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What happened in history on this day: March 10?
On March 10 in ...
- 418 - Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire.
- 483 - Simplicius, Italian Pope (468-83), dies.
- 1452 - Birth of Ferdinand II the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily (expelled Jews).
- 1503 - Birth of Ferdinand I in Alcala de Henares, Spain; Holy Roman Emperor (1558-64), king of Bohemia and Hungary.
- 1526 - Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal.
- 1535 - Bishop Tomás de Berlanga discovers Galápagos Islands.
- 1538 - Birth of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth (1572).
- 1546 - Thomas Elyot English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at age 46.
- 1578 - Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir £20,000 to aid Dutch rebellion.
- 1585 - Rembert Dodoens [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist, dies at age 67.
- 1597 - Petrus Forestus Dutch physician (Willem of Orange), dies.
- 1624 - England declares war on Spain.
- 1628 - Birth of Constantine Huygens Junior Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist.
- 1629 - King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later.
- 1656 - Birth of Adolf H van Rechteren Dutch diplomat/politician.
- 1661 - French King Louis XIV ends office of premier.
- 1681 - English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania.
- 1698 - Birth of Gaetano Maria Schiassi composer.
- 1734 - Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples.
- 1735 - Dirk T van Cloon Dutch lawyer/Governor-General of E Indies, dies at about age 46.
- 1771 - Birth of Georg F Creuzer German philological/historian (Idea und Probe).
- 1772 - Birth of Friedrich von Schlegel Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde).
- 1776 - Birth of Luise; queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III.
- 1788 - Birth of Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff; German poet (Das Marmorbild).
- 1791 - John Stone of Concord, Massachusetts, patents a pile driver.
- 1791 - Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution's treatment of the clergy.
- 1792 - Death of John Stuart at age 78; third earl of Bute, English premier (1760-63).
- 1809 - Birth of William David Porter; Commander (Union Navy) (dies 1864).
- 1810 - Birth of John McCloskey; US president of Saint John's College (Fordham University).
- 1812 - Birth of Victor Tesch; Belgian lawyer/minister of Justice.
- 1818 - Birth of George Wythe Randolph; Secretary of War (Confederacy) (dies 1867).
- 1824 - Birth of Thomas J Churchill; Major General (Confederate Army), fought at Wilson's Creek, Red River.
- 1826 - João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael AKA João VI, King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at age 56.
- 1832 - Birth of William Henry Penrose; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1903).
- 1833 - Birth of Pedro Antonio de Alarcón in Spain; writer (Three-Cornered Hat).
- 1842 - Birth of Ina Donna Coolbrith; US poet laureate of California.
- 1844 - Birth of Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez; composer (Spanish Dancing).
- 1845 - Birth of Alexander III [Romanov] in Saint Petersburg; Russian tsar (1881-94).
- 1849 - Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only US President to do so.
- 1850 - Birth of Mary Mills Patrick; US first president of Istanbul Women's College.
- 1862 - Great Britain and France recognize independence of Zanzibar.
- 1862 - US issues first paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1000).
- 1864 - Maximilian II Jozef, King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at age 52.
- 1864 - Ulysses Grant is named commander of the USA armies.
- 1865 - William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting, Confederate General-Major, dies at age 48.
- 1867 - Birth of Lillian D Wald; US sociologist/organizer (Visiting Nurses).
- 1872 - Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane, Italy), dies at age 66.
- 1873 - Birth of Jakob Wassermann in Germany; novelist (My Life as German and Jew).
- 1874 - Purdue University (Indiana) admits its first student.
- 1876 - First telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson).
- 1877 - Birth of David Mendes Chumaceiro in Curaçao; poet (Crisálidas).
- 1878 - Birth of Karel van de Woestijne; Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea).
- 1880 - General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria.
- 1880 - Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare and religious activity.
- 1884 - Birth of Stuart Holmes in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Prisoner of Zenda).
- 1888 - Birth of Barry Fitzgerald in Dublin, Ireland; actor (Academy Award - Going My Way).
- 1888 - Heavyweight Boxing champion John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds.
