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What happened in history on this day: March 11?
On March 11 in ...
- 222 - Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-222), murdered at age 18?.
- 417 - Zosimus becomes bishop of Rome.
- 638 - Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies.
- 843 - Icon worship officially re-instated in Aya Sofia Constantinople.
- 1302 - Romeo and Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare.
- 1486 - Albrecht III Achilles elector of Brandenburg, dies at age 71.
- 1502 - Tebriz shah Ismail I of Persia crowned.
- 1513 - Giovanni de' Medici chosen Pope Leo X.
- 1544 - Birth of Torquato Tasso Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia).
- 1549 - Birth of Hendrik L Spieghel Dutch merchant/Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel).
- 1563 - League of High Nobles' second protest against King Philip II.
- 1567 - Geuzen army leaves Walcheren to return to Oosterweel.
- 1596 - Birth of Isaac Elsevier book publisher.
- 1597 - Land guardian Albrecht occupies Amiens on France.
- 1598 - Countess Charlotte of Nassau marries duke Claude de la Tremoille.
- 1649 - Treaty of Rueil destroys first Fronde-uprising.
- 1654 - Birth of Heinrich Georg Neuss composer.
- 1665 - New York approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights.
- 1669 - Volcano Etna in Italy erupts killing 15,000.
- 1702 - First English daily newspaper, "Daily Courant", is published.
- 1726 - Birth of Madame Louise-Florence d'Épinay France, writer (Woman, Man and 2 Kingdoms)/salon hostess.
- 1731 - Birth of Robert Treat Paine judge, signer of Declaration of Independence.
- 1779 - US Army Corps of Engineers is established (first time).
- 1791 - Samuel Mulliken of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is first to obtain more than one US patent.
- 1795 - Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols.
- 1810 - Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise.
- 1811 - Birth of Marsena Rudolph Patrick; US Brevet Major General (Union volunteers).
- 1811 - Birth of Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier; co-discovered Neptune.
- 1812 - Birth of James Speed; Attorney General (Union) (dies 1887).
- 1812 - Birth of Pieter Blussé van Oud-Alblas; Dutch liberal minister of Finance.
- 1812 - Citizenship granted to Prussian Jews.
- 1818 - Birth of John Wilkins Whitfield; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1879).
- 1819 - Birth of Henry Tate; English sugar producer (Tate Gallery).
- 1819 - Birth of Marius Petipa; French ballet dancer/choreographer (Don Quiotte).
- 1820 - Benjamin West, British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at age 81.
- 1822 - Birth of Allison Nelson; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1862).
- 1823 - First normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, in Concord, Vermont.
- 1824 - US War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- 1832 - Birth of Franz Melde; German physicist (Melde test).
- 1832 - Birth of William Ruffin Cox; Brigadier General (Confederate Army-2nd North Carolina Infantry) (dies 1919).
- 1840 - Birth of Edmund Kirby Junior; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1863).
- 1845 - Agronomist John Chapman AKA Johnny Appleseed dies in Allen County, Indiana, USA.
- 1845 - British citizen Henry Jones invents self-raising flour.
- 1857 - Manuel José Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at age 84.
- 1860 - Birth of Thomas Hastings in New York City, New York, USA; architect (New York Public Library).
- 1861 - Confederate convention in Montgomery, Alabama, adopts constitution.
- 1862 - US President Abraham Lincoln removes US General George McClellen as general-in-chief and makes him head of Army of the Potomac. General Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief.
- 1863 - Birth of Andrew Stoddart; cricket player (My Dear Victorious Stod).
- 1865 - USA Army General Tecumseh Sherman's USA forces occupy Fayetteville, North Carolina.
- 1867 - Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano).
- 1876 - Birth of Carl Ruggles in East Marion, Massachusetts, USA; composer (Evocations).
- 1879 - Birth of Niels Bjerrum; Danish chemist (ph tests).
