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1324 David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) 1326 Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) 1512 Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker 1574 William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) 1585 Johan Georg I, ruler of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) 1658 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America 1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo painter (Offer of Isaac) 1746 Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/sect of navy 1794 Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer 1817 Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat 1824 Elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc 1824 James Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives) 1825 John Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1840 Constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights) 1852 Lady Isabella Gregory, Ireland, writer/playwright (Golden Apple) 1853 Arthur Foote, Salem Mass, organist/composer (Suite for Strings in E) 1853 Howard Pyle, illustrator/painter/author (King Stork) 1868 Prosper Poullet, Belgian viscount/legal/minister 1869 Michael von Faulhaber, cardinal/archbishop of Munich 1870 [B] Franc[lin] Norris, US, writer (McTeague, Octopus) 1874 Arthur Von Schendel, writer (1 Rover Verliefd) 1874 Henry Travers, England, actor (Bells of St Mary, High Sierra) 1886 Paul Radmilovic, England, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold) 1887 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, composer (Salon Waltz) 1888 Friedrich Schnack, German journalist/writer That brennende Liebe/Rosew 1889 Frits Slomp, [Frits the Rover], vicar/resistance fighter 1891 Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, Chicago Ill, comedian (Olsen & Johnson) 1893 Emmett J Culligan, founder of water treatment organization 1894 Henry Daniell, London, actor (Camille, Phila Story, Body Snatchers) 19-- Arlen Dean Snyder, Rice Ks, actor (Trauma Center) 19-- Beatriz Adriana, spanish entertainer 19-- Dyango, Barcelona Spain, spanish singer (A Fin Solos) 19-- Jo De Winter, Sacramento Calif, actress (Dr Lawrence-Gloria) 19-- Ray MacDonnell, Lawrence Mass, actor (Dr Joe Martin-All My Children) 1903 Lowell Peters, Cleveland Tn, vocalist (Southernaires) 1905 Gilroy Roberts, US chief engraver (1948-64) 1908 Rex Harrison, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Dr Doolittle) 1917 Virginia Christine, Stanton Iowa, actress (Tales of Wells Fargo) 1920 Delbert L Latta, (Rep-R-OH, 1959- ) 1920 Leontine Kelly, famous African 1921 Berkley Bedell, (Rep-D-IA, 1975- ) 1922 James Noble, Dallas Tx, actor (Gov Gatling-Benson) 1922 Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bologna Italy, director (Teorema, Pigsty) 1927 Jack Cassidy, Queens NY, actor (Oscar/Jetman-He & She) 1929 Joan Shawlee, Forest Hills NY, actress (Prehistoric Women) 1930 Lorin Maazel, Neuilly France, conductor (NBC Symphony Orch 1941) 1931 Barry Tuckwell, Melbourne Aust, hornist (London Symph Orch 1955-68) 1934 James B Sikking, CA, actor (Hill St Blues, Star Trek 3, Doogie Howser) 1935 Philip K Chapman, Melbourne Australia, astronaut 1936 Dean Stockwell, actor (Werewolf of Washington, Blue Velvet) 1938 Fred Williamson, [Hammer], Gary Indiana, NFLer (Chiefs)/actor (Julia) 1939 Charles Fuller, US writer 1939 Samantha Eggar, London, actress (Collector, Dr Doolittle) [or May 3] 1942 Michael D[iamond] Resnick, sci-fi author (Sideshow, Eros Ascending) 1944 Paul Sands, LA Ca, comedian/actor (SCTV, Story Theater, St Elsewhere) 1945 Randy Matson, US, shot putter (Olympic-gold-1968) 1946 Michael Warren, Indiana, actor (Bobby Hill-Hill Street Blues) 1946 Rocky Bleier, Wisc, NFL running back (Pittsburgh Steelers) 1947 Eddie Hodges, actor/singer (High Hopes, Adv of Huckleberry Finn) 1948 Eddy Grant, reggae performer (Electric Avenue) 1948 Jacques Kloes, singer (Dizzy Man's band) 1950 Eugene Fodor, violinist (1972 Paganini Award, 1974 Tchaikovsky Award) 1952 Alan Clark, keyboardist (Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing) 1953 Russel D Feingold, (Sen-D Wisconsin) 1953 Valery Grigoriyevich Korzun, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut 1954 Marsha Warfield, comedian/actress (Roz-Night Court) 1955 Penn Jillette, magician (Penn & Teller-Penn & Teller are Dead) 1957 Tim Holden, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania) 1958 Andy Gibb, Manchester England, singer/TV host (Solid Gold) 1958 Mark E Smith, English singer/songwriter (Fall) 1961 Dan Stuart, US singer/songwriter (Green on Red) 1961 Zeke Mowatt, NFL tight end (NY Giants) 1978 Kimberly McCullough, Calif, actress (Robin-General Hospital) Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 05254 Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies 1291 Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated 1605 Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 1644 Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau, dies at 73 1770 Crispus Attuks, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre 1778 Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67 1824 Jean JR de Cambac‚rs, French Minister of Justice, dies 1876 Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author, dies 1893 Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, dies at 64 1904 Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies 1944 Max Jacob, French writer (Concentration Camp), dies at 67 1953 Josef V Stalin, soviet leader, dies at 73 1963 Cyril Smith, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 70 1963 Hawkshaw Hawkins, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), dies at 41 1963 Patsy Cline, country singer, dies in a plane crash 1967 Mischa Auer, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 61 of a heart attack 1967 Mohammed H Mossadeq, premier of Persia (1951-53), dies 1974 Billy DeWolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67 1974 Solomon I "Sol" Hurok, US impresario, dies at 85 1980 Jay Silverheels, actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger), dies at 60 1982 John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 