Today in History

March 11th Birthdays:
1895
Shemp Howard-actor/comedian 'The 3 Stooges'
1903
Lawrence Welk-accordonist/orchestra leader' The Lawrence Welk Show'
1931
Rupert Murdoch-Australian born media mogul "NY Post' Fox-TV"
1950
Bobby McFarrin-Grammy award winning singer/ songwriter' Don't Worry Be Happy"
Deaths:
1955
Alexander Flemming- Scottish bacterologist who invented pencillin 73
1970
Erle Stanley Garner- detective writer' Perry Mason' 80
1992
Richard Brooks-movie director'Key Largo, Blackboard Jungle' 79
1996
Vince Edwards- actor' TV show' Ben Casey' 67
2010
Merlin Oslen -NFL football player with LA Rams/ actor "TV show' Father Murphy' 69
 

March 12th
1609
Bermuda becomes an English colony
1894
Coca-Cola sold in glass bottles in a candy store in Vicksburg, Miss
1912
Girl Scouts of America is founded by Juliette Gordon Low in Savannah,Georgia
1970
U.S. lowers voting age from 21 to 18
2008
streaming service Hulu debuts in U.S.
 
March 12th birthdays:
1831
Clement Studebaker- automobile pioneer
1921
Gordon MacRae-singer/actor 'Oklahoma, Carousel'
1928
Edward Albee- U.S playwright' Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf"
1932
Andrew Young,-U.S. ambassador to United Nations '77-'79, mayor of Atlanta,Georgia
1948
James Taylor- Grammy winning singer/songwriter' Fire&Rain, Shower The People, Cooperline'
1950
Jon Provost- actor- his best known TV role'Timmy' on "Lassie''57-'64
Deaths:
1888
Henry Bugh- founder of American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals{ASPCA} 76
1914
George Westinghouse- U.S. engineer{Westinghouse Electric} pioneer of electric industry 67
1955
Charlie'Bird' Parker- jazz saxophonist/composer 34
1985
Eugene Ormandy-Hungarian/U.S. conductor 85
 

13th March

1935 Voluntary driving tests were introduced in Britain and became compulsory in June of the same year.

1961 Three men and two women went on trial at the Old Bailey charged with plotting to pass official secrets to the Russians. The Attorney General, Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller QC, opening the case for the prosecution, said the five were involved in a plot to sell secrets on Britain's first nuclear submarine to the Soviet Union. All 5 were found guilty and sentences were passed, up to 25 years. An official report blamed lax security at the Admiralty for the spy ring.

2015 Lesley Simpson became the first female Guizer Jarl (chief Viking) in the 130-year history of Shetland's world famous fire festivals. The event is one of several Viking-themed torchlit processions that are held on Shetland every year.
 
1852
"Uncle Sam' cartoon figure debuts in NY Latern Weekly
1942
Julia Flikke of nurses corps is named 1st female colonel in U.S. Army
1986
Microsoft has its IPO{Initial Public Offering} at $21/share 2.5 million shares were traded on opening day
2003
in journal'Nature' reports that 350,000 yr old footprints of an upright walking human were found in Italy
2013
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected new pope. He takes papal name Pope Francis
 
March 13th Birthdays:
1908
Walter Anneberg- U.S. publisher of TV Guide
1911
L.Ron Hubbard- founder of cult Scientology
1950
William H.Macy- film actor "Fargo, Pleasantville, Jurrasic Park 3, Boogie Nights
1956
Jamie Dimion- CEO of JPMorgan Chase
1960
Adam Clayton- musician/rock bassist with band' U2"
Deaths:
1842
Henry Shrapnel- British army officer, inventor of shrapnel shell 80
1906
Susan B.Anthony- leader of women's suffrage movement 86
2006
Maureen Stapleton- actress 'Cocoon', Airport, Plaza Suite 80
2020
Barbara Harris- 1st U.S. female Episcopal Bishop 89
 
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 are killed when a plane crashes 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 cures using penicillin, Orvan Hess and John Bumstead is 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

1757 British admiral John Byng was court-martialled and executed by firing squad on board HMS Monarch at Plymouth, for "failing to do his utmost" to relieve Minorca from the French fleet following the Battle of Minorca. In practice, his ships badly needed repair and he was relieved of his command before he could see to his ships or secure the extra forces he required.

