Today in History

1827
a group of students began the 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
1883
Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar rolling machine
1949
scientist/statesman, Chaim Weizmann becomes Israel's 1st Prime Minister 1949-1952
1968
CBS anchor/newsman, Walter Cronkite delivers a scathing editorial on U.S. chances of winning Vietnam War
1998
Apple discontinues the development of the'Newton computer' due to poor sales,cost was $800
2002
Canadian singer/ songwriter, Joni Mitchell receives Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
 

Feb 27th BIrthdays:
1807
Henty Wadsworth Longfellow- U.S. poet 'Song of Hiawatha'
1878
Charles Strite- U.S inventor of automatic pop up toaster
1923
Dexter Gordon- jazz tenor saxophonist
1930
Joanne Woodward- actress 'Three Faces of Eve, Rachel,Mr&Mrs North, Philadelphia{played Tom Hanks mom} widow of actor Paul Newman
1981
Josh Groban - singer "You Raise Me Up, The Prayer, To Where You Are' his 1st 4 albums went multi-platiumn
Deaths:
1892
Louis Vitton- French founder of brand of leather goods that bear is name 73
1968
Frankie Lymon -singer'Why Do Fools Fall In Love 25{heroin OD}
1986
Jacques PLante-Canadian NHL hockey goal tender who was the 1st to wear goalie's mask 57
2003
Fred Rogers- TV host of PBS children's show 'Mr Rogers Neighborhood'/Presbyterian minister 74
2015
Leonard Nimoy- actor best known TV role' Spock' on NBC sci fi show' Star Trek' 83
 
On This Day In History, February 28th

2013 Pope Benedict XVI resigns
The pope whose birth name is Joseph Ratzinger was the first leader of the Catholic Church to resign since 1415.

1991 The first Gulf War ends
The armed conflict lasted a little over half a year and claimed over 100,000 civilian casualties.

1986 Swedish prime minister Olof Palme is assassinated
Even though over 130 people have confessed to the murder, the case has never been solved.

1975 A London underground train crashes into the end of the tunnel at Moorgate station
The Moorgate tube crash claimed 43 lives and was the deadliest accident in the London Underground in during peacetime.

1935 Nylon is invented
Wallace Carothers first produced the polymer at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware, United States.
 

Births On This Day, February 28th 🎂

1953 Paul Krugman
American economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1948 Bernadette Peters
American actress, singer, author

1929 Frank Gehry
Canadian/American architect, designed 8 Spruce Street, Walt Disney Concert Hall

1901 Linus Pauling
American chemist, activist, and Nobel Prize laureate

1894 Ben Hecht
American screenwriter, director, producer

Deaths On This Day, February 28th 🪦

2009 Paul Harvey
American radio host

2007 Billy Thorpe
English/Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

1977 Eddie Anderson
American actor

1925 Friedrich Ebert
German politician, 1st President of Germany

1916 Henry James
American/English author
 
1749
1st edition of Henry Fielding's book'Tom JOnes' is published
1827
1st U.S commerical railroad Baltimore&Ohio {B&O} is founded
1960
U.S men;s hockey team at Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley,Calif win their 1st gold medal defeating Czechoslvakia, Twenty yrs later it happen again at Lake PLacid, NY Olympics 'Miracle on Ice ' hockey team defeated Finland after upsetting in the semis heavy- favored Russian team
1967
a West German Court rules imposter Anna Andersen failed to prove she was the missing Russian heiress, Antastia Romanov This ended a 30yr legal case
1983
final 2hr episode of CBS show' M*A*S*H' Goodbye, Farewell, Amen' directed by star Alan Alda"Hawkeye' with a record 125 mill viewers tuned in
1994
the 1st combat operation in 45 yr history of NATO{North Atlantic Treaty Org} when U.S. fighter planes shot down 4 Bosian Serb warplanes that engaged in a bombing mission in violation of Bosia's no-fly zone
 
Feb 28th Birthdays:
1820
John Tenniel- British cartoonist/ illustrator 'Punch, Alice in Wonderland'
1915
Zero Mostel- actor/ comedian' Fiddler on The Roof, The Producers'
1939
Tommy Tune- Broadway actor/dancer/ singer/ choregrapher 'Boyfriend',My One&Only, Nine' has won 10 Tony awards during his career
1953
Paul Krugman- U.S economist/ NYT columnist, won '08 Nobel Prize for Economics
1969
Robert Sean Leonard- actor, best known TV role' Dr James Wilson' in Fox medical show' House'
Deaths:
1974
Bobby Bloom-singer/ songwriter 'Montego Bay' 28
1986
Olof Palme- Prime Minister of Sweden- 59 assassinated as he& his wife were walking home from movie theatre
2018
Harvey Schmidt- U.S. music theatre composer' The Fantasticks' 88
 
On This Day In History, March 1st

1998 Titanic becomes the first film to gross $1 billion
James Cameron's epic account of the sinking of the Titanic had a budget of $ 200 million and grossed over $ 2 billion in the end.