32 1984 Harry Salter, orch leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85 1984 Michael Sklar, Calif, comedian (Laugh-in, Sha Na Na), dies at 39 1984 William Powell, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 91 1990 Gloria Carter Spann, Pres Carter's sister, dies at 63 of cancer 1991 August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies 1991 Tr˜ntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland, dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 05[Boston, Mass] Boston Massacre Day (1770) [Guam] Discovery Day (1st Monday in March) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for March 051995 [Christian] 1st Sunday in Lent 1996 [Jewish] Purim (feast of Lot) (Adar 14, 5756 AM) Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 05 Canada geese generally begin their migration around this time Mother-in-Law Day Save Your Vision Week, begins [Vermont] Town Meeting Day 254 St Lucius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1179 3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1616 Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index 1623 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia 1743 1st US religious journal, The Christian History, published, Boston 1750 1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, NYC 1766 Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Terr from French 1770 Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a US Senator (Mississippi) 1795 Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France 1821 Monroe is 1st pres inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun 1836 Mexico attacks Alamo 1845 Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US 1856 Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads 1864 1st track meet between Oxford & Cambridge 1872 George Westinghouse Jr patents triple air brake for trains 1877 Rutherford Hayes inaugurated as US, president 1891 A Charlois discovers asteroid #307 Nike 1894 F Courty discovers asteroid #387 Aquitania 1894 Seattle authorizes 1st municipal employment office in US 1897 American Negro Academy forms 1900 American Hall of Fame found 1908 1st ascent of Mt Erebus, Antarctica 1910 J Helffrich discovers asteroid #698 Ernestina 1912 Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die 1914 Spanish SS Principe de Asturias sinks, 445 die 1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #889 Erynia 1922 "Nosferatu" premiers in Berlin 1923 Montana & Nevada become 1st states to enact old age pension laws 1924 Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM 1924 Frank Carauna, becomes 1st to bowl 2 successive perfect 300 games 1927 1,000 US marines land in China to protect American property 1933 FDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday 1933 Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliment (43.9%) 1934 Mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated (Amarillo, Tx) 1935 1st premature baby health law in US (Chicago) 1942 Japanese troop march into Batavia 1943 Anti fascist strike in Italy 1943 RAF bombs Essen Germany 1945 Allies bombs The Hague, Netherlands 1945 US 7th Army Corps captures Cologne 1946 Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton Missouri) 1948 Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson 1948 US rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height 1955 WBBJ TV channel 7 in Jackson, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 "King Kong," 1st televised 1957 Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland 1957 Sgt Bilko satarizes Elvis Presley (Elvis Pelvin) 1958 Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit 1958 KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast 1959 Iran & US sign economic treaty 1963 Beatles record "From Me to You" & "Thank You Girl" 1964 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Ceylon due to social unrest 1966 75 MPH air currents cause BOAC 707 crash above Mount Fuji, 124 die 1966 Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record 1967 WEDN TV channel 53 in Norwich, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun 1969 Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris 1970 3 SDS Weathermen killed when bomb explodes in NYC townhouse 1970 Nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect 1973 P Wild discovers asteroids #2001 Einstein & #2034 Bernoulli 1973 Yankee pitchers Peterson & Kekich announce they swapped wives 1974 Ralph Stewart failed in 2nd Islander penalty shot 1976 British œ fell below $2 for 1st time 1978 Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, Calif 1979 Voyager 1's closest approach to Jupiter 1981 H Debehogne discovers asteroids #2461 & #3610 1981 US govt grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer 1982 Russian spacecraft lands on Venus sends back data 1983 Bob Hawke (Labor) defeats Australian PM Malcolm Fraser (Cons) 1984 K Augustesen discovers asteroid #3033 Holbaek 1984 Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene 1989 Blains McCallister wins Honda Golf Classic shooting 266 1989 Elly Verhulst runs world record 3000 m indoor (8:33.82) 1989 Phoebe Cates & Kevin Kline wed 1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games 1992 Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks 1993 Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die 1993 Marlins beat Astros 12-8 in their 1st spring training game Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 0564th day of the year with 301 days left (Numerology = 8) 1872 3øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1880 72øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 0503/05/48 --- Because --- Como, Perry 03/05/55 --- Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup --- Cole, Nat King 03/05/55 --- Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White --- Prado, Perez 03/05/66 --- Nowhere Man --- Beatles 03/05/66 --- 19th Nervous Breakdown --- Rolling Stones 03/05/77 --- Southern Nights --- Campbell, Glen 03/05/83 --- Der Kommissar --- After The Fire 03/05/83 --- Jeopardy --- Kihn, Greg 03/05/88 --- Where Do Broken Hearts Go --- Houston, Whitney |
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