Today in History


Births On This Day, March 12 🎂

1979 Pete Doherty
English singer-songwriter, guitarist

1947 Mitt Romney
American businessman, politician, 70th Governor of Massachusetts

1946 Liza Minnelli
American actress, singer, dancer

1922 Jack Kerouac
American author, poet

1864 W. H. R. Rivers
English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, psychiatrist

Deaths On This Day, March 12th 🪦

2015 Terry Pratchett
English author

1999 Yehudi Menuhin
American/Swiss violinist, conductor

1955 Charlie Parker
American saxophonist, composer

1925 Sun Yat-sen
Chinese revolutionary, politician, 1st President of the Republic of China

1914 George Westinghouse
American engineer, inventor
 

1894
Coca Cola is sold in Hutchinson glass bottles for the 1st time in a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi
1912
Juliette Gordon Low forms' Girl Guides' name later changed to 'Girl Scouts' in Savannah, Georgia
1933
Pres Franklin Roosevelt has his 1st "Fire Side' chat via radio as he speaks directly to 60 million Americans who tune in to listen. This happened 8 days after his inaugration
1980
Billy Joel's 7th studio album' Glass Houses' is released, had his 1st #1 single'its Still Rock n Roll To Me' He won Grammy for Best Male Rock Performance
1994
Church of England ordains its 1st 32 female priests at Bristol Cathedral in Bristol, England
2008
streaming service' Hulu' launches public access in U.S. It began as an advertising campaign during NBC"s telecast of Super Bowl XLIII
 
12th March

1470 War of the Roses - The Battle of Losecoat Field (also known as the Battle of Empingham). The outcome was a victory for Yorkists Forces over Lancastrian Forces.

1689 The start of the Williamite War in Ireland; a conflict between Catholic King James II and Protestant King William of Orange over who would be King of England, Scotland and Ireland. The War was to have a lasting effect on Ireland, confirming British and Protestant rule over the country for over a century. The iconic Williamite victories of the Siege of Derry and the Battle of the Boyne are still celebrated by the Unionist community in Northern Ireland today.

1868 Henry O'Farrell from Dublin, attempted to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria whilst he was on a tour of Australia.

1881 Andrew Watson made his Scotland debut as the world's first black, international football player and captain.
 
On This Day In History, March 14th

1991 The “Birmingham Six” are released
The 6 men had been wrongly sentenced to life imprisonment in 1975 for the IRA Birmingham pub bombings.

1979 Factory Plane Crash in China
At least 200 people were killed when a plane crashed into a factory in China. According to some sources, the plane had previously been stolen by a pilot who was not qualified to fly it.

1960 The leaders of Germany and Israel confer for the first time
15 years after the end of World War II, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion met at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.

1942 For the first time in history, a dying patient's life is saved by penicillin
Although some claim that the pioneering trials at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, England resulted in the first penicillin-cures, Orvan Hess and John Bumstead are generally credited with the first documented successful treatment.

1910 The Lakeview Gusher causes the largest accidental oil spill in history
The spill lasted 18 months, and 9 million barrels of crude oil were released.
 
Births On This Day, March 14th 🎂

1933 Michael Caine
English actor, author

1879 Albert Einstein
German/American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1854 Alexandru Macedonski
Romanian author, poet

1854 Paul Ehrlich
German physician, Nobel Prize laureate

1681 Georg Philipp Telemann
German composer

Deaths On This Day, March 14th 🪦

2014 Tony Benn
English politician

1980 Mohammad Hatta
Indonesian politician, 1st Vice President of Indonesia

1883 Karl Marx
German philosopher

1823 John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent
English Admiral

1803 Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
German poet
 
14th March 1964
For the first time in British recording history, all Top Ten singles in the UK are by British acts.
1 - Anyone Who Had A Heart - Cilla Black,
2 - Bits and Pieces - The Dave Clark Five
3 - Little Children - Billy J Kramer
4 - Diane - The Bachelors,
5 - Not Fade Away - The Rolling Stones
6 - Just One Look - The Hollies
7 - Needles and Pins - The Searchers
8 - I Think Of You - The Mersybeats
9 - Boys Cry"- Eden Kane
10 - Let Me Go Lover - Kathy Kirby.
 
