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What happened in history on this day: March 3?
On March 3 in ...
- 78 - Origin of Saka Era (India).
- 468 - Saint Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius.
- 561 - Pelagius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1191 - Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at age 52.
- 1409 - Austrian civil war ends.
- 1431 - Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV.
- 1459 - Ausias March Catalan poet, dies.
- 1500 - Birth of Reginald Pole English Cardinal/"heretic".
- 1549 - Birth of Henric Spieghel Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel).
- 1554 - Johan Frederik de Greatmoedige ruler of Saxon (1532-47), dies at age 50.
- 1580 - Jacob Hillebrand Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies.
- 1583 - Birth of Edward Herbert of Cherbury English military/philosopher.
- 1589 - Birth of Gisbertus Voetius [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist.
- 1606 - Birth of Edmund Waller England, poet (Penshust).
- 1627 - Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil.
- 1634 - First tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole).
- 1635 - Philips de l'Espinoy historian/mayor of Ghent, dies.
- 1638 - Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden.
- 1652 - Birth of Thomas Otway England, dramatist/poet (Venice Preserved).
- 1703 - Robert Hooke scientific genius, dies in London.
- 1706 - Johann Pachelbel organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at age 52.
- 1707 - Aurangzeb Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at age 88.
- 1709 - Birth of Andreas Sigismund Marggraf in Berlin, Germany; chemist, director of the chemical laboratory of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin from 1704-1760, discovered that there is a sugar in beets which is identical to that in sugar cane.
- 1717 - Pierre Allix French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about age 75.
- 1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness.
- 1747 - Birth of Kasamir Pulaski US General (Revolutionary War).
- 1756 - Birth of William Godwin philosopher/political writer (Caleb Williams).
- 1776 - The Continental Marines land at New Providence in the Bahamas.
- 1791 - First US Internal Revenue Act (taxing distilled spirits and carriages).
- 1792 - Death of Robert Adam at age 63; Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex).
- 1793 - Birth of Charles Sealsfield; writer (The Making of America).
- 1805 - Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms.
- 1811 - Birth of Vissarion Belinsky in Sveaborg, Finland; Russian author (Literary Review).
- 1813 - Office of Surgeon General of the US army is established.
- 1813 - Prince Karl Johan of Sweden concludes an alliance with England. England cedes Guadeloupe island in West Indies to Sweden, and agrees to Sweden's demands on Norway.
- 1815 - US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners and demanding tribute.
- 1817 - Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory and Mississippi.
- 1820 - Birth of Eduard Douwes Dekker [Multatuli]; Dutch writer (Max Havelaar).
- 1820 - Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri.
- 1823 - Birth of Guyla Andrássy; premier of Hungary (1867-71).
- 1831 - Birth of George M Pullman; inventor (railway sleeping car).
- 1835 - US Congress establishes branch mints at Charlotte, North Carolina; Dahlonega, Georgia; and New Orleans, Louisiana, and establishes practice of using mint marks on US coinage.
- 1837 - US Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9.
- 1837 - US President Andrew Jackson and Congress recognize Republic of Texas.
- 1838 - Birth of George W Hill; US astronomer (Moon orbit).
- 1838 - Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada.
- 1841 - Birth of John Murray; Canadian oceanographer (Depths of the Ocean).
- 1842 - First US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Massachusetts).
- 1843 - US Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US.
- 1845 - First US law overriding a Presidential veto (John Tyler's).
- 1845 - Birth of Georg Cantor; German mathematician (discovers transfinite numbers).
- 1845 - US Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery.
- 1845 - Florida becomes 27th state of the USA.
- 1847 - Birth of Alexander Graham Bell in Edinburgh, Scotland; inventor (telephone).
- 1847 - An Act of US Congress authorizes US Post Office Department to issue adhesive postage stamps for use in prepayment of fees on mail matter.
- 1849 - Territory of Minnesota is organized.
- 1851 - US Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3-cent piece, 0.8 grams), and reduces postage letter rates to 3 cents for 3000 miles and under, and 6 cents for over.
- 1853 - Transcontinental railroad survey is authorized by US Congress.
- 1853 - US Assay Office in New York City, New York authorized.
- 1855 - US Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use.
- 1863 - US President Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences.
