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What happened in history on this day: March 7?
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- 161 - Antoninus Pius [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-161), dies at age 74.
- 321 - Roman emperor Constantine orders Sunday be a day of rest.
- 1040 - Harold I King of England (1035-40), dies.
- 1111 - Bohemund I of Tarente French ruler of Antioch, dies.
- 1138 - Conrad II von Hohenstaufen re-elected German king.
- 1274 - Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian, religious writer, influenced official policy of Catholic Church, dies at age 48.
- 1305 - Gwijde van Dampierre count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at age 78.
- 1530 - King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church.
- 1543 - Birth of Johan Casimir count of Rhine (occupied Gent).
- 1560 - Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, N Africa.
- 1573 - Turkey and Venice signs peace treaty.
- 1574 - Birth of John Wilbye composer.
- 1602 - Birth of Kano Tanju Japanese painter (palaces, portraits).
- 1621 - Birth of Georg Neumark composer.
- 1621 - John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies.
- 1633 - Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg.
- 1644 - Massachusetts establishes first two-chamber legislature in colonies.
- 1659 - Birth of Henry Purcell English organist/composer (Dido and Aeneas).
- 1663 - Birth of Tomaso Antonio Vitali composer.
- 1693 - Birth of Clement XIII [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69).
- 1696 - English King Willem III departs Netherlands.
- 1707 - Birth of Stephen Hopkins (Governor-Rhode Island) signed Declaration of Independence.
- 1715 - Birth of Ewald Christian von Kleist German lyric poet (Der Frühling).
- 1719 - Steven J Vennekool Amsterdam's master builder, buried.
- 1724 - Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at age 68.
- 1737 - Guido Starhemberg Austrian earl/fieldmarshal, dies at age 79.
- 1750 - Cornelis Troost Dutch painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at age 52.
- 1762 - Birth of Sebastiaan C Nederburgh director-general (East Indies Company).
- 1765 - Birth of Joseph N Niépce French inventor (photography).
- 1774 - British close port of Boston to all commerce.
- 1778 - Captain James Cook first sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay.
- 1785 - France gives Sweden the island of Saint Bartholomew in the West Indies.
- 1785 - Birth of Alessandro Manzoni in Italy; poet/novelist (Betrothed).
- 1799 - Birth of Frantisek L Celakovsky; Czechoslovakian poet (national anthem, folk song).
- 1801 - Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law.
- 1804 - Death of John Wedgwood; founder (Royal Horticulture Society).
- 1807 - Birth of Franz Grave von Pocci; German poet/composer (Der Alchemist).
- 1810 - Death of Albertus H Wiese at about age 48; Governor-General of Netherland Indies.
- 1813 - Birth of Judocus Smits; Dutch Catholic newspaper pioneer/founder (The Time).
- 1827 - Birth of Henry DeLamar Clayton; Major General (Confederate Army) (dies 1889).
- 1831 - Birth of John Bratton [Old Reliable]; US physician/Confederate Brigadier General.
- 1832 - Birth of Orlando Metcalfe Poe; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1895).
- 1837 - Birth of Henry Draper in Virginia, USA; astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter) (dies 1882).
- 1841 - Birth of Olegario Víctor Andrade in Argentina; poet (El nido de cóndores).
- 1847 - US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz, Mexico.
- 1850 - Birth of Tomás G Masaryk; Father/President of Czechoslovakia (1918-35).
- 1851 - Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends.
- 1854 - Charles Miller patents first US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes.
- 1856 - Birth of Matilde Serao [Tuffolina]; Italian writer (Land of Cockayne).
- 1857 - Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs.
- 1857 - Birth of Julius Wagner von Jauregg in Austria; psychiatrist (Nobel Prize 1927).
- 1862 - At Pea Ridge, Arkansas, US Brigidier General Samuel Curts' Army of the Southwest of about 12,000 troops battle Confederate Major General Sterling Price's force of about 7000 and Brigidier General Benjamin McCulloch's 8700, both under command of Major General Earl Van Dorn. McCulloch is killed by a bullet to the heart, then his next-in-command Brigadier General James McIntosh is also killed.
