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What happened in history on this day: March 1?
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- 293 - Roman emperor Maximianus introduces tetrarchy.
- 492 - Saint Felix III ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 492 - Saint Gelasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 705 - John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 743 - Slave export by Christians to heathen areas prohibited.
- 772 - Birth of Po Tjiu-i, Chinese poet/Governor of Hang-tsjow.
- 918 - Balderik becomes bishop of Utrecht.
- 965 - Leo VIII Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies.
- 1077 - Imperial diet removes Heinrich IV as Kaiser and subsequently elects Rudolf von Schwaben.
- 1131 - Stephen II King of Hungary (1116-31), dies.
- 1260 - Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis, conquerors Damascus.
- 1382 - French Maillotin uprises against taxes.
- 1383 - Amadeus VI (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at age 49.
- 1420 - Pope Martinus I calls for crusade against the hussieten.
- 1434 - Jacoba of Bavaria marries Frank van Borselen.
- 1456 - Birth of Wladyslaw Jagiello king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516).
- 1494 - Birth of Il Bacchiacca [Franceso Ubertini] Italian painter.
- 1510 - Francisco d'Almeida viceroy of India, dies in battle at about age 59.
- 1528 - Birth of Albrecht V von Wittelsbach [the Generous], duke of Bavaria.
- 1535 - Bernardo Accolti [Unico Aretino], Italian writer (Virginia), dies.
- 1562 - Blood bath at Vassy; General de Guise allows 1200 huguenots murder.
- 1565 - Spanish occupier Estacio de Sá founds São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.
- 1587 - English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower.
- 1591 - Pope Gregory XIV threatens to excommunicate French king Henri IV.
- 1607 - Birth of Giovanni Francesco Milanta composer.
- 1610 - Birth of Johann B Schup [Schuppius] German poet/historian.
- 1619 - Thomas Campion English physician/composer/poet (Poemata), dies at age 53.
- 1630 - Birth of Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere Flemish painter, baptized.
- 1633 - George Herbert English poet, dies at age 39.
- 1634 - Battle at Smolensk; Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians.
- 1642 - Georgeana (York) Maine became the first incorporated American city.
- 1683 - Birth of Karoline von Brandenburg-Ansbach in Ansbach, Germany; wife of King George II of England.
- 1692 - Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrested for witchcraft (Salem, Massachusetts).
- 1693 - Benedict Schultheiss composer, dies at age 39.
- 1700 - First day of Gregorian calendar in Denmark and Norway.
- 1701 - Birth of Johann Breitinger in Zürich, Switzerland; theologian teacher of classic languages, literary critic (Kritische Dichtkunst (1740)).
- 1711 - "The Spectator" begins publishing (London).
- 1773 - Jan Wagenaar Dutch historian, dies at age 63.
- 1773 - Luigi Vanvitelli [Louis van Wittel], Italian architect, dies at age 72.
- 1780 - Birth of Léonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies; Governor-General of Netherland Indies (1826-30).
- 1780 - Pennsylvania becomes first US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only).
- 1781 - The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation, on the ratification by the 13 colonies of North America.
- 1784 - E Kidner opens first cooking school, in Great Britain.
- 1785 - Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized.
- 1796 - First National Meeting in the Hague.
- 1801 - The London stock exchange is founded.
- 1803 - Ohio becomes 17th state to join the USA.
- 1809 - Embargo Act of 1807 repealed and Non-Intercourse Act signed.
- 1810 - Birth of Frédéric Chopin in Poland; composer/pianist (Concerto in F Minor).
- 1811 - Birth of Robert Christie Buchanan; US Brevet Major General (Union Army) (dies 1878).
- 1811 - Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500.
- 1811 - French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel.
- 1815 - Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law.
- 1820 - Birth of George Davis; Attorney General (Confederacy) (dies 1896).
- 1822 - Birth of Albin Francisco Schoepf; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1886).
- 1822 - Birth of Charles Champion Gilbert; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers).
- 1828 - Birth of James Fleming Fagan; Major General (Confederate Army) (dies 1893).
- 1831 - Birth of Hiram Bronson Granbury; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1864).
- 1835 - Birth of Matthias J Scheeben; German theologist (Natur und Gnade).
- 1837 - Birth of Ion Creanga; Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie).
- 1837 - Birth of William Dean Howells; US novelist/critic/editor (Atlantic).
- 1841 - Birth of Blanche Kelso Bruce in Farmville, Virginia, USA; American politician (Senator-Mississippi, 1875-1881).
- 1845 - US President John Tyler signs a resolution of Congress to accept Texas as a state.
- 1847 - Michigan becomes first English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state).
- 1848 - Birth of Augustus Saint-Gaudens; US sculptor/designer (1907 $20 gold coin).
