1st
Romanov tsar of Russia
Queen Anne
takes overWyatt Earp
Jan Matzelinger
March Madness begins (sorta)
John J. Sirica
Eight-Hour Work Days
Gambling is Legal
Registration for “non-military” duty
Gary Cooper
Shirley Booth
Bruce Willis @RealBrunoWillis
Chicago 8
Jefferson Starship takes off
C-SPAN
Falklands War
Osprey takes off
Operation Anaconda
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| Year | Event |
| 1227 | Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX |
| 1279 | A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. |
| 1434 | Born: Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443) |
| 1452 | Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor |
| 1488 | Born: Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544) |
| 1503 | Born: Benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina) |
| 1524 | Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas |
| 1540 | Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic" |
| 1563 | Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots |
| 1571 | Spanish troops occupy Manila |
| 1589 | Born: William Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized) |
| 1593 | Born: Georges de la Tour, French painter |
| 1601 | Born: Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada) |
| 1604 | Born: Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56) |
| 1610 | Born: Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter |
| 1628 | Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen |
| 1629 | Born: Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia |
| 1644 | 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide |
| 1673 | Born: Pedro Vaz Rego, composer |
| 1682 | Nationally Council accept independence of French church |
| 1684 | Born: Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (d. 1766) |
| 1687 | Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men. |
| 1702 | James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England |
| 1715 | Born: Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer |
| 1721 | Born: Tobias Smollett, Scottish writer, baptized |
| 1728 | Born: Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter |
| 1734 | Born: Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence) [or Apr 19] |
| 1739 | Born: Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824) |
| 1740 | Born: Johann Georg Roser, composer |
| 1740 | Born: Joseph F Weigl, German/Austrian(?), violin cellist |
| 1742 | Born: Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch literary/poet |
| 1742 | Born: Tupac Amaru II, Incan revolutionary (d. 1781) |
| 1745 | Born: Nicolas Sejan, composer |
| 1748 | English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US |
| 1749 | Born: Princess Louisa Anne of Wales (d. 1768) |
| 1752 | Born: Jose Mauricio, composer |
| 1767 | Born: Leonhard von Call, composer |
| 1775 | 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy) |
| 1775 | Poland & Prussia sign trade agreement |
| 1777 | Born: Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat |
| 1778 | Born: Edward Pakenham, British general (d. 1815) |
| 1785 | Born: Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer |
| 1799 | Joseph Haydn's "Die Schopfung," premieres in Vienna |
| 1803 | Johann von Schillers "Die Braut von Messina," premieres in Weimar |
| 1809 | Born: Fredrik Pacius, composer |
| 1813 | Born: David Livingstone, Scotland, explorer (found by Stanley in Africa) |
| 1816 | Born: Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer |
| 1817 | Born: Lewis Henry Little, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 |
| 1819 | Born: David Henry Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 |
| 1821 | Born: Francis Barretto Spinola, Brig General (Union volunteers) |
| 1821 | Born: Richard Burton, explorer/translator (Arabian Nights) |
| 1821 | Born: William Allingham, Irish poet (Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland) |
| 1822 | Boston, Mass incorporated as a city |
| 1823 | Born: Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82) |
| 1823 | Born: Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria d. 1914 |
| 1824 | Born: William Allingham, Irish author (d. 1889) |
| 1827 | Born: Alexander Shaler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1911 |
| 1829 | Born: Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist (d. 1901) |
| 1831 | 1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000) |
| 1837 | Born: Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 |