- 1863 - In the US, free city mail delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers are hired.
- 1863 - US ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister, Georgia.
- 1863 - First US wartime military conscription bill is enacted.
- 1864 - Ulric Dahlgren, USA Colonel, dies in battle at age 21.
- 1865 - Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks.
- 1869 - Birth of Henry J Wood; English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms).
- 1869 - University of South Carolina opens to all races.
- 1871 - US Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent.
- 1871 - US Congress establishes the civil service system.
- 1872 - Birth of Wee Willie Keeler; outfielder (Baltimore Orioles), hit .432 in 1897.
- 1873 - Birth of William Green; president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52).
- 1873 - US Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps.
- 1873 - US Congress and government raise own salary, retroactively.
- 1873 - US President Ulysses Grant signs anti-obscenity bill into law, making it a crime to send through the mail obscene material, as well as literature on birth control and abortion.
- 1875 - First recorded hockey game (Montréal, Quebec, Canada).
- 1875 - US Congress authorizes 20-cent coin, lasts only three years.
- 1875 - Georges Bizet's opera Carmen premieres (Paris, France).
- 1878 - Treaty of San Stefano is signed, the beginning of Bulgaria's liberation from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1879 - In Washington, D.C., the United States Geological Survey is established, in the Department of the Interior, with responsibilities: "classification of the public lands, and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain".
- 1882 - Birth of Floris H L Prims; Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp.
- 1882 - New York Steam Corporation begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings.
- 1883 - US Congress authorizes the first steel vessels in US navy.
- 1885 - First US state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission.
- 1885 - American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates.
- 1885 - US Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians become wards of federal government).
- 1885 - US Post Office offers special delivery for first-class mail.
- 1887 - American Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton, Iowa.
- 1890 - Birth of Edmund Lowe in San Jose, California; actor (Black Sheep, Front Page Detective, Dillinger).
- 1891 - Birth of Jan Donner; Dutch minister of Justice/president High Council.
- 1892 - First cattle tuberculosis test in US made, in Villa Nova, Pennsylvania.
- 1893 - Birth of Bill Nestell in California, USA; actor (Dangerous Venture, Buckskin Frontier).
- 1893 - Birth of Karel Lotsy; Dutch insurance director/Olympics-chief d'équipe.
- 1894 - First Greek-language publication in US begins, New York Atlantis.
- 1894 - Fourth and last British government of William Gladstone resigns.
- 1895 - Birth of General Matthew Ridgeway; US military leader (WWII/China/Nicaragua/Korea/NATO).
- 1895 - Birth of Juanita Hansen in Iowa, USA; actress (Fast Company, Broadway Love).
- 1895 - Birth of Ragnar Frisch in Norway; economist (first Nobel Prize in economy-1969).
- 1895 - Birth of Robert Gordon in Kansas, USA; actor (Loveless).
- 1899 - Birth of Alfred M Gruenther; US commanding general (NATO, 1953-56).
- 1899 - George Dewey becomes first in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy.
- 1900 - Birth of Edna Best in Hove, England; actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo).
- 1902 - Birth of Ruby Dandridge in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actress (Father of the Bride).
- 1902 - Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at age 79.
- 1903 - Birth of Rabbe Arnfinn Enckell in Finland; author/poet (Lutad about Brunnen).
- 1903 - North Carolina becomes first US state requiring registration of nurses.
- 1905 - US Forest Service forms.
- 1906 - Birth of Artur Lundkvist; Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir).
- 1906 - Birth of Donald Novis in Hastings, England; actor (Monte Carlo).
- 1906 - Vuia I aircraft, built by Romanian Traja Vuia, tested in France.
- 1907 - Birth of Canada Lee in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Lost Boundaries).
- 1911 - First US federal cemetery with Union and Rebel graves opens, Missouri.
- 1911 - Birth of Jean Harlow [Harlean Carpentier] in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; 1930s' sex goddess (Dinner at 8).
- 1913 - Birth of Roger Caillois; French writer (Les Jeux et les Hommes).
- 1913 - Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC.
- 1914 - Birth of Martin Ritt; actor/director (Slugger's Wife, End of the Game).
- 1915 - Birth of George Brian Snape; businessman/rugby league entrepreneur.
- 1915 - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created.