- 1854 - SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor and is never seen again.
- 1856 - Birth of Florimond Fonteyne; Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw).
- 1864 - Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built).
- 1865 - Anna Paulowna Romanova, great monarch of Russia, dies at age 70.
- 1865 - Birth of Gerard Vissering; Dutch banker/president (Bank of Java).
- 1866 - Paraguayan canoes sink two Brazilian ironclads on Rio Parana.
- 1867 - Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later).
- 1869 - Alphonse MLP de Lamartine, French poet (History of Girondins), dies at age 78.
- 1870 - Death of Francisco Solano López, President of Paraguay (1862-70), at age 43.
- 1871 - Guatemala issues its first postage stamps, denominated 1, 5, 10, 20-c, depicting a shield.
- 1871 - J Milton Turner is named US minister to Liberia.
- 1872 - Yellowstone National Park (world's first national park) is established under the act signed into law by President Ulysses Grant.
- 1874 - Birth of Jean de Merode AKA Marie-Louise B Courtenay; Princess of Netherlands.
- 1875 - US Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883.
- 1877 - Death by hanging of convicted murderer Jack "Broken Nose" McCall for the murder of Will Bill Hickok.
- 1879 - Bolivia declares war on Chile.
- 1880 - Birth of Lytton Strachey; biographer/critic (Benson Medal 1923).
- 1882 - Birth of Ida Moore in Altoona, Kansas, USA; actress (Mr Music, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki).
- 1883 - Birth of Thomas Shelvin; college football player great (Yale).
- 1885 - Birth of Lionel Atwill in Croyden, England; actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum).
- 1886 - Birth of Oskar Kokoschka; Russian/Austrian/British, painter (Erasmus Prize 1960).
- 1890 - Birth of Jan Duiker; Dutch architect (Zonnestral).
- 1892 - Birth of Ryunosuke Akutagawa in Japan; writer (Rashomon in Kappa).
- 1893 - Birth of Theo Frenkel; actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy).
- 1895 - Birth of G B "Duke" Keats; hockey hall of famer (elected 1958).
- 1896 - Battle of Aduwa: Abyssinia (Ethiopia) defeats invading Italians. Italian generals Albertone, Arimondi, and Dabormida die in battle.
- 1898 - Sudan issues its first non-overprint postage stamps, eight values from 1-millieme to 10-piastres.
- 1899 - György earl Apponyi, Hungarian Member of Parliament, dies at age 90.
- 1900 - At Mulinu'u Point, Samoa, Dr. Wilhelm Solf declares the islands taken under protection of the German empire.
- 1901 - Bernhard Erdmannsdörffer, German historian (Mirabeau), dies at age 68.
- 1904 - Birth of Glenn Miller; bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra - "In the Mood").
- 1904 - Birth of Paul Hartman in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Bert - Petticoat Junction).
- 1905 - Birth of Pol le Roy; Flemish author/novelist/writer (Stroom).
- 1906 - Moriz Heyne, German germanist (German Wörterbuch), dies at age 68.
- 1907 - Birth of Lois Moran in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Mom - Waterfront).
- 1909 - First US university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota.
- 1909 - Birth of David Niven in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland; actor (Casino Royale, Eye of the Devil).
- 1909 - Birth of Terrence De Marney in London, England; actor (Case Thomas - Johnny Ringo).
- 1910 - An avalanche of snow hits two trains stranded for seven days outside the Cascade Tunnel below Stevens Pass, near Wellington, Washington, USA, killing 96. Deadliest avalanche in US history.
- 1911 - Jacobus H van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist/physicist (Nobel Prize 1901), dies at age 58.
- 1913 - US Federal income tax takes effect (16th Amendment).
- 1914 - Birth of Archibald J Gumede in South Africa; African National Congress member/chairman (UDF).
- 1914 - Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum.
- 1915 - Birth of Johannes J "Joop" Klant; Netherlands/South Africa economist (Madame Sans Gêne).
- 1916 - Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1917 - First US federal land bank chartered.
- 1917 - Birth of Dinah Shore in Winchester, Tennessee, USA; singer ("See the USA in a Chevrolet").
- 1917 - Birth of Robert Lowell; poet/pacifist ("Lord Weary's Castle", "Near the Ocean").
- 1918 - Birth of Roger Delgado in London, England; actor (Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enough for June).
- 1919 - Demonstrations begin for Korean independence from Japan.
- 1920 - Hungary becomes a kingdom again, under regent Admiral Miklos Horthy.
- 1920 - Birth of Harry Caray; baseball announcer (Chicago Cubs).
- 1920 - Birth of Howard Nemerov; third US poet laureate/novelist/critic (Blue Swallows).