| 1844 | Born: Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia) |
| 1845 | Born: Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/politician |
| 1847 | Born: Constantin Dimitrescu, composer |
| 1848 | Born: Wyatt Earp, Monmouth Ill, sheriff (OK Corral) |
| 1849 | Born: Alfred von Tirpitz, German World War I Admiral (d. 1930) |
| 1851 | Born: Roque Saenz Pena, pres of Argentina (1910-14) |
| 1851 | Born: William Henry Stark, American business leader (d. 1936) |
| 1859 | Opera "Faust" by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris |
| 1860 | Born: William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman |
| 1861 | Born: Lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (d. 1929) |
| 1861 | The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand. |
| 1863 | The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000. The wreck was discovered on the same day and month, exactly 102 years later by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence. |
| 1864 | Opera "Mireille" premieres in Paris |
| 1864 | Born: Charles Marion Russell, American artist (d. 1926) |
| 1865 | Born: William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist, myrmecologist, pioneer in ethology (d. 1937) |
| 1865 | Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC |
| 1866 | Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die |
| 1870 | The opera "Guarany," premieres in Milan |
| 1871 | Born: Joseph McGinnity, Rock Island Ill, baseball pitcher (NY Giants) |
| 1871 | Born: Schofield Haigh, cricketer ("Sunshine of the Yorkshire 11") |
| 1872 | Born: Sergei Diaghilev, Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director |
| 1873 | Born: Max Reger, Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/prof (Leipzig Univ) |
| 1874 | Born: Arthur Hoyt, Georgetown CO, actor (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along) |
| 1877 | Australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match |
| 1879 | Born: Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Tobias Wunderlich) |
| 1882 | Born: Gaston Lachaise, US sculptor (Standing Woman) |
| 1883 | Born: Josef Matthais Hauer, composer |
| 1883 | Born: Joseph W Stilwell, US general (China) |
| 1883 | Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes |
| 1885 | Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional govt, Sask |
| 1888 | Born: Josef Albers, German/US graphic artist/painter/writer (Bauhaus) |
| 1888 | Born: Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (d. 1969) |
| 1889 | Born: Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10) |
| 1891 | Born: Earl Warren, Ca, (Gov-R-Ca)/14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69) |
| 1892 | Born: Robert Denzler, composer |
| 1892 | Born: Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica) |
| 1892 | Born: James Van Fleet, American general (d. 1992) |
| 1892 | 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket Eng v SA (Cape Town) |
| 1894 | Born: Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Brevard SC, comedienne (Merv Griffin Show) |
| 1895 | Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service |
| 1897 | Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game |
| 1897 | Born: Betty Compson, Beaver UT, actress (Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth) |
| 1897 | Born: L O'Flaherty, writer |
| 1900 | Born: Roy Roberts, Tampa Fla, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show) |
| 1900 | Born: [Jean] Frederic Joliot-Curie, French physicist (Nobel 1935) |
| 1901 | Born: Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Min of Justice (Nobel 1954) |
| 1901 | Born: Jo Mielziner, Paris, set designer (Carousel, Death of a Salesman) |
| 1903 | Born: Benjamin M Telders, president of Dutch Liberal States Party |
| 1903 | Born: James Bullock, colliery manager |
| 1904 | Born: John J Sirica, US federal judge (Watergate hearings) |
| 1904 | Born: Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, composer |
| 1905 | Born: Albert Speer, German architect/minister of Armament (NSDAP) |
| 1906 | Born: Adolf Eichmann, Ruhr Germany, Nazi Gestapo officer |
| 1906 | Born: Normand Lockwood, composer |
| 1906 | Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi," premieres in Munich |
| 1907 | 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record) |
| 1907 | Born: Cor Treslem, [Cornelis L Melsert], actor/director (Willem van Oranje) |
| 1907 | Born: Elizabeh LeFanu Maconochy, composer |
