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What happened in history on this day: March 23?
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- 1026 - Koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy.
- 1066 - 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
- 1153 - Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I "Barbarossa" and Pope Eugene III.
- 1169 - Shirkuh Kurd General/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies.
- 1237 - Jan of Brienne King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies.
- 1369 - Pedro the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile and Leon, murdered.
- 1490 - First dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" published.
- 1534 - Aragón legal.
- 1555 - Julius III [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at age 67.
- 1568 - Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike.
- 1579 - Friesland joins Union of Utrecht.
- 1593 - English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander.
- 1599 - Birth of Thomas Selle composer.
- 1606 - Justus Lipsius [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at age 58.
- 1630 - French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont.
- 1638 - Birth of Frederik Ruysch Dutch anatomist.
- 1653 - Johan van Galen Dutch Admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about age 48.
- 1657 - France and England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk.
- 1669 - Philipp Buchner composer, dies at age 54.
- 1676 - Paulus Wirtz [Würtz], German/Netherlands army commander, dies at age 63.
- 1699 - Birth of John Bartram naturalist/explorer, father of American botany.
- 1708 - English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth.
- 1736 - Birth of Iman Willem Falck Dutch Governor of Ceylon (1765-83).
- 1743 - George Frideric Händel's oratorio "Messiah" premieres in London.
- 1761 - Birth of John W de Winter Dutch Vice-Admiral (Battle at Kamperduin).
- 1769 - Birth of William Smith geologist (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils).
- 1775 - Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death".
- 1794 - Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine.
- 1794 - Lieutenant-General Tadeusz Kosciuszko returns to Poland.
- 1801 - Birth of Peterus D Regout; Dutch industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht).
- 1801 - Death of Tsar Paul I of Russia by strangulation at age 46.
- 1808 - Birth of Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper; sociologist/historian (Statistic yearbook).
- 1808 - Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain.
- 1818 - Birth of Don Carlos Buell; US Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1898).
- 1821 - Birth of Aleksej F Pisemski; Russian writer (Clodhopper).
- 1823 - Birth of Schuyler Colfax; American politician (Republican) 17th Vice President (1869-73).
- 1825 - Birth of Edward Lloyd Thomas; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1898).
- 1836 - Coin press is invented by Franklin Beale.
- 1839 - The letters "O.K." are first published in The Boston Morning Post, as an abbreviation for "oll korrect," a slang misspelling of "all correct".
- 1840 - Draper takes first successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype).
- 1842 - Stendhal [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Lamiel), dies at age 59.
- 1849 - Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert versus Italian republic).
- 1854 - Birth of Alfred Milner in Giessen, Hesse-Darmstadt; British Governor (Cape colony).
- 1857 - Elisha Otis' first elevator is installed (488 Broadway, New York City).
- 1858 - Birth of Ludwig Quidde; German historian/politician (Nobel Prize 1927).
- 1858 - Streetcar patented (Eleazer A Gardner of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA).
- 1861 - London's first tramcars, designed by Mr Train of New York, begin operating.
- 1862 - Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at age 81.
- 1862 - Battle of Kernstown, Virginia - CSA General Thomas Jackson begins his Valley Campaign.
- 1863 - Birth of Godfried CE van Daalen; Dutch General/Governor of Atjeh.
- 1865 - USA Army General Tecumseh Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro, North Carolina.
- 1867 - US Congress passes second Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson's veto.
- 1868 - University of California founded (Oakland, California).
- 1880 - Flour rolling mill patented by John Stevens of Wisconsin, USA.
- 1881 - Birth of Hermann Staudinger in Germany; chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel Prize 1953).
- 1881 - Birth of Roger Martin du Guard in France; novelist (Les Thibault - Nobel Prize 1937).
- 1881 - Boers and Britain sign peace accord, ending first Boer war.
- 1881 - Gas lamp sets fire to Nice, France, opera house; 70 die.
- 1883 - Birth of Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali; first king of Iraq/Syria.
- 1887 - Birth of Anthony van Hoboken; Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog).
- 1887 - Birth of Felix Felixovitch Yussupov; Russian prince, murderer of Rasputin.
- 1887 - Birth of Juan Gris in Spain; cubist painter (Still Life Before an Open Window).
- 1887 - Birth of Sidney Hillman; union leader (Sidney Hillman Foundation).
- 1889 - President Benjamin Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization.
- 1898 - Birth of Georgios Grivas; Greek General/opposition leader on Cyprus.
