Today in History for March 1967

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 54 of 54

1st - Dominica & St Lucia gain independence from Britain
1st - House of Reps expels Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116)
1st - Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London
1st - WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast
2nd - 9th Grammy Awards: Strangers in Night, Michele wins
2nd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
3rd - Grenada gains partial independence from Britain
3rd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
3rd - White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game)
4th - Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by Towler & Ford (GRB)
4th - Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Belousova & Protopopov (USSR)
4th - Men's Fig Skating Championship in Vienna won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT)
4th - Worlds Ladies Fig Skating Champion in Vienna won by Peggy Fleming (US)
5th - WEDN TV channel 53 in Norwich, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting
6th - 2nd Academy of Country Music Awards
6th - Jimmy Hoffa enters Lewisburg Federal Prison
6th - Muhammad Ali is order by selective service to be inducted
6th - Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US
6th - WACS TV channel 25 in Dawson, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
7th - Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, premieres in NYC
7th - Teamster pres Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union & jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971)
8th - New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day)
9th - Svetlana Allilueva, Stalin's daughter, defected to the West
11th - Pink Floyd releases their 1st single (Arnold Layne)
12th - Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
12th - Indonesian congress deprives president Sukarno of authority
13th - Congo sentences ex-premier Moise Tsjombe to death
13th - Robert Anderson's "You Know I Can't Hear You ...," premieres in NYC
14th - 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Balt Colts pick Bubba Smith
US President John F. Kennedy 14th - JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial
15th - AFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum
15th - Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as pres of Brazil
15th - WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville/Knoxville, TN (PBS) 1st broadcast
16th - Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down
18th - Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1
18th - Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock & spills oil
19th - Fr Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France
19th - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Orange Golf Classic
20th - Supremes release "The Happening"
20th - WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
22nd - Muhammad Ali KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
24th - U of Mich holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam
25th - 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64
25th - The Turtle's "Happy Together" goes #1
25th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
25th - Who & Cream make US debut at Murray the K's Easter Show
26th - 21st Tony Awards: Homecoming & Cabaret win
26th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Venice Ladies' Golf Open
26th - Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Populorum progressio
28th - "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 65 performances
28th - UN Sect General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam
29th - WCMU TV channel 14 in Mt. Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
30th - Cover picture of Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's" is photographed
Rock Guitarist Jimi Hendrix 31st - 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 86 of 86

