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What happened in history on this day: March 19?
On March 19 in ...
- 1227 - Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX.
- 1263 - Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro French cardinal, dies.
- 1286 - Death of King Alexander III of Scotland in a riding accident at Kinghorn Ness.
- 1452 - Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor.
- 1503 - Birth of Benedetto Varchi Italy, humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina).
- 1524 - Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas.
- 1540 - Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic".
- 1556 - Lieven van der Maude [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at age 70.
- 1563 - Peace of Amboise; Rights for Huguenots.
- 1571 - Spanish troops occupy Manila.
- 1589 - Birth of William Bradford Governor of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized).
- 1593 - Birth of Georges de la Tour French painter.
- 1601 - Birth of Alonzo Cano Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada).
- 1604 - Birth of Johan IV composer/king of Portugal (1640-56).
- 1610 - Birth of Hasegawa Tohaku Japanese painter.
- 1628 - Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen.
- 1629 - Birth of Aleksei M Romanov first Romanov tsar of Russia.
- 1635 - Pieter Christiaensz Bor Dutch historian, dies.
- 1638 - Paul Moreelse Dutch painter/master builder, dies at about age 66.
- 1644 - 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide.
- 1644 - Si Sang last Ming-emperor of China, commits suicide.
- 1673 - Birth of Pedro Vaz Rego composer.
- 1682 - Nationally Council accept independence of French church.
- 1687 - Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle French explorer (Louisiana), murdered in what is now Texas at age 43.
- 1716 - Birth of Guillaume Coustou Junior French sculptor (Mausolée du Dauphin).
- 1721 - Clement XI [Giovanni F Albani], Italian Pope (1700-21), dies at age 71.
- 1734 - Birth of Thomas McKean; US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) (dies 1817).
- 1748 - English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US.
- 1775 - Four people buried by avalanche for 37 days, three survive (Italy).
- 1775 - Poland and Prussia sign trade agreement.
- 1777 - Birth of Anton R Falck; Dutch minister of Education/diplomat.
- 1808 - King Charles IV of Spain abdicates.
- 1813 - Birth of David Livingstone in Scotland; explorer (found by Stanley in Africa).
- 1816 - Death of Filippo Mazzei in Pisa, Italy; freedom fighter, militia member in Virginia 1776, co-founded Constitution Society 1784, published four-volume history of US and North America.
- 1817 - Birth of Lewis Henry Little; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1862).
- 1819 - Birth of David Henry Williams; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1891).
- 1821 - Birth of Francis Barretto Spinola; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers).
- 1821 - Birth of Richard Burton; explorer/translator (Arabian Nights).
- 1821 - Birth of William Allingham; Irish poet (Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland).
- 1822 - Boston, Massachusetts, is incorporated as a city.
- 1823 - Birth of Cornelis A van Sypesteyn; Dutch Governor of Surinam (1873-82).
- 1827 - Birth of Alexander Shaler; US Brevet Major General (US volunteers) (dies 1911).
- 1831 - First US bank robbery: City Bank, New York, $245,000.
- 1837 - Birth of Robert Daniel Johnston; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1919).
- 1844 - Birth of Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown; Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia).
- 1848 - Birth of Wyatt Earp in Monmouth, Illinois, USA; marshall-fought in Gunfight at the OK Corral (dies 1929).
- 1851 - Birth of Roque Sáenz Peña; President of Argentina (1910-14).
- 1856 - The Electoral Act of the Colony of Victoria (Australia) enacts the first law requiring parliamentary election by secret ballot vote.
- 1862 - F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at age 73.
- 1865 - Battle of Bentonville - Confederates retreat from Greenville, North Carolina.
- 1866 - Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die.
- 1869 - Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian General (triangulatie), dies at age 64.
- 1871 - Birth of Joseph McGinnity in Rock Island, Illinois, USA; baseball pitcher (New York Giants).
