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1543 Johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent) 1602 Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits) 1693 Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69) 1707 Stephen Hopkins, (Gov-RI) signed Decl of Ind 1715 Ewald Christian von Kleist, German lyric poet (Der Frhling) 1765 Joseph Niepce, inventor (photography) 1785 Alessandro Manzoni, Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed) 1792 John Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer 1799 Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech poet (national anthem, folk song) 1807 Franz Grave von Pocci, German poet/composer (Of the Alchemist) 1827 Henry DeLamar Clayton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889 1831 John Bratton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 1832 Orlando Metcalfe Poe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 1837 Henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter) 1842 Anne CAI of Diest, Belgian physician/feminist 1844 Anthony Comstock, New Canaan Ct, anti-vice crusader/philatelist 1849 Luther Burbank, Lancaster, Mass, horticulturist 1850 Tom s G Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, Father/Pres of Czech (1918-35) 1856 Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne) 1857 Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) 1872 Piet Mondrian, Holland, abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie) 1875 Maurice Joseph Ravel, Cibourne France, composer (Bolro) 19-- Linda Gibboney, actress (Search for Tomorrow, Jessica-Generations) 19-- Mark Pinter, Decorah Iowa, actor (Karl-Behind the Screen) 19-- Richard Lawson, actor (Eddie-O'Neills) 1900 [Albert] Carel Willink, painter (realism) 1902 Heinz Rhmann, German actor (Der Hauptmann von Kpenick) 1904 Ivar Ballangrud, Norway, Olympic speed skater (4 gold, 2 silver) 1904 Reinhard Heydrich, German protector (Bohemen/Moravia (Lidice)) 1904 Willy Forst, Austria actor/director (Wiener Broke) 1908 Anna Magnani, Alexandria Egypt, actress (Rose Tattoo, Miracle) 1908 Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st chamber member (CPN) 1915 Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician 1917 Davis Roberts, Mobile Ala, actor (Mr Johnson-Boone) 1924 Kobo Abe, Japan, playwright (Woman, the Dunes) 1930 Anthony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon, photographer 1930 James Broderick, Charleston NH, actor (Brenner-Brenner, Doug-Family) 1931 Donald Barthelme, US, writer (Snow White) 1934 Willard Scott, weather forecaster (Today Show) 1936 Georges Perec, French writer 1937 Don Bonker, (Rep-D-WA, 1975- ) 1938 Homero Blancas, golfer (1965 Rookie of the Year) 1938 Janet Guthrie, race car driver, 1st woman to race in Indie 500 1939 Marion Marlowe, St Louis Mo, singer (Arthur Godfrey & Friends) 1940 Daniel J Travanti, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Frank Furillo-Hill St Blues) 1940 Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader 1940 Viktor Petrovich Savinykh, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4) 1942 Michael Eisner, Mt Kisko NY, CEO (Walt Disney) 1942 Paul Preuss, US, sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire) 1942 Tammy Faye Bakker, gospel singer/wife of Jim Baker (PTL) 1942 Tommy F Robinson, (Rep-D-AR, 1985- ) 1943 Chris White, rock bassist (Zombies-Never Even Thought) 1944 Elton Gallegly, (Rep-R-California) 1945 Arthur Lee, rocker (Vindicator) 1945 John Heard, actor (Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD) 1946 Peter Wolf, rock singer (J Giels Band-Centerfold, Freeze Frame) 1947 Donna Loren, Boston Mass, singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo) 1947 Lewis J Stadlen, Bkln NY, actor (John-Benson, Savages, Windy City) 1950 Franco Harris, NFL fullback (Pitts Steelers) 1952 Lynn Swann, NFL receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)/sportscaster 1954 Matt Frenette, rocker (Loverboy) 1960 Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakia, tennis pro (US Open 1985-87) 1961 Mary Beth Evans, Pasadena Calif, actress (Kayla-Days of our Lives) 1962 Taylor Dane, Long Island NY, rocker (I'll Always Love You) Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 07322 -BC- Aristotle, Greek philosopher, dies 1040 Harold I, King of England (1035-40), dies 1111 Bohemund I van Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies 1274 Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48 1305 Gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namen, dies at 78 1724 Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at 68 1737 Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/field marshal, dies at 79 1804 John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies 1911 Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies 1931 Theo of Doesburg, [Christian EM Kupper], painter/architect, dies 1932 Aristide Briand, 11 x premier of France (Nobel 1926), dies at 69 1945 Adolf Bartels, German writer, dies 1951 Ali Razmara, Shah of Iran (1950-51), assassinated 1951 Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies 1959 Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies 1959 Hinsdale Smith, developer of roll-down auto windows dies at 88 1961 Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France dies at 60 1973 Andr de Meulemaster, Belgian WW I pilot [Arend van Vlanderen], dies 1975 Ben Blue, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 73 1979 Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84 1981 John Gnagy, artist (Learn to Draw), dies at 73 1983 Robert Bray, actor (Corey-Lassie, Simon-Stagecoach West), dies at 65 1985 George Schick, conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76 1985 Robert W Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95 1985 Victor W Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies 1986 Jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY), dies in Palm Beach, Fla at 81 1988 Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at 83 of emphysema 1993 Arnold Franchetti, Ital/US composer, dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 07[California] Burbank Day/Bird & Arbor Day (1849) [Laos] Veteran's Day [Guam] Discovery Day (1st Monday in March) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for March 07202 [Ang, Luth, RC] Comm of Ss Perpetua & her companions, martyrs 1274 [old RC, Luth] Commem of St Thomas Aquinas, confessor/dr [or 1321] 1998 [Ang, RC] Ember Day Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 07 [Ancient Rome] Non Martius; Non Mar Save Your Vision Week, begins [Vermont] Town Meeting Day 1644 Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies 1774 British close port of Boston to all commerce 1778 Capt James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay 1801 Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law 1808 Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro 1843 1st Catholic governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office 1847 US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico 1848 In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed 1850 Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850 1854 Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes 1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Gens McCulloch & McIntosh killed 1870 Cin Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & East 1872 -8ø F in Boston, MA 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone 1894 A Charlois discovers asteroid #388 Charybdis 1902 Boers beat British troop in Two Bush, Transvaal 1906 Finnish Senate agrees for general voting right, except for poor 1907 Kopff discovers asteroid 628 Christine, 629 Bernardina & 630 Euphemia 1908 Cincinatti mayor says woman aren't physically fit to operate an auto 1911 US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border 1911 Willis Farnsworth, Petaluma, CA, patents coin-operated locker 1912 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole 1913 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #747 Winchester 1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania 1921 Red Army under Trotsky attack sailors of Kronstadt 1926 1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY) 1927 Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan 1930 Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball 1932 Irregularities in Ford-factory Dearborn, Michigan, kill 4 1933 Game of "Monopoly" invented 1934 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1301 Yvonne 1935 Saar incorporated into Germany 1936 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland 1937 Bucharin, Jagoda & Rykov pushed out of CPSU in USSR 1939 Glamour magazine begins publishing 1940 Mont Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home 1941 3rd largest snowfall in NYC history (18.1") 1941 British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1942 1st cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee 1943 S Arend discovers asteroid #1563 Noel 1944 Japans begins offensive in Burma 1945 Cologne taken by allied armies 1945 During WW II, US crosses Rhine River 1945 US 9th Pantzer division attacks Remagen on the Rhine 1948 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1863 Antinous 1949 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1597 Laugier 1950 Dick Button wins 3rd consecutive world figure skating championship 1951 Ezzard Charles wins 15-round HW decision against Jersey Joe Walcott 1954 Russia wins title in their 1st international ice hockey competiton 1955 Baseball com Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter 1955 Mary Martin as "Peter Pan" televised 1958 Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo 1959 1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow) 1960 Builders strike for CLA 1962 Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data) 1965 Alabama state troopers & 600 black protestors clash in Selma 1970 WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1971 Egypt refuses to renew the Suez ceasefire 1973 Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory 1974 "Monitor" (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras NC 1975 Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate 1977 Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin meets Pres Carter 1978 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders 1981 1st homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death 1982 Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec) 1985 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released 1986 M Inoue & O Muramatsu discovers asteroid #3432 Kobuchizawa 1986 Wayne Gretsky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist 1987 Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith to win the WBA heavyweight title 1988 Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award 1989 Iran drops diplomatic relations with Gr Britain over Rushdie 1989 Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, NW North America, Greenland) 1990 H Wayne Huizenga buys « Joe Robbie Stadium & 15% of Dolphins for $30M Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 07øF highest temperature for this date in NYC øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 66th day of the year with 299 days left (Numerology = 1) Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 0703/07/41 --- Dancing In The Dark --- Shaw, Artie 03/07/41 --- I Hear A Rhapsody --- Shore, Dinah 03/07/46 --- Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief --- Brown, Les 03/07/47 --- Managua, Nicaragua --- Kyser, Kay 03/07/47 --- Open The Door, Richard --- Jordan, Louis 03/07/47 --- Guilty --- Whiting, Margaret 03/07/52 --- Guy Is A Guy, A --- Day, Doris 03/07/52 --- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania --- Mitchell, Guy 03/07/53 --- Tell Me A Story --- Laine, Frankie 03/07/60 --- O Dio Mio --- Annette 03/07/60 --- Puppy Love --- Anka, Paul 03/07/64 --- Glad All Over --- Clark Five, Dave 03/07/64 --- My Heart Belongs To Only You --- Vinton, Bobby 03/07/70 --- Come And Get It --- Badfinger 03/07/70 --- Spirit In The Sky --- Greenbaum, Norman 03/07/70 --- Instant Karma (We All Shine On) --- Lennon, John 03/07/81 --- Angel Of The Morning --- Newton, Juice 03/07/81 --- Just The Two Of Us --- Washington Jr., Grover 03/07/87 --- I Knew You Were Waiting For Me --- Franklin, Aretha 03/07/92 --- Make It Happen --- Carey, Mariah 03/07/92 --- Hazard --- Marx, Richard |
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