- 1891 - Birth of Jacob van Gelderen; economist/sociologist/Dutch second Chamber (SDAP).
- 1891 - Birth of Sam Jaffe in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba - Ben Casey).
- 1892 - Birth of Arthur Oscar Honnegger in Le Havre, France; composer (King David).
- 1892 - Otto van Raised, Governor-General of Netherland Indies (1884-88), dies at age 69.
- 1893 - Ivory Coast becomes a French colony.
- 1893 - New Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, as its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before.
- 1896 - After Bob Fitzsimmons knocks out much larger Jim Corbett to win world heavyweight championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall".
- 1896 - Birth of Harry Krimer; actor (Napoleon).
- 1898 - Birth of Cy Kendall in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (Mysteries of Chinatown).
- 1899 - French Ministry of Travaux Publics requires all motorists of France to carry a driving license.
- 1900 - Battle at Driefontein, South Africa (Boers versus British army).
- 1900 - Birth of Sherman Billingsley in Enid, Oklahoma, USA; talk show host (Stork Club).
- 1902 - Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri.
- 1903 - Harry Gammeter of Cleveland, Ohio, USA patents multigraph duplicating machine.
- 1903 - Birth of Leon Bismarck Beiderbecke AKA Bix Beiderbecke in Davenport, Iowa, USA; jazz cornetist ("In a Mist").
- 1905 - Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang).
- 1906 - Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres, France.
- 1906 - Eugen Richter, German Member of Parliament (Liberal), dies at age 67.
- 1906 - London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line).
- 1908 - Birth of Carl Albert; US speaker of house (1971-77).
- 1908 - Birth of Kristian Palusalu in Finland; heavyweight wrestler (Olympics-gold-1936).
- 1909 - Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in six for boxing title.
- 1910 - China ends slavery.
- 1910 - Karl Lueger, Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies at age 65.
- 1911 - Birth of Warner Anderson in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Doctor, Lineup, Matthew - Peyton Place).
- 1913 - Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, conductor on Underground railroad, dies in New York.
- 1913 - Stanley Cup: Québec Bulldogs sweep Sydney Miners in two games.
- 1913 - William Knox becomes first in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300.
- 1914 - Birth of Chandler Harper; golfer (1950 PGA champion).
- 1914 - Suffragettes in London damage painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez.
- 1915 - British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle.
- 1916 - Birth of James Herriot in Scotland; writer (All Creatures Great and Small).
- 1916 - Birth of Manuel A. Greenhill AKA Manny Greenhill in New York, USA; record producer (Folklore Productions), concert promoter.
- 1920 - Birth of Jethro Burns; country singer (Homer and Jethro).
- 1920 - NHL's Québec Bulldogs' Jim Malone scores six goals versus Ottawa Senators.
- 1921 - Birth of Cec Linder in Galica, Poland; actor (Goldfinger).
- 1921 - Birth of Paul Coates in New York City, New York, USA; columnist (Tonight! America After Dark).
- 1922 - Birth of Adam Kennedy in Lafayette, Indiana, USA; actor (Dion - Californian).
- 1922 - Birth of Pamela Mason in London, England; actress (Navy versus Night Monsters).
- 1922 - State of siege proclaimed during mine strike in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- 1923 - Birth of Ara Parseghian; football coach (Northwestern, Notre Dame).
- 1923 - Birth of [Kenneth C] "Jethro" Burns in Conasauga, Tennessee, USA; mandolinist/country singer (Homer and Jethro).
- 1925 - Birth of Ed van der Elsken; movie photographer (Een liefdesgeschiedenis).
- 1925 - Birth of M J J A [Sef] Imkamp; Dutch politician (D66).
- 1926 - Birth of Marques Haynes; NBA hall of famer (Harlem Globetrotters).
- 1926 - Run on Belgian banks.
- 1927 - Albania mobilizes due to threat of Serbian, Croatian and Slovenes.
- 1927 - Bavaria lifts ban on Adolf Hitler's speeches.
- 1927 - Birth of Claude Laydu; actress (Diary of a Country Priest).
