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1452 Ferdinand II, the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily (expelled Jews) 1503 Ferdinand I, German emperor 1538 Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth (1572) 1748 John Playfair, Scotland, clergyman/geologist/mathematician 1772 Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde) 1787 William Etty, English painter (nudist) 1809 William David Porter, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1864 1810 John McCloskey, US, pres of St John's College (Fordham U) 1812 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice 1818 George Wythe Randolph, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1867 1822 Willem Roelofs, painter/lithographer 1824 Thomas James Churchill, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1905 1830 Robert Lowry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 1832 William Henry Penrose, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 1833 Pedro Antonio de Alarcon, Spain, writer (Three-Cornered Hat) 1839 Dudley Buck, Hartford, Ct, organist/church composer 1842 Ina Donna Coolbrith, US, poet laureate of Calif 1844 Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist/composer (Spanish Dancing) 1845 Alexander III, Russian tsar (1881-94) 1850 Mary Mills Patrick, US, 1st pres of Instanbul Woman's College 1865 Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, journalist/writer/sport-organizer 1867 Lillian D Wald, US, sociologist/organizer (Visiting Nurses) 1873 Jakob Wassermann, Germany, novelist (My Life as German & Jew) 1877 David M Chumaceiro, Cura‡ao, poet 1878 Karel van de Woest˜ne, Flemish writer (God & Sea) 1880 Michael Jacobs, NYC, boxing promoter 1888 Barry Fitzgerald, Dublin Ireland, actor (Acad Award-Going My Way) 1891 Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (SDAP) 1892 Arthur Honegger, Le Havre France, composer (King David) 1892 Eva Turner, British soprano 1898 Cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown) 19-- Ariane Munker, actress (Ryan's Hope, Guiding Light, Doctors) 19-- Kari Kane, rocker (Pretty Boy Floyd-Rock & Roll) 19-- Lisette [Melendez], Lima Peru, spanish singer (Caricatura) 19-- Lupita D'Alessio, Mexico, spanish singer (Soy Autentica... Y Punto) 1900 Sherman Billingsley, Enid Ok, talk show host (Stork Club) 1903 Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, US, jazz cornetist (In a Mist) 1908 Kristjan Palusalu, Estonia, heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-gold-1936) 1909 Gerard Croiset, paragnost 1911 Warner Anderson, Bkln, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Matthew-Peyton Place) 1914 Chandler Harper, golfer (1950 PGA champ) 1916 James Herriot, Scotland, writer (All Creatures Great & Small) 1918 Heywood Hale Broun, journalist 1921 Cec Linder, Galica Poland, actor (Goldfinger) 1921 Paul Coates, NYC, columnist (Tonight! America After Dark) 1922 Adam Kennedy, Lafayette Ind, actor (Dion-Californian) 1922 Pamela Mason, London, actress (Navy vs Night Monsters) 1925 M J J A [Sef] Imkamp, Dutch politician (D-66) 1926 Marques Haynes, Harlem Globetrotters' ace 1927 Donn Trenner, New Haven Ct, orch leader (ABC's Nightlife) 1927 Paul Wunderlich, German lithograph/painter/sculptor 1932 Anatoliy Roschin, USSR, super heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-gold-1972) 1937 Tamara Press, USSR, shot putter (Olympic-gold-1960, 64) 1938 Ron Mix, NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders) 1939 Irina Press, USSR, 80m hurdles/Pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1960, 64) 1940 Chuck Norris, [Carlos Ray], martial arts actor (Missing in Action) 1940 David Rabe, playwright (Streamers) 1940 Dean Torrence, surf music singer (Jan & Dean-Little Old Lady) 1943 Angelique Pettyjohn, LA Calif, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek) 1945 Katherine Houghton, actress (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) 1947 Tom Scholz, rock guitarist/keyboardist (Boston-More Than a Feeling) 1948 Austin Carr, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers) 1955 Bunny DeBarge, rocker (Debarge) 1957 Adolfo Horta, Camaguey Cuba, HW boxer (Olympic-silver-1980) 1957 Shannon Lee Tweed, St Johns NF, playmate (Nov 1981)/actr (Meatballs 3) 1958 Sharon Stone, Meadsville Pa, actress (Police Academy 4, Total Recall) 1960 Linda Jezek, Calif, backstroke swimmer (Pan Am Gold-1979) 1961 Mitch Gaylord, gymnist (Olympics 1984)/actor (American Anthem) 1962 Gary Clark, rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer) 1963 Jasmine Guy, Boston Mass, actress (Whitley-Different World) 1964 Cynthia Brimhall, Ogden Utah, playmate (Oct, 1985) 1964 Edward Anthony Richard Louis, Prince of Britain/Elizabeth II grandson 1964 Neneh Cherry, Stockholm Sweden, rocker (Buffalo Stance) 1966 Pavel Petrovich Mukhortov, Russia, cosmonaut 1977 Shannon Miller, Rolla Mo, US gymnist (Olympic-92) Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 1037 Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (14-37), dies 483 Simplicius, Italian Pope (468-83), dies 1597 Petrus Forestus, [Pieter Foreest], artist (Willem of Orange), dies 1826 Johan VI M L J, King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at 56 1864 Maximilian II Jozef, King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at 52 1906 Eugen Richter, German liberal parliament member, dies at 67 1910 Karl Lueger, Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies 1913 Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, dies in NY 1940 Louis de Vries, actor (Merchant of Venice), dies 1944 David Bird, Ukrainian author (Auschwitz), dies at 52 1948 Jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide 1966 Mari Sandoz, US author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64 1973 Richard Sharples, governor of Bermuda, is assassinated 1980 Doctor Tarnoff, Jean Harris kills Scarsdale diet doctor 1984 June Marlowe, actress, dies at 81 1985 Konstanin Cherneko, soviet leader, dies 1986 Ray Milland, actor (Lost Weekend-Acad Award 1945), dies at 81 1988 Andy Gibb, singer, dies at 30 of heart infection 1988 Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at 78 1993 C Northcote Parkinson, English historian/sociologist (Law of P), dies 1993 David Gunn, US abortionist, murdered at 47 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 10[Dominica, St Lucia] Independence Day (1967) [Laos] Teachers' Day [World] World Culture Day (leap years) [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 10320 [RC] Commemoration of the 40 Holy Martyrs of Sebaste, Armenia 1615 [RC] Commemoration of St John Ogilvie, Scottish Jesuit 1994 [Moslem] Night of Power (Ramadƒn 27, 1414 AH) 1995 [Ang, RC] Ember Day Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 10 312 Zeta Bo”tid meteor shower, radiant in Bo”tes 241 -BC- Battle of Aegusa: Roman fleet sinks 50 Carthagean ships 418 Jews are exculed from public office in the Roman Empire 483 St Simplicius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1789 Franklin College founded (1787?) 