| 1907 | Born: Kent Smith, NYC, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders) |
| 1907 | Born: Marc Vaubourgoin, composer |
| 1907 | Born: Nakagawa Soen, Formosa, Zen teacher (Rinzai line) |
| 1909 | Born: Louis Hayward, Johannesburg S Africa, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors) |
| 1909 | Born: Attilio Demaria, Argentinian footballer (d. 1990) |
| 1910 | Born: Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, cosmonaut |
| 1910 | Born: Joseph F. Carroll, US Air Force Lt. Gen. and Founding Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (d. 1991) |
| 1911 | Born: Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman |
| 1912 | Born: Adolf Galland, fighter Pilot |
| 1912 | Born: Russ Case, Hamburg Iowa, orch leader (Julius La Rosa Show) |
| 1913 | Born: William Chatterton, cricketer (48 in only Test for England 1892) |
| 1914 | Born: J Jay Berwanger, 1st Heisman Trophy winner (1935) |
| 1914 | Born: Patricia Morison, actress (Peyton Place, Dressed to Kill) |
| 1914 | Born: Leonidas Alaoglu, Greek-Canadian mathematician (d. 1981) |
| 1914 | Stanley Cup: Tor Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Vict Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game |
| 1915 | Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time) |
| 1915 | Born: Norman Yardley, English cricket captain (late 40's) |
| 1915 | Born: Robert G. Cole, American Paratrooper of the 101st, 502nd division (d. 1944) |
| 1916 | Born: Irving Wallace, author (People's Almanac, The Man) [or Mar 18] |
| 1916 | Born: Eric Christmas, British actor (d. 2000) |
| 1917 | Born: Dino Lipatti, composer |
| 1917 | Born: Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998) |
| 1917 | US Supreme Court upheld 8-hr work day for railroad employees |
| 1918 | Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time |
| 1918 | S Potter becomes 1st US pilot to shoot down a German seaplane |
| 1919 | Born: Cornelis Berkhouwer, Member of 2nd chamber (Dutch Liberal Party) |
| 1920 | Born: Tige Andrews, American actor (d. 2007) |
| 1920 | Born: Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author (d. 2002) |
| 1920 | US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy) |
| 1921 | Italian Fascists shoot from the Parenzana train at a group of children in Strunjan (Slovenia): two children are killed, two mangled and three wounded. |
| 1921 | Born: Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedy magician (d. 1984) |
| 1923 | Born: Janine Dacosta, French pianist |
| 1923 | Born: Tige Andrews, Bkln, actor (Capt Adam Greer-Mod Squad) |
| 1923 | Born: Henry Morgentaler, Canadian gynecologist |
| 1924 | Born: Mary Wimbush, British actress (d. 2005) |
| 1925 | Born: Brent Scowcroft, Ogden Utah, Lt Gen (USAF)/National Security Council |
| 1925 | Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop |
| 1927 | Bloody battles between communists & nazis in Berlin |
| 1927 | Born: Richie Ashburn, baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)/sportscaster |
| 1928 | Born: Clive Van Ryneveld, cricketer (South African all-rounder 1951-58) |
| 1928 | Born: Patrick McGoohan, Astoria NY, actor (#6-Prisoner, Secret Agent) |
| 1928 | Born: Hans Küng, Swiss theologian |
| 1928 | "Amos & Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago) |
| 1929 | Born: Herman van San, composer |
| 1929 | Born: Michael Ryan, actor (John Randolph-Another World) |
| 1929 | Born: Robert Muczynski, composer |
| 1930 | Born: Bill Henderson, Chic Ill, jazz singer (Torpedo-Dreams) |
| 1930 | Born: Ornette Coleman, jazz composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966) |
| 1930 | Nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi |
| 1931 | Nevada legalizes gambling |
| 1932 | The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened. |
| 1932 | Born: Gay Robert Brewer, Middletwon OH, PGA golfer (1972 Canadian) |
| 1933 | Born: Philip Roth, Newark, novelist (Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint) |
| 1933 | Born: Renée Taylor, American actress |
| 1934 | Born: Borge Andersen, Denmark, Danish Chess Champion (1967, 68) |
| 1935 | Born: Burt Metcalfe, Saskatchewan Canada, actor/dir (Father of the Bride) |
| 1935 | Born: Phyllis Newman, Jersey City NJ, actress (Coming of Age, TW3) |
| 1935 | Born: Renee Taylor, NYC, actress (Jack Paar Show, Mary Hartman, Nanny) |
| 1936 | Born: Amancio D'Silva, musician |
| 1936 | Born: Ursula Andress, Berne Switzerland, actress (She, Sensuous Nurse) |