- 1927 - Birth of Donn Trenner in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; orchestra leader (ABC's Nightlife).
- 1928 - Birth of Arthur Milton; cricket player (England opening batsman late 1950s).
- 1928 - Birth of James Earl Ray; convicted assassin/patsy (Martin Luther King Junior).
- 1931 - British Labour party removes fascist Sir Oswald Mosley.
- 1932 - Birth of Anatoliy Roschin in USSR; super heavyweight wrestler (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1933 - Major earthquake in Long Beach, California, USA.
- 1933 - Nevada becomes first US state to regulate narcotics.
- 1934 - Birth of Judith Jamison; artistic director (Alvin Ailey Dance Theater).
- 1934 - Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leafs history (18 games).
- 1934 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Suzanne Davis.
- 1934 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner.
- 1935 - Barend Barendse, actor/director (Broken Lives), dies at age 82.
- 1935 - Birth of Gary Owens; announcer (Laugh-in).
- 1936 - Birth of Juda Bar; Norwegian Israeli/Dutch mime/actor (King).
- 1937 - Birth of Tamara Press in USSR; shot putter (Olympics-gold-1960, 1964).
- 1938 - Birth of Ijaz Butt; cricket player (Pakistani opening batsman in 8 Tests 1958-60).
- 1938 - Birth of Marina Vlady in Clichy, France; actress (Conjugal Bed, The Hunt).
- 1938 - Birth of Ron Mix; NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders).
- 1938 - Spanish insurgents launch offensive on Spain's eastern front, capturing Belchite.
- 1939 - Seventeen villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad, India.
- 1939 - Birth of Irina Press in USSR; 80 metre hurdles/pentathlete (Olympics-gold-1960, 1964).
- 1939 - Josef Stalin makes a speech to the Eighteenth Party Congress in Moscow. He says Russia would look after her own affairs, not fight anyone else's battles.
- 1940 - First US opera telecast, W2XBS, New York City, New York, I Pagliacci.
- 1940 - Birth of Chuck [Carlos Ray] Norris in Ryan, Oklahoma, USA; martial arts actor (Walker Texas Ranger, Missing in Action).
- 1940 - Birth of David Rabe in Dubuque, Iowa, USA; playwright (Streamers).
- 1940 - Birth of Dean Torrence in Los Angeles, California, USA; surf music singer (Jan and Dean - "Little Old Lady from Pasadena").
- 1940 - Birth of Wayne Dyer; psychologist (Universe Within You).
- 1940 - Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at age 68.
- 1941 - Birth of Sandra Palmer in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; LPGA golfer (1986 Mayflower Classic).
- 1941 - Larry MacPhail, Brooklyn Dodgers' general manager, predicts all players will wear batting helmets.
- 1943 - Birth of Angelique Pettyjohn in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Body Talk, Star Trek).
- 1943 - Tully Marshall, actor (Let's Go, Red Dust), dies at age 78.
- 1944 - David Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at age 52.
- 1945 - Birth of Katharine Houghton in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actress (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner).
- 1945 - Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine.
- 1945 - George Patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's 1st Army.
- 1945 - Tokyo on fire after night time B-29 bombing.
- 1945 - US troops lands on Mindanao.
- 1946 - Birth of Gaylord Birch; drummer (Reconstruction, Honey Dripper).
- 1946 - Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju, Brazil.
- 1947 - Birth of Avril "Kim" Campbell; Canada's first female Prime Minister / 19th Prime Minister (1993 June 25 to November 4).
- 1947 - Birth of Tom Scholz; rock guitarist/keyboardist (Boston - "More Than a Feeling").
- 1948 - First civilian to exceed speed of sound - Herb H Hoover, Edwards Air Force Base California.
- 1948 - Birth of Austin Carr; NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers).
- 1948 - Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakian Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered.
- 1949 - Detroit Tigers' pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949.
- 1950 - Birth of Ted McKenna; rocker (Alex Harvey Band).
- 1951 - FBI director J Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner.
- 1952 - Birth of Oupa J Gqozo; South African warden/army commandant (Ciskei).