- 1898 - Birth of Hazel Dawn [LaTout] in Ogden, Utah, USA; actress (Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl).
- 1900 - Birth of Erich Fromm in Frankfurt, Germany; psychologist (Sane Society).
- 1901 - Birth of Jan H de Groot; Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder (Free Netherlands).
- 1902 - Birth of Philip Ober in Fort Payne, Alabama, USA; actor (General Stone - I Dream of Jeannie TV show, I Love Lucy TV show).
- 1902 - Kálmán Tisza, premier of Hungary (1875-90), dies at age 71.
- 1903 - Wright brothers obtain airplane patent.
- 1905 - Birth of Ralph Perring; Lord Mayor (London).
- 1906 - Victor Barton, cricket player (scored 23 in Test England versus South Africa 1892), dies.
- 1907 - Birth of Daniel Bovet in Switzerland; pharmacologist (Nobel Prize 1957).
- 1907 - Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at age 79.
- 1908 - Birth of Joan Crawford [Lucille Fay LeSueur] in San Antonio, Texas, USA; actress (Mildred Pierce, What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?).
- 1910 - First race at Los Angeles Motordrome (first US auto speedway).
- 1910 - Birth of Akira Kurosawa in Tokyo, Japan; director (Seven Samurai, Living).
- 1910 - Birth of Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson in Bremerhaven, Germany; singer/actress (Der Pott).
- 1911 - Birth of Charles Joseph A Russhon; US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel/liaison (James Bond films).
- 1911 - Birth of Richard Chapman; golfer (1940 US amateur, 1951 British amateur).
- 1912 - Birth of Alfred Schwarzmann in Germany; gymnast (Olympics-2 golds-1936).
- 1912 - Birth of John Payne in Roanoke, Virginia, USA; actor (Dodsworth, Razor's Edge).
- 1912 - Birth of Werner von Braun in Wirsitz, Germany; rocket expert (I Aim at the Stars).
- 1912 - The Dixie Cup is invented.
- 1917 - Four-day series of tornadoes kills 211 in Midwest USA.
- 1917 - Birth of Johnny Guarnieri in New York City, New York, USA; jazz pianist, musical director (Morey Amsterdam Show TV show, Tonight! America After Dark TV show).
- 1917 - Birth of Kenneth Tobey; actor (The Thing, Strange Invaders, Chuck - Whirlybirds).
- 1917 - Birth of Patricia Burke in Milan, Italy; actress (Forbidden).
- 1918 - Alick Wickham dives 200 feet into Australia's Yarra River.
- 1918 - Crépy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris, France, 256 killed.
- 1918 - Lithuania proclaims independence.
- 1918 - France bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp).
- 1919 - Bashkir ASSR, in Russian SFSR, is constituted.
- 1919 - Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan, Italy.
- 1919 - Birth of Michael Lyne; British air Vice-marshal.
- 1919 - Jean HL Bossard, actor/impresario (Two Orphans), dies at age 45.
- 1919 - Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms.
- 1920 - Birth of James Brown in Desdemona, Texas, USA; actor (Targets, Lieutenant Rip Masters - Rin Tin Tin).
- 1920 - Birth of Jimmy Edwards in London, England; comedian (Take It From Here radio show (1948-60)), Professor Jimmy Edwards - Whacko TV show, Barnes).
- 1920 - Birth of Neal Smith; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Iowa, 1959-).
- 1920 - Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms.
- 1921 - Birth of Donald Malcom Campbell in Surrey, United Kingdom; boat racer (1955 speed records).
- 1921 - Birth of Ian Todd; President (Royal College of Surgeons).
- 1922 - First airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington DC.
- 1922 - Birth of Marty Allen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian (Allen and Rossi, "Hello Dere").
- 1922 - Birth of Ugo Tognazzi in Cremona, Italy; actor/director (La Cage Aux Folles).
- 1923 - Birth of Arnie Weinmeister; AAFC, NFL defensive tackle (New York Yankees, New York Giants).
- 1925 - Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian General/minister of War, dies at age 76.
- 1925 - Birth of Cees de Ruyter; European champion billiards player.
- 1925 - Birth of David McNee; commissioner (Metropolitan Police).
- 1925 - Tennessee becomes first state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution.
- 1926 - Birth of Martha Wright in Seattle, Washington, USA; singer ("Let's Dance", The Martha Wright Show, Bell Telephone Hour, The Ed Sullivan Show).