| 1936 | Born: Birthe Wilke, Danish singer |
| 1937 | Born: Clarence "Frogman" Henry, musician (You Always Hurt the One You Love) |
| 1937 | Born: Egon Krenz, President of East Germany |
| 1937 | Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism |
| 1938 | Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes |
| 1939 | Born: Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959) |
| 1939 | Born: Joe Kapp, NFL QB (Minn Vikings, Boston Patriots, Houston Oilers) |
| 1940 | Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt |
| 1940 | French govt of Daladier, falls |
| 1941 | Jimmy Dorsey & Orch record "Green Eyes" & "Maria Elena" |
| 1941 | Born: Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire (Union International) |
| 1942 | Born: David Minge, (Rep-D-Minnesota) |
| 1942 | Born: Jeff Neighbour, US bassist (Joy of Cooking) |
| 1942 | Born: Robin Luke, rocker (Susie Darlin') |
| 1942 | Born: Ross Valory, rocker (Journey) |
| 1942 | FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non military duty |
| 1942 | Thoroughbred Racing Assn of US formed in Chicago |
| 1943 | Airship Canadian Star torpedoed & sinks |
| 1943 | Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard. |
| 1943 | Born: Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist, Nobel laureate |
| 1943 | Born: Mario Monti, Italian politician |
| 1943 | Born: Vern Schuppan, Australian racing driver |
| 1944 | Born: Joseph Celli, composer |
| 1944 | Born: Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, LBJ's daughter |
| 1944 | Born: Myung-Wha Chung, Seoul Korea, cellist (Chung Sisters) |
| 1944 | Born: Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize |
| 1944 | Born: Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian-born assassin |
| 1944 | Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London |
| 1945 | 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan |
| 1945 | Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree to destroy all German factories |
| 1945 | British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine) |
| 1945 | US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure |
| 1945 | Born: Lisa Nicole Baker, Detroit TX, playmate of the year (Nov 1966) |
| 1945 | Born: Stefanos Kiriakidis, Greek actor |
| 1946 | Born: Bigas Luna, director/writer (Anguish) |
| 1946 | Born: Mohammad Ilyas, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in ten Tests 1964-69) |
| 1946 | Born: Paul Atkinson, rock guitarist (Zombies-Never Even Thought) |
| 1946 | Born: Ruth Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-I'm So Exicted) |
| 1946 | Fr Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique & Reunion become overseas depts |
| 1946 | Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as president of USSR |
| 1947 | Belgian govt of Spaak, forms |
| 1947 | Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan |
| 1947 | Born: Earlie Fires, jockey (Hialeah Park) |
| 1947 | Born: Glenn Close, Greenwich Ct, actress (The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction) |
| 1947 | Born: John Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire |
| 1947 | Born: Vince Martino, Schenectady NY, WLAF offensive asst (Barcelona Dragons) |
| 1947 | Born: Marinho Peres, Brazilian football player |
| 1948 | Born: Vintcent Van der Bijl, Natal cricket bowler (superb 2m of 70's & 80's) |
| 1948 | Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, NYC |
| 1949 | 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tn |
| 1949 | Born: Denny Albee, Oklahoma City OK, actor (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live) |
| 1949 | Born: Denny Albee, Oklahoma City OK (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live) |
| 1950 | 5th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias |
| 1950 | City College of NY defeats Bradley to win the NIT |
| 1951 | Herman Wouk's "Caine Mutiny," published |
| 1952 | Born: Derek Longmuir, Edinburgh Scotland, rock drummer (Bay City Rollers) |
| 1952 | Born: Warren Lees, NZ cricket wicket-keeper (late 70's) |
| 1952 | Born: Harvey Weinstein, American film producer |
| 1953 | Born: Billy Sheehan, rocker (Mr Big-Lean Into It) |
| 1953 | Born: Hans Rinn, German DR, 2 man lugist (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) |
| 1953 | Born: Ricky Wilson, Athens Ga, rock guitarist (B-52's-Love Shack) |
| 1953 | Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real," premieres in NYC |