- 1882 - Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
- 1884 - Birth of Jan Lemaire; Dutch writer/actor (Beautiful Juliet).
- 1885 - Birth of Malcolm Campbell; first auto racer to travel five miles/minute (300 MPH, 8 km/minute).
- 1888 - Great Blizzard of 1888 strikes northeast US.
- 1890 - Birth of Vannevar Bush; developed first electronic analogue computer.
- 1892 - First public basketball game (Springfield, Massachusetts, USA).
- 1892 - Birth of Raoul Walsh in New York City, New York, USA; director (Thief of Baghdad, Battle Cry).
- 1892 - Birth of Wladyslaw Anders; Polish General (WWI, WWII).
- 1894 - John Selby, cricket player (6 Tests for England 1877-82), dies.
- 1895 - Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed.
- 1897 - In New Martinsville, West Virginia, USA, a man is reported struck by a meteorite, a horse killed, and walls pierced.
- 1897 - Birth of Henry Dixon Cowell in Menlo Park, California, USA; composer (New Musical Resources).
- 1898 - Birth of Dorothy Gish in Massillon, Ohio, USA; stage and silent film actress (Orphans of the Storm).
- 1899 - Birth of Frederick IX, king of Denmark (1947-72).
- 1900 - Edmund Peate, cricket player (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies.
- 1903 - Birth of Lawrence Welk in Strasburg, North Dakota, USA; orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show TV show, "Calcutta" (1961)) (dies 1992).
- 1903 - Birth of Dorothy Schiff; publisher (New York Post).
- 1903 - Birth of George Dickinson; cricket player (bowled for New Zealand in their first three Tests).
- 1904 - Birth of Maurits Wertheim; Dutch writer (Isaac De Fuentes).
- 1904 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver Seven sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in two games.
- 1905 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver Seven beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1.
- 1907 - Birth of Helmuth J von Moltke; German politician (July 20th plot on Adolf Hitler).
- 1907 - Birth of Jessie Matthews in London, England; actress (Gangway, First a Girl).
- 1907 - Nikola Petkow, premier of Bulgaria, is murdered.
- 1910 - Jack Hobbs makes first Test ton (187 versus South Africa), his only Test hit wicket.
- 1911 - Birth of Alan Gifford in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Time Lock, Up Periscope).
- 1912 - First Stanley Cup hockey game to be played in three 20-minute periods, formerly played in 30-minute halfs, Québec Bulldogs beats Moncton Victorias 9-3.
- 1912 - Birth of Xavier Montsalvatge; Spanish composer (El gato con botas).
- 1913 - Birth of John Jacob Weinzweig in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; composer (Enchanted Hill).
- 1914 - Birth of Ralph Waldo Ellison; US writer (Invisible Man, Shadow and Act).
- 1915 - Birth of Vijay Hazare; cricket player (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54).
- 1916 - Birth of James Harold Wilson AKA Harold Wilson in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England; British Prime Minister (1964-70, 1974-76).
- 1917 - First NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in first of two-game set.
- 1917 - Birth of GE Göran Schildt; Finnish art historian/writer (Solbåten).
- 1917 - British and Indian troops occupy Basra to protect the oil pipeline from Iran.
- 1917 - British troops occupy Baghdad.
- 1918 - Birth of Al Eben in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Doc Bergman - Hawaii Five-O TV show).
- 1918 - Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia.
- 1919 - General strike in Germany is crushed.
- 1920 - Birth of D J Enright in England; poet/novelist (Some Men are Brothers).
- 1920 - Birth of Henry Marking; CEO (British Airways).
- 1920 - Birth of Kenneth Dover; chancellor (Saint Andrews University).
- 1921 - Birth of Astor Piazzolla; Argentina composer (Tango Nuevo).
- 1921 - Birth of F[rancis] M[arion] Busby Junior; American sci-fi author (Star Rebel).
- 1921 - Sherburne W Burnham, US astronomer (binary stars), dies at age 83.