- 1921 - Australia Cricket team completes 5-0 drubbing of England.
- 1921 - Birth of Jack Clayton in Brighton, East Sussex, England; film director (The Great Gatsby, Something Wicked This Way Comes).
- 1921 - Birth of Richard Wilbur; second US Poet Laureate (Ceremony, Walking to Sleep).
- 1921 - Birth of Terrence "Cardinal" Cooke New York City, New York.
- 1921 - Petrovic Njegos, King of Montenegro (1910-18), dies at age 79.
- 1921 - Rwanda ceded to England.
- 1921 - Sailors revolt in Kronstadt, Russia.
- 1922 - Birth of William M Gaines; publisher (MAD Magazine).
- 1922 - Birth of Yitzak Rabin; premier (Israel, 1992-95, Nobel Prize 1994).
- 1922 - Albania joins the Universal Postal Union.
- 1923 - Allies occupy Ruhrgebied, killing railroad striker.
- 1923 - Birth of Bonita Granville; actress/producer (Perry Mason).
- 1923 - Birth of Duncan White in Ceylon; 400 metre hurdler (Olympics-silver-1948).
- 1924 - Birth of Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton in Sparta, Wisconsin, USA; Major US Air Force/astronaut (Apollo 18).
- 1924 - Germany's prohibition of Communist Party KPD is lifted.
- 1924 - Louise-Marie Amélie, princess of Belgium, dies at age 66.
- 1925 - Birth of Al Rosen in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA; third baseman (American League Most Valuable Player 1953), New York Yankees' president.
- 1926 - Birth of Cesare Danova in Rome, Italy; actor (Garrison's Gorillas).
- 1926 - Birth of Pete Rozelle; NFL commissioner (1960-89).
- 1926 - Birth of Robert Clary in Paris, France; actor (LeBeau - Hogan's Heroes).
- 1926 - Camilo d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet (China), dies at age 58.
- 1927 - Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank.
- 1927 - Birth of Harry Belafonte in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA; calypso singer (Buck and the Preacher).
- 1927 - Birth of Robert Heron Bork; American judge, nominated for supreme court.
- 1929 - Birth of Sonny James; singer ("Young Love", "Running Bear").
- 1930 - Aloïs Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor (Peace on Earth), dies at age 54.
- 1930 - Birth of C D Gopinath; cricket player (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950s).
- 1930 - Birth of Raymond Saint Jacques; actor/director (Cotton Comes to Harlem, Mr Moses).
- 1931 - The USS Arizona is placed back in full commission after a refit.
- 1932 - Charles Lindbergh III, the 20-month-old son of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, is kidnapped from the family's new mansion in Hopewell, New Jersey. A ransom note demanding US$50,000 is left in their son's empty room.
- 1932 - Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti Orfici), dies at age 46.
- 1933 - Bank holidays declared in six US states, to prevent run on banks.
- 1933 - Birth of Myrlie Evers; politician/commissioner (Los Angeles Board of Public works).
- 1934 - Birth of Jim "Ed" Brown in Sparkman, Arkansas, USA; country singer (Nashville on the Road).
- 1934 - Birth of Joan Hackett in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Will Penny, One Stone Pony).
- 1934 - Birth of Riet [M J J] Roosen-van Pelt; Dutch second Chamber member (CDA).
- 1934 - Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria.
- 1934 - Primo Carnera beats Tommy Loughran in 15 for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1935 - The Saar region is officially joined to Germany.
- 1935 - Birth of George Généreux in Canada; trap shooter (Olympics-gold-1952).
- 1935 - Birth of Judith Rossner; author (Looking for Mr Goodbar).
- 1935 - Birth of Robert Conrad [Conrad R Falk] in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Wild Wild West, Baa Baa Black Sheep).
- 1936 - Birth of Camille E Baly; Saint Maartens poet (Sonny).
- 1937 - First permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut).
- 1937 - Birth of Jed Allan in the Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Days of Our Lives, C C - Santa Barbara).
- 1937 - Governor Wouters innaugrates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles.
- 1937 - US Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day.
- 1938 - Birth of Michael J[oseph] Kurland; American sci-fi author (Infernal Device).
- 1938 - Detective Comics pays Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster $130 to transfer exclusive rights to the use of the comic character "Superman".
- 1938 - Gabrielle d'Annunzio, Italian poet/fascist (Il fuoco), dies at age 74.
- 1939 - Birth of Warren Davis; rocker (Monotones).
- 1940 - 12th Academy Awards: Gone With the Wind, Robert Donat and Vivien Leigh win.
- 1940 - Birth of David Broome; Show Jumper (world champion-1970).