| 1953 | 25th Academy Awards - "Greatest Show on Earth," Gary Cooper & Shirley Booth win (1st time televised) |
| 1954 | 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, NYC |
| 1954 | 1st rocket-driven sled on rails was tested in Alamogordo, NM |
| 1954 | US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright |
| 1954 | US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins |
| 1954 | Weekes, Worrell & Walcott complete tons in innings v England |
| 1954 | Born: Charles Pinnell, horse trainer |
| 1954 | Born: Indu Shahani, Indian educationist and Sheriff of Mumbai |
| 1955 | Born: Bruce Willis, Penna Grove NJ, actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard) |
| 1955 | 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: SF beats La Salle 77-63 |
| 1956 | Biggest NBA margin of victory - Minn Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75 |
| 1956 | Born: Alina Castro, Havanna Cuba, daughter of Fidel |
| 1956 | Born: Yegor Gaidar, Russian politician and economist. |
| 1957 | Born: Blake Passey, horse trainer |
| 1957 | Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score |
| 1958 | Britain's 1st planetarium opens at Madame Tussaud's in London |
| 1958 | Sobers completes a century in each innings v Pakistan |
| 1959 | "1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 84 performances |
| 1959 | Born: Shelley Burch, Tucson Az, actress (One Life to Live, Identity Crisis) |
| 1959 | Born: Terry Hall, rocker (Colourfield-Animal Liberation) |
| 1960 | "Redhead" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 455 performances |
| 1960 | 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats Calif 75-55 |
| 1961 | Born: Jos Lansink, Dutch-Belgian equestrian |
| 1962 | Born: Ivan Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2003) |
| 1962 | Born: Jim Korderas, American professional wrestling referee |
| 1962 | "All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances |
| 1962 | Archbishop Suenens of Mechelen-Brussels appointed cardinal |
| 1964 | Sean Connery's 1st day of shooting on "Goldfinger" |
| 1964 | Born: Yoko Kanno, Japanese composer |
| 1964 | Born: Jake Weber, British actor |
| 1965 | Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies |
| 1965 | Rembrandt's "Titus" sells for then record 7,770,000 gulden |
| 1965 | Stoica becomes president & Ceausescu party leader of Romania |
| 1965 | The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, was discovered by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence exactly 102 years after its destruction. |
| 1966 | "Pousse Cafe" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 3 performances |
| 1966 | 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Ky 72-65 |
| 1966 | Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins |
| 1966 | Born: Paul Devenport, New Zealand, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Texas Tour) |
| 1966 | Born: Andy Sinton, English footballer |
| 1966 | Born: James "Big Jim" Wright, American record producer |
| 1967 | Born: Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian ice hockey player |
| 1967 | Fr Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France |
| 1967 | Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Orange Golf Classic |
| 1968 | Howard University students seize administration building |
| 1968 | Born: Liam Jewell, Toronto Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-96) |
| 1968 | Born: Tyrone Hill, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks) |
| 1968 | Born: Mots'eoa Senyane, Lesotho diplomat |
| 1969 | Born: Arjan Vermeulen, soccer player (Vitesse) |
| 1969 | Born: Michael Bergin, model (Coca Cola)/actor |
| 1969 | Born: Scott Alexander Brownlee, Hamilton NZ, rowing coxless 4 men (Oly-96) |
| 1969 | Born: Gary Jules, American singer and songwriter |
| 1969 | Born: Connor Trinneer, American actor |
| 1969 | British invade Anguilla |
| 1969 | Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention |
| 1969 | The 385 metre tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build- up. |
| 1970 | W German chancellor & E German premier Willy Brandt meet |
| 1970 | Born: Errol Refos, soccer player (Feyenoord) |
| 1970 | Born: Janne Laukenen, Lahti FIN, NHL defenseman (Finland Oly-B-98, Senators) |
| 1970 | Born: Rick Mirer, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears) |
| 1970 | Born: Sean Fleming, CFL kicker (Edmonton Eskimos) |
| 1971 | Born: Cory Fleming, NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys) |