- 1871 - Birth of Schofield Haigh; cricket player ("Sunshine of the Yorkshire 11").
- 1873 - Birth of Max Reger Brand in Bavaria; composer/pianist/professor (Leipzig University).
- 1874 - Birth of Arthur Hoyt in Georgetown, Colorado, USA; actor (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along).
- 1877 - Australia beats England by 45 runs in very first Test match.
- 1879 - Birth of Joseph Haas; German (opera) composer (Tobias Wunderlich).
- 1882 - Birth of Gaston Lachaise; US sculptor (Standing Woman).
- 1883 - Birth of Joseph W Stilwell; US General (China).
- 1883 - Jan Matzeliger invents first machine to manufacture entire shoes.
- 1885 - Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional government, in Saskatchewan.
- 1887 - Crew of the Dutch barque J.P.A. in the North Atlantic witness two fireballs in the dark evening sky, one falling close to the ship with a roar, causing waves an a hot suffocating atmosphere, and then depositing solid lumps of ice on the deck.
- 1888 - Birth of Josef Albers; German/US graphic artist/painter/writer (Bauhaus).
- 1889 - Birth of Manoel II; last king of Portugal (1908-10).
- 1891 - Birth of Earl Warren in California, USA; American politician (Governor-Republican-California), 14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69).
- 1892 - Birth of Siegfried T Bok; neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica).
- 1894 - Birth of Jackie "Moms" Mabley in Brevard, South Carolina, USA; comedienne (Merv Griffin Show).
- 1897 - Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at age 87.
- 1897 - Birth of Betty Compson in Beaver, Utah, USA; actress (Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth).
- 1900 - Birth of Roy Roberts in Tampa, Florida, USA; actor (Petticoat Junction, The Lucy Show).
- 1900 - Birth of [Jean] Frédéric Joliot-Curie; French physicist (Nobel Prize 1935).
- 1901 - Birth of Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart; Dutch Minister of Justice (Nobel Prize 1954).
- 1901 - Birth of Jo Mielziner in Paris, France; set designer (Carousel, Death of a Salesman).
- 1903 - Birth of Benjamin M Telders; President of Dutch Liberal States Party.
- 1904 - Birth of John J Sirica; US federal judge (Watergate hearings).
- 1905 - Birth of Albert Speer; German architect/minister of Armament (NSDAP) (dies 1981).
- 1906 - Birth of Adolf Eichmann in Ruhr, Germany; Nazi Gestapo officer.
- 1907 - 18.8cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada, USA (state record).
- 1907 - Birth of Cor Treslem [Cornelis L Melsert]; actor/director (Willem van Oranje).
- 1907 - Birth of Kent Smith in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Peyton Place, Invaders).
- 1907 - Birth of Nakagawa Soen in Formosa; Zen teacher (Rinzai line).
- 1907 - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, US writer (Stillwater Tragedy), dies at age 70.
- 1909 - Birth of Louis Hayward in Johannesburg, South Africa; actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors).
- 1912 - Birth of Russ Case in Hamburg, Iowa, USA; orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show).
- 1913 - Birth of William Chatterton; cricket player (48 in only Test for England 1892).
- 1914 - Birth of J Jay Berwanger; first Heisman Trophy winner (1935).
- 1914 - Birth of Patricia Morison; actress (Peyton Place, Dressed to Kill).
- 1914 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Victoria Capitals (PCHA) in three game.
- 1915 - Pluto (planet) is photographed for first time (although unknown at the time).
- 1916 - Birth of Irving Wallace; author (People's Almanac, The Man).
- 1917 - US Supreme Court upholds 8-hour work day for railroad employees (Adamson Act).
- 1918 - US Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
- 1918 - S Potter becomes first US pilot to shoot down a German seaplane.
- 1919 - Birth of Cornelis Berkhouwer; Member of Netherlands second chamber (Dutch Liberal Party).
- 1920 - US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for second time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy).