- 1862 - William Slack, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle.
- 1870 - Cincinnati Red Stockings, first professional baseball team, begin 8-month tour of Midwest and East.
- 1872 - Birth of Piet Mondrian in Holland; abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie).
- 1875 - Birth of Maurice Joseph Ravel in Cibourne, France; composer (Boléro).
- 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell's application for a patent for the telephone is approved and officially issued.
- 1876 - Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians.
- 1886 - Birth of Raymond Largay in Wisconsin, USA; actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl).
- 1888 - Birth of Alidius van Starkenborch Stachouwer; Governor of Netherland Indies (1936-45).
- 1891 - Birth of Marcel Barger AKA Meyer Streliskie; cabaret performer (I keep Susy).
- 1898 - Birth of Jan Bata; Czechoslovakian shoe manufacturer.
- 1900 - Battle at Poplar Grove, South Africa; President Kruger flees.
- 1900 - Birth of [Albert] Carel Willink; Dutch painter (magic realism).
- 1900 - Stanley Cup of hockey: Montréal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in two games.
- 1902 - Birth of Heinz [Heinrich William] Ruehmann in Essen, Germany; actor/director (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick).
- 1902 - Boers beat British troops in Tweebosch, Transvaal.
- 1904 - Birth of Ivar Ballangrud in Norway; Olympics speed skater (four gold, two silver).
- 1904 - Birth of Reinhard Heydrich; German Governor (Bohemen/Moravia (Lidice)).
- 1904 - Birth of Virginia Downing; actress (Gig, Butterfield 8).
- 1904 - Birth of Willy Forst in Austria; actor/director (Vienna Blood).
- 1905 - Birth of Vera Fjodorova Panova; Russian author (Sputniki).
- 1906 - Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor.
- 1907 - Birth of Mircea Eliade; religious historian (Le Yoga).
- 1908 - Birth of Anna Magnani in Rome, Italy; actress (Rose Tattoo, Miracle).
- 1908 - Birth of Joop [Joseph] van Santen; Dutch first chamber member (CPN).
- 1908 - Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announces that "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles".
- 1911 - Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at age 68.
- 1911 - US sends 20,000 troops to Mexican border.
- 1911 - Willis Farnsworth, in Petaluma, California, patents coin-operated locker.
- 1912 - Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole.
- 1914 - Birth of Morton DaCosta in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; director (Island of Love, Music Man).
- 1914 - Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania.
- 1917 - First jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step", recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden, New Jersey.
- 1917 - Birth of Davis Roberts in Mobile, Alabama, USA; actor (Mr Johnson - Boone).
- 1918 - US President Woodrow Wilson authorizes US Army's Distinguished Service Medal.
- 1919 - Birth of Mochtar Lubis; Indonesian writer (Twilight in Djakarta).
- 1920 - Birth of Willie Watson; cricket player (England batsman and soccer international).
- 1921 - Red Army under Trotsky attack sailors of Kronstadt.
- 1922 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard.
- 1922 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Sherwin Badger.
- 1924 - Birth of Eduardo Paolozzi; British sculptor (Hydra).
- 1924 - Birth of Kobo Abe in Tokyo, Japan; playwright (Woman, The Dunes).
- 1924 - Pat Moran, manager (Cincinnati Reds), dies of Bright's Disease.
- 1925 - American Negro Congress organizes.
- 1926 - First transatlantic telephone call (London - New York).
- 1927 - Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan.
- 1930 - Birth of James Broderick in Charleston, New Hampshire, USA; actor (Brenner - Brenner, Doug - Family).
- 1930 - Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball.
- 1931 - Birth of Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen; director, Social Businesses of Press.
- 1931 - The new House of Representatives opens in Helsinki, Finland.
- 1932 - Aristide Briand, eleven-time premier of France (Nobel Prize 1926), dies at age 69.