- 1926 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens outscore Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-4 in two games.
- 1928 - Birth of 11th duke of Beaufort; English large landowner/multi-millionaire.
- 1929 - Birth of James Ackley Maxwell; actor/director (Traitors, Pyt Potter, Otley).
- 1929 - Birth of Roger Bannister in England; first to run a 4-minute mile (May 6, 1954).
- 1930 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson.
- 1930 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner.
- 1931 - Birth of Norman F Lent; American politician (Representative-Republican-New York, 1971-).
- 1931 - Indian revolutionary leaders Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev are hanged by the British Government.
- 1933 - Birth of Geoffrey Leigh; CEO (Allied London Properties).
- 1933 - Birth of Monique van Vooren in Belgium; actress (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein).
- 1933 - Birth of Norman Bailey; British bass-baritone (Flying Dutchman).
- 1933 - Winston Churchill urges the British government not to press for French disarmament while Germany is busy rearming.
- 1934 - Birth of Bryan Bass; headmaster (City of London School).
- 1934 - Birth of Mark Rydell in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Havana, Punchline, Long Goodbye).
- 1934 - US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945.
- 1935 - Birth of Barry Cryer; comedian/writer (Goodies Rule-OK, All You Need is Cash).
- 1935 - Birth of Desmond Pitcher; CEO (Merseyside Development Corporation).
- 1935 - Birth of Szilárd Kun in Hungary; rapid fire pistol (Olympics-silver-1952).
- 1936 - Italy, Austria and Hungary sign Pact of Rome.
- 1937 - Birth of Craig Breedlove in Los Angeles, California, USA; auto-racing champion (600 MPH - Spirit of America).
- 1938 - Birth of Christopher Glenn in New York City, New York, USA; CBS Radio newsman (CBS World News Roundup radio show, CBS Nightwatch).
- 1938 - Birth of Kenneth J Gregory; warden (Goldsmiths' College).
- 1938 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 Saint Louis Cardinals' minor league players.
- 1939 - Birth of Bert Berdis in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, SA; comedian (Tim Conway Show).
- 1939 - Poland partially mobilizes its armed forces.
- 1940 - Four CBS radio stations in the USA begin airing game show Truth or Consequences, produced and hosted by Ralph Edwards.
- 1940 - All-India-Muslim League calls for a Muslim homeland.
- 1940 - Birth of Brian Hastings; cricket player (New Zealand batsman in 1970s).
- 1940 - Birth of Tariq Yunus; actor (Bollywood, Ashanti, Deceivers).
- 1942 - 2,500 Jews of Lublin massacred or deported.
- 1942 - Birth of Jimmy Miller; American pop drummer (The Rolling Stones, Motörhead).
- 1942 - Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
- 1942 - US moves native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers.
- 1943 - André Lichtenberger, French Sudan writer (Le Petit Roi), dies at age 72.
- 1943 - Birth of Gail Goodrich; NBA star (Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns).
- 1943 - Birth of Peter Graves; superintendant minister (Westminster Central Hall).
- 1943 - German counter-attack on US lines in Tunisia.
- 1944 - Birth of Michael Nyman; composer (Mesmer, Carrington).
- 1944 - Birth of Salim Altaf; cricket player (Pakistan medium-pacer in 21 Tests 1967-78).
- 1944 - Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die.
- 1944 - O C Wingate, British General-Major (Burma), dies in air crash.
- 1945 - (night) Operation Plunder begins, as British and Canadian forces make an amphibious crossing of the Rhine river in Germany. The objective of this operation is to attack north of Wesel, holding down and diminishing the 47th Panzer Corps, preventing it from attacking the main force crossing at Wesel.
- 1945 - Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 US Navy ships bomb Okinawa.
- 1945 - Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits Bernard Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen.
- 1946 - 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats North Carolina 43-40.
- 1946 - Death of Frau Gerda Buch Bormann, wife of Martin Bormann, of mercury poisoning.
- 1947 - Birth of Terry Alexander; actor (One Life to Live, Hill Street Blues).
- 1947 - Birth of Barbara Rhodes in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA; actress (Don't Just Stand There).
- 1948 - Birth of Wasim Bari; cricket wicket-keeper (Pakistan's most successful).
- 1948 - John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492 feet (18,133 metres)).
- 1949 - Birth of Karen English; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Arizona).