- 1922 - Birth of Abdul Razak bin Hussain; premier of Malaysia (1970-77).
- 1922 - Birth of Thom Kelling; Dutch singer/guitarist (Programa de Manha).
- 1922 - Birth of Vinnette Carroll in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Alice's Restaurant, The Reivers).
- 1922 - Western Hockey Championship: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Regina Capitals, in two games.
- 1923 - Birth of Althea Louise Brough Clapp in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; tennis player (four-time Wimbledon champion).
- 1923 - Birth of Ad[rianus C] de Besten; Dutch literary (River Basin).
- 1923 - Birth of Terence Alexander in London, England; actor (Tony - Behind the Scenes).
- 1924 - Third term of Belgium George Theunis government begins.
- 1924 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Ottawa Senators in two games.
- 1925 - Birth of James Miskin; Queen's Council/recorder of London.
- 1926 - Birth of Ralph Abernathy; US civil rights leader (Southern Christian Leadership).
- 1926 - Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Fein.
- 1926 - John Henry Anderson, cricket player (score 32 and 11 in Test for South Africa), dies.
- 1927 - First armored commercial car hold-up in US, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 1927 - First golden gloves tournament.
- 1927 - Birth of Alan Betts; emeritus professor (Royal Veterinary College).
- 1927 - Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens famous Roxy Theater (New York City, New York).
- 1928 - Birth of Albert Salmi in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (The US Steel Hour TV show, Studio 1 TV show, Alcoa Presents TV show, Daniel Boone, The Virginian, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Daniel Boone, 79 Park Avenue).
- 1928 - Birth of Peter Roger Hunt in London, England; director (Dr No).
- 1929 - Birth of Jackie McGlew; cricket player (dour South African opening bat of the 50 feet).
- 1930 - US President and Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington cemetary.
- 1931 - Birth of Peter Walters; CEO (Midland Bank).
- 1931 - Birth of Rupert Murdoch in Australia; publisher (New York Post), CEO (FOX-TV Network).
- 1931 - The Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR programme, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
- 1932 - Birth of Nigel Lawson; British government official (The Power Game).
- 1932 - Birth of Valerie French in London, England; actress (Jubal, The Hard Man, The Edge of Night TV show, Nurses TV show, All My Children TV show, One Life to Live TV show).
- 1934 - Birth of Joep [Joseph Willem Frederik] Straesser; composer (Blossom songs, Ramasasiri).
- 1934 - Birth of Sam Donaldson in El Paso, Texas, USA; ABC White House correspondent (Prime Time).
- 1934 - Birth of Sydney Burke; cricket player (South African quick, 11 wickets on Test debut versus New Zealand 1961).
- 1934 - Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer.
- 1935 - The Bank of Canada issues Canada's first national paper money, nine denominations ranging from $1 to $1000.
- 1935 - Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe.
- 1936 - Birth of Antonin Scalia in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; 105th Supreme Court Justice (1986-).
- 1937 - Birth of John Ward in New Zealand; cricket wicket-keeper (8 Tests 1964-68).
- 1938 - Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria.
- 1938 - Birth of Malcolm Keith Speed; British high court judge.
- 1941 - Bronko Nagurski beats Ray Steele in Minnesota, to become wrestling champion.
- 1941 - In the United States, Congress passes "An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States", known as the Lend-Lease Act, authorizing the President to sell, lease, lend, transfer, or exchange war supplies to any nation deemed vital to defence of the US. Total value is US$1.3 billion.
- 1942 - First deportation train leaves Paris, France for Auschewitz Concentration Camp.
- 1942 - Birth of Peter Eyre; actor (Hedda).
- 1942 - US General Douglas MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia.
- 1942 - Japanese troops land on North Sumatra.
- 1943 - Nazi Militia forms in Netherlands.
- 1944 - Birth of Ric Rothwell; drummer (Mindbenders - "Games of Love").