- 1932 - Riots at Ford factory in Dearborn, Michigan, kills 4.
- 1934 - Birth of Nari Contractor; cricket player (Indian batsman and captain).
- 1934 - Birth of Willard Scott; weather forecaster (Today Show).
- 1935 - Saar incorporated into Germany.
- 1936 - Birth of Georges Perec; French writer (Seire Noire, Retour a la bien-aimee).
- 1936 - Adolf Hitler denounces the Rhineland provisions of Treaty of Versailles and Locarno Treaty. 14,500 German troops march in to join with 22,000 local police to re-occupy the Rhineland.
- 1936 - German representatives inform foreign ministers and ambassadors of the German re-occupation of the Rhineland, and outline a peace plan including 25-year non-aggression pacts for all countries bordering on Germany.
- 1937 - Birth of Anne Kristen; actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel - Dr Finlay, Sunset Song).
- 1937 - Birth of Don Bonker; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Washington, 1975-).
- 1937 - Bucharin, Jagoda and Rykov pushed out of CPSU in USSR.
- 1938 - Birth of Homero Blancas in Houston, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (1972 Phoenix Open).
- 1938 - Birth of Janet Guthrie; race car driver (Indy 500).
- 1938 - The US signs reciprocal trade treaty with Czechoslovakia.
- 1939 - Birth of Marion Marlowe in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; singer (Arthur Godfrey and Friends).
- 1939 - Glamour magazine begins publishing.
- 1939 - Guy Lombardo and Royal Canadians first record "Auld Lang Syne".
- 1940 - Birth of Daniel J Travanti in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Frank Furillo - Hill Street Blues).
- 1940 - Birth of Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke; German student leader (Glasnost Berlin).
- 1940 - Birth of Viktor Petrovich Savinykh in USSR; cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4, T-13, TM-5).
- 1940 - Montreal Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home.
- 1940 - Ray Steele beats B Nagurski in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, to become wrestling champion.
- 1941 - Third largest snowfall in New York City, New York history (18.1 inches).
- 1941 - 50,000 British soldiers lands in Greece.
- 1941 - Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at age 63.
- 1941 - British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
- 1941 - Günther Prien, German commandant (U-47), dies in battle.
- 1942 - Fifteen Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta.
- 1942 - First cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee.
- 1942 - Birth of Al[bert] Tanara; WLAF defensive coach (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1942 - Birth of Michael Eisner in Mount Kisko, New York, USA; CEO (Walt Disney Company).
- 1942 - Birth of Paul Preuss; American sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire).
- 1942 - Birth of Tammy Faye Bakker; gospel singer/wife of Jim Bakker (PTL) (dies 2007).
- 1942 - Birth of Tommy F Robinson; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Arkansas, 1985-).
- 1942 - Birth of U N Kulkarni; cricket player (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68).
- 1943 - Birth of Carole Peel; Australian softball assistant coach (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1943 - Birth of Chris White; rock bassist (Zombies - "Never Even Thought").
- 1944 - Birth of Elton Gallegly; American politician (Representative-Republican-California).
- 1944 - Japan begins offensive in Burma.
- 1945 - Adolf Bartels, German writer/racist, dies at age 82.
- 1945 - Birth of Arthur Lee; rocker (Vindicator).
- 1945 - Birth of John Heard in Washington, DC, USA; actor (Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD).
- 1945 - Cologne is taken by allied armies.
- 1945 - US 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen, Germany, crosses Rhine.
- 1945 - Yugoslavia government of Tito forms.
- 1946 - British and American governments jointly announce the total score of enemy submarine kills during the war. Total enemy submarine losses from all causes: 996. Germany lost 781, Italy lost 85, and Japan lost 130.
- 1946 - Birth of Matthew Fisher in London, England; rock keyboardist (Procol Harum).
- 1946 - Birth of Peter Wolf; rock singer (J Giels Band - "Centerfold", "Freeze Frame").