- 1949 - Birth of Ric Ocasek in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; rocker (Cars - "Double Life", "All Mixed Up", "Bye Bye Love", "You Might Think").
- 1950 - Birth of Corrine Clery in Paris, France; actress (Moonraker, Yor).
- 1950 - Birth of P R Scott; Headmaster (Bancroft's School, Woodford Green).
- 1950 - Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies.
- 1950 - Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greek government.
- 1950 - United Nations World Meteorological Organization established.
- 1950 - CBS-TV debuts the game show Beat the Clock, hosted by Clayton 'Bud' Collyer.
- 1951 - Birth of Dick Mast in Bluffton, Ohio, USA; Nike golfer (1990 Mississippi Gulf Coast).
- 1951 - Birth of Lis Howell; director of programs (GMTV).
- 1951 - Wages in France increase 11 percent.
- 1952 - Birth of Patricia Richardson in Bethesda, Maryland, USA; actress (Jill - Home Improvement).
- 1952 - Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at age 61.
- 1952 - New York Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks; Mosienko scores three times in 21 seconds.
- 1953 - Birth of Chaka Khan AKA Yvette Marie Stevens in Great Lakes, Illinois, USA; rocker (Rufus - "I'm Every Woman").
- 1953 - Birth of Geoffrey Clifton-Brown; British Member of Parliament.
- 1953 - Birth of Louie Anderson in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; comedian (Ratboy, Wrong Guys).
- 1954 - Birth of Moses Malone; NBA all star center (Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia '76ers).
- 1955 - Birth of Cindy Olavarri in Pleasant Hills, California, USA; cyclist (7-Eleven team).
- 1955 - Birth of Ken Michelman; actor (White Shadow, The Bradys).
- 1956 - 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats Iowa 83-71; this is San Francisco's second consecutive national basketball championship.
- 1956 - Birth of Andrew Mitchell; British Member of Parliament.
- 1956 - Birth of Laura Thorne; chef (named one of ten best American chefs).
- 1956 - Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in the British Commonwealth.
- 1956 - Sudan gains independence.
- 1957 - 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Kansas 54-53 (three overtimes).
- 1957 - Birth of Amanda Plummer in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Hotel New Hampshire, Dollmaker, Battlestar Gallactica, LA Law).
- 1957 - Birth of Sheila Rena Ingram in Washington, DC, USA; 4X400 metre relay racer (Olympics-silver-1976).
- 1957 - Birth of Teresa Ganzel in Toledo, Ohio, USA; actress (Teachers Only, Duck Factory).
- 1957 - US army sells last homing pigeons.
- 1958 - Birth of Serena Grandi [Fagioli] in Bologna, Italy; actress (Miranda).
- 1960 - Birth of Terry Sweeney in Saint Albans, New York, USA; writer/comedian (Saturday Night Live).
- 1960 - Explorer 8 fails to reach Earth orbit.
- 1960 - Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at age 78.
- 1961 - A C Russell, cricket player (10 Tests for England 910 runs), dies.
- 1961 - James Edward Murray, American politician (Senator-Democrat-Montana) (1935-61), dies.
- 1961 - Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko, cosmonaut, dies in accident at age 24.
- 1962 - Birth of Johan Steur; soccer player (FC Volendam).
- 1962 - Josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Netherlands, dies at age 80.
- 1962 - Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket versus West Indies age 21 years 77 days.
- 1962 - Wake Forest coach "Bones" McKinney becomes second person to play and coach.
- 1962 - William DeWitt buys Cincinnati Reds for US$4,625,000.
- 1963 - 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Loyola beats Cincinnati 60-58 (overtime).
- 1963 - Birth of Ana Quirot in Cuba; 800 metre runner (Olympics-bronze/silver-1992, 1996).
- 1963 - Birth of Kim Williams in Bethesda, Maryland, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 GHP Heartland-26th).
- 1963 - American boxer Davey Moore dies seconds after being knocked-out in feather-weight boxing championship at age 29.
- 1963 - The Beatles' first album, "Please, Please Me," is released in Britain.
- 1964 - Birth of Hope Davis; actress (Six Degrees).
- 1964 - UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva, Switzerland.
- 1964 - Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at age 66.
- 1964 - Death of Peter Lorre at age 59 of a stroke; host (Mystery in The Air radio show, Nightmare radio show), actor (Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Suspense radio show, Playhouse 90 TV show, Climax show, 77 Sunset Strip TV show, The Red Skelton Show TV show, Casino Royale, Maltese Falcon, Raven).