- 1940 - Adolf Hitler issues a Directive for "Case Weser exercise". He orders preparations be made for the occupation of Denmark and Norway, to secure iron ore from Sweden, and provide naval and air bases for operations against England. The objective is to occupy by peaceful means, designed to protect the arms of the neutrality of the Northern countries. General Nickolaus von Falkenhorst is to be Commander of Group XXI in charge of the operation. The crossings into Denmark and Norway are to be simultaneous.
- 1940 - The British Government informs Cunard they would requisition the Queen Mary ocean liner for war duty.
- 1940 - Birth of Ralph Towner in Chehalis, Washington, USA; rocker (Oregon, Weather Report).
- 1940 - Josef Swickard, actor (Lost City, Tale of Two Cities), dies at age 73.
- 1941 - "Captain America" appears in a comic book.
- 1941 - First US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee.
- 1941 - Birth of Michael L Lampton in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA; astronaut (STS-45).
- 1941 - Elmer Layden becomes first NFL commisioner.
- 1941 - Bulgaria formally agrees to adhere to the Tripartite Pact of the Axis powers. German troops enter the country.
- 1941 - Heinrich Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp.
- 1942 - Three day Battle of Java Sea ends, US suffers a major naval defeat.
- 1942 - Major League Baseball decides that players in military can't play when on furlough.
- 1942 - Birth of Jerry Fischer; rocker (Blood, Sweat and Tears).
- 1942 - Birth of Peter Guber; producer (Flashdance).
- 1942 - Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java.
- 1942 - Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews.
- 1942 - Tito establishes second Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia.
- 1943 - Birth of Benjamin W Jipcho in Mount Elgon, Kenya; 3000m steeplechase (Olympics-silver-1972).
- 1943 - Birth of Mauro Checcoli in Italy; three day equestrian (Olympics-gold-1964).
- 1943 - Birth of Piet Veerman; Dutch rock vocalist/guitarist (Cats - "Sailin' Home").
- 1943 - Birth of Wolfgang Scheidel; German Democratic Republic luge (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1944 - Birth of Dirk Benedict in Helena, Montana, USA; actor (The A-Team, Battlestar Galactica).
- 1944 - Birth of John B Breaux; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Louisiana, 1972-88).
- 1944 - Birth of John Napier in London, England; set designer (Royal Shakespeare Company).
- 1944 - Birth of Mike D'Abo; rock vocalist (Manfred Mann - "Mighty Quinn").
- 1944 - Birth of Roger Daltrey in Hammersmith, London, England; rocker/actor/producer (The Who - "Tommy").
- 1944 - Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns.
- 1944 - German submarine U-358 sinks in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1945 - British 43rd Division under General Essame occupies Xanten.
- 1945 - Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi.
- 1945 - US President Franklin Roosevelt announces success of Yalta Conference.
- 1945 - Fieldmarshal Kesselring succeeds Gerd von Rundstedt as commander.
- 1945 - US infantry regiment captures Mönchengladbach.
- 1946 - In Budapest, Hungary, former Premier Ferenc Szalasi and six other cabinet ministers are convicted of war crimes, to be hanged March 4.
- 1946 - Birth of Lana Wood [Svetlana Gurdin] in Santa Rosa, California, USA; actress (Diamonds are Forever).
- 1946 - Birth of Tony Ashton in Blackburn, England; rocker (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke).
- 1946 - Panamá accepts its new constitution.
- 1947 - Birth of Alan Thicke in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada; actor/host (Thicke of the Night, Growing Pains).
- 1947 - International Monetary Fund begins operations.
- 1947 - J Boogaard, Nazi collaborator, executed.
- 1948 - Birth of Norman Connors; singer ("You Are My Starship").
- 1949 - Birth of Sido Martens; Dutch guitarist/singer/mandolin player (Fungus).
- 1949 - Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champion.
- 1949 - The Saint Louis Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Saint Louis Cardinals.
- 1950 - Birth of Shahid Israr; Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (in one Test versus New Zealand 1976).
- 1950 - Chiang Kai-shek resumes the Presidency of National China on Formosa.
- 1950 - Klaus Fuchs is sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London).
- 1950 - The USSR releases gold ruble coins to circulation.
- 1951 - Birth of Barbara DeAngelis; talk show hostess (Barbara DeAngelis Show).
- 1952 - Birth of Alice Ritzman in Kalispell, Montana, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 Rochester International-5th).
- 1952 - Birth of David Allen Barr in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; PGA golfer (Atlanta Golf Classic).
- 1952 - Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns.
- 1952 - Heligoland, in North Sea, returned to Federal Republic of Germany by Britain.
- 1953 - Anton GO Ridder Van Rappard, painter/lithographer/etcher, dies.
- 1953 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open.
- 1953 - Birth of Bandula Warnapura; cricket player (first Sri Lanka Test captain).