1995 Internet giant Yahoo! is incorporated
The company was founded in January 1994 as Jerry's guide to the World Wide Web by Jerry Yang and David Filo.

1947 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is formed
The IMF's primary goal of improving the economies of its member countries has frequently been overshadowed in the past by criticisms about the fund's alleged support of dictatorships and its negative impact on the environment.

1932 Aviator Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped
The toddler's abduction and death were one of the most publicized crimes of the century.

1896 Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity
The French physicist made his groundbreaking discovery while trying to prove his erroneous theory that phosphorescent uranium salts absorb sunlight and reemit it as X-rays.
 
Births On This Day, March 1st 🎂

1994 Justin Bieber
Canadian singer-songwriter, dancer

1944 Roger Daltrey
English singer-songwriter, producer, actor

1922 Yitzhak Rabin
Israeli politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate

1904 Glenn Miller
American trombonist, composer, bandleader

1810 Frédéric Chopin
Polish pianist, composer

Deaths On This Day, March 1st 🪦

2014 Alain Resnais
French director, cinematographer, screenwriter

1983 Arthur Koestler
Hungarian/English author, journalist

1980 Dixie Dean
English footballer

1912 George Grossmith
English actor, singer

1643 Girolamo Frescobaldi
Ferrarese pianist, composer
 
1st March

1711 The first edition of London's - 'The Spectator', founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.

1950 Klaus Fuchs, one of Britain's top atomic scientists, was sentenced to 14 years for spying in the Soviet Union.

1966w James Callaghan, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, confirmed that Britain would change over to decimal currency in 1971.

1978 Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery.

2006 The Senedd, in Cardiff Bay, was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. It is the main public building of the National Assembly, the main centre for democracy and devolution in Wales.
 
1642
Georgeanna{York} Maine becomes 1st U.S. incorporated city
1864
Rebecca Lee becomes 1st African American to receive her medical degree
1961
Pres John F. Kennedy establishes 'The Peace Corps' which is an independent agency of U.S govt They train& teach volunteers to go all over the world to help in developing countries in different fields e.g education, health,community development
1973
Pink Floyd's album' Dark Side of the Moon' is released,since then has sold over 45 million copies
1996
a new toll free # 888 are code introduced in U.S.
2021
ex French Prime minister, Nicholas Sarkozy is sentenced to prison for 3 yrs trying to bribe a judge
 
March 1st Birthdays:
1810
Frederic Chopin- Polish pianist/composer 'Concerto in F Minor
1904
Glenn Miller- U.S bandleader/ jazz composer' In The Mood, Moonlight Srenade, String of Pearls
1926
Pete Rozelle- National Football League Commisoner 1960-1989
1947
Alan Thicke- Canadian actor best known TV role' Jason Seavers' in ABC sitcom' Growing Pains'/TV show theme composer "Facts of Life, Different Strokes
1966
Paul Hollywood- British baker/ TV host 'Great British Bake Off
Deaths:
1984
Jackie Coogan- actor best known TV role' Uncle Fester' in Tv show' Addams Family 69{heart attack}
1991
Edwin Land- U.S inventor of instant photography,co founder of Polaroid Corp 81
2006
Jack Wild -British actor best known movie role' pickpocket 'Artful Dodger' in movie' Oliver 53{ cancer}
 

On This Day In History, March 2nd

1995 The top quark is discovered
The existence of this elementary particle, the bottom quark's counterpart, had been presumed since the 1970s.

1970 Rhodesia declares itself an independent republic
By severing the country's ties with the United Kingdom, white Prime Minister Ian Smith attempted to prevent the institution of black majority rule.

1969 Concorde takes off on its maiden flight
The supersonic airliner was retired in 2003, after Air France Flight 4590 crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on July 25, 2000.

1959 Miles Davis records Kind of Blue
It is considered the best-selling jazz album in history and one of the most influential works of jazz music ever produced.

1933 The film King Kong premieres
The black and white movie marked a milestone in the history of film, especially due to Willis O’Brien's stop-motion effects.
 
Births On This Day, March 2nd 🎂

1968 Daniel Craig
English actor

1962 Jon Bon Jovi
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actor

1931 Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet lawyer, politician, President of the Soviet Union, Nobel Prize laureate

1904 Dr. Seuss
American author, poet, illustrator

1900 Kurt Weill
German/American composer

Deaths On This Day, March 2nd 🪦

1999 Dusty Springfield
English singer, producer

1991 Serge Gainsbourg
French singer-songwriter, actor, director

1982 Philip K. Dick
American author

1930 D. H. Lawrence
English novelist

1619 Anne of Denmark
 
2nd March

1882 An unsuccessful attempt was made by Scotsman Roderick Maclean to assassinate Queen Victoria. As she was leaving Windsor railway station he stepped forward from the cheering crowd, lifted a revolver and fired into her carriage. Before a second shot could be fired, he was overpowered by the crowd and arrested by Superintendent Hayes. Remaining calm, the Queen and her companions rode on to Windsor Castle.