- 1947 - Birth of Donna Loren in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo).
- 1947 - Birth of Lewis J Stadlen in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (John - Benson, Savages, Windy City).
- 1947 - Birth of Richard Lawson in Loma Linda, California, USA; actor (Eddie - The O'Neills).
- 1950 - Birth of Franco Harris; NFL fullback (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1950 - Birth of Mark Pinter in Decorah, Iowa, USA; actor (Karl - Behind the Screen, Another World).
- 1950 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in London, England won by Karol Kennedy and Peter Kennedy (USA).
- 1950 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in London, England won by Alena Vrzanova (Czechoslovakia).
- 1950 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in London, England won by Richard Button (USA); this is his third consecutive win.
- 1951 - Ali Razmara, Shah of Iran (1950-51), is assassinated.
- 1951 - Birth of Linda Gibboney; actress (Search for Tomorrow, Jessica - Generations).
- 1951 - Ezzard Charles wins 15-round heavyweight decision against Jersey Joe Walcott.
- 1951 - Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at age 58.
- 1952 - Birth of Ernie Isley; US vocalist/guitarist ("It's Your Thing", "Heat is On").
- 1952 - Birth of Lynn Swann; NFL receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)/sportscaster.
- 1953 - Birth of Kathleen Sullivan in Pasadena, California, USA; newscaster (E!).
- 1953 - Jackie McGlew scores 255 versus New Zealand at Wellington.
- 1954 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open.
- 1954 - Birth of Matt Frenette; rock drummer (Loverboy - "Lovin' Every Minute of It").
- 1954 - Russia wins title in their first international ice hockey competition.
- 1955 - In Los Angeles, California, the 7th Annual Emmy Awards are presented.
- Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series: Danny Thomas for Make Room for Daddy
- Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series: Loretta Young for Letter to Loretta
- Best Audience Participation, Quiz or Panel Program: This Is Your Life and What's My Line?
- Best Children's Program: Lassie
- Best Daytime Program: House Party
- Best Dramatic Program: The United States Steel Hour
- Best Female Singer: Dinah Shore
- Best Individual Program of the Year: Disneyland
- Best Male Singer: Perry Como
- Best Mystery, Action, or Adventure Program: Dragnet
- Best News Reporter or Commentator: John Daly
- Best Situation Comedy: Make Room for Daddy
- Best Sports Program: Cavalcade of Sports
- Best Supporting Actor in a Regular Series: Art Carney for The Jackie Gleason Show
- Best Supporting Actress in a Regular Series: Audrey Meadows for The Jackie Gleason Show
- Best Variety Program: Disneyland
- Best Western or Adventure Series: Stories of the Century
- Most Outstanding New Personality: George Gobel.
- 1955 - Baseball commissioner Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter.
- 1955 - Tom Dugan, actor (Pick a Star), dies at age 66.
- 1958 - Birth of Rik Mayall; comedian (Drop Dead Fred, Bottom, Little Noises).
- 1959 - Bells Are Ringing closes at Shubert Theater in New York City after 925 performances.
- 1959 - MC Garlow becomes first aviator to fly a million miles in a jet.
- 1959 - Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies.
- 1959 - Birth of Thomas Edward Lehman in Austin, Minnesota, USA; PGA golfer (1994 Memorial Tournament).
- 1959 - Hinsdale Smith, developer of roll-down auto windows, dies at age 88.
- 1959 - West Indies all out 76 versus Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34.
- 1960 - Birth of Ivan Lendl in Czechoslovakia; tennis professional (US Open 1985-87).
- 1960 - Birth of Joe Carter in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1961 - Birth of Mary Beth Evans in Pasadena, California, USA; actress (Katherine - General Hospital, Kayla - Days of Our Lives).
- 1961 - Max Hymans, WWII resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at age 60.
- 1962 - The Beatles make their broadcasting debut on BBC radio.
- 1962 - Birth of Taylor Dayne [Leslie Wunderman], on Long Island, New York, USA; vocalist ("I'll Always Love You").