| 1971 | Born: Dalton James, actor (My Father the Hero, Mark-Beverly Hills 90201) |
| 1971 | Born: Kirk Botkin, NFL tight end (NO Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers) |
| 1971 | Born: Louie Debrusk, Cambridge, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers) |
| 1971 | Born: Marty Moore, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots) |
| 1971 | Born: Taase Faumui, NFL defensive linebacker (Pitts Steelers) |
| 1971 | Born: Whitney Hedgepeth, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympics-2 silver-96) |
| 1971 | Born: Nadja Auermann, German supermodel |
| 1971 | Born: Sébastien Godefroid, Belgian sailor |
| 1971 | Phila 76ers outscore Cincinnati Royals 90-8 in 1 half |
| 1972 | "To Live Another Summer" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 173 perfs |
| 1972 | Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic |
| 1972 | India & Bangladesh sign friendship treaty |
| 1972 | LA Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts |
| 1972 | Born: Maria Maunder, St John's New Foundland, rower (Olympics-96) |
| 1973 | Born: John Michels, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) |
| 1973 | Born: Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Australian actress |
| 1973 | Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency" |
| 1974 | Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour |
| 1974 | Born: Jennifer Lynn Drayton, Saginaw Michigan, Miss America-Michigan (1997) |
| 1974 | Born: John Coppinger, El Paso TX, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles) |
| 1974 | Born: Vida Guerra, Cuban-American swimsuit model |
| 1975 | Born: Antonio Daniels, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies) |
| 1975 | Born: Vivian Hsu, Taiwanese singer, actress and model |
| 1975 | Born: Brann Dailor, American drummer |
| 1975 | Born: Matthew Richardson, Australian rules footballer |
| 1975 | "Dr Jazz" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 5 performances |
| 1975 | Penn is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports |
| 1976 | Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years |
| 1976 | Born: Rachel Blanchard, Toronto, actress (Cher Horowitz-Clueless) |
| 1976 | Born: Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer |
| 1976 | Born: Zach Lind - American drummer (Jimmy Eat World) |
| 1977 | Born: Jorma Taccone, American writer and comedian |
| 1977 | "Side by Side by Sondheim" closes at Music Box NYC after 390 perfs |
| 1977 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 1977 | Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.33) |
| 1978 | 50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb |
| 1978 | Sally Little wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic |
| 1979 | House of Reps begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN |
| 1979 | Born: Christos Patsatzoglou, Greek footballer |
| 1979 | Born: Hee-Seop Choi, Korean baseball player |
| 1979 | Born: Ivan Ljubicic, Croatian tennis player |
| 1979 | Born: Hedo Türkoglu, Turkish basketball player |
| 1980 | Born: Mikuni Shimokawa, Japanese singer |
| 1980 | Born: Don Sparrow, Canadian illustrator |
| 1981 | Born: Kim Rae Won, South Korean actor and model |
| 1981 | Born: Kolo Touré, Ivorian footballer |
| 1981 | -21] Emmy 8th Daytime Awards - Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time |
| 1981 | 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident |
| 1981 | Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4 |
| 1982 | National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27 |
| 1982 | Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the U.K.. |
| 1982 | Born: Che' Vonne Burton, Miss Michigan Teen USA (1997) |
| 1982 | Born: Brad Jones, Australian footballer |
| 1982 | Born: Matt Littler, British actor |
| 1982 | Born: Jonathan Fanene, American football player |
| 1983 | Born: Ana Rezende, Brazilian film director and musician (CSS) |
| 1983 | Born: Matt Sydal, American professional wrestler |
| 1984 | Born: Tanushree Dutta, Indian actress |
| 1984 | "Kate & Allie," premieres |
| 1984 | John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of NY |
| 1984 | KSD-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KUSA |
| 1984 | Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River |
| 1984 | Pitcher Denny McLain, indicted on various charges of racketeering |
| 1984 | STS 41-C vehicle moves to launch pad |
| 1985 | "Spin Magazine" begins publishing |