1958 The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Vivian Fuchs becomes the first to successfully cross the continent, travelling 2,158 miles in 99 days. Mount Everest climber Edmund Hillary leads part of the mission, laying supplies for the crossing party as far as the South Pole.

1986 The Queen signed the Australia Act in Canberra. The Act resolved the anomalous power of the United Kingdom's parliament to legislate over the individual Australian states, a power that it had exercised since colonial times.

2000 Chilean General Augusto Pinochet left Britain after UK Home Secretary Jack Straw told him that he was free to leave and declared that he would not be extradited to Spain to face charges of human rights abuses.
 
1929
George Hainsworth becomes the 1st NHL goaltender to record 20 shutouts in 1 season with the Montreal Canadiens,ended season with 22
1933
a 8.4 earthquake& tsunami hits Japan its most powerful in 180yrs
1965
movie' The Sound of Music' directed by Robert Wise is released, true story of Von Trapp Family singers as they flee their homeland, Austria in 1938 due to Nazi invasion. It stars Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn. The movie won 5 Oscars including pict/director music by Rodgers/ Hammerstein. Its considered one of the most popular musicals of all time
1972
NASA launches its 1st mission to outer planets with Pioneer 10 space probe to Jupiter
2016
according to British scientists, the oldest known land fossil, Tortolbus 440 million yrs old was found in Gotland,Sweden
 
March 2nd Birthdays:
1904
Theodor Seuss Geisel aka'Dr Seuss' -children's novelist' Green Eggs&Ham, The Cat in the Hat
1935
Al Waxman- Canadian actor best known TV role' Lt. Bert Samuels' in CBS police drama' Cagney&Lacey'
1942
John Irving- novelist' The World According to Garp,Hotel New Hampshire, The Cider House Rules
1949
Gates McFadden- actress, best known TV role' Beverly Crusher' in Star Trek;Next Generation
1962
Jon Bon JOvi- rock singer/songwriter w band Bon JOvi Living on a Prayer, You Give Love a Bad Name
1968
Daniel Craig- actor played spy 'James Bond in 5 movies Casino Royale'06- No Time to Die' 21,
Deaths:
1791
John Wesley- English Christian theologian/ co founder of Methodist movement 87
1987
Randolph Scott- actor Western Union, Ride the High Country, Last the Mochians 89
2008
Jeff Healey- blind Canadian blues/lap steel guitarist' Angel Eyes' 41
2020
James Lipton- actor/writer/ host of 'Inside the Actor's Studio' 93
 
On This Day In History, March 3rd

1991 Footage of Los Angeles police officers severely beating Rodney King causes a global outcry
The acquittal of the police officers involved sparked the Los Angeles riots in 1992.

1985 The U.K. miners' strike ends
The year-long dispute was the country's longest-running industrial dispute and a defining issue of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government.

1974 All 345 people on board a Turkish Airlines jet die as it plunges to the ground near Paris, France
The crash of the DC-10 aircraft has the 4th highest death toll of any aviation accident in history.

1938 The world's fastest steam locomotive is built
The Mallard could reach a speed of over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).

1924 The last remnant of the Ottoman empire in Turkey is abolished
The end of the Islamic caliphate marked the demise of the 600-year-old empire and gave way to the formation of a reformed Turkey under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
 
Births On This Day, March 3rd 🎂

1981 Julius Malema
South African politician

1977 Ronan Keating
Irish singer-songwriter, actor

1869 Henry Wood
English conductor

1847 Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish/American engineer invented the Telephone

1845 Georg Cantor
German mathematician

Deaths On This Day, March 3rd 🪦

1987 Danny Kaye
American actor

1983 Hergé
Belgian illustrator

1707 Aurangzeb
Mughal Emperor

1706 Johann Pachelbel
German composer

1703 Robert Hooke
English scientist
 
1821
Thomas L.Jennings, a NYC tailor becomes 1st African American to receive patent for his 'dry scouring' process which was the forerunner of modern day dry cleaning. He ran a successful clothing shop in NYC
1865
opening of Hong Kong& Shanghai Banking Corp founding members of HSBC bank group
1965
The Temptations' single 'My Girl' {written by Smokey Robinson} hits # 1 on Music Charts, stays there for 13 weeks
1997
the world's tallest free standing structure in Southern Hemisphere,'Sky Tower' at 1,076 ft{328 meters} opens in Auckland, New Zealand after 2 1/2 yrs of construction
2005
adventurer, Steve Fossett becomes 1st person to fly around the world solo in airplane without any stops,refueling took him 67 hrs, 5 min
2019
Elon Musks' SpaceX Dragon during a demostration run successfully docks with the International Space Station
 