- 1917 - Birth of Bert van Aerschot; Flemish writer (Elevator, Women).
- 1917 - US Congress passes first excess profits tax on corporations.
- 1918 - Birth of Arnold Newman; photographer (Faces USA).
- 1918 - Birth of Arthur Kornberg; US biochemist (Nobel Prize 1959).
- 1918 - Russia withdraws from war, signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany and Austria.
- 1919 - First international air mail service from USA: Seattle, Washington to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
- 1919 - Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike.
- 1920 - Birth of James Doohan in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actor (Montgomery Scott - Star Trek).
- 1920 - Birth of Julius Boros; golfer (PGA Champion 1968, US Open 1952, 1963).
- 1920 - Birth of Martin Ritt; director (The Front, Nuts).
- 1920 - Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Québec Bulldogs.
- 1921 - Birth of Allen Ginsberg; beat generation poet (1969 Arts and Letters Award).
- 1921 - Birth of Diana Barrymore in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife).
- 1921 - Birth of Junior Parker in Arkansas, USA; blues vocalist/songwriter ("Mystery Train").
- 1921 - Petrus Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at age 93.
- 1922 - Italian fascists occupy Fiume and Rijeka.
- 1923 - The first issue of Time magazine is published, in the USA.
- 1923 - US Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague.
- 1924 - German and Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed.
- 1925 - Birth of Enzo Stuarti in Italy; singer ("Yesterday").
- 1925 - Birth of Richard Vernon in Reading, Berkshire, England; actor (Servant, Gandhi, Hard Day's Night).
- 1926 - Birth of James Ingram Merrill; US poet/author (Scripts for the Pageant).
- 1926 - International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Florida).
- 1927 - Birth of Charles O Whitley; American politician (Representative-Democrat-North Carolina, 1977-).
- 1927 - Birth of John McLaughlin; commentator (McLaughlin Report).
- 1927 - Birth of [Herman] Junior Parker; rocker ("Driving Wheel", "In the Dark").
- 1928 - Birth of Paul Calle in New York City, New York, USA; US stamp designer (1967-1998).
- 1928 - Birth of Dave Dudley; singer ("Six Days on the Road").
- 1928 - Birth of Don Gibson; singer/writer ("I can't Stop Loving You", "Oh Lonesome Me").
- 1928 - Birth of Joe Conley in Buffalo, New York, USA; actor (Ike - The Waltons).
- 1928 - Jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (Three Brides), dies at age 69.
- 1931 - US President Herbert Hoover signs a resolution of Congress officially designating the "Star-Spangled Banner" as the National Anthem of the United States.
- 1931 - Birth of Henk Knol; Dutch second chamber member (PvdA).
- 1931 - Birth of Piet [van] Bambergen; Dutch cabaretier (Mounties, Sherlock Jones).
- 1933 - Birth of Marco Antonio Muñiz in Mexico; Spanish singer ("Murmullos").
- 1933 - German Presidential candidate Earnest Thälmann (KPD) arrested.
- 1933 - Mount Rushmore is dedicated.
- 1934 - Birth of Gia Scala in Italy; actress (Angry Hills, Don't Go Near the Water).
- 1934 - John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol.
- 1935 - Birth of Zhelyu Zhelev; president of Bulgaria (1990-).
- 1935 - Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms.
- 1935 - Neville Knox, cricket player (bowled in two Tests for England 1907), dies.
- 1936 - Birth of Jim Clark; Formula One racer (1963 Champion).
- 1936 - Clarrie Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wickets in 5th Test versus South Africa.
- 1937 - Australia snatches cricket series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down.
- 1938 - American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors).
- 1938 - Birth of Lew De Witt; singer (Statler Brothers - "Flowers on the Wall").
- 1938 - Birth of Willie Chambers; guitarist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers).
- 1939 - Birth of Hans Pieter Verhagen; poet (Hoepla/Holland's Hole).
- 1939 - Birth of M L Jaisimha; cricket player (Indian batsman of the sixties).
- 1941 - Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at age 59.
- 1941 - Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, is executed.
- 1942 - First combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane.
- 1942 - Amedeo Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at age 43.
- 1942 - Birth of Mike Pender in Liverpool, England, vocalist/guitarist (Searchers - "Needles and Pins").