- 1962 - Launch of OSO 1, first astronomy satellite (solar flare data).
- 1963 - Birth of Mike Eagles in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada; NHL center (Washington Capitals).
- 1963 - Birth of Mohammad Ishaq; cricket player (United Arab Emirates batsman 1996 World Cup).
- 1964 - Birth of Amy Baltus in Bloomington, Indiana, USA; WPVA volleyball player (Nationals-13th-1992).
- 1964 - Birth of Jeff Criswell; NFL tackle (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1964 - Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at age 73.
- 1965 - A group of 600 demonstrators from Selma, Alabama, march on the capital city of Montgomery to protest their disenfranchisement of voting rights and the earlier killing of a black man, Jimmie Lee Jackson, by a state trooper.
- 1965 - Birth of Cameron Daddo in Melbourne, Australia; actor (Brian Petersen - Models Inc).
- 1965 - Birth of Jesper Bo Parnevik in Stockholm, Sweden; PGA golfer (1995 Nestle-5th).
- 1965 - Birth of Steve Beuerlein; NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars, Carolina Panthers).
- 1965 - Birth of [Willie] Flipper Anderson; NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1965 - Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for New Zealand after ton.
- 1965 - Christian-democrats win parliament in Chile.
- 1965 - Queen Louise of Sweden dies peacefully.
- 1966 - Birth of Jeff Feagles; NFL punter (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1966 - Birth of Mel Rojas in Haina, Dominican Republic; pitcher (Montreal Expos).
- 1966 - Birth of Terry Carkner in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada; NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers).
- 1966 - In East of Longyao, Hebei (Hopeh), China, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurs. More than 135,000 houses collapse and 190,000 are severely damaged in Hebei Province. Over 106,000 houses collapse and another 100,000 are heavily damaged in Julu County.
- 1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1967 - Birth of Zheng Haixia; WNBA center (Los Angeles Sparks).
- 1967 - Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins eight-year jail sentence at Lewisburg Federal Prison for defrauding the union and jury tampering (commuted December 23, 1971).
- 1967 - American actor/singer Nelson Eddy dies at age 65 in hospital in Miami, Florida, after suffering a stroke while performing onstage at the Doral Country Club in Miami the previous day.
- 1968 - Birth of Jeff Kent in Bellflower, California, USA; infielder (New York Mets).
- 1968 - Birth of Ricky Proehl; NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears).
- 1968 - Yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin, USSR cosmonaut (Vostok I), dies at age 31.
- 1969 - Birth of Anne Marie Lauck in Rochester, New York, USA; marathon runner (Olympics-10th-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Anthony Davis; NFL linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1969 - Birth of Brian Jamieson in Livingston, New Jersey, USA; rower (Olympics-silver-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Geoff Smith in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers).
- 1969 - Birth of Matt Blundin; NFL quarterback (Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions).
- 1969 - Birth of Sam Gash; NFL running back (New England Patriots).
- 1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1970 - Birth of Jacquelyn Doucette; Miss Massachusetts-USA (1996).
- 1970 - Birth of James Calvin Spivey in Schiller Park, Illinois, USA; mile runner.
- 1970 - Birth of Kathy Gedney in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; WPVA volleyball player (US Open-25th-1994).
- 1970 - World Ice Dance Championship in Ljubljana won by Liudmila Pakhomova and Alexandr Gorshkov (USSR).
- 1970 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov (USSR).
- 1970 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (German Democratic Republic).
- 1970 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA).
- 1971 - Birth of Alison Herst in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; kayaker (Olympics-5-1992, 1996).
- 1971 - Egypt refuses to renew the Suez ceasefire.
- 1972 - Birth of Andrew Finch; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Marina Hatzakis; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - André de Meulemeester, Belgian WWI pilot [Eagle of Flanders], dies at age 78.
- 1973 - Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory.
- 1973 - Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh.
