Today in History for March 1988

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 58 of 58

1st - Courtney Gibbs Eplin, 21, (Texas), crowned 37th Miss USA
1st - Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran
1st - Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile
1st - Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist
2nd - 30th Grammy Awards: Graceland, Joshua Tree, Jody Watley
2nd - Dutch Liberal Party merged with SDP
5th - Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
6th - 18th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,200,000
6th - 3 IRA suspects were shot dead in Gibraltar by SAS officers
6th - Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am
6th - Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories)
6th - Orville Moodey shoots 63 at Seniors golf tournament
7th - Howard Stern's 1st pay-per-view "Underpants & Negligee Party"
7th - Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award
7th - Colombia becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
9th - President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp
10th - Avalanche at Swiss Ski resort "Klosters" nearly kills Prince Charles
10th - NY Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night
11th - Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire
Radio shock jock Howard Stern 11th - British pound note ceases to be legal tender, replaced by one pound coin
13th - 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby. win
15th - Eugene Marino of Atlanta, appointed 1st African American archbishop
15th - NASA reports accelerated breakdown of ozone layer by CFK
15th - NFL's St Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix
16th - Federal grand jury indicts North & Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair
16th - North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed
16th - US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras
17th - "Les Miserables," opens at Det Norske Teatret, Oslo
17th - Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115
17th - Iran says Iraq uses poison gas
19th - 2 British soldiers lynched in Belfast North Ireland
19th - Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25)
20th - David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly," premieres in NYC
20th - Laura Davies wins Circle K LPGA Tucson Golf Open
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson 20th - Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
20th - Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
21st - 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr
22nd - Congress overrides Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill
22nd - WA beat Queensland by 5 wkts to win the Sheffield Shield Final
24th - "Gospel at Colonus" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 61 perfs
24th - Quarterback Dan Fouts retires
25th - "Les Miserables," opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Japan
25th - NASA launches space vehicle S-206
25th - Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money
26th - Janet B Evans swims 1500m freestyle female world record (15:52.10)
27th - Ice Dance Championship at Budapest won by Bestemianova & Bukin (URS)
27th - Ice Pairs Championship at Budapest won by E Valova & O Vasiliev (URS)
27th - Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Budapest won by Katarina Witt (GDR)
27th - Men's Figure Skating Champions in Budapest won by Brian Boitano (USA)
Actor/Comedian Bill Cosby 27th - Ok-Hee Ku wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament
27th - Wrestlemania IV at Trump Plaza, "Macho Man" Savage pins Ted Dibiase
29th - "Oba Oba" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 46 performances
29th - US Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras
30th - 2nd Soul Train Music Awards
30th - Tamil Nadu beat Railways by inns & 144 to win Ranji Trophy
31st - Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium
31st - NY Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night
31st - Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for "Beloved"

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 17 of 17

1st - Katija Pevec, American actress
2nd - Keith Jack, British singer and actor
2nd - Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver
2nd - Nadine Samonte, Filipino actress
5th - Trevor Carson, Northern Irish footballer
5th - Bjarni Viðarsson, Icelandic footballer
8th - Armanti Edwards, American college football player
10th - Ivan Rakitić, Croatian Footballer
15th - Ever Guzman, Mexican footballer
21st - Lee Cattermole, English footballer
22nd - Tania Raymonde, American actress
24th - Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean cricketer
26th - Jose Vizcaino, San Cristobal Dom Rep, infielder (NY Mets)
27th - Kerri Ann Darling, actress (Alli Fowler-Another World)
27th - Brenda Song, American actress
28th - Lacey Turner, British soap actress
31st - Hogan Ephraim, English Footballer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 28 of 28

1st - Jean Le Poulain, actor (Divine), dies at 63
1st - Joe Besser, comedian (3's Stooges, Abbott & Costello), dies at 80
3rd - Lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies
3rd - Sewall Wright, US geneticist (evolution model), dies at 98
5th - Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian (b. 1933)
6th - Konstantin Iliev, composer, dies at 63
7th - Divine, [Harris Milstead], female impersonator (Pink Flamingos), dies
7th - Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at 83 of emphysema
8th - Werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912)
8th - Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (b. 1918)
9th - Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83
10th - Andy Gibb, singer, dies of heart infection at 30
10th - Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at 78
10th - William Brocklesby Wordsworth, composer, dies at 79
11th - Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74
12th - Billie Rhodes, dies
12th - William Camp, dies at 74
13th - Olive Carey, actress (Affairs With a Stranger), dies at 92
15th - Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian secret-general/top spy for US, executed
Singer and TV Host Andy Gibb (10th) 16th - Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88
17th - Reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies
17th - Nikolas Asimos, Greek counter-culture composer and singer (b. 1949)
20th - Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75
27th - Jan van den Weghe, Flemish writer, dies at about 67
29th - Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player (b. 1924)
30th - Edgar Faure, French politician (b. 1908)
31st - Talib Rasul Hakim, composer, dies at 48
31st - William McMahon, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)