March 3rd Birthdays:
1831
George Pullman- industralist/inventor of Pullman railway sleeping car
1914
Martin Ritt- film director Hud, The Long Hot Summer,Murphy's Romance
1962
Jackie Joyner- Kersee- U.S athlete,won Olympic Gold medal in Heptathon at '88 Summer Olympic Games
1970
Julie Bowen- actress best known TV role' Claire' in ABC sitcom' Modern Family'
Deaths:
1959
Lou Costello- actor/comedian 'Who's On First' skit with comedy partner Bud Abbott 52{heart attack}
1991
Arthur Murray- businessman/ ballroom dancer/ teacher 95
2018
David Ogden Stiers- actor best known TV role' Maj Charles Winchester' on CBS sitcom' M*A*S*H 75{ cancer}
2022
Tim Considine- actor best known TV role' Mike Douglas' eldest son on CBS sitcom' My Three Sons' 81
 
On This Day In History, March 4th

2007 The world's first national internet election is held
Estonia was the first country to allow its citizens to vote in a parliamentary election through the world wide web.

1980 Robert Mugabe becomes Zimbabwe's first black prime minister
A hero of the black struggle against the white minority rule in his country, Mugabe won a landslide victory. More recently, his oppressive style of leadership has been condemned domestically and internationally.

1977 The Vrancea earthquake claims over 1500 lives
Most of the victims were residents of Romania's capital Bucharest.

1918 The first documented cases of the Spanish flu herald a deadly worldwide pandemic
The disease quickly spread around the world, causing over 25 million deaths.

1789 The U.S. Constitution is put into effect
The law is one of the world's oldest constitutions still in use. The oldest is the Constitution of San Marino, which was issued in 1600.
 
Births On This Day, March 4th 🎂

1968 Graham Westley
English footballer, manager

1951 Chris Rea
English singer-songwriter, guitarist

1950 Rick Perry
American politician, 47th Governor of Texas

1932 Ryszard Kapuściński
Polish journalist

1678 Antonio Vivaldi
Italian violinist, composer

Deaths On This Day, March 4th 🪦

2008 Gary Gygax
American game designer, writer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons

1977 Anatol E. Baconsky
Romanian poet, author, and critic

1888 Amos Bronson Alcott
American educator, philosopher

1852 Nikolai Gogol
Ukrainian/Russian author, playwright

1811 Mariano Moreno
Argentinian lawyer, journalist, politician
 
4th March

1681 King Charles II granted a Royal Charter to William Penn, entitling him to establish a colony in North America called Pennsylvania.

1824 The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI was formed) by Sir William Hillary. Initially known as the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, Hillary was inspired to form the charitable organization when he saw a fishing fleet destroyed by a storm off the Isle of Man.

1890 The Forth Railway Bridge in Scotland was opened by the Prince of Wales. The bridge is more than one and a half miles long and took six years to build.

1969 The Kray twins, Ronald and Reginald, were found guilty of murder. The court heard how Jack "The Hat" McVitie was repeatedly stabbed by Reginald Kray in a north London flat while his brother held him down. The Kray twins were both sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation they should be detained for aminmu of 30 years - the longest sentences ever passed at the Old Bailey for murder.

1975 Charlie Chaplin was knighted after a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
 
1801
Thomas Jefferson becomes 1st U.S. President to be inaugrated in Washington,DC
1902
American Automobile Association{AAA} is founded in Chicago,Ill
1924
song' Happy Birthday to You' is published by Claydon Sunny
1933
Frances Perkins becomes the 1st U.S. female Secretary of Labor
1941
Chicago Blackhawks goal tender, Sam LoPresti faces NHL record of 83 shots,team lost to Boston Bruins 3-2
1993
the 1st ESPY awards{Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly} were given to Chicago Bulls superstar, Michael Jordan, 9 times singles tennis champ, Monica Seles

1993
The 1st ESPY{Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly} awards are given to Chicago Bulls superstar, Michael Jordan,9 time major tennis winner Monica Seles
 
On This Day In History, March 4th

1461 – Wars of the Roses in England (Civil Wars): Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.

1493 – Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what are now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.

1628 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter.[1]

1665 – English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.

1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.

1791 – The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).

1797 – John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America, becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4.

1814 – Americans defeat British forces at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.

1861 – The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.

1933 – Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the United States. He was the last president to be inaugurated on March 4.

2001 – BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.

2018 – Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
 


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