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772 Po Tjiu-i, Chinese poet/governor of Hang-tsjow 1610 Johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian 1788 Gheorghe Asachi, Romania, writer/humanist/politician 1810 Fr‚d‚ric Chopin, Poland, composer/pianist (Concert in F Minor) 1811 Robert Christie Buchanan, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1878 1820 George Davis, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1896 1822 Albin Francisco Schoepf, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 1822 Charles Champion Gilbert, Brig General (Union volunteers) 1828 James Fleming Fagan, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 1828 Vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright 1831 Hiram Bronson Granbury, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1837 William Dean Howells, US, novelist/critic/editor (Atlantic) 1841 Blanche Kelso Bruce, Virginia, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881) 1848 Augustus Saint-Gaudens, US, sculptor; designed 1907 $20 gold piece 1852 Theophile Delcass‚, French statesman 1856 Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw) 1858 Georg Simmel, German philosopher/sociologist 1860 Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader 1874 Jean de Merode, [Marie-Louise B Courtenay], Princess of Neth 1880 Julian Myrick, promoter of junior tennis 1880 Lytton Strachey, biographer/critic (Benson Medal 1923) 1883 Thomas Shelvin, college footballer great (Yale) 1885 Lionel Atwill, English/US actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum) 1886 Oskar Kokoschka, Russia, painter (Erasmus Prize 1960) 1890 Jan Duiker, architect (Zonnestral) 1892 Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japan, writer (Rashomon in Kappa) 1895 G B "Duke" Keats, hockey hall of famer (elected 1958) 1896 Dimitri Mitropoulos, Athens Greece, conductor 19-- Jed Allan, Bronx NY, actor (Days of our Lives, C.C.-Santa Barbara) 19-- Maurice Benard, actor (Nico Kelly-All My Children) 19-- Richard Shoberg, actor (Tom-All My Children, Edge of Night, Somerset) 19-- Tom Mason, Bkln NY, actor (Jack & Mike, Our Family Honor) 1904 Glenn Miller, bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood) 1904 Paul Hartman, SF Calif, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction) 1905 Pol le Roy, Flemish author/novelist/writer (Stroom) 1907 Lois Moran, Pitts, actress (Mom-Waterfront) 1909 David Niven, Kirriemuir Scotland, actor (Casino Royale) 1909 Terence De Marney, England, actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo) 1917 Dinah Shore, Winchester Tenn, singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet) 1917 Robert Lowell, poet/pacifist (Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean) 1919 Lawrence Ferlinghetti, US, beat poet (Coney Island of the Mind) 1920 Howard Nemerov, US, 3rd US poet laureate/novelist (Blue Swallows) 1921 Richard Wilbur, 2nd US Poet Laureate (Ceremony, Walking to Sleep) 1921 Terrence "Cardinal" Cooke, NY 1922 Yitzak Rabin, premier (Israel) 1923 Duncan White, Ceylon, 400m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1948) 1924 Donald "Deke" K Slayton, Sparta Wisc, Major USAF/astro (Apollo 18) 1925 Al Rosen, Spartanburg SC, 3rd baseman (AL MVP 1953)/NY Yankee pres 1926 Cesare Danova, Rome Italy, actor (Garrison's Gorillas) 1926 Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner (1960-89) 1926 Robert Clary, Paris France, actor (LeBeau-Hogan's Heroes) 1927 Harry Belafonte, Harlem NYC, calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher) 1934 Jim Ed Brown, Sparkman Ark, country singer (Nashville on the Road) 1934 Riet [M J J] Roosen-van Pelt, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 1935 George G‚n‚reux, Canada, trap shooter (Olympic-gold-1952) 1935 Robert Conrad, [Conrad R Falk], Chicago, actor (Wild Wild West) 1938 Michael J[oseph] Kurland, US, sci-fi author (Infernal Device) 1941 Michael L Lampton, Williamsport Pa, astronaut 1942 Joan Hackett, NY, actress (Will Penny, One Stone Pony) 1943 Benjamin W Jipcho, Mt Elgon Kenya, 3K steeplechase (Oly-silver-1972) 1943 Mauro Checcoli, Italy, 3 day equestrian (Olympic-gold-1964) 1943 Piet Veerman, singer (Cats/Sailin' home) 1943 Wolfgang Scheidel, German DR, luge (Olympic-gold-1972) 1944 Dirk Benedict, Helena Mont, actor (A-Team, Battlestar Galactica) 1944 John B Breaux, (Rep-D-LA, 1972-88) 1944 Mike D'Abo, rock vocalist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn) 1944 Roger Daltrey, English rocker (The Who-Tommy) 1945 Burning Spear, [Winston Rodney], Jamaican reggae singer 1946 Lana Wood, [Svetlana Gurdin], Santa Rosa Calif, (Diamonds are Forever) 1947 Alan Thicke, Ontario, actor/host (Thicke of the Night, Growing Pains) 1949 Sido Martens, guitarist/singer/mandolin player (Fungus) 1953 Ron Howard, Okla, actor/director (American Graffiti, Happy Days) 1954 Catherine Bach, Warren Oh, oh those legs, actress (Dukes of Hazzard) 1956 Timothy Daly, Sufferin NY, actor (Almost Grown, Diner, Made in Heaven) 1957 Jon Carroll, Wash DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight) 1958 Nik Kershaw, singer/songwriter (Wouldn't it be Good) 1961 Mike Rozier, NFLer 1963 Robert James Affuso, Newburgh NY, rock drummer (Skid Row-Psycho Love) 1967 Aron Winter, Surnamese/Dutch soccer star (Ajax, Lazio) 1967 Tawnni Cable, Salem Oregon, playmate (Jun, 1989) 1974 Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor (Zack-Saved by the Bell) Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 01965 Leo VIII, Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies 1131 Stefanus II, King of Hungary (1116-31), dies 1383 Amadeus VI, (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at 49 1535 Bernardo Accolti, [Unico Aretino], Italian writer (Virginia), dies 1633 George Herbert, English poet, dies at 39 1643 Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer/organist, dies 1773 John Wagenaar, Dutch historian, dies 1777 Georg C Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies 1826 YY Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist, dies 1869 Alphonse MLP de Lamartine, French poet (History of Girondins), dies 1870 Francisco S Lopez, Pres of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at 43 1901 Bernhard Erdmannsd”rffer, German historian (Mirabeau), dies 1906 Jos‚ M the Pereda y S nchez the Porr£a, Spanish writer, dies at 73 1906 Moriz Heyne, German germanist (German W”rterbuch), dies 1911 Jacobus H van 't Hoff, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1901), dies 1920 Joseph Trumpeldor, killed defending Tel-Mai against arab attack 1921 Nicholas Petrovic Njegos, King of Montenegro (1910-18), dies 1926 Camilod d'Almeida Pessanha, Portugese poet (China), dies 1930 Alo‹s Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor (Peace on Earth), dies 1938 Gabrielle d'Annunzio, Italian poet/fascist politician (Il fuoco), dies 1953 Anton GO Ridder Van Rappard, painter/lithographer/etcher, dies 1958 Giacomo Balla, Italian painter, dies 1962 Roscoe Ates, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass), dies at 70 1968 Georg von der Vring, German painter (Camp Lafayette), dies at 78 1970 Ed[uard] Hoornik, writer/poet (Na jaren), dies at 59 1984 Jackie Coogan, actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family), dies at 69 1985 Eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at 66 1988 Joe Besser, comedian (3's Stooges, Abbott & Costello) dies at 80 1989 Henk van Stipriaan, radio host, dies 1989 Josephine van Gasteren, actress/director (Bluejackets), dies 1990 Clause Spaak, Belgian playwright, dies 1991 Edwin H Land, inventor (Polaroid Camera), dies at 81 1992 Maria D‚a, french actress (Pi‚ges), dies at 73 1993 Luis Kutner, US co-founder of Amnesty International, dies at 84 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 01[Bayonna Spain] Pinzon Day [Engadine, Switzerland] Chalanda Marz/Coming of spring [Lanark, Lanarkshire Scotland] Whuppity Scoorie Day [Ohio 1803, Nebraska 1867] Admission Day [Panam ] Constitution Day (1946) [Paraguay] Heroes' Day/National Defense Day/Memorial Day [South Korea] Independence Movement Day/Sam Il Chul (1919) [Guam] Discovery Day (1st Monday in March) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for March 01[Ancient Rome] Matronalia (Feast of Juno); Kalend Mar [Bah '¡] leap day (in Gregorian leap years) (Ayy m-i-H 5) 303 [Bhutan] Buddhist New Years 544 [Ang, RC-NZ] Commemoration of St David, patron Wales 1633 [Lutheran] Commemoration of George Herbert, priest 1995 [Christian] Ash Wednesday 1996 [Ang, RC] Ember Day 1998 [Christian] 1st Sunday in Lent Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 01International Day of the Seal [Algonquin] Sap Moon [Ancient Egyptian] Tobi [Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Martius; Kalend Mar [Cheyenne] Light Snow Moon [Hawaii] Malaki Save Your Vision Week, begins [Vermont] Town Meeting Day 320 Astrological sign: Pisces 1847 Abolition (of the death penalty) Day 1988 Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month begins (1988 only) 1 -BC- Start of revised Julian calendar in Rome 492 St Felix III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 492 St Gelasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 705 John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1260 Hoelagoe Khan, grandson of Genghis, conquerors Damascus 1382 French uprising against taxes 1642 York, Maine becomes 1st American city to incorporate 1692 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, & Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem, MA) 1780 Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery 1781 Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation 1784 E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain 1785 Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized 1790 1st US census authorized 1792 US Presidential Succession Act passed 1803 Ohio becomes 17th state 1809 Embargo act of 1807 is reappealed 1811 Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha body in Citadel of Cairo found 1854 A Marth discovers asteroid #29 Amphitrite 1854 R Luther discovers asteroid #28 Bellona 1854 SS City of Glasgow sinks in Liverpool harbor; 373 die 1859 Present seal of SF adopted (its 2nd) 1864 Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built) 1864 Rebecca Lee becomes 1st black woman MD in US 1867 Howard University, Washington DC, chartered 1867 Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later) 1871 J Milton Turner named minister to Liberia 1872 Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park 1875 Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Ct, 1883 1876 Guernsey cattle club formed, Farmington, Conn 1878 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #185 Eunike 1879 Library of Hawaii founded 1890 1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published 1891 E Millosevich discovers asteroid #306 Unitas 1894 M Wolf discovers asteroids #385 Ilmatar & #386 Siegena 1896 Battle of Aduwa: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians 1909 1st US university school of nursing established, Univ of Minn 1911 J Palisa discovers asteroid #711 Marmulla 1912 Isabella Goodwin, 1st US woman detective, appointed, NYC 1913 1st state law requiring bonding of officers & state employees, ND 1913 F Kaiser discovers asteroids #745 Mauritia & #746 Marlu 1913 Federal income tax takes effect, as per 16th amendment 1914 Minister of war H Col˜n named director of British Petroleum 1916 Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic 1917 1st federal land bank chartered 1919 Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin 1919 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #910 