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1454 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America) 1564 David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discover variable star) 1777 Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist 1814 Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, national poet/painter/prof of Kiev 1824 Leland Stanford, (Gov/Sen)/found Stanford U 1839 Felix Huston Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1928 1839 Modest P Moessorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Gudunov) [OS] 1881 Enver Pasja, Turkish general/politician 1881 Ernest Bevin, British minister of Labour/Foreign affairs 1890 Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Soviet foreign minister (UN) 1892 David Garnett, England, novelist/editor (Lady into Fox) 1892 Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Adel und Underworld) 1892 M ty R kosi, [Rosencranz], premier of Hungary (1952-53) 1892 Vita Sackville-West, England, novelist/poet (The Land) 19-- Bradley Lockerman, Milford Conn, actor (Shep-General Hospital) 19-- Finn Carter, actress (As the World Turns) 19-- George Jenesky, actor (Nick-Days of Our Life) 19-- Gregory Hex, rocker (Kik Tracee-Hot Wire) 19-- Iris Chacon, Puerto Rico, spanish personality (Iris Chacon Show) 19-- Joe Gallison, Boston Mass, actor (PT-109, Neil-Days of our Lives) 19-- Lauren Koslow, Boston Mass, actress (Margo-Bold & Beautiful) 19-- Walter Mercado, Ponce Puerto Rico, astrologer (Walter Mercado Show) 1902 Edward Durell Stone, US, architect (US Embassy, New Delhi) 1902 Will Greer, Frankfort Ind, actor (Grandpa Walton-The Waltons) 1905 Flix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes) 1905 Grigori Kozintsev, Kiev Ukraine, director (Hamlet, King Lear) 1905 Rex Warner, English poet/writer (Wild Goose Chase) 1910 Ed[uard] Hoornik, writer/poet (Outlive) 1910 Samuel Barber, West Chester Pa, composer (Pulitz, School for Scandal) 1913 Ger[ar]da Brautigam, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (PvdA) 1914 Fred Clark, Lincoln Calif, actor (Burns & Allen, Auntie Mame) 1917 Dante B Fascell, (Rep-D-FL, 1955- ) 1918 Mickey Spillane, mystery writer (I, the Jury) 1920 Carl Betz, Pitts, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show) 1922 Herbert P Douglas Jr, Pitts, long jumper (Olympic-bronze-1948) 1923 Andr Courrges, France, fashion designer (introed the miniskirt) 1923 James Buckley, (Sen-R-NY) 1926 Gerrit A Kooy, sociologist (Apartheid & work in South Africa) 1926 Irene Papas, Corinth Greece, actress (Moses The Lawgiver) 1927 Jack Jensen, baseball player (AL MVP 1958) 1929 Hugh D Hoyte, president (Guyana, 1985- ) 1930 Harrie J B Arts, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA) 1930 Thomas Schippers, Kalamazoo Mich, conductor (Amahl & Night Visitors) 1932 Heere Heeresma, writer (Han the White goes in development aid) 1934 Joyce Van Patten, Queens NY, actress (Good Guys, Don Rickles Show) 1934 Yuri Gagarin, Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space (aboard Vostok 1) 1935 Keely Smith, Norfolk Va, singer (Mrs Louie Prima) 1936 Glenda Jackson, England, actress (Hopscotch, Touch of Class) 1936 Marty Ingels, Bkln NY, comedian (I'm Dickens He's Fenster) 1936 Mickey Gilley, country singer (Urban Cowboy) 1938 Charles Siebert, Kenosha Wisc, actor (One Day at A Time, Trapper John) 1940 Raul Julia, PR, actor (Eyes of Laura Mars, Kiss of the Spider Woman) 1942 John Cale, Welsh/US bassist/altviolist/singer (Velvet Underground) 1942 Mark Lindsay, Eugene Oregon, singer (Paul Revere & the Raiders) 1943 Bobby Fischer, US, world chess champion (1972-75) 1944 Trevor Burton, rocker (Move) 1944 Trish Van Devere, actress (Movie, Movie, Changeling, Hearse) 1945 Ray Royer, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) 1945 Robin Trower, London, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) 1946 German Semyonovich Arzamazov, Russia, cosmonaut 1948 Jamie Lyn Bauer, Phoenix Az, actr (Young & Restless, Centerfold Girls) 1948 Jeffrey Osborne, singer (On the Wings of Love) 1950 Danny Sullivan, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins) 1952 Iuliana Semenova, USSR, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976) 1952 William Kirby Cullen, Santa Ana Calif, actor (How the West Was Won) 1954 Keven Wade, Chappaqua NY, screen writer (Working Girls) 1955 Ornella Muti, Rome Italy, actress (Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife) 1955 Teo Fabi, formula-1 Indy-car racer (rookie of year-1983) 1957 Faith Daniels, news anchor (CBS-TV) 1958 Martin Fry, rock vocalist (ABC-All of My Heart) 1962 Brian Green, Columbus Indiana, actor (Sam Fowler-Another World) 1963 Kent Ferguson, Cedar Rapids Iowa, US diver (Olympic-92) 1965 Brian Bosworth, quarterback (Seattle) 1965 Juliette Binoche, Paris France, actress (Unbearable Lightness) 1970 Melissa Rathburn-Nealy, US soldier (Iraqi POW) 1971 Emmanuel Lewis, Bkln NY, actor (Webster) Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 091661 Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies 1877 Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58 1918 [Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind, German writer/press sec, dies at 53 1931 Ida B Wells-Barnett, famous black, dies at 78 in Chicago 1955 Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies 1962 Howard Engstrom, Boston, a designer of Univac computer dies at 59 1969 Riad, chief of staff of Egyptian army, dies 1969 Richard Crane, actor (Surfside 6), dies at 50 1974 Earl W Sutherland Jr, US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971), dies at 58 1975 Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82 1981 Max Delbrck, German/US biologist (Nobel 1969), dies 1982 Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58 1982 Rex Marshall, TV announcer (Circuit Rider, Herman Hickman Show), dies 1982 Richard A Butler, England, min of Finance, dies at 79 1983 Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65 1986 Ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78 1989 Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies 1992 James Brooks, US mural painter (Flight, La Guardia Airport NY), dies 1992 Menachem W Begin, premier Israel (1977-80, 81-83, Nobel 1979), dies 1993 Ad de Gessel, actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies 1993 Bob Crosby, US jazz singer/orch leader (Bobcats), brother of