- 1942 - Birth of Vladimir Vasilyevich Kovolyonok in USSR; cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 29/31, T-4).
- 1943 - Birth of Roger Swaybill; actor/writer (Porky's II, Breaking Point).
- 1943 - In London, England, people rush to Bethnal Green shelter following air-raid siren alert. As new anti-aircraft guns fire, people panic and surge forward, causing many to fall down steps underground. 173 people are crushed by the crowd.
- 1943 - George Thomson, cricket player (all-rounder-6 Tests for England 1909-10), dies.
- 1944 - Birth of Janice Garfat; rocker (Dr Hook).
- 1945 - Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at age 61.
- 1945 - Birth of Farooq Hamid; cricket player (1-107 in Test, Pakistan versus Australia 1964).
- 1945 - Birth of Hattie Winston in Greenville, Mississippi, USA; actress (Nurse, Electric Company).
- 1945 - RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511.
- 1945 - Roermond/Venlo Netherlands freed.
- 1945 - US and Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor.
- 1945 - US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall.
- 1945 - U.S. forces gain control of all three airfields on Iwo Jima.
- 1946 - Birth of James C Adamson in Warsaw, New York, USA; Lieutenant Colonel USA/astronaut (STS 28, STS 43).
- 1946 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill.
- 1946 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button.
- 1947 - Birth of Dave Mount in Carshalton, Surrey, England; rocker (Mud).
- 1948 - Birth of Reed Hundt; US Federal Communications Commission chairman.
- 1949 - Birth of Bonnie J Dunbar in Sunnyside, Washington, USA; PhD/astronaut (STS 61-A, 32, 50, 71, 89).
- 1949 - Birth of James S Voss in Cordova, Alabama, USA; Major, astronaut (STS 44, 53, 69).
- 1950 - Birth of Re Styles; rock vocalist (Tubes).
- 1950 - Birth of Tim Kazurinsky in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian (Saturday Night Live, Police Academy 2, 3, 4).
- 1951 - Bill Mikvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 points.
- 1951 - Birth of Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov; Russian cosmonaut.
- 1952 - Birth of Robyn Hitchcock; rocker (Moss Elixir).
- 1952 - Puerto Rico approves their first self-written constitution.
- 1953 - Birth of Aleksandr Viktorovich Borodin in Russia; cosmonaut.
- 1953 - Birth of Dave Amato; rocker (REO Speedwagon - "Can't Fight this Feeling").
- 1953 - In Pecklesheim, Federal Republic of Germany, a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground.
- 1953 - Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block Saint Louis Browns' attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee.
- 1953 - Canadian Comet plane crashes at Karachi, 11 killed.
- 1954 - Birth of Keith Carlton Fergus in Temple, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (1995 Honda Classic-8th).
- 1954 - Birth of Merrick [Chris Hughes]; rock drummer (Adam and The Ants).
- 1956 - Birth of Jim Barton in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; soling yachter (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1956 - Birth of John F Reid; cricket player (New Zealand batsman of 1970s/1980s).
- 1956 - Birth of Miguel Bosé in Panamá; Spanish actor (Lo Mejor del Año).
- 1956 - Cockie Gastelaars swims world record 100 metre freestyle (1:04.2).
- 1956 - Indonesian government of Harahap resigns.
- 1956 - Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice New York Giants to stay in New York.
- 1956 - Morocco gains independence from France.
- 1956 - Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at age 79.
- 1957 - Corry Brokken wins Eurovision Song festival with "Just as Then".
- 1957 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open.
- 1957 - World Ice Dance Championship in Colorado Springs won by June Markham and Courtney Jones (Great Britain).
- 1957 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul (Canada).
- 1957 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Carol Heiss (USA).
- 1957 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins (USA).
- 1957 - ABC airs the last Omnibus TV show.
- 1958 - Birth of Bob Bradley in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; soccer coach (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1958 - Birth of Miranda Richardson in Southport, England; actress (Damage, Crying Game).
- 1958 - Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq.
- 1959 - Pioneer 4 is launched; becomes first US probe to enter solar orbit.
- 1959 - Birth of Romeo Zondervan; Dutch soccer player (NAC).
- 1959 - British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis.
- 1959 - San Francisco Giants rename their stadium Candlestick Park.
