perugia French mezzo soprano, dies.Ref: 5
1994*David Miles Bensuan-Butt Economist , dies at 79.Ref: 5
1994*Michel R Vassallucci French/Netherlands publisher (Arena), dies at 32.Ref: 5
1995*Peter Herbert Penwarden priest, dies at 73.Ref: 5
1995*(US Supreme Court Justice) Warren E Burger chief justice of US (1969-86), dies.Ref: 5
1995*James Gardner designer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
1996*John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge news commentator (BBC), dies at 91.Ref: 5
1997*Roberto Sanchez Vilella Governor of Puerto Rico in (1965-69), diesRef: 5
1998 Daniel Massey dies.Ref: 10
2002*A powerful earthquake rocked Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, killing up to 1,000 people.Ref: 70

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