Anneliese 1920 Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Adm Horthy 1920 Buriat ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted 1921 Ruanda ceded to England 1921 Sailors revolt in Kronstadt 1923 Allies occupy Ruhrgebied: killing railroad striker 1924 Germany: prohibits KPD party 1927 Bank of Italy becomes a Natl Bank 1932 Charles Lindbergh Jr kidnapped in NJ; found dead May 12 1934 HW champ Primo Carnera KOs Tommy Loughran 1934 Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria 1937 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Ct) 1941 1st US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tenn 1941 Elmer Layden becomes 1st NFL commisioner 1941 German troops take Bulgaria 1941 Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp 1943 Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided 1943 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2988 1945 Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi 1945 US infantry regiment captures M”nchengladbach 1946 Panam accepts its new constitution 1947 Intl Monetary Fund began operations 1949 Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ 1950 Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London) 1950 USSR issues golden rubles 1952 Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns 1952 Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain 1953 KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins 1953 WJZ-AM in NYC becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission 1953 WTAJ TV channel 10 in Altonna, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US house of reps injuring 5 reps 1955 Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48 1955 KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast 1957 KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper, WY (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Kokomo the Chimp becomes Today Show animal editor 1959 Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years 1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp 1962 American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95 1962 US/British nuclear experiment in Nevada 1963 200,000 French mine workers strike 1965 Australia suspends champ swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-yrs for misconduct 1965 Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec) 1965 WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus) 1967 Dominica & St Lucia gain independence from Britain 1967 House of Reps expelles Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116) 1967 Rep Adam Clayton Powell (D-NY) denied seat in Congress 1967 WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast 1968 NBC's unprecident on-air announcement, Star Trek will return 1968 Pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting 1968 Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect 1969 After 88 weeks Sgt Pepper drops off the charts 1969 Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself at Dinner Key Auditorium 1969 Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball 1969 Pirate Radio 259 begins operation off the French coast 1970 Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released 1970 End of US coml whale hunting 1970 White govt of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain 1971 Bomb attack on the Capitol in Wash DC 1971 Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM 1972 KHMA TV channel 11 in Houma, LA (IND) begins broadcasting 1972 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points 1973 Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race 1974 George Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November 1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides 1977 US extends territorial waters to 200 miles 1980 Patti Smith & MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit 1980 Snow falls in Florida 1981 H Debehogne discovers asteroids #2788, #3016, #3308 Ferreri & #3740 1981 Irish Rep Army Bobby Sand begins hunger strike in Maze Prison 1982 5 dies as ski lift malfunctions a L£z-Ardiden in Pyrenees 1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data 1982 The NY Times raises it's price from 25› to 30› 1983 Tamara McKinney becomes 1st US woman skier to win the World Cup 1984 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3066 McFadden & #3420 Standish 1984 Landsat 5 & ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit 1984 NASA launches Landsat-D Prime (Landsat 5) to thematic map the Earth 1985 It is reported that Liza Minnelli entered Betty Ford Drug Center 1985 Liza Minelli enters a drug-alcohol treatment center 1985 Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks 1988 Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile 1988 Wayne Gretsky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist 1989 Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981 1989 Comet du Toit at perihelion 1989 Julianne Philips & Bruce Springsteen divorce 1990 Benin nullifies its constitution 1993 George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of NY Yankees 1994 Grammy Awards in NYC Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 0160th day of the year with 305 days left (Numerology = 4) 1869 4øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1972 73øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 0103/01/45 --- I Wanna Get Married --- Nielsen, Gertude 03/01/75 --- Chevy Van --- Johns, Sammy 03/01/75 --- Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Son --- Thomas, B.J. 03/01/80 --- Ride Like The Wind --- Cross, Christopher 03/01/80 --- I Can't Tell You Why --- Eagles 03/01/80 --- Fire Lake --- Seger, Bob 03/01/80 --- With You I'm Born Again --- Preston, Billy 03/01/86 --- Tender Love --- Force M.D.'s |
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