- 1965 - Birth of Dante Jones; NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos).
- 1965 - Birth of Daren Puppa in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada; NHL goalie (Tampa Bay Lightning).
- 1965 - Birth of Kevin Griffin; country drummer (Yankee Grey).
- 1965 - Birth of Richard Grieco in Waterton, New York, USA; actor (21 Jump Street, Booker, Veronica Mars).
- 1965 - Birth of Wayne Presley in Detroit, Michigan, USA; NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs).
- 1965 - Gemini 3 launched, first US two-man space flight (Grissom and Young).
- 1965 - Mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at age 75.
- 1965 - Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed.
- 1966 - Birth of Marin Hinkle; actress (Two and A Half Men, Once and Again).
- 1966 - First official meeting after 400 years of Catholic and Anglican Church.
- 1966 - Birth of James Saxon; NFL fullback (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1966 - Birth of Marti Pellow; rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet - "Wishing I Was").
- 1966 - Birth of Mike Remlinger in Middletown, New York, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1966 - Johannes W Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie), dies at age 82.
- 1967 - Birth of David Ford in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; kayaker (Olympics-15-1992, 1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Sandra Ferguson [Reinhardt] in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Amanda - Another World, Illegal in Blue, Sunset Beach).
- 1967 - Duncan Macrae, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped), dies at age 61.
- 1967 - ABC airs the 100th episode of Bewitched TV show.
- 1968 - Birth of Damon Albarn; singer-keyboardist (Blur).
- 1968 - 30th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats North Carolina 78-55.
- 1968 - Birth of Atul Wassan; cricket player (Indian pace bowler 1989-90).
- 1968 - Birth of Curtis Mayfield; Canadian Football League receiver (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 1968 - Birth of David Maeva; Canadian Football League linebacker (British Columbia Lions).
- 1968 - Birth of Mark Maddox; linebacker (Buffalo Bills).
- 1968 - Birth of Mike Atherton; cricket player (Lancashire batsman and England captain).
- 1968 - Reverend Walter Fauntroy is first non-voting congressional delegate from Washington DC.
- 1969 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Charlotte Golf Invitational.
- 1969 - Rally for Decency held in Miami, Florida.
- 1969 - Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at age 87.
- 1970 - Birth of John Humphrey; drummer (The Nixons).
- 1970 - Birth of Carl Pickens; NFL wide receiver (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1970 - Birth of Turhon O'Bannon; Canadian Football League receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1970 - US President Richard Nixon declares a state of national emergency.
- 1971 - Birth of Alexander Selivanov in Moscow, Russia; NHL right wing (Tampa Bay Lightning).
- 1971 - Birth of Chris Lipuma in Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA; NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning).
- 1971 - Birth of Demetrius DuBose; NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1971 - Birth of Hiroyoshi Yamamoto; wrestler (NJPW).
- 1971 - Birth of Renette Cruz; Miss Canada-Universe (1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Yasmeen Ghauri in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; model (Valentino Perfume).
- 1971 - Dutch second Chamber accepts simplified divorce.
- 1971 - Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author/poet (Brass Garden), dies at age 72.
- 1971 - USSR performs underground nuclear test.
- 1972 - Birth of Jennifer K Chapman; Miss Massachusetts-USA (1997).
- 1972 - Birth of Jonas Bjorkman in Vaxjo, Sweden; tennis star (Davis Cup 1994).
- 1972 - Birth of Ryan Kuwabara; hockey forward (Team Japan 1998).
- 1972 - Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars.
- 1972 - New York Yankees agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx.
- 1973 - After a 5.5-year run, TV show Love is a Many Splendored Thing ends.
- 1973 - Birth of David Vaughn; NBA forward (Orlando Magic, San Francisco Warriors).
- 1973 - Birth of Igor Nikitin; hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998).
- 1973 - Birth of Jason Kidd; NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks).
- 1973 - Birth of Kathy Carboy in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; diver (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Naoko Sawamatsu in Nishinomiya, Japan; tennis star (1994 Singapore).
- 1973 - Birth of Ninya Perna; Miss Nevada-USA (1997).
- 1973 - Birth of Rob Lazeo; Canadian Football League offensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 1973 - Ken Maynard, actor (Phantom Rancher, $50,000 Reward), dies at age 77.
- 1973 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1973 - NBC ceases airing TV game show Concentration, after 15 years, the longest-running TV game show to this point.