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1743
The 1st American Town Hall meeting was held in Fanuell Hall in Boston,Mass
1923
Warren G. Harding became the 1st U.S. President to pay taxes
1950
FBI starts public list of' Ten Most Wanted Fugitives'
1958
Recording Industry Assocation of America{RIAA} certfies its 1st gold record, Perry Como's single' Catch a Falling Star' The single sold over 1 million copies
1973
future U.S. Senator, John McClain{R,Arizona} is released after spending over 5 yrs in a N. Vietnamese prisoner of war camp
2017
the world's oldest golf club, Murifield in Scotland votes to admit women as members for the 1st time in 270yrs
The final vote of 498 returned ballots, 80.2% in favor, 123 ballots 19.8% against
 
On This Day In History, March 15th

1990 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes President of the Soviet Union
His economic and political reforms, as well as his advocacy of free speech, strengthened pro-democracy movements in other Eastern European countries and ultimately led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War.

1985 The world's first internet domain name is registered
symbolics.com was registered by the Symbolics Computer Corporation of Massachusetts. There are over 1 billion domains today.

1972 Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather is premiered
The gangster movie based on Mario Puzo's novel is one of the most popular films of all time.

1917: The last emperor of Russia abdicates
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated following the February Revolution. He was later executed, together with his family and some of his servants.

1895: Enrico Caruso makes his stage debut
The Italian tenor is arguably the most famous opera singer of all time.
 

Births On This Day, March 15th 🎂

1979 Kevin Youkilis
American baseball player

1975 Eva Longoria
American actress, producer

1947 Ry Cooder
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

1907 Zarah Leander
Swedish actress, singer

1638 Shunzhi Emperor
of China

Deaths On This Day, March 15th 🪦

2008 Mikey Dread
Jamaican singer-songwriter, producer

2001 Ann Sothern
American actress

1983 Rebecca West
English journalist, author

1938 Nikolai Bukharin
Russian politician

1937 H. P. Lovecraft
American writer
 
March 16th:
1802
The 1st U.S. Military Academy at West Point was established thru Congressional Act, it opened on July 4 ,1802
It's located 50 miles north of NYC, its motto' Duty, Honor, Country'
1930
USS Constiution{Old Ironsides} is floated out to become a national shrine. Its the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel located at Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, Mass
1950
The 1st annual National Book Awards,the winners were:
The Man with The Golden Arm by Nelson Algren{fiction}
Ralph Waldo Emerson biography by Ralph Rusk{non fiction}
William Carlos Williams for his poetry collection'Paterson: Book III&Selected Poems
1968
in one of the most controversial incidents of Vietnam War, U.S. soldiers kill 400 unarmed Vietnamese civilians,known as the 'My Lai' massacre
2019
a beached whale found in Marbini, Phillipines had 88 pounds of plastic inside of it, including 40 pounds of plastic bags
 
On This Day In History, March 17th

1992 Apartheid in South Africa comes to an end
In a referendum, 68.7% of white South Africans voted for the abolishment of racial segregation in the country.

1973 The photograph known as Burst of Joy is taken
Photographer Slava Veder was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the image depicting a former U.S. prisoner of war being reunited with his family.

1969 Golda Meir becomes Israel's first female Prime Minister
In her country, Meir was known as the “Iron Lady” long before British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher rose to power.

1959 The Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India
Followers and advisers of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, feared for his life after a revolt had erupted in Lhasa against the Chinese.

1941 The National Gallery of Art opens in Washington. D.C.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt opened the gallery, which today houses one of the world's finest art collections.
 