1791 John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver 1791 Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy 1847 1st money minted in Hawaii 1849 Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only US president to do so 1861 Asteroid Cybele (65) discovered by Tempel 1862 1st paper money issued by US gov't-$5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000 1862 US issues $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000 paper money 1864 Grant is named commander of the Union armies 1864 Red River campaign LA 1865 Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, NC 1874 Purdue University (Indiana) admits it's 1st student 1876 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson) 1880 Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare & religious activity 1888 HW Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds 1890 A Charlois discovers asteroid #289 Nenetta 1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #359 Georgia 1893 Ivory Coast becomes a French colony 1902 Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri 1903 Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine 1903 Ottawa Silver 7 beat Montreal AAA 8-0 for the Stanley Cup 1905 Japanese Army captures Manchuria (Shanghai) 1906 Bakerloo line opens from Baker Street to Waterloo in England 1906 Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France 1910 Pittsburgh Courier, begins publishing 1913 Quebec Bulldogs sweep Sydney (NS) Millionaires in 2 for Stanley Cup 1913 William Knox, becomes 1st in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300 1914 Suffragettes in London damage painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez 1915 British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle 1920 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #929 Algunde 1920 NHL's Quebec Bulldog Jim Malone scores 6 goals vs Ottawa Senators 1920 W Baade discovers asteroid #930 Westphalia 1922 KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions 1922 state of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg S Africa 1926 Run on Belgian banks 1927 Albania mobilize by threat of Serbian, Croatian & Slavs 1927 Hitlers speech forbidden in Bayern 1929 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1128 Astrid 1931 British Labour party removes fascist sir Oswald Mosley 1933 Major earthquake in Long Beach, Calif 1933 Nevada becomes 1st US state to regulate narcotics 1934 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #2463 1934 Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games) 1939 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India 1940 1st US opera telecast, W2XBS, NYC, I Pagliacci 1940 G Kulin discovers asteroid #1513 Matra 1940 Germany invades the Benelux countries 1941 Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets 1945 B-29 bombs Tokyo into flames 1945 Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine 1945 Japan declares Vietnam Independence 1945 Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombing 1946 Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju Brazil 1948 1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca 1952 Military coup by general Fulgencio Batista in Cuba 1953 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #2573 Hannu Olavi 1956 General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios 1956 Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph) 1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy 1959 Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet 1960 USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing 1963 Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training 1963 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 70 points vs Syracuse 1964 US begins reconnasissance flights above East-Germany 1966 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires 1966 Dutch Crown Princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg 1966 Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg 1966 North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley 1969 James Earl Ray pleads guilty of killing Martin Luther King Jr 1970 Barbra Striesand records "The Singer" & "I Can Do It" 1971 Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18 1972 1st black US political convention opens (Gary Indiana) 1973 Morocco adopts constitution 1975 Dog spectacles patented in England 1977 Rings of Uranus discovered during occultation of SAO 1978 Soyuz 28 returns to Earth 1980 Willard Scott becomes the weathercaster on the Today Show 1982 Pres Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya 1982 Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun 1983 E Barr discovers asteroid #3743 1984 Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page 1985 Dallas Maverick coach Dick Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games 1988 NY Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night 1991 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 m indoor (22.24 sec) Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 10øF highest temperature for this date in NYC øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 69th day of the year with 296 days left (Numerology = 4) Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 1003/10/50 --- Third Man Theme, The --- Lombardo, Guy 03/10/56 --- Juke Box Baby --- Como, Perry 03/10/56 --- Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) --- Como, Perry 03/10/56 --- Blue Suede Shoes --- Perkins, Carl 03/10/56 --- Heartbreak Hotel --- Presley, Elvis 03/10/58 --- Lollipop --- Chordettes 03/10/58 --- Breathless --- Lewis, Jerry Lee 03/10/58 --- Dinner With Drac - Part 1 --- Zacherle, John "The Cool Ghoul" 03/10/62 --- Slow Twistin' --- Checker, Chubby 03/10/62 --- Love Letters --- Lester, Ketty 03/10/73 --- Sing --- Carpenters 03/10/73 --- Masterpiece --- Temptations 03/10/79 --- I Want Your Love --- Chic 03/10/79 --- He's The Greatest Dancer --- Sister Sledge 03/10/84 --- Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) --- Collins, Phil 03/10/84 --- Hello --- Richie, Lionel 03/10/90 --- I Wanna Be Rich --- Calloway |
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