Bing, dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 09[Belize] Baron Bliss Day [Ukraine] Taras Shevchenko (Ukrainian poet) Day (2/25 OS) (1814) [World] Amerigo Vespucci Day (1451) [Gibralter] Commonwealth Day (2nd Monday in March) [Memphis, Tenn] Cotton Carnival (held for 5 days) [New Mexico] Arbor Day Back to GREGSITE Interest events for March 09394 [Ang, RC] Commemoration of Gregory, bishop of Nyssa 1440 [RC] Mem of St Frances of Rome, patron of motorists, housewives 2001 [Jewish] Purim (feast of Lot) (Adar II 14, 5761 AM) Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 09 1997 Total eclipse visible over Sibera 1997 Total solar eclipse in East Asia (2m50s) 1496 Jews are expelled from Carintha Austria 1497 Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation, 1745 Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston 1791 George Hayward, Us, surgeon, 1st to use ether 1796 Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais 1798 Dr George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the US navy 1820 -11) Phillipines chases out foreigners; about 125 die 1820 James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House 1822 Charles Graham of NY patents artificial teeth 1841 US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident) 1842 The opera "Nabucco" is produced (Milan) 1844 The opera "Hernani" is produced (Venice) 1858 Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox 1860 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in SF en route to Washington 1861 Confederate currency authorized-$50, $100, $500, $1,000 1862 "Monitor" (Union) & "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads 1864 Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army 1868 The opera "Hamlet" is produced (Paris) 1873 Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded 1882 False teeth patented 1882 J Palisa discovers asteroid #223 Rosa 1889 Kansas passes 1st general antitrust law in US 1895 Montreal AAA beat Queens Univ (Kingston Ont) for the Stanley Cup 1902 Composer Gustav Mahler marries Alma Schindler 1904 Brandon's Lester Patrick becomes 1st hockey defenseman to score a goal 1907 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana 1914 US Sen Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands "Cubanisering of Mexico" 1915 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #799 Gudula 1916 General Fransisco "Poncho" Villa invades US (17 killed) 1916 Germany declares war against Portugal 1918 Russian Bolshevick Party becomes the Communist Party 1922 KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions 1923 Amsterdam taxi strike ended 1924 Italy annexes Fiume 1924 South slavia votes with Italy to annex Fiume (Rijeka) 1926 Bertha Landes elected 1st woman mayor of Seattle 1932 Eamon De Valera becomes president of Ireland 1932 Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria 1933 New Deal legislation begins 1943 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1562 Gondolatsch & #1732 Heike 1945 Japanese proclaim the "independence" of Indo-China 1945 US bombing kills at least 120,000 in Tokyo 1946 Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang 1952 Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title 1953 A G Wilson discovers asteroid #1915 Quetzalcoatl 1953 Josef Stalin buried in Moscow 1954 Edward R Murrow criticizes Sen Joseph McCarthy (See it Now) 1954 WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, NH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus exiled to Seychelles 1956 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1990 Pilcher 1956 Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England 1961 Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72 1961 Sputnik 9 carries Chernushka (dog) into orbit 1961 Supremes release "I Want A Guy" & "Never Again" 1962 Egyptian Pres Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians 1962 US advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight 1966 Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board 1967 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #1790 Volkov 1968 Grammy Awards-Sgt Pepper's wins 4 awards 1976 Islander Glenn Resch's 10th shut-out opponent-Blues 4-0 1977 Hanafi Muslims invade 3 buildings in Wash DC, siege ended Mar 11th 1979 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered (Jupiter's satellite Io) 1981 Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News 1981 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3057 Malaren, #3106 Morabito & #3667 1984 John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time" 1984 Phila 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record 1985 Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed 1986 Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km 1988 President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp 1989 Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy 1989 Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec) 1989 Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary 1989 Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court 1990 Dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as US surgeon general 1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games 1991 US 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit 1997 Total eclipse of the Sun in East-Asia (2m50s) Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 0968th day of the year with 297 days left (Numerology = 3) 1977 25øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1991 86øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 0903/09/57 --- I'm Walkin' --- Domino, Fats 03/09/57 --- Gone --- Husky, Ferlin 03/09/57 --- Party Doll --- Lawrence, Steve 03/09/59 --- Never Be Anyone Else But You --- Nelson, Ricky 03/09/59 --- Pink Shoe Laces --- Stevens, Dodie 03/09/63 --- He's So Fine --- Chiffons 03/09/63 --- Do The Bird --- Sharp, Dee Dee 03/09/68 --- Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) --- Manfred Mann 03/09/68 --- Valleri --- Monkees 03/09/74 --- Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me --- Knight, Gladys & The Pips 03/09/74 --- Lord's Prayer, The --- Mead, Sister Janet 03/09/74 --- Lookin' For A Love --- Womack, Bobby 03/09/85 --- Rhythm Of The Night --- DeBarge 03/09/85 --- Missing You --- Ross, Diana 03/09/91 --- Cry For Help --- Astley, Rick 03/09/91 --- Baby Baby --- Grant, Amy |
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