- 1923 - Birth of Tige Andrews in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Captain Adam Greer - Mod Squad).
- 1925 - Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop.
- 1925 - Birth of Brent Scowcroft in Ogden, Utah, USA; Lieutenant General (US Air Force)/National Security Council.
- 1927 - Birth of Richie Ashburn; baseball infielder (Philadelphia Phillies)/sportscaster.
- 1927 - Bloody battles between communists and National-socialists in Berlin, Germany.
- 1928 - Amos and Andy debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago).
- 1928 - Birth of Clive Van Ryneveld; cricket player (South African all-rounder 1951-58).
- 1928 - Birth of Patrick McGoohan in Astoria, New York, USA; actor (Number 6 - The Prisoner, Secret Agent).
- 1929 - Birth of Michael Ryan; actor (John Randolph - Another World).
- 1930 - Arthur James Balfour, British theologist/premier (1902-05), dies at age 81.
- 1930 - Birth of Bill Henderson in Chicago, Illinois, USA; jazz singer (Torpedo - "Dreams").
- 1930 - Birth of Ornette Coleman; jazz composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966).
- 1931 - Birth of Bill Hoskyns in England; épée fencer (Olympics-silver-1964).
- 1931 - Nevada legalizes casino gaming and most other forms of gambling. Nevada Governor Fred Balzar signs into law Assembly Bill 98, allowing faro, monte, roulette, keno, fan-tan, twenty-one, blackjack, seven-and-a-half, big injun, klondike, craps, stud poker, draw poker, or any card, dice, machine, at licensed establishments. Licensing fees for social games is set at US$25 per table per month, $50 for each mercantile game, $10 for each slot machine. Legal gambling age set at 21.
- 1932 - Birth of Gay Robert Brewer in Middletown, Ohio, USA; PGA golfer (1972 Canadian).
- 1933 - Birth of Philip Roth in Newark, New Jersey, USA; novelist (Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint).
- 1934 - Anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at age 66.
- 1934 - Birth of Börge Andersen in Denmark; Danish Chess Champion (1967, 1968).
- 1935 - Birth of Burt Metcalfe in Saskatchewan, Canada; actor/director (Father of the Bride).
- 1935 - Birth of Phyllis Newman in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actress (Coming of Age, TW3).
- 1935 - Birth of Renee Taylor in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Jack Paar Show, Mary Hartman, Nanny).
- 1936 - Birth of Ursula Andress in Berne, Switzerland; actress (Dr No, She, Sensuous Nurse).
- 1936 - John Larkin IV, actor/writer (Charlie Chan in Panamá), dies at age 63.
- 1937 - Birth of Clarence "Frogman" Henry; musician ("You Always Hurt the One You Love").
- 1937 - Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism.
- 1938 - NHL Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes.
- 1939 - Birth of Abbas Ali Baig; cricket player (Indian bat 112 on debut versus England 1959).
- 1939 - Birth of Joe Kapp; NFL quarterback (Minnesota Vikings, Boston Patriots, Houston Oilers).
- 1940 - Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt.
- 1940 - French government of Edouard Daladier falls.
- 1940 - Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at age 54.
- 1941 - Birth of Lord Vestey; British food magnate/billionaire (Union International).
- 1942 - Birth of David Minge; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Minnesota).
- 1942 - Birth of Jeff Neighbour; American bassist (Joy of Cooking).
- 1942 - Birth of Robin Luke; rocker (Susie Darlin').
- 1942 - Birth of Ross Valory; rocker (Journey).
- 1942 - US President Franklin Roosevelt orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non-military duty.
- 1942 - Thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1943 - Airship Canadian Star is torpedoed and sinks.
- 1944 - Birth of Myung-Wha Chung in Seoul, Korea; cellist (Chung Sisters).
- 1944 - German troops enter Budapest, Hungary.
- 1945 - 800 killed as Kamikaze attack USS Franklin off Japan.