1805 Master Betty (William Betty) played Hamlet on the London stage, aged just 14. He was such a success that the House of Commons was adjourned to enable members to watch his performance. His success was short-lived and, not long afterwards, he was hissed off the stage.

1864 English explorer Samuel Baker was the first European to see the lake he named Lake Albert after the recently deceased Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria.

1891 The submarine Monarch laid telephone cable along the English Channel bed to prepare for the first telephone links across the Channel.

1930 A proposed tunnel linking England and France was approved by the Channel Tunnel Committee.
 
March 14, 1900 The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard. 122 Years ago Wednesday

121 years ago Thursday Utah governor Heber Manning Wells vetoed a bill that would have eased restrictions on polygamy.

Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead-80 years ago Saturday

1961 A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
 
1743
The 1st American town meeting was held in Faneui Hall in Boston,Mass
1794
Eli Whitney patents cotton gin which revoluntizes cotton industry in southern U.S. states
1966
movie' Born Free' directed by James Hill is released,story is based on Joy Adamson's book. She and her husband, George were Kenya game wardens who raised orphan lion cub,"Elsa" as a pet.The movie stars real life married couple, Virigina McKenna,Bill Travers as Joy&George. The movie won 2 Oscars, John Barry -best original score, title song'Born Free' Barry&Don Black
1973
future Sen,John McCain is released from North Vietnamese prison of war camp after 5 yrs
2018
in NASA twin study, astronaut Scott Kelly who spent a yr in space is no longer an identical twin to his brother,Mark. 7% of Scott's genes were altered
 
March 13th Birthdays:
1879
Albert Einstein- German born theoretical physicst
1916
Horton Foote- author/playright/screen writer. He won Oscar for best screenplay for'To Kill A Mockingbird' 62
1920
Hank Ketcham- cartoonist' Dennis The Menace'
1933
Michael Caine- British actor' Alfie,The Man Who Would Be King,Educating Rita,he has 2 Oscars best supp actor' Hannah&her Sisters,The Cider House Rules'
1948
Billy Crystal actor/ producer/writer TV show 'Soap', movie' City Slickers'
Deaths:
1883
Karl Marx- German philosopher 64
1932
George Eastman- inventor of Kodak camera/founder of Eastman Kodak Company 77
2010
Peter Graves- actor TV show' Mission Impossible', movies 'Stalag 17, Airplane 83. His brother is actor James Arness'Matt Dillon' Gunsmoke
2018 Stephen Hawking- British physicist 76 ALS
 
moviequeen1 said:
1966
movie' Born Free' directed by James Hill is released,story is based on Joy Adamson's book. She and her husband, George were Kenya game wardens who raised orphan lion cub,"Elsa" as a pet.The movie stars real life married couple, Virigina McKenna,Bill Travers as Joy&George. The movie won 2 Oscars, John Barry -best original score, title song'Born Free' Barry&Don Black
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Love that movie :love:
 
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
 
1493
Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his 1st voyage to the New World
1906
Henry Rolls, Charles Royce&Claude Johnson formalize their partnership as Rolls, Royce LTD
1937
The 1st U.S. blood bank in a hospital opens at Cook County Hosptial in Chicago,Ill
1956
original production of musical' My Fair Lady' starring Rex Harrison,Julie Andrews opens in NYC,the show won 6 Tony Awards inc best musical. Harrison left the show in 1957,his understudy,actor Edward Mulhare replaced him,Sally Ann Howe replaced Julie Andrews in 1958,show closed in 1962
1985
the 1st internet domain name, symbolics.com is registered
2019
"The Vessel' a honeycomb viewing structure opens at Hudson Yards development in NYC.
 
March 15th Birthdays:
1887- Marjorie Merriwether Post- U.S. socialite/businesswoman
1913
McDonald Carey-actor best known TV role in NBC soap opera'Days of Our Lives'
1916
Harry James- swing era bandleader
1933
Ruth Bader Ginsburg- U.S. Supreme Court Justice '93-'20
1941
Mike Love-singer/songwriter with band'The Beach Boys'
1968
Mark Mc Grath- singer/songwriter 'Every Morning' with band 'Sugar Ray'
Deaths:
1889
Melvin Bissell- U.S inventor of the carpet sweeper 45
1975
Artistole Onassis- Greek shipping tycoon 69
1998
Benjamin Spock- U.S. pedatrician/writer 94
2014
David Brenner- comedian/TV talk show host 78
 
This day in History March 16th

1988 A poison gas attack kills 5000 civilians in the Kurdish town of Halabjah
The war crime was in all likelihood executed on the orders of Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein.