- 1953 - Birth of Ron Howard in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA; actor/director (American Graffiti, Happy Days, Willow, Backdraft).
- 1954 - Four Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring five Representatives.
- 1954 - Birth of Catherine Bach in Warren, Ohio, USA; actress (Daisy Duke - The Dukes of Hazzard).
- 1954 - Birth of Janis Gill in Torrance, California, USA; singer (Sweethearts of Rodeo - "Midnight Girl").
- 1954 - Rebellion during visit of President Naguib in Khartoum, Sudan, 30 die.
- 1954 - Ted Williams fractures collarbone in first game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War.
- 1954 - US explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll.
- 1955 - Birth of Jimmy Fortune in Newport News, Virginia, USA; singer (Statler Brothers - "Class of '57").
- 1955 - Israeli assault on Gaza kills 48.
- 1955 - Pakistan versus India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw.
- 1956 - Birth of Balwinder Singh Sandhu; cricket player (Sikh pace bowler 1983 World Cup).
- 1956 - Birth of Mark Todd in the United Kingdom; New Zealand equestrian three day event (Olympics-1996).
- 1956 - Birth of Timothy Daly in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Joe - Wings, Almost Grown, Diner, Made in Heaven).
- 1957 - Birth of Jon Carroll in Washington, DC, USA; vocalist (Starland Vocal Band - "Afternoon Delight").
- 1958 - Birth of Nik Kershaw in Bristol, England; singer/songwriter ("Wouldn't it be Good").
- 1958 - Birth of Wayne B Phillips; cricket wicket-keeper (Australia).
- 1958 - Gary Sobers 365 versus Pakistan, 614 minutes, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara.
- 1958 - Sobers completes 446 stand for second wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260.
- 1958 - West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 declare versus Pakistan.
- 1959 - Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after three years.
- 1959 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament.
- 1960 - Birth of Alicia Dibos in Lima, Peru; LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open-4th).
- 1961 - Birth of Mike Rozier; NFL halfback (Heisman Trophy-1983, Houston Texans, Atlanta Falcons).
- 1961 - US President John Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
- 1962 - American Airlines 707 plunges nose first into Jamaica Bay, New York, killing 95.
- 1962 - Birth of Bill Leen; rocker (Gin Blossoms).
- 1962 - Birth of Mark Gardner in Los Angeles, California, USA; pitcher (San Francisco Giants).
- 1962 - First Kmart store opens.
- 1962 - Roscoe Ates, actor (Dep Roscoe - Marshal of Gunsight Pass), dies at age 70.
- 1962 - US/British nuclear test experiment in Nevada.
- 1962 - CBS airs the last The Bob Cummings Show TV show. A total of 22 episodes aired.
- 1962 - Uganda becomes a self-governing country.
- 1963 - 200,000 French mine workers strike.
- 1963 - Birth of Arnold Oosterveer; soccer player (SC Heerenveen).
- 1963 - Birth of Barb[ara] Marois in Auburn, Massachusetts, USA; field hockey defender (Olympics-1996).
- 1963 - Birth of Magnus Svensson in Leksand, Sweden; NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers).
- 1963 - Birth of Maurice Bénard [Mauricio Morales] in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Sonny Corinthos - General Hospital, Nico Kelly - All My Children).
- 1963 - Birth of Robert James Affuso in Newburgh, New York, USA; rock drummer (Skid Row - "Psycho Love").
- 1963 - Birth of Ron Francis in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Pittsburgh Penguins, Team Canada).
- 1963 - Birth of Tony Castillo in Lara, Venezuela; pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1964 - Birth of Jennifer McCarter in Sevierville, Tennessee, USA; singer (McCarter - "The Gift").
- 1965 - Australia suspends champion swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10 years for misconduct.
- 1965 - Birth of Les Miller; defensive end (Carolina Panthers).
- 1965 - Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Québec, Canada).
- 1966 - Ba'ath party takes power in Syria.
- 1966 - Birth of John David Cullum; actor (1776, Sweet Country, Day After).
- 1966 - Birth of Luis Sojo in Barquisimeto, Venezuela; infielder (Seattle Mariners).
- 1966 - Birth of Steve Reed in Los Angeles, California, USA; pitcher (Colorado Rockies).
- 1966 - Venera 3 becomes first man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus).
- 1967 - Birth of Aron Winter; Surinamese/Dutch soccer star (Ajax, Lazio).
- 1967 - Dominica and Saint Lucia gain independence from Britain.
- 1967 - House of Representatives expels Representative Adam Clayton Powell Junior (307 to 116).
- 1967 - Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London, England.
- 1968 - Birth of Dave Zuniga in Worland, Wyoming, USA; 136.5 pounds/greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Salil Ankola; cricket player (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989).
