This Day in History for 7th March (Part 2)

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Historical Events

Events 101 - 170 of 170

1965 - Christian-democrats win parliament in Chile
1966 - "Wait A Minim!" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 457 performances
1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 - Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, premieres in NYC
1967 - Teamster pres Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union & jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971)
1968 - The BBC broadcasts the news for the first time in color on television.
1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1970 - Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS)
1970 - Ice Pairs Championship at Ljubljana won by Rodnina & Ulanov (URS)
1970 - Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (GDR)
1970 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA)
1970 - WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1971 - Egypt refuses to renew the Suez cease fire
1973 - Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory
1973 - Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh
1974 - "Monitor" (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras NC
1974 - 1st general striking in Ethiopia
1975 - Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate
1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1976 - Morocco & Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria
1977 - Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections
1977 - Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin meets Pres Carter
1978 - Belgian baron Charles Bracht kidnapped
1978 - Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders
1978 - Dutch 2nd Chamber votes against neutron bomb
1979 - Baseball exhibition season opens with semipro & amateur umpires
1979 - Warren Giles & Hack Wilson selected to baseball Hall of Fame
1981 - "Bring Back Birdie" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 4 perfs
1981 - 1st homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death
1982 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic
1982 - Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec)
1982 - NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time
1983 - TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV
1984 - The United States attacks San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua.
1985 - IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released
1986 - South-Africa emergency crisis in Brabant & Limburg ends
NHL all-time top scorer Wayne Gretzky 1986 - Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist
1987 - Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs
1987 - Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1988 - Howard Stern's 1st pay-per-view "Underpants & Negligee Party"
1988 - Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award
1988 - Colombia becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1989 - Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Rushdie's book
1989 - Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, NW North America, Greenland)
1990 - 3 passengers killed & 162 injured as subway train derails (Phila)
1990 - H Wayne Huizenga buys ½ of Joe Robbie Stadium and 15% of Dolphins for $30m
1991 - Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait
1992 - Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78)
1993 - 23rd Easter Seal Telethon raises
1993 - Diff'rent Stroke actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant
1994 - 8th American Comedy Award: Carrot Top wins
Radio shock jock Howard Stern 1994 - Charles Taylor resigns as pres of Liberia
1994 - David Platt appointed captain of English football team
1994 - US Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship
1994 - ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa
1994 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.
1995 - Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record)
1995 - NY becomes 38th state to have the death penalty
1996 - 1st surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope)
1996 - British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order
1996 - Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists
1996 - The first democratically elected Palestinian parliament is formed.
1997 - 11th Soul Train Music Awards
1997 - Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome & Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site
1997 - 5 sue Japanese PM Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life
2004 - New Democracy wins the national elections in Greece.
Anti-apartheid activist/South African President Nelson Mandela 2005 - Mass protest outside the National Assembly of Kuwait building for women's voting rights in Kuwait.
2007 - British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
2013 - Hilary Mantel is awarded the 2013 David Cohen Prize for literature
2013 - UN Security Council approves further North Korean sanctions for its nuclear testing