- 1974 - Monitor (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
- 1974 - First general strike in Ethiopia.
- 1974 - Birth of Joost Volmer; soccer player (FC Twente).
- 1975 - Ben Blue, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at age 73.
- 1975 - Birth of Andrey Savenkov; hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998).
- 1975 - Birth of William Hampton; Canadian Football League defensive back (Calgary Stampeders).
- 1975 - Francine Larrimore, actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at age 76.
- 1975 - US Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate.
- 1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1975 - ABC airs the final episode of The Odd Couple TV show in the US.
- 1976 - Morocco and Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria.
- 1977 - Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections.
- 1977 - Birth of Ludmila Richterova in Kosice, Slovakia; tennis star (1995 Bournemouth).
- 1977 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin meets US President Jimmy Carter.
- 1978 - Belgian baron Charles Bracht is kidnapped.
- 1978 - Vancouver Canucks' Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against New York Islanders.
- 1978 - Dutch second Chamber votes against neutron bomb.
- 1979 - Baseball exhibition season opens with semipro and amateur umpires.
- 1979 - Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at age 84.
- 1979 - Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer (Fanitullen), dies at age 72.
- 1979 - Warren Giles and Hack Wilson selected to baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1979 - The largest Magnetar (Soft gamma repeater) event is recorded.
- 1980 - Universal releases the film Coal Miner's Daughter to theaters.
- 1981 - John Gnagy, artist (Learn to Draw), dies at age 73.
- 1981 - First homicide at Disneyland, 18-year old is stabbed to death.
- 1982 - Jarmilla Kratochvilova runs world record 400 metre indoor (49.59 seconds).
- 1982 - NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for first time.
- 1982 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic.
- 1983 - TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV.
- 1983 - The CBS TV network debuts the Disney TV series Small and Frye.
- 1983 - Death of Robert Bray at age 66 after a heart attack; actor (Corey - Lassie TV show, Simon - Stagecoach West).
- 1985 - George Schick, Czechoslovakian conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at age 76.
- 1985 - Robert W Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at age 95.
- 1985 - Victor W Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, dies.
- 1986 - Jacob K Javits, American politician (Senator-Republican-New York), dies in Palm Beach, Florida at age 81.
- 1986 - South Africa emergency crisis in Brabant and Limburg ends.
- 1986 - Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist.
- 1986 - The final episode of TV show Different Strokes airs in the US.
- 1987 - Gavaskar becomes first cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs.
- 1987 - Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1988 - Divine [Harris Glenn Milstead], American actor (Hairspray, Polyester, Pink Flamingos), dies in Los Angeles, California at age 42 (born 1945).
- 1988 - Jim Abbott, one-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award.
- 1988 - Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at age 83 of emphysema.
- 1988 - Operation Flavius: British Special Air Services fatally shoot three unarmed Irish Republican Army members in Gibraltar.
- 1989 - Iran breaks off diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom over Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses.
- 1989 - Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, North West North America, Greenland).
- 1989 - In Geneva, Switzerland, the Geneva international auto show is held, over eleven days. Chevrolet introduces the Corvette ZR-1 and LT5 engine.
- 1990 - Three passengers killed and 162 injured as subway train derails in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1990 - H Wayne Huizenga buys half Joe Robbie Stadium and 15 percent of Miami Dolphins for US$30 million.
- 1991 - Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait.
- 1992 - Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200 metre backstroke (2:06.78).
- 1993 - Death of Earl Wrightson of heart failure at age 76; American singer, actor (The At Home Show, Pinafore).
- 1993 - Tony Harris, cricket player (8 Tests for South Africa 1947-49, 100 runs), dies.
- 1994 - 8th American Comedy Awards: Carrot Top wins.
- 1994 - African National Congress chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa.
- 1994 - Charles Taylor resigns as President of Liberia.
- 1994 - David Platt appointed captain of English football team.
- 1994 - US Navy issues first permanent order assigning women on combat ship.
- 1994 - Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.
- 1995 - Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record).