- 1945 - 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen with 4,662 ton bombs.
- 1945 - Birth of Harvey Mandel; rock guitarist (Drei Amerikanische LP's).
- 1945 - Birth of Timothy Mason; consultant (British Arts Council).
- 1945 - Birth of Tricia O'Neil in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; actress (Piranha Part II, Murder She Wrote, Hart to Hart).
- 1945 - Flemish Nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death.
- 1946 - Birth of Brigitte Fossey in Tourcoing, France; actress (The Man Who Died Twice).
- 1946 - Birth of Mark Metcalf; actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel).
- 1947 - Birth of Dominique Sanda [Varaigne] in Paris, France; actress (1900, First Love, Inheritance, Beyond Good and Evil).
- 1947 - Birth of Geoffrey Hunt in Australia; world-champion squash player.
- 1947 - Birth of Mark Stein in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA; rocker (Vanilla Fudge - "You Keep Me Hanging On").
- 1948 - Birth of George Kooymans in The Hague, Netherlands; guitarist/singer (Golden Earring - "Radar Love", "Twilight Zone").
- 1948 - Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed.
- 1949 - Henri-Honoré Giraud, French General/Member of Parliament, dies at age 70.
- 1950 - Birth of Bobby McFerrin; singer ("Don't Worry Be Happy" - 1989 Grammy).
- 1950 - Birth of Jerry Zucker in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; director (Airplane, Naked Gun).
- 1950 - Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at age 78.
- 1952 - Birth of Douglas Adams in Cambridge, England; author (Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy).
- 1952 - Birth of Susan Richardson in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Susan - Eight is Enough).
- 1953 - An American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to six safety catches.
- 1954 - US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics.
- 1955 - Birth of Jimmy Fortune; country singer (Statler Brothers).
- 1955 - Meat packer Oscar Mayer dies.
- 1955 - Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at age 73.
- 1955 - Birth of [Kater]Nina Hagen in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic; actress (Blue Angel).
- 1956 - Birth of Curtis L Brown Junior in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, USA; Major US Air Force/astronaut (STS 47, STS 66, 77, 85, 95).
- 1956 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
- 1957 - Richard E Byrd, American explorer (Antarctica), dies at age 68.
- 1958 - Contestant Charles Van Doren finally loses on the TV game show 21, taking away $129,000 in winnings.
- 1958 - Starting this season, American League batters are required to wear batting helmets.
- 1959 - Teddy Scholten wins Eurovision Song festival with "A Little Bit".
- 1960 - Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus.
- 1961 - Birth of Bruce Watson in Ontario, Canada; rock guitarist (Big Country - "Wonderland").
- 1961 - Birth of Mike Percy; rocker (Dead or Alive - "Spin Me Round").
- 1961 - NHL record 40 penalties, Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs (20 each).
- 1961 - Birth of Elias Koteas in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; actor (Traffic, American Dad).
- 1962 - Birth of Peter Berg; actor (Chicago Hope).
- 1962 - Will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at age 79.
- 1963 - Mahomed Nissar, cricket player (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wickets), dies.
- 1963 - Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain.
- 1963 - Birth of Alex Kingston; actress (ER).
- 1964 - Birth of Raimo Helminen in Tampere, Finland; hockey forward (Team Finland, Olympics-bronze-1998).
- 1965 - Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto.
- 1965 - James Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, is murdered.
- 1965 - Birth of Wallace Langham; actor (C.S.I., Veronica's Closet, Larry Sanders Show).
- 1966 - Birth of Ralph Tamm; NFL guard/center (Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1966 - Birth of Steve Reed in Los Angeles, California, USA; pitcher (Colorado Rockies).
- 1966 - Military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out.
- 1967 - Birth of Andrew Zesers; cricket player (played for Australia in 1987 World Cup).
- 1967 - Birth of Bill Houlder in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning).
- 1967 - Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at age 85.
