Today in History for March 1891

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 7 of 7

3rd - Congress creates US Courts of Appeal
3rd - Congress creates Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept)
3rd - The Penalty Spot Kick rule in Association Football is conceived, but does not come into effect until the next season.
10th - Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
17th - British Steamer "Utopia" sinks off Gibraltar killing 574
18th - Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone
28th - 1st world weightlifting championship held

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 26 of 26

3rd - Federico Moreno Torroba, composer
3rd - Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice/president High Council
4th - Dazzy Vance, hall of fame pitcher (led NL in strike-outs 7-yrs)
4th - Lois Wilson, founder of Al-Anon (d. 1988)
5th - Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, Chicago Ill, comedian (Olsen & Johnson)
6th - Victor Kilian, Jersey City NJ, actor (Gentleman's Agreement)
7th - Marcel Barger, [Meyer Streliskie], cabaret performer (I keep Susy)
8th - Sam Jaffe, NYC, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey)
10th - Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (SDAP)
12th - Michael Polany, Hungarian/English chemist/economist/sociologist
12th - George W. Mason, American industrialist (d. 1954)
14th - John P Strijbos, Dutch writer (Wandering through South-Africa)
19th - Earl Warren, Ca, (Gov-R-Ca)/14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69)
21st - Jonathan Hale, actor (Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back)
23rd - Catherine Murphy Urner, composer
24th - Annie "Charley" Toorop, Dutch painter (3 Generations)
24th - John Knittel, writer
24th - Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Soviet physicist (d. 1951)
28th - Karel MJF Cruysberghs, Flemish author
28th - Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag)
29th - Ivan Goll, writer
29th - Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (Mercedes Benz) (d. 1980)
30th - Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov)
31st - Erich Walter Sternberg, composer
31st - Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului)
31st - Victor Varconi, Hungary, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

21st - A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing & lasted 20 years

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

15th - Théodore de Banville, French writer (b. 1823)
15th - Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (b. 1819)
17th - Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, French prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68
28th - Dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies
29th - Georges Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31