- 1952 - Military coup by General Fulgencio Batista in Cuba.
- 1953 - Birth of Caroline H "Carolien" van de Berg; actress (Havinck).
- 1953 - Charles Gordon Curtis, inventor of Curtis-steam turbine, dies at age 92.
- 1955 - Birth of Bunny DeBarge in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; rocker (Debarge).
- 1955 - Birth of Juliusz Machulski in Poland; director/writer/actor (Do It Yourself).
- 1956 - Birth of Janet Anderson in West Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA; LPGA golfer (1982 US Women's Open).
- 1956 - General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios.
- 1956 - Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph).
- 1957 - Birth of Adolfo Horta in Camaguey, Cuba; heavyweight boxer (Olympics-silver-1980).
- 1957 - Birth of Shannon Lee Tweed in Saint Johns, Newfoundland, Canada; actress (Meatballs 3).
- 1957 - Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy.
- 1958 - Birth of Sharon Stone in Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Basic Instinct, Sliver, Casino, Total Recall).
- 1959 - Dorothy Comiskey Rigney sells 54 percent of Chicago White Sox to Bill Veeck.
- 1959 - 300,000 Tibetans band together in revolt, surrounding the Norbulinka Palace of the Dalai Lama in defiance of Chinese occupation forces.
- 1960 - Birth of Linda Jezek in California, USA; backstroke swimmer (Pan Am Gold-1979).
- 1960 - USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing.
- 1961 - Birth of Jesse Sapolu; NFL guard (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1961 - Birth of Laurel B Clark in Ames, Iowa, USA; Lieutenant Commander US Navy/astronaut.
- 1961 - Birth of Mitch Gaylord in Van Nuys, California, USA; gymnast (Olympics 1984)/actor (American Anthem).
- 1962 - Birth of Andre Waters; NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1962 - Birth of Gary Clark; rocker (Danny Wilson - "Mary's Prayer").
- 1962 - Due to its no black policy, Philadelphia Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida.
- 1963 - Birth of Jasmine Guy in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Whitley - Different World).
- 1963 - Birth of John Cangelosi in Brooklyn, New York, USA; outfielder (Houston Astros).
- 1963 - Pete Rose debuts with hits in his two first at bats in spring training.
- 1963 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 70 points versus Syracuse.
- 1964 - Birth of Greg Campbell; cricket player (Aussie pace-bowler 1989-90).
- 1964 - Birth of Neneh Cherry in Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish pop singer ("Buffalo Stance").
- 1964 - Birth of Prince Edward Anthony Richard Louis of Britain.
- 1964 - US reconnaissance plane shot down over German Democratic Republic.
- 1965 - Birth of Paul Masotti; Canadian Football League receiver (Toronto Argonauts).
- 1965 - Birth of Rod Woodson; NFL cornerback/kick returner (Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers).
- 1966 - Five-time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires.
- 1966 - Birth of Edie Brickell; Mrs Paul Simon/rocker (and New Bohemians).
- 1966 - Birth of Michael Timlin in Midland, Texas, USA; pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1966 - Birth of Stephen Mailer in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Red Meat, League of Their Own, War and Love).
- 1966 - Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg.
- 1966 - Frederik "Frits" Zernike, Dutch physicist (Nobel Prize 1953), dies at age 77.
- 1966 - Mari Sandoz, US author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at age 64.
- 1966 - North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley.
- 1967 - Birth of Derrick Graham; guard (Seattle Seahawks).
- 1968 - Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand (200 killed).
- 1968 - Helen Walker, actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at age 47.
- 1969 - Birth of Jay Hillmann; WLAF running back (Rhein Fire).
- 1969 - Birth of Ricky Seagall; rocker (The Partridge Family).
- 1969 - Birth of Stephen Leaney in Australia; Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Infinit TPC-7th).
- 1969 - James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King Junior.
- 1970 - Birth of Antonio Edwards; NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks).
- 1970 - South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia.
- 1971 - Birth of Frank Habermann; WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire).
