Today in History for March 1997

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 77 of 77

1st - "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," opens at Lyceum Theater NYC
1st - 5th annual ESPY Awards shown on TV
2nd - Gail Graham wins LPGA Alpine Australian Ladies Masters
2nd - Nick Faldo wins Nissan Golf Open
2nd - Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5% of Apple
2nd - Soyuz TM-24 returns to Earth (Russia)
3rd - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville NC on WRCQ 103.5 FM
3rd - The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
4th - Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks
4th - Comet Hale-Bopp directly above the Sun (1.04 AU)
4th - President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research
4th - Zeya Start-1 launched (Russia)
5th - Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox & Willie Wells for Hall of Fame
6th - Picasso's painting Tête de Femme is stolen from a London gallery, and is recovered a week later.
7th - 11th Soul Train Music Awards
7th - Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome & Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site
7th - 5 sue Japanese PM Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life
9th - Senior Golf Slam
9th - Steve Elkington wins Doral-Ryder Golf Open
Artist/Cubist Co-founder Pablo Picasso 11th - 3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
11th - Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space
11th - Beatle McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen
11th - SF Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch
13th - India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.
13th - The Phoenix lights were seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television. They are now a hotly debated controversy.
14th - 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch
14th - Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80
14th - Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E Sullivan Award
14th - Pres Clinton trips & tears up his knee requiring surgery
14th - The Chinese city of Chongqing (formerly Chunking) is upgraded to a centrally administered municipality.
15th - Pitts Penguins' Joe Mullen, is 1st American to score 500 NHL goals
16th - Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship
16th - NJ Devils' Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL to score 500 goals
16th - Stuart Appleby wins Honda Golf Classic
16th - Toshiba Senior Golf Classic
16th - Sandline affair: On Bougainville Island, soldiers of commander Jerry Singirok arrest Tim Spicer and his mercenaries of the Sandline International.
17th - CNN begins spanish broadcasts
18th - Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die
19th - Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel & Ingo Steuer (GER)
19th - Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi
19th - Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments
20th - "Play On!," opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 61 performances
20th - Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive
20th - Mens Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (CAN)
21st - Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Rus)
21st - Wrestlemania XIII
22nd - "Sunset Boulevard," closes at Minskoff NYC after 977 performances
22nd - Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU)
22nd - Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Tara Lipinski (USA)
23rd - "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," closes at Lyceum Theater NYC
23rd - 17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins
23rd - Betsy King wins LPGA Standard Register PING
23rd - Liberty Legends of Senior Golf
23rd - Phil Mickelson wins Bay Hill Golf Invitiational
23rd - Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title
23rd - wins Standard Register PING
24th - 69th Academy Awards - "English Patient," T Cruise & Brenda Blythen win
24th - Australian parliament overturns world's 1st & only euthanasia law
25th - "Barrymore," opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 240 performances
25th - Indians trade Lofton & Embree to Braves for Grissom & Justice
26th - "Annie," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
26th - NHL announce Might Ducks & Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan
26th - Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.
27th - "Young Man From Atlanta," opens at Longacre NYC for 85 performances
27th - 39 cult memebers in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp)
27th - Martin Luther King's son meets with James Earl Ray
28th - "City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV
29th - 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yanks 2-0 (exhibition)
29th - PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith
30th - 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Old Dominion 68-59
30th - 26th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
30th - Southwestern Bell Dominion Senior Golf
30th - Steve Elkington wins Golf's Players Championship
30th - Five (channel) Begins broadcasting in the UK
31st - "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV
31st - 59th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Ariz beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT)
31st - Pioneer 10, ends its mission

Famous Weddings

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29th - Actor Harry Hamlin weds actress Lisa Rinna

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 31 of 31

3rd - Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies
4th - Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (b. 1916)
4th - Carey Loftin, American actor/stuntman (b. 1914)
5th - Samm Sinclair Baker, American diet author (b. 1909)
6th - Anthony Hopkins, clinical Neurologist, dies at 59
6th - Cheddi B Jagan, dentist/founder PPP/Guyanese Premier (1953, 1957-64) dies
6th - Michael Manley, Jamaican PM (PNP, 1972-80, 89-92), dies
7th - E. H. Bronner, German-American soap magnate (b. 1908)
8th - Alexander Salkind, producer (Superman), dies at 75
9th - Notorius B I G, [Biggie Small, Chris Walkin], rapper, shot dead at 24
9th - Terry Nation, writer (Dr Who, Blake 7) at 66
9th - The Notorious B.I.G. [Christopher Wallace], American rapper (b. 1972)
10th - La Vern Baker, American singer (b. 1929)
14th - Fred Zinnemann (director), dies of heart attack at 89
14th - John Curtis Jr, pres/CEO (Luby's Cafe), commits suicide at 58
15th - Gail Davis, ( Annie Oakley), dies at 72
15th - Victor Vasarely, Hungarian painter (b. 1906)
17th - Gail Davis, actress (Annie Oakley), dies at 71
18th - Willem de Kooning (abstract artist), dead Alzheimer's at 92
19th - Willem De Kooning, artists (Abstract), dies of Alzheimer at 92
20th - Carlo Fassi, figure skating coach (Fleming, Hamill), dies at 67
20th - Grace Hefner, mother of Hugh Hefner (Playboy), dies at 101
20th - Tony Zale, American boxer (b. 1913)
21st - W. V. Awdry, English children's writer (b. 1911)
24th - Martin Caidin, American aviation writer (b. 1927)
25th - Roberto Sanchez Vilella, governor of Puerto Rico in (1965-69), dies
26th - Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader (b. 1931)
29th - Eddie Ryder, actor (Slick Jones-General Hospital), dies at 74
29th - Ellen Clara Pollock, actress (Wicked Lady, Fake), dies at 94
31st - Edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at 76
31st - Laxmishankar Pathak, food retailer, dies at 62