- 1967 - Pink Floyd rock group releases their first song ("Arnold Layne").
- 1968 - Birth of John Barrowman; actor (Peter Fairchild - Central Park West).
- 1968 - Otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay".
- 1969 - Birth of Dan Lacroix in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; NHL left wing (New York Rangers).
- 1969 - Birth of John Fina; NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills).
- 1969 - John Wyndham [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Day of the Triffids, Chrysalids), dies at age 65.
- 1969 - Birth of Rami Jaffee; keyboardist (The Wallflowers).
- 1969 - Birth of Terrence Howard; actor (Independent Lens, Street Time).
- 1970 - Birth of Brett Liddle in Boksburg, South Africa; Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Newcastle).
- 1970 - Birth of Evgeniy Koreshkov; hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998).
- 1970 - NBC airs "The Best On Record: The GRAMMY Awards Show", the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 12th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
- Record of the Year: 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In";
- Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female: Peggy Lee for "Is That All There Is?";
- Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male: Harry Nilsson for "Everybody's Talkin'";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Tammy Wynette for "Stand By Your Man";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Johnny Cash for "A Boy Named Sue";
- Best Folk Performance: Joni Mitchell for "Clouds".
- 1970 - Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at age 80.
- 1970 - Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation.
- 1971 - Birth of Bob Kronenberg; WLAF corner (Rhein Fire).
- 1971 - Birth of Jiri Vykoukai in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia; hockey player (Team Czechoslovakia Republic, Olympics-gold-1998).
- 1971 - Birth of Marta Lovera Parquet; Miss Paraguay-Universe (1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Martin Rucinsky in Most, Czechoslovakia; NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens, Olympics-Gold-1998).
- 1971 - Death of Philo T. Farnsworth at age 64; US TV pioneer, first to demonstrate and patent a working electronic television system.
- 1971 - Whitney M Young Junior, leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at age 49.
- 1972 - Birth of Carl Greenwood; NFL cornerback (New York Jets).
- 1972 - Birth of Chris Shelling; WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire).
- 1972 - Birth of Jamal Duff; NFL defensive end (New York Giants, Washington Redskins).
- 1972 - Carnival Cruise Line begins cruise operations, as the TSS Mardi Gras embarks on its maiden voyage from PortMiami, Florida.
- 1972 - Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at age 65.
- 1973 - Birth of Kennedy Otieno in Kenya; cricket wicket-keeper (85 versus Australia 1996 World Cup).
- 1973 - Birth of Mike Mihelic; Canadian Football League offensive tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1973 - Birth of Sammie Brennan; Canadian Football League defensive back (British Columbia Lions).
- 1973 - Birth of Tony Veland; NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32).
- 1973 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic.
- 1974 - Birth of Billy Granville; linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1974 - Birth of David Cameron; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1974 - Birth of Kevin Donovan in Des Plaines, Illinois, USA; figure skater (1997 Great Lakes-second).
- 1974 - Mount Etna in Sicily erupts.
- 1975 - Birth of Cedric Henderson, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers).
- 1975 - Birth of Shawn Springs; cornerback (Seattle Seahawks).
- 1975 - Portugal military coup under General Spinola fails.
- 1975 - Death of Sammy Spear at age 65 after a heart attack; orchestra leader (The Jackie Gleason Show TV show, The Honeymooners TV show).
- 1975 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1975 - Walter Kinsella, actor (Happy - Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at age 74.
- 1976 - Near Newport, Rhode Island, a magnitude 3.5 earthquake occurs.
- 1977 - 34 Israelis killed by Palestinians on the Tel Aviv-Haifa highway.
- 1977 - Muslims hold 130 hostages in Washington DC.
- 1978 - Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, Israel; 34 killed.
- 1978 - University of San Francisco-led Bill Cartwright scores 23 points as the Dons oust North Carolina.
- 1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic.
- 1979 - Randy Hold receives 67 minutes in penalties in a 60 minute NHL hockey game.