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 101 - 200 of 231

1931 - Donald Barthelme, US, writer (Snow White)
1933 - Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1998)
1934 - Nari Contractor, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain)
1934 - Willard Scott, weather forecaster (Today Show)
1934 - Giorgos Katsaros, Greek musician and composer
1936 - Georges Perec, French writer (Seire Noire, Retour a la bien-aimee)
1937 - Anne Kristen, actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay, Sunset Song)
1937 - Don Bonker, (Rep-D-WA, 1975- )
1938 - Homero Blancas, Houston TX, PGA golfer (1972 Phoenix Open)
1938 - Janet Guthrie, race car driver (1st woman to race in Indie 500)
1938 - David Baltimore, American biologist, Nobel laureate
1939 - Marion Marlowe, St Louis Mo, singer (Arthur Godfrey & Friends)
1939 - Panajot Pano, Albania's most outstanding football player of the past 50 years born in Durres
1940 - Daniel J Travanti, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Frank Furillo-Hill St Blues)
1940 - Harald Gerlach, writer
1940 - Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader (Glasnost Berlin)
1940 - Viktor Petrovich Savinykh, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4, T-13, TM-5)
1942 - Al[bert] Tanara, WLAF defensive coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
1942 - Michael Eisner, Mt Kisko NY, CEO (Walt Disney)
1942 - Paul Preuss, US, sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire)
1942 - Tammy Faye Bakker, gospel singer/wife of Jim Baker (PTL)
1942 - Tommy F Robinson, (Rep-D-AR, 1985- )
1942 - U N Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68)
1942 - Charles R. Boutin, American politician
1943 - Carole Peel, Australian softball asst coach (Olympics-bronze-96)
1943 - Chris White, rock bassist (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
1943 - Leon Frank Sylvers, rocker
1944 - Elton Gallegly, (Rep-R-California)
1944 - Jorgen Theobaldy, writer
1944 - Townes Van Zandt, Texas, singer/songwriter (Kathleen, Loretta), (d. 1997)
1944 - Stanley Schmidt, American editor
1945 - Arthur Lee, rocker (Vindicator)
1945 - John Heard, actor (Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD)
1946 - Matthew Fisher, London, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum)
1946 - Peter Wolf, rock singer (J Giels Band-Centerfold, Freeze Frame)
1947 - Donna Loren, Boston Mass, singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo)
1947 - Lewis J Stadlen, Bkln NY, actor (John-Benson, Savages, Windy City)
1947 - Richard Lawson, actor (Eddie-O'Neills)
1947 - Robert O'Neill Crossman, politician
1947 - Walter Röhrl, German race and rally car driver
1947 - Helen Eadie, Scottish politician
1949 - Ghulam Nabi Azad, Indian politician
1950 - Franco Harris, NFL fullback (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1950 - Mark Pinter, Decorah Iowa, actor (Behind the Screen, Another World)
1950 - Iris Chacon, Puerto Rican singer and dancer
1951 - Francis Rocco Prestia, American musician (Tower of Power)
1952 - Ernie Isley, US vocalist/guitarist (It's Your Thing, Heat is On)
1952 - Lynn Swann, NFL receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)/sportscaster
1952 - Vivian Richards, West Indian master blaster
1953 - Jules Shear, rock musician
1953 - Kathleen Sullivan, Pasadena Ca, newscaster (E!)
1954 - Matt Frenette, rock drummer (Loverboy)
1955 - Tommy Kramer, American football player
1955 - Anupam Kher, Bollywood Actor
1956 - Bryan Cranston, American actor
1957 - Robert Harris, English TV reporter and journalist
1958 - Rik Mayall, comedian (Drop Dead Fred, Bottom, Little Noises)
1958 - Alan Hale, American astronomer
1959 - Thomas Edward Lehman, Austin MN, PGA golfer (1994 Memorial Tournament)
1959 - Donna Murphy, American actress
1960 - Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakia, tennis champion (US Open 1985-87)
1960 - Joe Carter, Oklahoma City OK, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1960 - Joe Carter, American baseball player
1961 - Mary Beth Evans, Pasadena California, actress (Katherine-General Hospital)
1962 - Taylor Dayne, [Leslie Wunderman], NY, vocalist (I'll Always Love You)
1962 - Peter Manley, English Darts Player
1963 - Mike Eagles, Sussex, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
1963 - Mohammad Ishaq, cricketer (UAE batsman 1996 World Cup)
1963 - Bill Brochtrup, American actor
1963 - Denyce Graves, American singer
1964 - Amy Baltus, Bloomington IND, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-13th-1992)
1964 - Jeff Criswell, NFL tackle (KC Chiefs)
1964 - Bret Easton Ellis, American writer
1964 - Wanda Sykes, American actress and comedienne
1965 - Cameron Daddo, Melbourne Australia, actor (Brian Petersen-Models Inc)
1965 - Jesper Bo Parnevik, Stockholm Sweden, PGA golfer (1995 Nestle-5th)
1965 - Steve Beuerlein, NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars, Car Panthers)
1965 - [Willie] Flipper Anderson, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
1965 - Jack Armstrong, American baseball player
1966 - Jeff Feagles, NFL punter (Arizona Cardinals)
1966 - Mel Rojas, Haina Dom Rep, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
1966 - Terry Carkner, Smiths Falls, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
1966 - Joy Tanner, American actress
1967 - Zheng Haixia, WNBA center (LA Sparks)
1967 - Ai Yazawa, Japanese mangaka
1968 - Jeff Kent, Bellflower CA, infielder (NY Mets)
1968 - Ricky Proehl, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears)
1969 - Anne Marie Lauck, Rochester NY, marathoner (Olympics-10th-96)
1969 - Anthony Davis, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
1969 - Brian Jamieson, Livingston NJ, rower (Olympics-silver-1996)
1969 - Geoff Smith, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
1969 - Matt Blundin, NFL quarterback (KC Chiefs, Detroit Lions)
1969 - Sam Gash, NFL running back (New England Patriots)
1969 - Warrel Dane, American singer (Nevermore)
1969 - Shin Ae Ra, Korean actress and radio DJ
1970 - Jacquelyn Doucette, Miss Massachusetts USA (1996)
1970 - James Calvin Spivey, Schiller Park Ill, miler
1970 - Kathy Gedney, Indianapolis Ind, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-25th-1994)
Actress Rachel Weisz (1970) 1970 - Rachel Weisz, London, English actress (The Mummy, The Constant Gardener) and fashion model
1971 - Alison Herst, Toronto Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-5-92, 96)

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Famous Weddings

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Famous Deaths

Deaths 101 - 113 of 113

2001 - Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1903)
2004 - Paul Winfield, American actor (b. 1941)
2005 - John Box, British film production designer and art director (b. 1920)
2005 - Debra Hill, American screenwriter and film producer (b. 1950)
2006 - Ali Farka Touré, Malian musician (b. 1939)
2006 - Gordon Parks, photographer (b. 1912)
2006 - John Junkin, British performer (b. 1930)
2009 - Jang Ja-yeon, South Korean actress (b. 1982)
2010 - Mary Josephine Ray, Canadian supercentenarian (b. 1895)
2012 - Jimmy Ellis, American soul singer, dies from complications from Alzheimer's disease at 74
2013 - Peter Banks, English rocker, dies at 65
2013 - Kevin Ball, English Jazz musician, dies from pneumonia at 82
2013 - Claude King, American musician, dies at 90