- 1960 - Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at age 65.
- 1961 - Birth of Mary Page Keller; actress (Duet, Scared Stiff, Baby Talk).
- 1961 - King Hassan II ascends to throne of Morocco.
- 1962 - Birth of Herschel Walker; WFL/NFL running back (New Jersey Generals, Dallas Cowboys).
- 1962 - Birth of Jackie Joyner-Kersee in East Saint Louis, Illinois, USA; heptathlete (Olympics-gold-1988, 1992).
- 1962 - British Antarctic Territory is formed.
- 1963 - Birth of Elizabeth Chavez in Santa Monica, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (US Open-13th-1991).
- 1963 - Birth of Kelly Miller in Detroit, Michigan, USA; NHL left wing (Washington Capitals).
- 1963 - Senegal adopts constitution.
- 1964 - Birth of Arturo Huerta in Mexico; Canadian walker (Olympics-1996).
- 1964 - Birth of Atif Rauf; cricket player (Pakistani Test batsman versus New Zealand 1994).
- 1964 - Birth of Laura Martinez-Herring in Sinaloa, Mexico; Miss USA-1985 (Texas) / actress (Carla - General Hospital).
- 1964 - Birth of Lisa Ann Poggi in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; actress (Jolie - Loving).
- 1965 - Birth of A J Sager in Columbus, Ohio, USA; pitcher (Detroit Tigers).
- 1965 - Temptations' "My Girl" song reaches #1.
- 1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1965 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1966 - Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz - Bewitched), dies at age 52.
- 1966 - Birth of Anthony Terrell Smith in Los Angeles, California, USA; rocker (Tone Loc - "Let's Do It").
- 1966 - Birth of Claus Boekweg; Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen, FC Zwolle).
- 1966 - Birth of Dmitri Volkov; Russian swimmer (world record).
- 1966 - Birth of Ellen Minzner in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Gary Parker; WLAF kicker (Scotland Claymores).
- 1966 - Birth of Noelle Daghe in Decatur, Illinois, USA; LPGA golfer (1994 PING-Cellular One-21st).
- 1966 - Birth of Wendy Fletcher in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; WPVA volleyball player (National-5th-1993).
- 1966 - Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinée.
- 1966 - Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al).
- 1966 - Tornado hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die.
- 1966 - Death of William Frawley at age 79 of a heart attack in Hollywood, California, USA; actor (Fred Mertz - I Love Lucy, My Three Sons).
- 1967 - Birth of Calvin Williams; NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1967 - Birth of Elizabeth Cheshire in Burbank, California, USA; actress (Jill - Sunshine).
- 1967 - Grenada gains partial independence from Britain.
- 1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1967 - Chicago White Sox given permission to use semi-designated hitter in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game).
- 1968 - Birth of Brian Leetch in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA; NHL defenseman (Team USA, New York Rangers).
- 1968 - Birth of Diann Roffe-Steinrotter in Warsaw, New York, USA; alpine skier (Olympics-gold/silver-1992).
- 1968 - Birth of Scott Radinsky in Simi Valley, California, USA; pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1968 - Greece, Portugal, and Spain's embassies bombed in The Hague, Netherlands.
- 1968 - Jean Beliveau (Montreal Canadiens) becomes second NHL player to score 1,000 points.
- 1969 - Apollo 9 is launched (151 Earth orbits in 10 days).
- 1969 - French maiden flight of Concorde 001 supersonic jet, from Toulouse.
- 1969 - Birth of Ronald Humphrey; NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1970 - Birth of Donovan Bergstrom; American 3km steeplechase runner.
- 1970 - Birth of Inzamam-ul-Haq; cricket player (dashing Pakistani batsman).
- 1970 - Birth of Kristine Radford in Sydney, Australia; tennis star (1996 ITF/Lyneham).
- 1970 - Birth of Rick Mirer; NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks).
- 1970 - Birth of Scott Keswick in Nevada, USA; gymnast (Coca-Cola-first-1994, Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Shawn Marie Brogan; Miss Iowa-USA (1997).
- 1971 - Birth of Terryl Ulmer; Canadian Football League defensive back (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 1971 - South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles.
- 1971 - Winnie Mandela is sentenced to one year in jail in South Africa.