- 1979 - Victor Kilian, American actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at age 88 (born 1891).
- 1979 - Birth of Benji Madden and Joel Madden; American musicians (Good Charlotte).
- 1980 - Rod Marsh bowls ten overs for 51 runs in dull Australia versus Pakistan cricket draw.
- 1981 - Johnny Mize and Rube Foster elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1981 - Birth of LeToya Luckett; American singer (Destiny's Child).
- 1981 - Chile constitution takes effect; military dictator Augusto Pinochet is sworn in as President for another 8-year term.
- 1981 - Birth of David Anders; American actor (Alias TV show).
- 1982 - Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at age 55.
- 1982 - Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname.
- 1982 - Harrison Williams, Democratic Senator for New Jersey, resigns rather than face expulsion.
- 1982 - Birth of Thora Birch; American actress (Day by Day, Parenthood).
- 1982 - Birth of Hasan Raza; cricket player (Test cricket player at the age of 14).
- 1983 - Australia's First Hawke Ministry is sworn in; Andrew Peacock becomes Federal Opposition leader.
- 1983 - World Ice Dance Championship in Helsinki Finland won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain).
- 1983 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev (USSR).
- 1983 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA).
- 1983 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA).
- 1984 - Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at age 76.
- 1984 - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic.
- 1985 - Mikhail S Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.
- 1985 - Mohammed Al Fayed buys the London-based department store company Harrods.
- 1986 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy is first NHL player to score 50 goals in nine straight seasons.
- 1986 - Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km.
- 1986 - NFL adopts instant replay rule.
- 1987 - Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point.
- 1987 - [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at age 74 (born 1913).
- 1988 - Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about age 74.
- 1988 - Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire.
- 1988 - British pound note ceases to be legal tender, replaced by one-pound coin.
- 1989 - Birth of Anton Yelchin; actor (Huff).
- 1990 - Lithuanian Parliament declares incorporation into the Soviet Union was illegal, and declares independence.
- 1990 - Maggie Will wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International.
- 1990 - Patricio Aylwin is sworn-in as the first democratically-elected Chilean president since 1970.
- 1991 - Janet Jackson signs US$40 million three-album deal with Virgin Records.
- 1991 - John Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award.
- 1991 - Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1 in tennis.
- 1991 - A curfew is imposed on black townships in South Africa after fighting between rival political gangs kills 49.
- 1992 - David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at age 41.
- 1992 - Heinz Kühn, Prime Minister (Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany), dies at age 80.
- 1992 - Manuel De Dios Unanue, US anti-drug journalist, is murdered at age 48.
- 1992 - Richard Brooks, director (Blackboard Jungle, Key Largo), dies at age 79.
- 1993 - Death of Adolfo "Dino Bravo" Bresciano, Italian-born professional wrestler (born 1949).
- 1993 - Manuel da Fonseca, Portuguese writer (Cerro Maior), dies at age 81.
- 1993 - Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate as Attorney General of the United States.
- 1994 - Gramercy releases the film Four Weddings and a Funeral to theaters.
- 1994 - Eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as President of Chile.
- 1994 - Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at age 69.
- 1995 - Carel Birnie, founded Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at age 69.
- 1995 - Death of Ernest Kabushemeye, assassinated; Burundese Minister for Mines and Energy.
- 1995 - President Nazarbajev disbands Kazakhstan parliament.
- 1995 - Yolanda Chen hop-skip-jumps world indoor record 15.03 metre.
- 1996 - Chris Harris scores 130 in losing New Zealand side versus Australia, World Cup.
- 1996 - Mark Waugh scores 110 versus New Zealand for his third century of the World Cup.
- 1996 - Death of Vince Edwards at age 67 of cancer; actor (Ben Casey MD TV show).
- 1996 - The European Union Database Directive passes.
- 1997 - Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his "services to music."
- 1997 - San Francisco Giants' player J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch.