1st - Aron Winter, Surnamese/Dutch soccer star (Ajax, Lazio)
1st - Yelena Afanasyeva, Russian athlete
1st - George Eads, American actor
2nd - Allan Boyko, CFL slot back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
2nd - Bruce Boyko, CFL fullback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
2nd - Leo Gomez, Canovanas Puerto Rico, infielder (Chicago Cubs)
3rd - Alexander Volkov, Russia, tennis star
3rd - Calvin Williams, NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
3rd - Elizabeth Cheshire, Burbank California, actress (Jill-Sunshine)
4th - Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer (batsman Warne's bunny)
4th - Juli Furtado, NYC, mountain cyclist (world champ-1991, 92)
4th - Andrew Osmond, English writer
4th - Kubilay Türkyılmaz, former Turkish-Swiss footballer
5th - Nicole Boegman, Australian long jumper (Olympics-88, 92, 96)
6th - Julio Bocca, Argentinean Ballet Dancer
7th - Zheng Haixia, WNBA center (LA Sparks)
7th - Ai Yazawa, Japanese mangaka
8th - Brent Fedyk, Yorkton, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars)
8th - Dale Joseph, CFL defensive back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
8th - Joel Johnston, American baseball player
9th - Curt Schreiner, Albany NY, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
9th - Eric Flaim, Pembroke Mass, short track skater (Olympics-1994)
9th - Michael Kiselak, CFL corner (Toronto Argonauts)
10th - Omer Tarin [Omer Salim Khan], Peshawar, Pakistan, poet, scholar and activist
11th - Andrew Zesers, cricketer (played for Australia in 1987 World Cup)
11th - Bill Houlder, Thunder Bay, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
11th - John Barrowman, Glasgow, Scottish born actor (Peter Fairchild-Central Park West)
11th - Brad Carson, American politician
12th - Irvin Smith, CFL cornerback (Montreal Alouettes)
12th - Rowelle Blenman, WLAF cornerback/safety (London Monarchs)
12th - Julio Dely Valdes, Panamanian footballer
13th - Colleen Rosensteel, S Greensburg PA, heavyweight judoka (Olympics-96)
13th - Satu Huotari, ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Oly-98)
13th - Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (d. 1994)
14th - Edward M Fincke, Pitts PA, Capt USAF/astronaut
14th - Melissa Brennan Reeves, Eatontown NJ, actress (Jen-Days of our Lives)
14th - Vijay Yadav, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper between More & Mongia)
15th - Kirk Scrafford, NFL tackle (SF 49ers)
15th - Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese artist
16th - Dan Owens, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions)
16th - John Mangum, NFL safety (Chic Bears)
17th - Chris Luongo, Detroit, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders)
17th - Kim Cathrein, Salinas CA, LPGA golfer (1994 Rochester Intl-24th)
17th - Melissa Allen, Port OR, WPVA volleyballer (Reebok National-13th-1994)
17th - Van Conner, rocker (Screaming Trees)
Musician Billy Corgan (17th) 17th - Billy Corgan, American musician (Smashing Pumpkins)
17th - Barry Minkow, American religious leader and ex-convict (fraud)
18th - Andre Rison, NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns, KC Chiefs)
18th - Derrick Graham, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers, Seattle Seahawks)
18th - Miki Berenyi, English singer (Lush)
18th - Ken Edenfield, American basenall player
19th - Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian ice hockey player
20th - Bryan Genesse, actor, (Rocco-Bold & Beautiful, Grady-Street Justice)
20th - Dana Rinehart Dalton, Orlando Florida, Miss Florida-America (1991)
20th - Mookie Blaylock, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
20th - Randy Gullatt, horse trainer
21st - Elaina Oden, Orange CA, volleyball middle blocker (Oly-bronze-92, 96)
21st - Troy Westwood, CFL kicker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
21st - Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Swedish musician (Ace of Base)
21st - Adrian Chiles, British television and radio presenter
21st - Maxim Reality, British MC (The Prodigy)
22nd - Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
23rd - David Ford, Edmonton Alberta, kayaker (Olympics-15-92, 96)
23rd - Sandra Reinhardt, Pitts, actress (Another World, Illegal in Blue)
24th - Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel, Fla, tennis player (Virginia Slims of Ark 1987)
24th - Richard Gillam, Atlanta Ga, pairs skater (& Erin Moorad)
25th - Debi Thomas, US, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1988)
25th - Takayuki Miura, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
25th - Matthew Barney, American media artist
25th - Doug Stanhope, American comedian
26th - Mark Carroll, Australian rugby league footballer
27th - Jaime Navarro, Bayamon Puerto Rico, pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
27th - Talisa Soto, [Miriam], Brooklyn NY, actress (License to Kill)
27th - Tom Hammonds, NBA forward (Minn Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets)
27th - Paul Adams, American celebrity
28th - David Lang, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
28th - Ed[ward] Grose, Juneau Alaska, rower (Olympics-1996)
28th - Shawn Boskie, Hawthorne Nevada, pitcher (California Angels)
29th - Brian Jordan, Baltimore MD, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
29th - Jerry Olsavsky, NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
29th - John Popper, American musician
30th - Ian Ziering, West Orange NJ, actor (Steve Sanders-Beverly Hills 90210)
30th - Julie Richardson, Auckland NZ, tennis star (1992 Futures-Canberra)
30th - Hayashibara Megumi, Japanese voice actress and singer
31st - Glenn Montgomery, NFL defensive tackle (Seattle Seahawks, Oilers)
31st - Nanci Bowen, Tifton GA, LPGA golfer (1995 Nabisco Dinah Shore)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 29 of 29

2nd - Gordon Harker, actor (Inspector Hornleigh), dies at 81
2nd - José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873)
3rd - Georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66
4th - Vladan Desnica, Croatian and Serbian writer (b. 1905)
4th - Michel Plancherel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1885)
5th - Mischa Auer, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 61 of a heart attack
5th - Mohammed H Mossadeq, premier of Persia (1951-53), dies
5th - Georges Vanier, Governor General of Canada (b. 1888)
6th - Nelson Eddy, US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65
6th - Oscar Shaw, actor (Rhythm on the River, Marianne), dies at 76
6th - Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (b. 1882)
7th - Alice B. Toklas, American companion to Gertrude Stein (b. 1877)
8th - John F Bothwell, actor (Freckles-Our Gang), dies at 46
10th - Yiorgos Batis, Greek composer and musician (b. 1885)
11th - Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85
13th - Frank Worrell, West indian cricketer, dies
16th - James Friskin, composer, dies at 80
17th - Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67
17th - Richard Reeves, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel), dies at 54
18th - Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42
20th - A J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam
23rd - Duncan Macrae, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped), dies at 61
24th - Marc Lavry, composer, dies at 63
25th - Renato Cellini, Italian conductor (b.c.1913)
27th - Gerardus H de Vet, the Bold, bishop of Breda (1962-67), dies at 49
27th - Jim Thompson, American designer (disappeared) (b. 1906)
30th - Jean Toomer, American writer (b. 1894)
31st - Don Alvarado, actor (Morning Glory, Big Steal), dies at 62
31st - Hieronim Feicht, composer, dies at 72