1988 In Northern Ireland, an Ulster loyalist kills 3 people at a Provisional IRA funeral
Michael Stone was later convicted of the Milltown Cemetary attack, which was filmed by news crews.

1968 U.S. troops massacre hundreds of unarmed civilians in Vietnam
The 504 victims of the My Lai Massacre included many children and infants.

1960 Alfred Hitchcock's movie Psycho is premiered
The film starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh is an all-time classic of the suspense movie genre.

1926 Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket
The idea for this revolutionary rocket engine first appeared in a book by Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.
 
Births On This Day, March 16th 🎂

1986 Daisuke Takahashi
Japanese figure skater

1954 Nancy Wilson
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress

1953 Richard Stallman
American computer programmer

1917 Samael Aun Weor
Colombian author

1912 Pat Nixon
American educator, 39th First Lady of the United States

Deaths On This Day, March 16th 🪦

2008 Bill Brown
Australian cricketer

2006 Minnie Pwerle
Australian painter

2003 Rachel Corrie
American activist

1983 Arthur Godfrey
American radio, television host

37 Tiberius
Roman Emperor
 
16th March

1190 The Crusaders massacred 150 Jews at Clifford's Tower, York, following a wave of attacks against Jews that had moved north from London to Stamford, Lincoln, King's Lynn, Colchester and Bury St Edmunds, before culminatinig in the bloodiest atrocity of them all in York. Some Jews committed mass suicide rather than submit to baptism and they set the castle on fire to prevent their bodies being mutilated after their deaths.

1647 Harlech Castle surrendered in the English Civil War. It was a Royalist stronghold and the last Welsh castle to be taken by Parliament.

1973 Queen Elizabeth II opened the new London Bridge. The old one was sold to an American oil tycoon for £1m and transported to the United States.

1998 Sir George Martin (producer of The Beatles in the 1960s and 70s) announced his retirement, aged 73.
 
1968: Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre killing between American troops killed 347-500 Vietnamese villagers

1978: Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on Portsall Rocks, 3 miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.

1988: Iran-Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the. United States.

1995: Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.

2005: Isreal officially hands over Jerico to Palestinian control.

2021 Atlanta spa shootings; 8 people killed, 1 injured in a trio of shootings at spas in and near Atlanta Ga. Suspect arrested the same day.
 
1802
The 1st U.S. military academy at West Point is established through act of Congress. It opens on July 4th
1830
New York Stock Exchange had its slowest day ever, with only 31 shares traded
1950
The 1st annual National Book Awards debuts
winning book'Man With the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren
1969
original production of musical '1776' opens on Broadway,runs for 1,217 performances. The show is about the events leading up to signing Declaration of Independence, John Adams efforts to get his collegues to sign it. It had all star cast, William Daniels"John Adams, Ken Howard'Thomas Jefferson', Howard Da Silva 'Benjamin Franklin', Betty Buckley as Jefferson's wife. The show won 3 Tony awards,most of the cast reprised their roles in the movie version '72
1994
U.S. skater, Tonya Harding plead guilty to felony attack on former rival Nancy Kerrigan
 
March 16th Birthdays
1836
Andrew Smith Halldlie- inventor of U.S. cable car
1906
Henny Youngman-comedian
1920
Reginald' Leo' Mc Kern-actor 'Mouse That Roared,Help, The Blue Lagoon
1926
Jerry Lewis- comedian Martin/Lewis comedy team,hosted for yrs at MDA Telethon
1941
Bernado Bertolucci- movie director,'Last Tango In Paris, The Last Emperor'
1949
Victor Garber- Canadian born actor TV /stage/ movies. His best known TV role' Jack Bristow' on ABC spy show' Alias',he played Jennifer Garner's' dad. movies'Godspell,Sleepless in Seattle, The 1st Wives Club
Deaths:
1959
John B Salling- 2nd to last documented Civil War veteran 111
1970
Tammi Terrell- soul singer'You're All I Need, Ain't No Mountain High Enough' 24- brain tumor
1983
Arthur Godfrey- radio/TV host 79
2014
Mitch Leigh- Broadway composer'Man of La Mancha' 86
 
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, 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, 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
 

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