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1544 Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) 1726 Louise-Florence d'pinay, France, writer (Woman, Man & 2 Kingdoms) 1731 Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer of Declaration of Independence 1793 Jan F Willems, Flemish writer 1811 Marsena Rudolph Patrick, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 1811 Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier, co-discovered Neptune 1812 James Speed, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1887 1818 John Wilkins Whitfield, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879 1822 Allison Nelson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 1822 Marius Petipa, French ballet dancers/choreographer (Don Quiotte) 1832 Franz Melde, German phyicist (Melde proof) 1832 William Ruffin Cox, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 1840 Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 1860 Thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library) 1863 Wobbe de Vries, linguist 1876 Carl Ruggles, Marion Mass, composer (Evocations) 1876 David Wnkoop, revolutionary socialist 1884 Jan Lemaire, writer/actor (Beautiful Juliet) 1885 Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min (8 km/min) 1890 Vannevar Bush, developed 1st electronic analogue computer 1892 Raoul Walsh, US director (Thief of Baghdad, Battle Cry) 1897 Henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources) 1898 Dorothy Gish, stage/silent film actress (Orphans of the Storm) 1899 Frederick IX, [Christian FFMKWG], King of Denmark (1947-72) 19-- Al Eben, Phila, actor (Doc Bergman-Hawaii 5-0) 19-- Nancy Sloane, actress (Bold & Beautiful) 1903 Dorothy Schiff, publisher (NY Post) 1904 Maurits Wertheim, writer (Isaac De Fuentes) 1907 Helmuth J von Moltke, German politician (July 20th plot) 1907 Margaret Herbison, British minister (Lab) 1908 Lawrence Welk, Strasburg ND, orch leader (Lawrence Welk Show) 1910 Robert H G Havemann, German chemist 1911 Fitzroy Maclean, British diplomat 1912 Xavier Montsalvatge, Spanish composer (El gato con botas) 1913 John Weinzweig, Toronto Canada, composer (Enchanted Hill) 1913 Thomas Gray, professor/anaesthetist 1914 Ralph Ellison, writer (Invisible Man, Shadow & Act) 1916 [James] Harold Wilson, (L) British PM (1964-70, 1974-76) 1919 Mercer Ellington, son of Duke Ellington/bandleader 1920 D J Enright, England, poet/novelist (Some Men are Brothers) 1920 Henry Marking, CEO (British Airways) 1920 Kenneth Dover, chancellor (St Andrews University) 1921 Astor Piazzolla, Argentina composer (Tango Nuevo) 1921 F[rancis] M[arion] Busby Jr, US, sci-fi author (Star Rebel) 1922 Thom Kelling, singer/guitarist (Programa de Manha) 1923 A Louise Brough Clapp, Okla, tennis player (4 time Wimbeldon champ) 1923 Ad [Adrianus C] de Besten, literary (River Basin) 1923 Ad [Adrianus C] the Besten, literature: River basin 1923 Terry Alexander, London, actor (Tony-Behind the Scenes) 1925 James Miskin, QC/recorder of London 1926 Patricia Tindaole, England, architect 1926 Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader 1927 Alan Betts, emeritus professor (Royal Veterinary College) 1927 Raymond Jackson, [Jaki], British cartoonist 1927 Robert Mosbacher, US politician(?) 1927 Ron Todd, british trade unionist 1928 Albert Salmi, Bkln NY, actor (Daniel Boone, 79 Park Avenue) 1928 Peter Roger Hunt, London England, director (Dr No) 1930 David Gentleman, designer/painter 1931 Peter Walters, CEO (Midland Bank) 1931 Rupert Murdoch, Australia, publisher (NY Post), owns FOX-TV Network 1932 Nigel Lawson, British government official (The Power Game) 1934 George Stamatoyannopoulos, Greece, medical genetics researcher 1934 Keith Speed, British MP 1934 Sam Donaldson, El Paso Tx, ABC White House correspondent (Prime Time) 1934 Tina Louise, NYC, marooned with Gilligan & Mary Ann (or 02110) 1936 Antonin Scalia, Trenton NJ, 105th Supreme Court Justice (1986- ) 1938 Malcolm Keith Speed, biritish high court judge 1942 Peter Eyre, actor (Hedda) 1944 Ric Rothwell, drummer (Mindbenders-Games of Love) 1945 Mark Stein, vocalist/organist (Vanilla Fudge-You Keep Me Hanging On) 1945 Timothy Mason, consultant (British Arts Council) 1945 Tricia O'Neal, Louisiana, actress (Piranha Part II) 1947 Dominique Sanda, Paris, actress (Inheritance, Beyond Good & Evil) 1947 Geoffrey Hunt, Australia, world-champion squash player 1948 George Kooymans, guitarist/singer: Golden Earring 1949 Richard de Bois, drummer/producer 195- Nina Hartley, XXX actress (Dyke Bar 2) 1950 Bobby Mcferrin, US singer: Don't worry be happy/Grammy 1989 1952 Douglas Adams, England, author (Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 1952 Susan Richardson, Coatesville Pa, actress (Susan-8 is Enough) 1955 Nina Hagen, German singer (Unbeschreiblich Weiblich) 1955 [Kater]Nina Hagen, East Berlin German DR, actress (Blue Angel) 1956 Curtis L Brown Jr, Elizabethtown NC, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 47) 1961 Bruce Watson, rocker (Big Country-Wonderland) 1961 Mike Percy, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round) Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 11638 Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies 1486 Albrecht III Achilles, monarch of Brandenburg, dies at 71 1787 Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45 1845 John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed] dies in Allen County, Indiana 1874 Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63 1897 Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist, dies 1907 Nikola Petkow, premier Bulgaria, murdered 1921 Sherburne W Burnham, US astronomer (double territory), dies 1944 Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies 1949 Henri-Honor Giraud, French genl/parliament leader, dies at 70 1951 Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66 1955 Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies 1957 Richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68 1965 James Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered 1967 Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies 1969 John Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies 1970 Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80 1971 Philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64 1971 Whitney M Young Jr, leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at 49 1972 Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 1975 Sammy Spear, orch leader (Dom Deluise Show), dies at 65 1975 Walter Kinsella, actor (Happy-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 74 1979 Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88 1982 Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55 1987 [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74 1989 Johan Fleerackers, Flemish politician, dies 1992 David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41 1992 Heinz Khn, PM (Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany), dies at 80 1992 Manuel De Dios Unanue, US anti-drug journalist, murdered 1992 Richard Brooks, director (Blackboard Jungle, Key Largo), dies at 79 1993 Dino Bravo, WWF wrestler, shot to death at 44 1993 Manuel da Fonseca, Portuguese writer (Cerro Maior), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 11[Mauritius] Maha Shivaratree [US] Johnny Appleseed Day (anniversary of his death-1845) [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 111770 [RC] Commemoration of St Teresa Margaret Redi, Italian Carmelite 1995 [Ang, RC] Ember Day Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 11 417 Zosimus becomes bishop of Rome 537 Goths lay siege to Rome 1302 Romeo & Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare 1598 Countess Charlotte of Nassau marries duke Claude de la Tremoille 1669 Volcano Etna in Italy erupts killing 15,000 1702 1st London daily newspaper 1779 US army Corps of Engineers established (1st time) 1789 Benjamin Banneker with L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington DC 1791 Samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent 1810 Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise 1823 1st normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vt 1824 US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair 1850 Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school) 1851 The opera "Rigoletto" is produced (Venice) 1861 Confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution 1865 Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC 1867 Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano) 1867 The opera "Don Carlos" is produced (Paris) 1882 Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ 1888 Great blizzard of '88 strikes NE US 1892 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Mass) 1893 A Charlois discovers asteroids #360 Carlova & #361 Bononia 1904 Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon (Man) Wheat Kings in 2 for Stanley Cup 1905 Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage (Kenora) Thisles for Stanley Cup 1907 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #637 Chrysothemis 1917 British troops conquer Baghdad 1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #890 Waltraut 1918 Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia 1918 Save the Redwoods League founded 1919 General strike in Germany becomes bloody 1921 M Wolf discovers asteroid #949 Hel 1924 3rd term of Belgium Theunis cabinet begins 1924 M Wolf discovers asteroid #1021 Flammario 1926 Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Fein 1927 1st armored commercial car hold-up in US, Pittsburgh 1927 1st golden gloves tournament 1928 Netherlands-Belgium 1 to 1 radio report of Han Hollander begins 1930 Pres & Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington 1934 Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer 1935 Bank of Canada opens 1938 German troops enter Austria 1941 FDR signs Lend-Lease Bill 1942 1st deportation train leaves Paris for Auschewitz Concentration Camp 1942 Gen MacArthur leaves Bataan for Australia 1942 Gen MacArthur leaves Corregidor 1942 Japanese troop land on North-Sumatra 1942 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1656 Suomi 1943 Land watch/storm Netherland forms 1945 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs 1948 1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir) 1948 Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed 1948 WBAL TV channel 11 in Baltimore, MD (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams) 1954 US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics 1958 Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21" 1959 "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens 1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth & Venus 1961 Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks & Maple Leafs (20 each) 1963 Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain 1966 Military coup led by Indonesian Gen Suharto breaks out 1967 Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne) 1968 Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting 1974 Rhino Store gives people 5 to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album 1977 Muslis hold 130 hostages in Wash DC 1979 Randy Hold receives 67 min in penalties in a 60 min NHL hockey game 1981 Chile constitution takes effect 1982 Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion 1985 Mikhail S Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader 1986 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC 1986 187.27 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange 1986 Islander Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seasons 1986 Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km 1986 NFL adopts instant replay rule 1987 Wayne Gretsky scores 1,500th NHL point 1990 Lithuania declares it's Independence 1991 Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 11øF highest temperature for this date in NYC øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 70th day of the year with 295 days left (Numerology = 5) Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 1103/11/43 --- That Old Black Magic --- Slack, Freddie 03/11/49 --- Forever And Ever --- Como, Perry 03/11/49 --- Forever And Ever --- Morgan, Russ 03/11/49 --- Careless Hands --- Torme, Mel 03/11/67 --- Strawberry Fields Forever --- Beatles 03/11/67 --- I Think We're Alone Now --- James, Tommy 03/11/72 --- Cowboys Work Is Never Done, A --- Sonny & Cher 03/11/72 --- Betcha By Golly, Wow --- Stylistics 03/11/78 --- We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again --- England Dan & John Ford Coley 03/11/89 --- Room To Move --- Animotion 03/11/89 --- Heaven Help Me --- Estus, Deon 03/11/89 --- Second Chance --- Thirty-Eight Special |
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