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler issues an order calling for the destruction of anything of value on retreat.
- 1945 - British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine).
- 1945 - Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, is executed.
- 1945 - US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure.
- 1946 - Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Buah Rindu), dies at age 35.
- 1946 - Birth of Bigas Luna; director/writer (Anguish).
- 1946 - Birth of Mohammad Ilyas; cricket player (Pakistani batsman in ten Tests 1964-69).
- 1946 - Birth of Paul Atkinson; rock guitarist (Zombies - "Never Even Thought").
- 1946 - Birth of Ruth Pointer; singer (Pointer Sisters - "I'm So Excited").
- 1946 - French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas departments.
- 1946 - In Budapest, Hungary, three members of Premier Ferenc Szalasy's government of October 1944 are hanged in the jail courtyard: Deputy Prime Minister Eugen Szoelloesi, Foreign Minister Baron Gabriel Kemeny, and Regent Council member Sandor Csia.
- 1946 - In Paris, France, Marcel Bucard, leader of the French Blue Shirt Fascists, is executed by firing squad.
- 1946 - Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as President of USSR.
- 1947 - Belgian government of Spaak forms.
- 1947 - Birth of Earlie Fires; jockey (Hialeah Park).
- 1947 - Birth of Glenn Close in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA; actress (The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction).
- 1947 - Birth of John Beckwith; English real estate developer/multi-millionaire.
- 1947 - Birth of Vince Martino in Schenectady, New York, USA; WLAF offensive assistant (Barcelona Dragons).
- 1947 - Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan.
- 1948 - Birth of Vintcent Van der Bijl; Natal cricket bowler (superb two metre of 1970s and 1980s).
- 1948 - Lee Savold knocks out Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York.
- 1949 - First museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy opens in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
- 1949 - Birth of Denny Albee in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Dr Janssen - One Life to Live).
- 1950 - 5th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias.
- 1950 - City College of New York defeats Bradley 69-61 to win the NIT championship.
- 1950 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at age 74.
- 1952 - Birth of Derek Longmuir in Edinburgh, Scotland; rock drummer (Bay City Rollers - "Saturday Night").
- 1952 - Birth of Warren Lees in New Zealand; cricket wicket-keeper (late 1970s).
- 1953 - Birth of Billy Sheehan; rocker (Mr Big - "Lean Into It").
- 1953 - Birth of Hans Rinn in the German Democratic Republic; two man lugist (Olympics-gold-1976, 1980).
- 1953 - Birth of Ricky Wilson in Athens, Georgia, USA; rock guitarist (B-52's - "Rock Lobster", "Love Shack").
- 1954 - First color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello versus Troy in Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, USA.
- 1954 - First rocket-driven sled on rails is tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.
- 1954 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright.
- 1954 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins.
- 1954 - Weekes, Worrell and Walcott complete tons in innings versus England.
- 1955 - 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats La Salle 77-63.
- 1955 - Birth of [Walter] Bruce Willis in PennsGrove, New Jersey, USA; actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard).
- 1956 - Biggest NBA margin of victory: Minnesota Lakers-133, Saint Louis Hawks-75.
- 1957 - Cleveland Indians reject Boston Red Sox' offer of US$1 million for Herb Score.
- 1958 - Britain's first planetarium opens at Madame Tussaud's in London.
- 1958 - Sobers completes a century in each inning versus Pakistan.
- 1958 - Vernon Ransford, cricket player (20 Tests for Australia, 1211 runs), dies.
- 1959 - Birth of Shelly Burch in Tucson, Arizona, USA; actress (Delila - One Life to Live, Identity Crisis).
- 1959 - Birth of Terry Hall; rocker (Colourfield - "Animal Liberation").
- 1959 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film The Shaggy Dog to theaters. This is Disney's first live-action comedy film. The film is based on the novel The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten.
- 1960 - Redhead closes at 46th Steet Theater in New York City after 455 performances.