- 1968 - Birth of Sanjeeva Weerasinghe; cricket player (Test for Sri Lanka vs India at age 17).
- 1968 - Georg von der Vring, German painter (Camp Lafayette), dies at age 78.
- 1968 - NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return.
- 1968 - Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands.
- 1968 - Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect.
- 1969 - After 88 weeks, The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album drops off the charts.
- 1969 - Birth of Azam Khan; cricket player (Pakistan ODI batsman 1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Doug Creek in Winchester, Virginia, USA; pitcher (San Francisco Giants).
- 1969 - Birth of Vincenzo Esposito; NBA guard (Toronto Raptors).
- 1969 - New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball.
- 1970 - Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round ladies skater.
- 1970 - Birth of Lisa Eagen in Harlan, Iowa, USA; team handball wing/back court (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Ray Crittenden; wide receiver (San Diego Chargers).
- 1970 - Birth of Stuart Thompson; Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Ed[uard] Hoornik, Dutch writer/poet (Na jaren), dies at age 59.
- 1970 - End of US commercial whale hunting.
- 1970 - Kreisky's social-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election.
- 1970 - White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain.
- 1971 - Birth of Allen Johnson in Washington DC; long jumper/110 metre hurdler (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of André Karnebeek; soccer player (FC Twente).
- 1971 - Birth of Austin Robbins; NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders, New Orleans Saints).
- 1971 - Birth of Shepherd Clark in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; figure skater (1994, 1997 Eastern Sr champion).
- 1971 - Birth of Tim Prinsen; Canadian Football League offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats).
- 1971 - Birth of Tyler Hamilton in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA; cyclist (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Zahoor Elahi; cricket player (Pakistan opening batsman versus New Zealand 1996).
- 1971 - Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC.
- 1972 - Birth of Omar Daal in Maracaibo, Venezuela; pitcher (Montreal Expos).
- 1972 - Birth of Profail Grier; Canadian Football League running back (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 1972 - Club of Rome publishes report Boundaries on the Growth.
- 1972 - Wilt Chamberlain is first NBA player to score 30,000 points.
- 1972 - NBC airs the 100th episode of TV show Adam-12.
- 1973 - Birth of Chris Webber; NBA forward (Washington Bullets/Wizards).
- 1973 - Birth of Igor Murin in Trencin, Czechoslovakia; hockey goaltender (Team Slovakia 1998).
- 1973 - Robyn Smith becomes first female jockey to win a major race.
- 1974 - Birth of Mark-Paul Gosselaar; actor (Zack - Saved by the Bell).
- 1974 - Birth of Stephen Davis; running back (Washington Redskins).
- 1974 - Ian and Greg Chappell make 264 partnership versus New Zealand cricket at Wellington.
- 1974 - Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Azuren Holte), dies at age 53.
- 1974 - Watergate grand jury indicts seven US Presidential aides.
- 1975 - Birth of Maria Jose Suarez; Miss Spain-Universe (1996).
- 1975 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 17th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
- Record of the Year: Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Stevie Wonder for "Fulfillingness' First Finale";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus: Paul McCartney and Wings for "Band On The Run";
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Marvin Hamlisch for "The Entertainer";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Song: Stevie Wonder for "Living For The City".
- 1975 - Eagles' song "Best of My Love" reaches #1.
- 1976 - Birth of Maringo Vlijter; soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 1977 - Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards.
- 1977 - Birth of Rod White in Sharon, Pennsylvania; archer (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1977 - US extends territorial waters to 200 miles.
- 1979 - Dolores Costello, American actress (Noah's Ark, Expensive Women), dies at age 73 (born 1903).
- 1979 - The German Constitutional Court upholds the Codetermination Law of 1976. (Worker participation in corporate decision making.)
- 1979 - Molla Mustafa Barzani, Iraqi Kurd leader (KDP), dies at age 75 (born 1903).
- 1979 - Scotland votes narrowly for home rule, which is not implemented, and Wales votes against it.
- 1980 - The Voyager 1 probe confirms the existence of Janus, a moon of Saturn.
- 1980 - Birth of Rose VBL Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard.
- 1980 - Birth of Shahid Afridi; cricket player (ton in 37 balls in first ODI innings).
- 1980 - Commonwealth Trade Union Council is established.
- 1980 - Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater.
- 1980 - Death of Dixie Dean, English football player (born 1907).
- 1980 - Death of Wilhelmina, high-fashion model and owner of model agency (born 1940).
- 1980 - Death of Daniil Khrabrovitsky, Soviet film director (born 1923).
- 1981 - Bobby Sands, a Provisional Irish Republican Army member, begins a hunger strike for political status in Long Kesh prison (he dies May 5, the first of ten men).