- 1995 - Don Cook, British foreign correspondent, dies at age 74.
- 1995 - Jaap van den Hurk, TV-director (NCRV), dies.
- 1995 - Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force general, commits suicide at age 64.
- 1995 - New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty.
- 1995 - Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, dies at age 87.
- 1995 - Thijmen Kuijt, resistance fighter/co-found paper (Typhoon), dies at age 82.
- 1995 - Death of Georges J.F. Kohler, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1946).
- 1996 - First surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope).
- 1996 - Magic Johnson is second NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists.
- 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Jungle 2 Jungle to theaters.
- 1997 - Five sue Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life.
- 1997 - Death of Martin Kippenberger, German artist (born 1953).
- 1997 - Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome and Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site.
- 1997 - Death of Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912).
- 1998 - The Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan is fined for burning a cross in his garden and infringing air regulations in California.
- 1999 - Death of Sidney Gottlieb, American Central Intelligence Agency official (born 1918).
- 1999 - Death of Stanley Kubrick, American film director and producer (born 1928).
- 2000 - George W. Bush and Al Gore emerge victorious in the Republican and Democratic caucuses and primaries of the United States presidential election.
- 2001 - Death of Frankie Carle at age 97; bandleader/pianist ("Sunrise Serenade", "Oh! What It Seemed To Be").
- 2003 - Death of Ilya Pavlov, former champion wrestler, probably Bulgaria's richest man, murdered in Sofia.
- 2006 - In their World Baseball Classic debut, Team USA blank Mexico, 2-0.
- 2006 - Fifteen people die and many others are injured in three blasts throughout Varanasi, India.
- 2006 - Apple Inc. is granted the patent to the iPod.
- 2007 - Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737-400, crashes at Yogyakarta on the Indonesian island of Java, killing many on board.
- 2008 - The US Federal Reserve promises to provide up to US$200 billion in temporary loans to banks and bond-market dealers.
- 2008 - A dozen tornadoes cause much damage in northern Florida and southern Georgia. Cars are flipped, trees and power poles knocked down, homes and businesses damaged, and two people are killed.
- 2008 - A summit is held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Nicaragua re-establish diplomatic relations.
- 2009 - NASA launches from Cape Canaveral in Florida the unmanned Kepler telescope to orbit the Sun to search for Earth-like planets with the potential to host life.
- 2010 - In Los Angeles, California, the 82nd Academy Awards are presented.
- Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
- Best Actor: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
- Best Actress: Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
- Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
- Foreign Language Film: El Secreto de Sus Ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes)
- Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
- Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
- Original Screenplay: Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker
- Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
- Animated Feature: Up
- Animated Short Film: Logorama
- Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg for art direction and Kim Sinclair for set decoration on Avatar
- Costume Design: Sandy Powell for The Young Victoria
- Makeup: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow for Star Trek
- Cinematography: Mauro Fiore for Avatar
- Live Action Short Film: The New Tenants
- Documentary Feature: The Cove
- Documentary Short: Music by Prudence
- Visual Effects: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones for Avatar
- Sound Editing: Paul N.J. Ottosson for The Hurt Locker
- Sound Mixing: Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett for The Hurt Locker
- Film Editing: Bob Murawski and Chris Innis for The Hurt Locker
- Original Score: Michael Giacchino for Up
- Original Song: "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart
- 2010 - In Iraq's parliamentary elections, former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's Iraqiya coalition bloc wins 91 seats, incumbent Nuri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition wins 89, and the Iraqi National Alliance wins 70. State of Law and Iraqi National Alliance agree to form a single bloc in the next 325-seat parliament.
- 2017 - Death of Hans Georg Dehmelt, German-born American Nobel physicist (born 1922).
- 2022 - Death of Sumaya Sadurni at age 32; photojournalist (The Guardian newspaper, The New York Times newspaper).
- 2023 - Death of Ian Falconer at age 63 of kidney failure in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA; author and illustrator (Olivia children's book series).
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