- 1960 - 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California 75-55.
- 1962 - Archbishop Suenens of Mechelen-Brussels appointed cardinal.
- 1965 - Chivu Stoica becomes President of the Council of Romanian People's Republic and Nicolae Ceausescu is appointed first Secretary of Romanian communist party.
- 1965 - Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies.
- 1965 - Rembrandt's painting Titus sells for record 7,770,000 gulden.
- 1966 - 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Kentucky 72-65.
- 1966 - Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins.
- 1966 - Birth of Paul Devenport in New Zealand; Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Texas Tour).
- 1967 - French Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France.
- 1967 - The Somali Coast changes its name to the French Territory of the Afars and Issas.
- 1967 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Orange Golf Classic.
- 1968 - Birth of Liam Jewell in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; kayaker (Olympics-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Tyrone Hill; NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks).
- 1968 - Howard University students seize administration building.
- 1969 - Birth of Arjan Vermeulen; soccer player (Vitesse).
- 1969 - Birth of Michael Bergin; model (Coca Cola)/actor.
- 1969 - Birth of Scott Alexander Brownlee in Hamilton, New Zealand; rowing coxless four men (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - British invade Anguilla.
- 1969 - Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention.
- 1970 - Birth of Errol Refos; soccer player (Feyenoord).
- 1970 - Birth of Janne Laukenen in Lahti, Finland; NHL defenseman (Finland Olympics-Bronze-1998, Washington Senators).
- 1970 - Birth of Rick Mirer; NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears).
- 1970 - Birth of Sean Fleming; Canadian Football League kicker (Edmonton Eskimos).
- 1970 - West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and East German Premier Willi Stoph meet.
- 1971 - Birth of Cory Fleming; NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1971 - Birth of Dalton James; actor (My Father the Hero, Mark - Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1971 - Birth of Kirk Botkin; NFL tight end (New Orleans Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1971 - Birth of Louie Debrusk in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada; NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers).
- 1971 - Birth of Marty Moore; NFL inside linebacker (New England Patriots).
- 1971 - Birth of Taase Faumui; NFL defensive linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1971 - Birth of Whitney Hedgepeth; 100 metre/200 metre backstroke (Olympics-2 silver-1996).
- 1971 - Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at age 82.
- 1971 - Mary Dorna, Dutch author, dies at age 79.
- 1971 - Philadelphia 76ers outscore Cincinnati Royals 90-8 in one half.
- 1972 - Birth of Maria Maunder in Saint John's, Newfoundland, Canada; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic.
- 1972 - India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty.
- 1972 - Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by record 63 points.
- 1973 - Birth of John Michels; NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31).
- 1973 - Howard Dean tells US President Richard Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency".
- 1974 - Birth of Jennifer Lynn Drayton in Saginaw, Michigan, USA; Miss Michigan-America (1996).
- 1974 - Birth of John Coppinger in El Paso, Texas, USA; pitcher (Baltimore Orioles).
- 1974 - Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist/daughter of Otto K, dies at age 70.
- 1974 - Jefferson Starship begins their first tour.
- 1975 - Birth of Antonio Daniels; NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies).
- 1975 - Pennsylvania is first US state to allow girls to compete with boys in High School sports.
- 1976 - Birth of Rachel Blanchard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Cher Horowitz - Clueless).
- 1976 - Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at age 25.
- 1976 - Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years marriage.
- 1977 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.
- 1977 - Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000 metre (1:15.33).
- 1977 - Last episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show is broadcast.
- 1978 - 50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb.
- 1978 - Sally Little wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic.
- 1979 - Al Hodge, actor (Captain Video), dies at age 65.
- 1979 - C-SPAN first begins broadcasting the US House of Representitives.
- 1979 - Richard Beckinsale, actor (Doing Time, Porridge, Lovers), dies at age 31.
- 1981 - Three workers are killed and five injured during a test of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
- 1982 - Argentines land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war.