- 1981 - Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic.
- 1982 - Five die as ski lift malfunctions a Lúz-Ardiden in Pyrenees.
- 1983 - Tornado tears through Louisiana, USA, injuring 33 people.
- 1983 - Swatch introduces their first watches.
- 1983 - The Balearic Islands and Madrid become autonomous communities of Spain.
- 1983 - Tamara McKinney becomes first US woman skier to win the World Cup.
- 1984 - Jackie Coogan, American actor (Uncle Fester - Addams Family), dies at age 69 (born 1914).
- 1984 - NASA launches Landsat-D Prime (Landsat 5) to thematic map the Earth.
- 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1985 - Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks.
- 1985 - Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter.
- 1987 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1988 - In Trebbin, German Democratic Republic, a greenhouse is struck by a meteorite.
- 1988 - Courtney Gibbs Eplin, age 21, of Texas, crowned 37th Miss USA.
- 1988 - Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran, Iran.
- 1988 - Jean Le Poulain, actor (The Gorillas), dies at age 63.
- 1988 - Joe Besser, American comedian, actor (The Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello), dies at age 80 (born 1907).
- 1988 - Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile.
- 1988 - Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist.
- 1989 - Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981.
- 1989 - Comet du Toit at perihelion.
- 1989 - Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host, dies at age 64.
- 1989 - Josephine van Gasteren, Dutch actress/director (Bluejackets), dies at age 72.
- 1989 - Louis Wade Sullivan starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
- 1989 - James D. Watkins starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Energy.
- 1989 - The Politieke Partij Radicalen, Pacifistisch Socialistische Partij, Communistische Partij Nederland and the Evangelische Volks Partij amalgamate to form Netherlands political party the GroenLinks (GL, GreenLeft).
- 1989 - The Berne Convention, an international treaty on copyrights, is ratified by the United States.
- 1989 - A curfew is imposed in Kosovo, where protests continue over the alleged intimidation of the Serb minority.
- 1990 - Benin nullifies its constitution.
- 1990 - Claude Spaak, Belgian dramatist, dies.
- 1990 - Luis Alberto Lacelle sworn in as President of Uruguay.
- 1990 - In Texas, near-stock ZR-1 and L-98 Corvettes set a dozen land speed records. Average speed for all runs is 170- to 175-MPH.
- 1990 - The Royal New Zealand Navy discontinues its daily rum ration.
- 1990 - A fire at the Sheraton Hotel in Cairo, Egypt, kills 16 people.
- 1990 - Steve Jackson Games is raided by the U.S. Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
- 1991 - Edwin H Land, inventor (Polaroid instant camera), dies at age 81 (born 1909).
- 1991 - Katharine Blake, actress (To Have and To Hold), dies at age 62.
- 1991 - The ballistic missile submarine USS-ex-Sam Houston SSBN-609 is deactivated.
- 1991 - Clayton Keith Yeutter ends term as the United States Secretary of Agriculture.
- 1991 - US Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens.
- 1992 - Jenny Thompson swims 100 metre freestyle world record (1:01.40).
- 1992 - Maria Déa, French actress (Piéges), dies at age 73.
- 1992 - Nelson Diebel swims 100 metre freestyle US record (54.48 seconds).
- 1992 - After a majority of the Bosniak and Bosnian Croat communities vote for Bosnian independence, Serb snipers fire on civilians.
- 1993 - Authorities in Waco, Texas negotiate with Branch Davidians.
- 1993 - George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of New York Yankees.
- 1993 - Luis Kutner, US co-founder (Amnesty International), dies at age 84.
- 1993 - New expansion NHL team, owned by Disney, is named the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
- 1993 - Terry Frost, actor (Waterfront, Dead Man's Trail), dies at age 86.
- 1994 - Martti Ahtisaari inaugurated as President of Finland.
- 1994 - The grunge rock band Nirvana plays its final show in Munich, Germany.
- 1994 - US Senate rejects a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
- 1994 - Walter Kent, US composer ("I'll Be Home for Christmas"), dies at age 82.
- 1994 - Former banker Leonard Coleman is elected National League president replacing Bill White.
- 1994 - A lone terrorist kills Ari Halberstam during an attack on 14 Jewish students on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.
- 1994 - South Africa cedes Walvis Bay and 12 offshore islands to Namibian sovereignty.
- 1994 - Mary Ellen Withrow begins her term of office as Treasurer of the United States, serving under President Bill Clinton.
- 1994 - Georgia joins the Commonwealth of Independent States.
- 1995 - Belgium ends military conscription.
- 1995 - Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher, dies at age 56.
- 1995 - Polish Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak resigns from Parliament and is replaced by ex-communist Jozef Oleksy.