- 1974 - Birth of Eric Washington; NBA guard (Denver Nuggets).
- 1974 - Birth of Scott Galyon; linebacker (New York Giants).
- 1974 - Birth of Tony Alberda; Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen, Emmen).
- 1975 - Birth of Rita Grande in Napoli, Italy; tennis star (3rd round 1996 Australian Open).
- 1975 - Sue Roberts wins LPGA Bing Crosby International Golf Classic.
- 1976 - Birth of Michelle Monaghan; actress (Boston Public).
- 1976 - Birth of Keri Russell; actress (Mickey Mouse Club, Lottery, Daddy Girls, Felicity, Into The West).
- 1976 - Birth of Nolan Baumgartner in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals).
- 1976 - International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratify).
- 1977 - Birth of Josh Ackerman; actor (Mickey Mouse Club).
- 1978 - Birth of Paul Martin; country singer (Marshall Dyllon).
- 1978 - Birth of Nicholle Tom in Hinsdale, Illinois; actress (Beethoven, Maggie - The Nanny, Beverly Hills 90210, Wedding Bells).
- 1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1978 - Death of Haim Ernst Wertheimer, Israeli biochemist, recipient of the Israel Prize (born 1893).
- 1979 - Larry Holmes TKOs Osvaldo Ocasio in 7 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1979 - Philip Bourneuf, actor (Big Night, Frankenstein), dies at age 71.
- 1980 - Swedes vote in a national referendum on the use of atomic energy. of the 4.7 million ballots, 58 percent vote in favor of completing the nuclear energy program and retaining it for at least 25 years.
- 1980 - Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket versus Pakistan.
- 1980 - Donna Caponi Young Pro-Am wins LPGA National Golf Tournament.
- 1980 - France performs nuclear test.
- 1981 - US Supreme Court upholds law making statutory rape a crime only for men.
- 1981 - US Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions.
- 1982 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals.
- 1982 - Mario Praz, Italian author (Casa della vita), dies at age 85.
- 1982 - Birth of Tomasz Kuszczak; Polish football (soccer) goalkeeper.
- 1982 - Guatemala military coup under General Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees.
- 1983 - In Greece, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurs.
- 1983 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan makes his initial Strategic Defense Initiative proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles. The media dub this plan "Star Wars."
- 1983 - Dr Barney Clark, first artificial heart recipient, dies after 112 days at age 62.
- 1984 - Warner Bros. releases the film Police Academy to theaters.
- 1984 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa, Canada won by Underhill and Paul Martini (Canada).
- 1984 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa, Canada won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic).
- 1984 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa, Canada won by Scott Hamilton (USA).
- 1984 - General Rahimuddin Khan becomes the first man in Pakistan's history to rule over two of its provinces, after becoming interim Governor of Sindh.
- 1984 - Andrea Schöne skates ladies world record 3 km (4:00.91).
- 1984 - World Ice Dance Championship in Ottawa, Canada won by J Torvill and Chris Dean (Great Britain).
- 1985 - Betsy King wins LPGA Standard Register PING.
- 1985 - Patricia Roberts Harris, American politician (Representative-Democrat) dies at age 60.
- 1985 - Singing Nun [Janine Deckers] commits suicide in Belgium at age 52.
- 1985 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1986 - 6th Golden Raspberry Awards: Rambo; First Blood Part II wins.
- 1986 - Penny Pulz wins LPGA Circle K Tucson Golf Open.
- 1987 - CBS premieres the soap opera TV show The Bold and the Beautiful.
- 1987 - US offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf.
- 1987 - Federal Republic of Germany SPD chairman Willy Brandt resigns.
- 1987 - The Soul Train Music Awards TV show debuts in the US.
- 1989 - Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce that they have achieved cold fusion at room temperature at the University of Utah.
- 1989 - A 300m (1,000 feet) diameter Near-Earth asteroid misses the Earth by 500,000km (400,000 miles).
- 1990 - Birth of Eugenie, Princess of York, daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.
- 1990 - Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill.
- 1990 - Buena Vista releases the film Pretty Woman to theaters.
- 1990 - Howard Spira is arrested for extorting money from George Steinbrenner. The New York Yankees' owner paid Spira US$40,000 in January.
- 1991 - First World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Durham 9-3 and Montréal beats Birmingham 20-5.
- 1991 - 20 Tornadoes kill five in Tennessee.
- 1991 - Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at age 68.