- 1972 - Birth of Christian Oliver; actor (Baby Sitters Club, Brian - Saved by the Bell).
- 1972 - Birth of Martin Prochazka in Slany, Czechoslovakia; NHL forward (Toronto Maple Leafs, Czechoslovakia Olympics-Gold-1998).
- 1972 - Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA.
- 1973 - Birth of Cory Raymer; NFL center (Washington Redskins).
- 1973 - Birth of James Dexter; tackle (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1973 - Birth of Jim Mills; tackle (San Diego Chargers).
- 1973 - Birth of Tisha Venturini in Modesto, California, USA; soccer midfielder (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Winslow Oliver; running back (Carolina Panthers).
- 1973 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 15th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
- Record of the Year: Roberta Flack for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Helen Reddy for "I Am Woman";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Harry Nilsson for "Without You";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Aretha Franklin for "Young, Gifted And Black";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: Billy Paul for "Me And Mrs. Jones";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus: The Temptations for "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Donna Fargo for "Happiest Girl In The Whole USA";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Charley Pride for "Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs";
- Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group: The Statler Brothers for "Class Of '57".
- 1974 - Barbara Ruick, actress/singer (Jerry Colonna Show, Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at age 43.
- 1974 - Birth of Jared Rushton, actor (Big, Honey I Shrank the Kids).
- 1974 - Despite Billy Harris' hat trick New York Islanders lose 3-4.
- 1974 - Frank Wilcox, actor (John - Beverly Hillbillies), dies at age 66.
- 1974 - George Foreman knocks out Ken Norton.
- 1974 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic.
- 1974 - World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris, France (346 die).
- 1974 - PBS TV debuts the TV series Nova.
- 1975 - Birth of Albert Fields in Gary, Indiana; rocker (Party - "Rodeo", That's Why).
- 1975 - Birth of David Faustino in California; actor (I Had Three Wifes, Bud - Married With Children).
- 1975 - László Németh, Hungarian physician/author (Galilei/Iszony), dies at age 73.
- 1976 - Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia.
- 1977 - Birth of Bas Zuiderent; cricket player (Holland all-rounder 1996 World Cup).
- 1977 - Birth of Ronan Keating Bayside in Dublin, Ireland; Irish singer (Boyzone).
- 1977 - New York Islanders allow Detroit Red Wings only 11 shots on goal.
- 1977 - Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms.
- 1977 - Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at age 93.
- 1977 - World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov (USSR).
- 1977 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Irina Rodnina/Alexandr Zaitsev (USSR).
- 1977 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Linda Fratianne (USA).
- 1977 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Vladimir Kovalev (USSR).
- 1978 - First day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (West Indies versus Australia).
- 1978 - Birth of Carol Aquino; Miss Guatemala-Universe (1997).
- 1978 - Birth of Douglas Osmond in Provo, Utah; vocalist (Osmonds second generation).
- 1978 - Rhodesia attacks Zambia.
- 1978 - Ethiopia admits that its troops are fighting with the aid of Cuban soldiers against Somalian troops in Ogaden.
- 1980 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.
- 1980 - Pierre Trudeau returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1981 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy's 9th and final hat trick of season-4 goals.
- 1981 - New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers play to an 8-8 tie.
- 1982 - Georges Perec, French writer, dies at age 45.
- 1982 - US Senate begins debate on expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams (Democrat-New Jersey).
- 1982 - Queen Elizabeth II opens the Barbican Centre in London, England.
- 1983 - Arthur Koestler, Hungarian/British writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at age 77 (born 1905).
- 1984 - Peter Ueberroth is elected baseball commissioner (Effective October 1).
- 1984 - New York Islanders score their most goals (11) versus Toronto Maple Leafs (6).
- 1985 - Offshore Valparaiso, Chile, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs. At least 177 people killed, 2,575 injured and extensive damage in central Chile.
- 1985 - ABC premieres the TV show Moonlighting, starring Cybill Shepard and Bruce Willis.
- 1985 - My One and Only closes at Saint James Theater in New York City after 767 performances.
- 1985 - Betsy King wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic.
- 1985 - National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51-week strike.
- 1985 - Sarah Blanding, first US female college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at age 86.
- 1985 - Willie Shoemaker becomes first jockey to win US$100 million.