- 1995 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 37th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
- Record of the Year: Sheryl Crow for "All I Wanna Do";
- Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Elton John for "Can You Feel The Love Tonight";
- Best Female Rock Vocal Performance: Melissa Etheridge for "Come To My Window";
- Best Male Rock Vocal Performance: Bruce Springsteen for "Streets Of Philadelphia";
- Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Aerosmith for "Crazy";
- Best Hard Rock Performance: Soundgarden for "Black Hole Sun".
- 1995 - Muntinlupa City, Philippines, officially becomes a city.
- 1995 - Julio María Sanguinetti is sworn in as President of Uruguay.
- 1995 - Part of Houston begins using new area code 261.
- 1995 - Ukraine premier Vitaly Massol resigns.
- 1995 - In Moscow, Russian anti-corruption journalist Vladislav Listyev is killed by a gunman.
- 1995 - Yahoo! web site is founded in Santa Clara, California.
- 1995 - Death of Georges Köhler in Feiburg, Germany; won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1984.
- 1996 - Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory.
- 1996 - New toll-free 888 area code introduced in North America.
- 1996 - Iraqi forces refuse UNSCOM inspection teams access to five sites designated for inspection. The teams enter the sites only after delays of up to 17 hours.
- 1997 - The Osaka Dome opens in Chiyozaki, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan.
- 1997 - The Nintendo 64 video game system is released in Europe and Australia.
- 1999 - One of four bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, destroys the Angolan Embassy.
- 1999 - Rwandan Hutu rebels kill and hack to pieces eight foreign tourists at the Buhoma homestead, Uganda.
- 1999 - The Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines comes into force.
- 2000 - The Constitution of Finland is rewritten.
- 2001 - The final episode of TV show La Femme Nikita airs in the US.
- 2002 - In eastern Afghanistan, Operation Anaconda begins.
- 2002 - Continuing violence in Ahmedabad kills 28; police shoot and kill five rioters.
- 2002 - The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 km above the Earth using an Ariane 5 on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500kg.
- 2002 - Space Shuttle Columbia flies the Hubble Space Telescope service mission, its last before STS-107.
- 2002 - The Peseta is discontinued as the official currency of Spain and is replaced with the euro.
- 2003 - The United Arab Emirates calls for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to step down to avoid war, a sentiment later echoed by Bahrain and Kuwait.
- 2003 - The Turkish parliament votes against U.S. troop access to airbases in Turkey in order to attack Iraq from the north. The Bush administration starts working on Plan B, namely attacking Iraq from the south, through the Persian Gulf.
- 2003 - Representatives of 171 countries agree to the text of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control treaty, part of the World Health Organization's plan to reduce deaths and health problems due to smoking.
- 2003 - The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the United States Customs Service, and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
- 2003 - Pakistani authorities capture Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, along with money-man Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi.
- 2005 - Tim Hudson agrees to a four-year, $47-million contract extension with the Atlanta Braves.
- 2005 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules the death penalty unconstitutional for juveniles who committed their crimes before age 18.
- 2006 - Death of Harry Browne, American Libertarian Presidential candidate (born 1933).
- 2007 - Airbus announces that it will cease work indefinitely on the A380F freight aircraft.
- 2007 - International Polar Year, a US$1.5 billion research program to study both the North Pole and South Pole, is launched in Paris, France (runs until March 1, 2009).
- 2008 - The 59-acre Aquatica water park opens at Sea World in Orlando, Florida, USA.
- 2008 - In Gaza Strip, at least 52 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers are killed in the most intense Israeli air strikes since 2005.
- 2008 - Death of Raúl Reyes, Colombian guerrilla (born 1948).
- 2009 - Chinese lunar probe Chang'e 1 crashes into the moon in a controlled collision at the end of a 16-month moon-mapping mission.
- 2009 - In Victoria, British Columbia, Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg wins her third Canadian women's curling Tournament of Hearts title with an 8-5 victory over Marla Mallett of B.C.
- 2010 - At the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, the Canadian men's hockey team defeats the USA team 3-2 in overtime winning its 13th gold medal, a new record for any country at any Olympic Winter Games.
- 2020 - Death of Ernesto Cardenal at age 95; Nicaraguan poet ("Hora O"), priest, Sandinista revolutionary, Nicaragua minister of culture (1979-1988).
- 2020 - Death of Jack Welch at age 84 of renal failure; American writer, business executive (chairman and CEO - General Electric).
- 2022 - A cargo ship carrying about 4000 automobiles sinks 250 miles off the Azores.
- 2022 - Major League Baseball cancels the first two series of its 2022 season, due to failure to agree on a new collective bargaining agreement.
- 2022 - Death of Conrad Janis at age 91 of organ failure in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor, musician (Mork & Mindy TV show).
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