| 1985 | NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket |
| 1985 | Senate votes 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile |
| 1985 | Born: Ernesto Viso, Venezuelan racing driver |
| 1987 | Born: Michal Švec, Czech footballer |
| 1987 | Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 m (39.43 sec) |
| 1987 | Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company |
| 1987 | Hassanali inaugurated as president of Trinidad & Tobago |
| 1987 | PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn |
| 1987 | Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85) |
| 1988 | 2 British soldiers lynched in Belfast North Ireland |
| 1988 | Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25) |
| 1989 | Boeing V-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight |
| 1989 | Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by M Klimova & S Ponomarenko (USR) |
| 1989 | Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by E Gordeeva & S Grinkov (USSR) |
| 1989 | Lori Garbacz wins Circle K LPGA Golf Open Tucson |
| 1989 | Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN) |
| 1989 | Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Midori Ito (Japan) |
| 1990 | 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa) |
| 1991 | KC Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers |
| 1991 | Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses |
| 1991 | St Louis Blue Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season |
| 1991 | NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona Not recognizing Martin Luther King Day |
| 1992 | "Master Builder" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances |
| 1992 | British Prince Andrew & Princess Sarah Ferguson announce separation |
| 1992 | Born: Henry & Angus Bernsen, twin sons of Corbin Bernsen & Amanda Pays |
| 1993 | Born: Munro Chambers, Canadian actor |
| 1993 | Ice Dance Championship at Prague won by M Usova & A Zhulin (RUS) |
| 1993 | Ice Pairs Championship at Prague won by I Brasseur & L Eisler (CAN) |
| 1993 | Supreme Court Justice Byron R White announced plans to retire |
| 1994 | 2500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde Neth |
| 1994 | Lara scores 167 for WI v England at Georgetown |
| 1994 | Largest omelet (1,383sq ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama Japan |
| 1994 | NJ Devils club record 41st win of the season |
| 1995 | "Translations" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 25 performances |
| 1995 | "Uncle Vanya" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 29 performances |
| 1995 | 5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway |
| 1995 | Arizona outside of Phoenix begins using new area code 520 |
| 1995 | Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450) |
| 1995 | Finland Social-Democratic Party wins parliamentary election |
| 1995 | Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament |
| 1995 | Michael Jordan rejoins Chic Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers |
| 1995 | NBA NY Knicks beat NY Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47) |
| 1995 | Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:54.08) |
| 1996 | Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marrage |
| 1997 | Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel & Ingo Steuer (GER) |
| 1997 | Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi |
| 1997 | Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments |
| 1997 | Internet: US Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments |
| 1998 | "Ah Wilderness!," opens at Vivian Beaumont theater |
| 1999 | Born: Tatum McCann, American actress |
| 2001 | The Bank of Japan issued a monetary policy known as quantitative easing, which stimulated the Japanese economy after the burst of the dot-com bubble. |
| 2002 | U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities. |
| 2004 | Äänekoski bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. 24 people are killed and 13 injured. |
| 2004 | A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in the 1950s is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the crew are left in place, pending further investigations. |
| 2004 | 3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20. |
| 2007 | Born: Prince Abdullah bin Ali, Prince of Jordan |
| 2008 | GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye was briefly observed on this day. |
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