- 1982 - 50 Argentine troops land on the Falkland Islands and hoist the flag of Argentina.
- 1982 - Fox releases the film Porky's to theaters.
- 1982 - Birth of Che'Vonne Burton; Miss Michigan Teen-USA (1997)/Miss Michigan-USA (2000).
- 1982 - National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27.
- 1982 - Randy Rhoads, American heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), dies in plane crash at age 25 (born 1956).
- 1982 - CBS airs the 100th episode of Dallas TV show.
- 1984 - Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River.
- 1984 - In Western Uzbekistan, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs.
- 1984 - CBS debuts TV sitcom Kate and Allie, starring Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James.
- 1984 - John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of New York.
- 1985 - Birth of Ernesto Viso; Venezuelan race car driver.
- 1985 - In Bolivia, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurs.
- 1985 - Spin Magazine begins publishing.
- 1985 - New South Wales wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by one wicket.
- 1985 - US Senate votes 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile.
- 1987 - Arch Oboler, radio writer (Lights Out), dies at age 77.
- 1987 - Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 metre (39.43 seconds).
- 1987 - Emile Meyer, actor (Young Jesse James, Lineup), dies.
- 1987 - Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company.
- 1987 - Hassanali inaugurated as President of Trinidad and Tobago.
- 1987 - Louis-Victor de Broglie, French physicist (Nobel Prize 1929), dies at age 94 (born 1892).
- 1987 - In Charlotte, North Carolina, televangelist Jim Bakker, head of PTL Ministries, resigns after admitting an affair with church secretary Jessica Hahn.
- 1987 - Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record company CEO (Charisma), dies at age 53.
- 1987 - Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85).
- 1988 - British Army Corporals Woods and Howes are lynched in Belfast, North Ireland.
- 1988 - Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:05.25).
- 1989 - Boeing V-22 Osprey VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft makes maiden flight.
- 1989 - Lori Garbacz wins Circle K LPGA Golf Open Tucson.
- 1989 - World Ice Dance Championship in Paris, France won by M Klimova and S Ponomarenko (USR).
- 1989 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Paris, France won by E Gordeeva and S Grinkov (USSR).
- 1989 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris, France won by Midori Ito (Japan).
- 1989 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris, France won by Kurt Browning (Canada).
- 1989 - In the Mexican Gulf off Louisiana, the South Pass 60 oil drilling platform explodes, killing 7.
- 1989 - Death of Alan Civil, English French horn player (born 1929).
- 1990 - First world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa, Canada).
- 1991 - John Russell Thomas, NFL general manager (Detroit Lions), dies.
- 1991 - Kansas City Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers.
- 1991 - NFL owners strip Phoenix Cardinals of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona not recognizing Martin Luther King Day.
- 1991 - Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses.
- 1991 - Saint Louis Blues' Brett Hull is third NHL player to score 80 goals in a season.
- 1991 - Sunday Wilshin, actor (Murder by Rope), dies at age 86.
- 1992 - British Prince Andrew and Princess Sarah Ferguson announce separation.
- 1992 - Cesare Danova, actor (Cleopatra, Viva Las Vegas), dies from a heart attack at age 66.
- 1993 - Barend P Tammeling, journalist (Trouw, Peek on the North), dies at age 58.
- 1993 - Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at age 30.
- 1993 - World Ice Dance Championship in Prague won by M Usova and A Zhulin (Russia).
- 1993 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by I Brasseur and L Eisler (Canada).
- 1993 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (Ukraine).
- 1993 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning (Canada).
- 1994 - 2500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde, Netherlands.
- 1994 - Giuseppe Diana, Italian anti-mafia priest, murdered.
- 1994 - Jose Coronel Urtecho, poet, dies at age 87.
- 1994 - Lara scores 167 for West Indies versus England at Georgetown.
- 1994 - Largest omelet (1,383 square feet) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan.