Births On This Day, March 17th 🎂

1967 Billy Corgan
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

1948 William Gibson
American/Canadian author

1919 Nat King Cole
American singer, pianist, television host

1883 Urmuz
Romanian judge, author

1834 Gottlieb Daimler
German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft

Deaths On This Day, March 17th 🪦

2006 Oleg Cassini
French/American fashion designer

2005 George F. Kennan
American historian, diplomat, and United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union

1956 Fred Allen
American comedian, actor, radio host

460 Saint Patrick
Irish missionary, bishop

180 Marcus Aurelius
Roman Emperor
 
1756
St Patrick's Day is 1st celebrated in NYC at the Crown&Thistle Tavern
1845
the rubber band is patented by Stephen Perry in London
1930
construction begins on the Empire State Building on 5th Ave in NYC. It was the world's 1st tallest building with 100+ stories for 40 yrs. It was completed in a yr 4/11/31. It has 102 floors,1,576 stairs.The building is worth around $2 billion is owned by Empire State Realty Trust
1969
Golda Meir becomes Israel's 4th Prime Minister,the 1st & only female to hold office. Her term was from March 17th,1969- June 3rd, 1974
2016
archaeologists announce discovery of a 2,500 yr old warrior king burial ground with 75 graves in Pocklington, Northern England
 
A love story: On March 17, 1968 my cousin Jerry, an American college exchange student participated in anti Vietnam War protest in Trafalgar Square and US Embassy in London where he met an English secondary school student, Sarah who married him two years later and together they raised three sons.
 
18th March 1902
29-year-old Italian opera singer Enrico Caruso was paid $50 each to record ten songs on wax for the Gramophone and Typewriter Company in Italy.
Two years later he began recording in America for the Victor Talking Machine Company (later RCA Victor). He would go on to become the world's first recording star.
 
On This Day In History, March 18th

1990 East Germany holds its first and only free parliamentary elections
The election was held between the peaceful revolution leading to the demise of the German Democratic Republic in 1989 and the German reunification in 1990.

1971 A 100 feet (30 meters) high wave destroys a Peruvian mining camp and kills hundreds of people
The tsunami was caused by a massive rock avalanche that crashed into Lake Yanahuani from a height of 1300 feet (400 meters).

1965 Russian cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov becomes the first person to walk in space
During the 12-minute tethered spacewalk, Leonov ventured up to 10 meters from his spacecraft, Voskhod 2.

1962 The Évian Accords are signed, ending the Algerian War
Algeria gained its independence from France as a consequence.

1892 Lord Stanley of Preston pledges to donate a challenge cup for the best ice hockey team in Canada
Today, the Stanley Cup is the world's most prestigious ice hockey trophy.
 
Births On This Day, March 18th 🎂

1981 Fabian Cancellara
Swiss cyclist

1932 John Updike
American author, poet, critic

1869 Neville Chamberlain
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1844 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian composer

1837 Grover Cleveland
American lawyer, politician, 22nd President of the United States

Deaths On This Day, March 18th 🪦

1936 Eleftherios Venizelos
Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece

1913 George I of Greece

1745 Robert Walpole
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1314 Jacques de Molay
Frankish knight

978 Edward the Martyr
English king
 
On This Day In History, March 19th

1962 Bob Dylan releases his first album
Dylan is one of the world's most influential music artists. His songs “Blowin' in the Wind” and “The Times They Are a-Changin'” became anthems for the anti-war movement.

1954 Willie Mosconi sets the world record for running most consecutive pool balls without a miss
Mr. Pocket Billiards, as the hugely successful American sportsman was often called, ran 526 consecutive balls.

1945 Adolf Hitler orders the destruction of all industries in Germany
The Nero Decree was issued in the light of Germany's imminent defeat in World War II. It was never fully executed.

1911 The first International Women's Day is observed by over 1 million people in several European countries
German socialists Clara Zetkin and Luise Zietz initiated the observance, which has become an annual global event.

1895 The Lumière brothers record their first footage
Sortie des Usines Lumière à Lyon showed workers leaving their factory in Lyon. The film is about 50 seconds long. Auguste and Louis Lumière were the earliest filmmakers in history.
 

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