- 1991 - Mona Maris, actress (Camila, Berlin Correspondent), dies at age 88.
- 1991 - In Lugano, Switzerland, Harmers Auctions SA sells at auction a Great Britain 1840 1-penny stamp on cover for US$2,415,000, a world record for a postage stamp.
- 1991 - Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12 metre).
- 1992 - Friedrich A von Hayek, British/Austrian economist (Road to Serfdom, Nobel Prize laureate), dies at age 92 (born 1899).
- 1993 - Belgian government of Dehaene resigns.
- 1993 - Hans Werner Richter, German writer/founder (Gruppe 47), dies at age 84.
- 1993 - New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl.
- 1994 - Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei bishop, dies at age 80.
- 1994 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:08).
- 1994 - Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev.
- 1994 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican Presidential candidate, assassinated at age 44 (born 1950).
- 1994 - Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Cleveland Indians' new ball park at Gateway for US$13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field).
- 1994 - Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed).
- 1994 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored.
- 1995 - Death of Alan Barton in a bush crash; singer ("Smokie", "Black Lace").
- 1995 - US dollar equals 88.41 yen (record).
- 1995 - Robert Turner, winner of first All-American Soap Box Derby, dies at age 72.
- 1996 - The Republic of China on Taiwan holds its first direct elections for president; Lee Teng-hui is re-elected.
- 1997 - 17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins.
- 1997 - Laura Davies wins Standard Register PING Golf Tournament.
- 1997 - Phil Mickelson wins Bay Hill Golf Invitiational.
- 1997 - Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title.
- 1998 - 70th Academy Awards: Titanic wins 11 Oscars, Jack Nicholson best actor, Helen Hunt best actress.
- 1999 - Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
- 2001 - The Russian space station Mir re-enters the atmosphere near Nadi, Fiji, and falls into the Pacific Ocean.
- 2003 - The 2003 Cricket World Cup ends as Australia wins over India by 125 runs in Centurion, South Africa.
- 2003 - Nintendo releases the Game Boy Advance SP in North America. Price is US$99.95. Sales in the first two weeks: over 800,000 units. In its first year, over 6.5 million units are sold, a record for any video game system in history.
- 2003 - Slovenia votes 90 percent in favor of joining the European Union.
- 2007 - Naval forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guard seize British Royal Navy personnel in disputed Iran-Iraq waters.
- 2007 - Eight human skeletons are discovered in Fort Myers, Florida, later linked to suspected serial killer Daniel Conahan.
- 2008 - US soldier death toll in the Iraq war reaches 4000, after five years of fighting.
- 2008 - In a bingo hall in Coatbridge, north Lanarkshire, Scotland, a woman wins a record 1,167,795 pounds (US$2.3 million) in the National Bingo Game.
- 2009 - Suncor Energy announces it will buy Petro-Canada for CDN$18.43 billion (US$15.1 billion) to create Canada's biggest oil company.
- 2009 - Japan defeats South Korea 5-3 in the 2009 World Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.
- 2010 - U.S. President Barack Obama signs a landmark US$938 billion health-care reform bill in a White House ceremony. Opposition Republicans vowed to repeal the legislation, and 13 states have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over the constitutionality of the legislation. The law is said to make coverage possible for more than 30 million uninsured Americans and end discrimination by insurance companies against people with existing medical conditions.
- 2012 - Death of Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, President of Somalia (2004-2008) (born 1934).
- 2012 - Death of Naji Talib, 52nd Prime Minister of Iraq (born 1917).
- 2014 - Death of Adolfo Suárez, 138th Prime Minister of Spain (born 1932).
- 2018 - An Islamic terrorist attack in Carcassonne and Trèbes, France, kills five people, including the perpetrator.
- 2019 - The final territory of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, located in Al-Baghuz Fawqani, Syria, is liberated.
- 2020 - Fashion retailer Primark announces it is temporarily closing all 376 of its stores in 12 countries due to Covid-19.
- 2020 - Great Britain shuts down much of the country due to the spread of Covid-19.
- 2020 - South African president Cyril Ramaphosa announces nationwide lockdown due to Covid-19.
- 2021 - Ever Given, one of the largest container ships in the world, runs aground and obstructs the Suez Canal, disrupting global trade.
- 2022 - Death of Madelaine Korbel Albright AKA Marie Jana Korbelova at age 84 from cancer in Washington, DC; US Secretary of State (1997-2001), US ambassador to United Nations (1993-1997).
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