- 1994 - New Jersey Devils club record 41st win of the season.
- 1995 - Arizona begins using new area code 520 outside of Phoenix.
- 1995 - Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450).
- 1995 - Fernand Lodewick, literature historian (Literature), dies at age 85.
- 1995 - Finland Social-Democratic Party wins parliamentary election.
- 1995 - Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament.
- 1995 - Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months off.
- 1995 - NBA New York Knicks beat New York Nets in 100th meeting (53-47).
- 1995 - Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:04.08).
- 1996 - Sarajevo becomes a united city again when Bosniak authorities take control of the last district held by Serbs.
- 1996 - In Southern Xinjiang, China, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurs. At least 24 people killed, 128 injured and more than 15,314 houses destroyed.
- 1996 - A barge ruptures as it sails through the Houston Ship Channel, spilling about 16,000 litres of fuel oil, creating an 8km oil slick in Galveston Bay, Texas.
- 1997 - Major League Baseball announces five year/$50 million deal with Pepsi.
- 1997 - Death of Willem de Kooning, Dutch abstract artist, at age 92 of Alzheimer (born 1904).
- 1997 - FOX airs the 200th episode of TV show Beverly Hills 90210.
- 2000 - U.S. President Bill Clinton arrives in New Delhi, India, for a state visit.
- 2002 - Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan ends (started on March 1) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 allied troop fatalities.
- 2003 - US President George Bush's 48-hour mandate for President Saddam Hussein and his sons to exit from Iraq expires. The first American cruise missiles and stealth bombers strike targets in Baghdad.
- 2004 - The United Nations launches a political corruption investigation due to the scandal over its Iraqi Oil for Food program.
- 2005 - A suspected suicide bomber in Doha, Qatar kills one person and injures about 12 others.
- 2005 - A time bomb explodes in a Muslim shrine in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 29 people and wounding 40.
- 2005 - A blast occurs at the Xishui coal mine in Shuozhou, China, and rocks nearby Kangjiayao coal mine, killing up to 59.
- 2005 - Lance Berkman agrees to a six-year, US$85 million contract with the Houston Astros.
- 2005 - Wales beats Ireland 32 - 20 to win their first Grand Slam since 1978 in Rugby Union's Six Nations tournament.
- 2007 - Birth of HRH Prince Abdullah bin Al Ali, son of Prince Ali bin Al Hussein and Rym Brahimi.
- 2007 - Death of Calvert DeForest at age 85; actor (Larry 'Bud' Melman - Late Night with David Letterman).
- 2008 - Microsoft releases Service Pack 1 for the Windows Vista operating system.
- 2008 - An exploding star halfway across the visible universe becomes the farthest known object ever visible to the naked eye.
- 2009 - The Pearl Carpet of Baroda, that was commissioned in India 150 years ago to decorate the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina, sells for US$5.458 million at an auction in Doha, Qatar.
- 2011 - In light of continuing attacks on Libyan rebels by forces in support of leader Muammar Gaddafi, military intervention authorized under UNSCR 1973 begins as French fighter jets make reconnaissance flights over Libya.
- 2018 - The world's last male northern white rhinoceros dies in Kenya, making the subspecies functionally extinct.
- 2019 - Nursultan Nazarbayev resigns as President of Kazakhstan after 29 years in office and appoints Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as acting president.
- 2021 - North Korea severs diplomatic ties with Malaysia due to a Malaysian court's ruling that a North Korean citizen could be extradited to the United States to face money-laundering charges. Malaysian authorities order North Korean officials to leave the country within 48 hours.
- 2022 - Death of Scoey Mitchell at age 92 of kidney failure in Torrance, California, USA; actor, comedian (Barefoot in the Park film).
- 2023 - Swiss banking firm UBS acquires failed Credit Suisse at a value of about 3 billion francs, despite book value of 42 billion francs.
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Bookmark this URL: http://kpolsson.com/thisday/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
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