- 1997 - An explosion at a nuclear waste reprocessing plant in Japan exposes 35 workers to low-level radioactive contamination, in the worst nuclear accident in Japan's history.
- 1998 - In the Danish parliamentary election, Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen is re-elected.
- 2002 - BBC 6 Music, the first new BBC music radio station in decades, is launched.
- 2002 - Death of James Tobin, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918).
- 2002 - German Marion Gräfin Dönhof dies. She had worked with the newspaper, Die Zeit, (Hamburg) since 1946.
- 2003 - Iraqi fighter jets threaten two U.S. U-2 surveillance planes, on missions for U.N. weapons inspectors, forcing them to abort their mission and return to base.
- 2004 - In Madrid, Spain, ten simultaneous explosions on commuter trains and in rail stations kill 190 people.
- 2005 - In the United Kingdom, the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 is finally given Royal Assent after one of the longest ever sittings by the House of Lords.
- 2005 - Three people, including a judge, are murdered in the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia; the main suspect, Brian Nichols, surrenders to police the next day.
- 2005 - Central African Republic elections: The first round leads to a runoff between top candidates Francois Bozize and Martin Ziguele.
- 2006 - Michelle Bachelet is sworn in as the first female President of Chile.
- 2006 - Slobodan MiloÜevic is found dead at age 64 from an apparent heart attack in his prison cell in the United Nations war crimes tribunal's detention centre, located in the Scheveningen section of The Hague.
- 2007 - Death of Betty Hutton at age 85 in Palm Springs, California, USA; actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Somebody Loves Me, The Fleet's In, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Betty Hutton Show).
- 2008 - At the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US space shuttle Endeavour lifts off headed for the International Space Station. Its cargo includes part of a Japanese space laboratory and a Canadian-built robotic system.
- 2008 - The US Federal Reserve promises to lend up to US$200 billion of Treasury bonds on a monthly basis with mortgage-backed securities as collateral.
- 2008 - Two suicide blasts in Lahore, Pakistan, kill 24, injuring over 100.
- 2009 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy announces France will return to NATO's military command, after President Charles de Gaulle pulled France out in 1966.
- 2010 - A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hits 140km south of Valparaiso, Chile, followed by more tremors, including one with 6.7 magnitude.
- 2010 - Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of Chile.
- 2011 - A magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurs in the Pacific Ocean, 231 miles north-east of Tokyo, Japan, the largest ever recorded for Japan. A 23-foot high tsunami hits the east coast. Tsunami warnings are issued in 50 countries and territories. Emergencies are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake. Flooding at the Fukushima nuclear reactor causes meltdown and explosions. Total deaths from all causes is 19,000.
- 2018 - The government of the People's Republic of China approves a constitutional change that removes term limits for its leaders, granting Xi Jinping the status of "President for Life". Xi is also the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (paramount leader).
- 2020 - The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.
- 2020 - Denmark shuts down much of the country due to the spread of Covid-19.
- 2020 - Death of Michel Roux at age 78; French chef and restaurateur in England (Le Gavroche in Chelsea, Waterside Inn at Bray in Berhshire, with brother Albert, 3 Michel stars, TV cookery show).
- 2022 - Gabriel Boric is sworn in as president of Chile.
- 2022 - Death of Timmy Thomas at age 77 of cancer in Miami, Florida, USA; R&B musician ("Why Can't We Live Together" song (1972)).
- 2022 - Death of Emilio Delgado at age 81 of multiple myeloma in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Sesame Street TV show (1971-2015), Falcon Crest TV show, Lou Grant TV show, House of Cards TV show).
- 2023 - Mikaela Shiffrin wins her 87th World Cup Alpine skiing event, the slalom in Are, Sweden, beating Ingemar Stenmark's 34-year record of 86 wins.
- 2023 - The PRoChina's parliament approves of Li Qiang's appointment by President Xi Jinping as prime minister.
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(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
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