- 1986 - The first paper is published describing the Atomic force microscope, invented the previous year by Gerd Binnig, Calvin Quate and Christophe Berger.
- 1986 - NBC airs pilot episode of Matlock.
- 1987 - Danny Kaye, American singer/actor/comedian (Danny Kaye Show), part owner of the Seattle Mariners, dies of heart failure at age 74 (born 1918).
- 1987 - Ray Dandridge, third baseman in Negro Leagues, elected to Hall of Fame.
- 1988 - Lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies.
- 1988 - Sewall Wright, US geneticist (evolution model), dies at age 98.
- 1989 - Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines.
- 1989 - Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, two years probation for Iran-Contra.
- 1989 - Portugal wins the FIFA U-20 World Cup defeating Nigeria on the final by 2-0 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- 1989 - Jammu Siltavuori abducts and murders two 8-year old girls in Myllypuro suburb in Helsinki, Finland.
- 1990 - Carole Gist, age 20, (Michigan), crowned 39th Miss USA.
- 1990 - Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at age 86.
- 1990 - Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder (Club Méd), dies at age 88.
- 1990 - NBC airs the 100th episode of TV show ALF.
- 1991 - Arthur Murray, American dance instructor, dies at age 95 of pneumonia (born 1895).
- 1991 - Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109 versus West Indies at Kingston.
- 1991 - Clara Eggink [Ebbele], Dutch poet (Life with J C Bloem), dies at age 84.
- 1991 - Iraqi generals and US General Schwarzkopf meet to discuss cease fire.
- 1991 - Latvia and Estonia vote to become independent of the USSR.
- 1991 - In California, Los Angeles Police severly beat Rodney King, captured on amateur video.
- 1991 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 metre indoor (22.24 seconds).
- 1991 - Miguel Trovoada installed as President of Sao Tomé e Principal.
- 1991 - Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18.
- 1991 - United Airlines plane crashes near Colorado Springs, kills 25.
- 1992 - Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak, Turkey, 263 die.
- 1992 - Mike Bossy's #22 is second number retired by New York Islanders.
- 1992 - President George H.W. Bush apologizes for raising taxes after pledging not to.
- 1992 - Death of Robert Beatty at age 82 in London, England; actor (Martian Chronicles, Odd Man Out).
- 1992 - Ted Liss, actor (Child's Play), dies of heart attack at age 72.
- 1993 - Albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at age 86.
- 1993 - Cyril Collard, French composer/director/actor (A Nos Amours), dies at age 35.
- 1993 - Death of Harper Goff at age 81 in Los Angeles, California, USA; designed interior of Nautilus of film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, designed many Disneyland and EPCOT buildings and attractions, named a Disney Legend in 1993.
- 1994 - Anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at age 50.
- 1994 - Bob Crisp, cricket player (9 Tests for South Africa, 20 wickets at 37 35), dies.
- 1995 - The Indiana Jones Adventure - Temple of the Forbidden Eye ride opens in Adventureland at Disneyland. This is the largest attraction at Disneyland.
- 1995 - Camilla Parker Bowles and her husband Andrew divorce.
- 1995 - Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at age 84.
- 1995 - Death of Howard W. Hunter, fourteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1907).
- 1995 - Howard Yanks, founder of the Philadelphia folk festival, dies at age 65.
- 1995 - Pierre Tisseyre, publisher (Circle du livre de France), dies at age 85.
- 1995 - In Somalia, the United Nations peacekeeping mission ends.
- 1996 - Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final.
- 1996 - Lyle Talbot [Henderson]; actor (Plan 9 From Outer Space), dies at age 76.
- 1997 - Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies.
- 1997 - Birth of Maria Francisca Isabel de Bragança, daughter of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza.
- 1999 - Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones begin their attempt to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon without stopping.
- 1999 - Death of Lee Philips at age 72 of progressive supranuclear palsy; actor (The Adventures of Ellery Queen TV show (1959)), director (My World TV show, Welcome to It TV show, The Governor and JJ TV show, Gidget TV show, The Waltons TV show, The Practice TV show, Diagnosis Murder TV show).
- 1999 - Death of Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904).
- 2001 - Rusty Greer signs a $21.8 million, three-year contract extension with the Texas Rangers. Greer could make as much $36 million with incentives and options.