- 1971 - Birth of Morris Unutoa; corner (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1971 - Birth of Shad Williams in Fresno, California, USA; pitcher (California Angels).
- 1971 - US Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18.
- 1972 - Birth of Jack Kellogg; WLAF cornerback (Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 1972 - General Lon Nol becomes President and prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia.
- 1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1973 - BPAA US Open won by Mike McGrath.
- 1973 - Birth of Eva Herzigova in Litvinov, Czechoslovakia; model (Guess Jeans, Wonderbra).
- 1973 - Morocco adopts constitution.
- 1973 - Sir Richard Sharples, Governor of Bermuda, is assassinated.
- 1974 - Carol Mann wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic.
- 1974 - Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election.
- 1974 - June Harrison, actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at age 48.
- 1974 - Lawrence Rowe completes 302 versus England Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six.
- 1975 - Birth of Stefan Bergkvist in Leksand, Sweden; NHL defenseman (Pittsburgh Penguins).
- 1975 - Dog spectacles patented in England.
- 1977 - Birth of Shannon Miller in Rolla, Missouri; gymnast (Olympics-2 gold/2 silver/3 bronze-1992, 1996).
- 1977 - E Power Biggs, English organist/composer (CBS), dies at age 70.
- 1977 - Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at age 74.
- 1977 - Rings of Uranus discovered during occultation of SAO.
- 1977 - Willem Schermerhorn, Dutch premier (1945-46), dies at age 82.
- 1978 - Birth of Benjamin Burnley, American musician (Breaking Benjamin).
- 1978 - Soyuz 28 returns to Earth.
- 1980 - Herman Tarnower, doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris.
- 1981 - Sir Geoffrey Howe announces the British budget, which raises taxes in the middle of a recession.
- 1982 - Salim Malik scores 100 in second inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL).
- 1982 - Syzygy: all nine planets align on the same side of the Sun.
- 1982 - Travis Jackson and Happy Chandler elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1982 - The United States places an embargo on Libyan oil imports, alleging Libyan support of terrorist groups.
- 1982 - Birth of Kwame Brown; American basketball player.
- 1983 - Walter Alston, Los Angeles Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame.
- 1984 - June Marlowe, actress (Pardon Us), dies at age 81.
- 1985 - Bonnie Lauer wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational.
- 1985 - Dallas Mavericks' coach Dick Motta is fourth NBA coach to win 700 games.
- 1985 - French socialists lose election (National Front 9 percent).
- 1985 - India beats Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket".
- 1985 - Konstantin Chernenko, party leader/President of USSR (1984-85), dies at age 73 (born 1911).
- 1985 - World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin (USSR).
- 1985 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev (USSR).
- 1985 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic).
- 1985 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (USSR).
- 1986 - Ernie Lombardi, National League Most Valuable Player in 1938, and Bobby Doerr, elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1986 - Death of Ray Milland AKA Reginald Truscott-Jones at age 79 of lung cancer; actor (Lost Weekend - Academy Award 1945, Meet Mr. McNulty, Markham, Rich Man Poor Man (I & II), Seventh Ave., Dream Merchants, Testimony of Two Men.
- 1987 - The Vatican expresses formal opposition to test-tube fertilization and embryo transfer.
- 1988 - Andy Gibb, British singer, dies in Oxford, England of an inflammatory heart virus at age 30 (born 1958).
- 1988 - Avalanche at Swiss ski resort "Klosters" nearly kills Prince Charles.
- 1988 - Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at age 78.
- 1988 - New York Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night.
- 1989 - In Malawi, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs. At least 9 people killed, 100 injured, about 50,000 left homeless.
- 1990 - 4th American Comedy Awards: When Harry Met Sally.
- 1990 - Lieutenant General Avril resigns as President of Haiti, eighteen months after seizing power in a coup.
- 1990 - Michael Stewart, United Kingdom Secretary of State (1965-66, 1968-70), dies.
- 1990 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1990 - World Ice Dance Championship in Halifax won by Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko (USSR).
- 1990 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov (USSR).
- 1990 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA).
- 1990 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (Canada).
- 1991 - Eddie Sutton is first NCAA coach to lead four schools into playoffs.
- 1991 - Laura Davies wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic.
- 1991 - Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg clinches his fourth slalom World Cup.
- 1991 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 metre indoor (22.24 seconds).
- 1991 - Rico Lieder, Jens Carlowitz, Karsten Just, and Thomas Schönlebe walk 4x400 metre indoor world record (3:03.05).
- 1992 - 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole and Color Me Badd win.
- 1992 - Sandra Seuser, Katrin Schreiter, Annet Hesselbarth, and Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400 metre (3:07.22).
- 1992 - On 'Super Tuesday', U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton win most of the primaries held.
- 1993 - C Northcote Parkinson, English historian/sociologist (Law of P), dies.
- 1993 - David Gunn, abortion doctor, killed by Michael Griffin at age 47.
- 1994 - One million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral.
- 1994 - Cecil Rolph Hewitt, journalist/policeman, dies at age 92.
- 1994 - Charles Bukowski, German/US writer (Barfly, Hollywood), dies at age 73.
- 1994 - Robert Shea, author, dies of cancer.
- 1995 - Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shiite mosque, 17+ killed.
- 1995 - Citing the labor unrest as the reason, former Chicago Bulls' great Michael Jordan announces he is leaving baseball to return to the NBA.
- 1996 - 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks win.
- 1996 - Ross Hunter, US producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at age 75.
- 1997 - The main office of Fuji TV moves from Kawadacho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan to Odaiba, Minato.
- 1998 - Death of Lloyd Bridges at age 85 of natural causes; actor (Sea Hunt TV show).
- 1998 - United States troops stationed in the Persian Gulf begin to receive the first anthrax vaccine.
- 2000 - The NASDAQ Composite Index reaches an all-time high of 5048.
- 2000 - German-born filmmaker Billy Wilder is honored with the German "Verdienstkreuz". The award is presented in Hollywood, California.
- 2002 - Colombia holds legislative elections.
- 2002 - Togo holds parliamentary elections.
- 2004 - Five British men are released from detention at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. After they land at RAF Brize Norton, four of them are immediately arrested for questioning.
- 2005 - Tung Chee Hwa, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, resigns.
- 2006 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit.
- 2006 - In the World Baseball Classic, Netherlands rout Panama, 10-0. The game is called after seven innings because of the mercy rule: a 10-run lead after seven innings.
- 2008 - In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is sworn in as Prime Minister by the King.
- 2008 - Michael Todd, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, United Kingdom, is found dead on Bwlch Glas mountain in north Wales.
- 2008 - Great balls of fire are seen falling from the sky over Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
- 2009 - Death of George Hedges, Hollywood lawyer and archaeologist, at age 57 in South Pasadena, California.
- 2013 - Death of Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, (born 1915).
- 2017 - The United Nations warns that the world is facing the biggest humanitarian crisis since World War II, with up to 20 million people at risk of starvation and famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria.
- 2017 - Death of Aníbal Ruiz, Uruguayan football coach (born 1942).
- 2017 - Death of John Surtees, British motorcycle racer and driver (born 1934).
- 2019 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 bound for Nairobi, crashes shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa killing all 157 people on board. All Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are subsequently grounded worldwide.
- 2021 - Death of Hamed Bakayoko, 11th Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (born 1965).
- 2021 - Death of Ali Mahdi Muhammad, 4th President of Somalia (born 1939).
- 2021 - Death of Manuel Saturnino da Costa, 6th Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (born 1942).
- 2022 - Georgia makes application for membership in the European Union.
- 2022 - Death of Kimberley Kitching at age 52; Australian Labor party senator for Victoria.
- 2022 - Death of Emilio Delgado at age 81; American actor (Luis - Sesame Street TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Mario Terán Salazar at age 80; Bolivian soldier (killed Che Guevara).
- 2023 - Death of Tom Sizemore at age 61 following a brain aneurysm; actor (True Romance movie, Heat movie, Sergeant Horvath - Saving Private Ryan movie (1998)).
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