- 2002 - São Tomé and Príncipe hold legislative elections.
- 2003 - Death of Horst Buchholz at age 69 of pneunomia; actor (Charlie's Angels, How the West Was Won, Raid on Entebbe, Crossings, Logan's Run, Danny Thomas Hour).
- 2005 - The freighter M/V Karen Danielsen crashes into the Great Belt Bridge of Denmark. All traffic across the bridge is closed, effectively separating Denmark in two.
- 2005 - Millionaire Steve Fossett breaks a world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.
- 2005 - Death of Rinus Michels, Dutch soccer player and coach (born 1928).
- 2006 - In the opening game of the inaugural World Baseball Classic at the Tokyo Dome, South Korea blanks Taiwan, 2-0.
- 2006 - Death of William Herskovic, Hungarian Holocaust hero and philanthropist (born 1914).
- 2007 - Mixed martial artist Randy Couture wins the UFC heavyweight championship at the age of 43 in the main event of UFC 68.
- 2007 - Total lunar eclipse.
- 2007 - Death of Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (born 1913).
- 2008 - The United Nations' Security Council votes in favor of increasing economic sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend nuclear enrichment and other sensitive activities.
- 2008 - Venezuela and Ecuador cut diplomatic ties with Colombia, following Colombian bombing raids inside Ecuador to kill a leftist rebel.
- 2008 - In Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Genie Awards ceremony is held.
- Best Picture: Away from Her,
- Best Actor: Gordon Pinsent in Away from Her,
- Best Actress: Julie Christie in Away from Her,
- Best Supporting Actress: Kristen Thomson in Away from Her,
- Best Director: Sarah Polley for Away from Her,
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Sarah Polley for Away from Her,
- Best Supporting Actor: Armin Mueller-Stahl in Eastern Promises,
- Best Original Screenplay: Steve Knight for Eastern Promises,
- Best Original Song: "Shake Hands with the Devil",
- Claude Jutra Award: Sarah Polley.
- 2008 - Volkswagen announces it is taking over Swedish truck-maker Scania for 2.9 billion euro (US$4.4 billion) increasing its stake from 31 percent to 68.6 percent.
- 2008 - The board of Porsche Automobil Holdings approves Porsche acquiring a further 20 percent of Volkswagen giving it a controlling majority of 51 percent.
- 2008 - Russian energy company Gazprom cuts gas supplies to Naftogaz in the Ukraine by 25 percent, in a dispute over debts owed to the company.
- 2009 - The Bank of Canada reduces the benchmark lending rate from 1 to 0.5 percent.
- 2009 - Gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore, Pakistan, killing eight people and injuring several others.
- 2009 - Death of Sydney Chaplin, age 82, of a stroke, in Rancho Mirage, California. Chaplin was a stage actor (Bells are Ringing, Funny Girl, Subways are for Sleeping).
- 2010 - Two people are killed and 14 injured as giant 8m high waves slam into the Cypriot-owned Louis Majesty cruise ship off the coast of north-east Spain in the Mediterranean.
- 2010 - About 300 people are killed after heavy rain causes a series of landslides in the mountainous eastern region of Bududa in Uganda.
- 2017 - Death of Raymond Kopa, French footballer (born 1931).
- 2017 - Death of René Préval, 2nd Prime Minister and 38th and 40th President of Haiti (born 1943).
- 2018 - Death of David Ogden Stiers at age 75 in Newport, Oregon, USA; actor (Charles Emerson Winchester III - M.A.S.H.)
- 2018 - Death of Roger Bannister at age 88 in England; first person to run mile in under 4 minutes.
- 2019 - An unmanned demonstration flight of the new crew-capable version of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, intended to carry American astronauts into space, achieves successful autonomous docking with the International Space Station.
- 2020 - Death of Stanislaw Kania, Polish head of state, First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party (born 1927).
- 2022 - Sotheby's auction of 1961 painting L'empire des lumières by René Magritte sells for almost US$80 million.
- 2022 - Moldova officially applies to join the European Union.
- 2023 - Death of Oe Kenzaburo at age 88; Japanese political activist, writer (The Catch, A Personal Matter, The Silent Cry, Expectation, Nobel Prize winner).
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