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1681 Georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg, Germany, late baroque composer 1782 Thomas Hart Benton, (rep), "Old Bullion" 1800 James Bogardus, US inventor/builder (made cast-iron buildings) 1804 Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist/comp (Radetzky March) 1808 Catharinus Putnam Buckingham, Brig General (Union volunteers) 1816 Montgomery Dent Corse, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 1820 Victor Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78) 1821 Jens Worsaae, Denmark, archaeologist 1823 Roswell Sabine Ripley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 1829 Charles Charlesworth, England (dies at 7 of old age) 1833 John Sappington Marmaduke, Major General (Confederate Army) 1833 Lucy Hobbs Taylor, 1st US woman dentist 1835 Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars) 1837 Charles Ammi Cutter, librarian, originated Cutter system 1844 King Umberto I, of Italy (1878-1900) 1854 Paul Ehrlich, Germany, bacteriologist (Nobel-1908) 1854 Thomas Riley Marshall, (D) 28th VP (1913-21) 1864 Casey Jones, RR engineer 1873 Joannes DJ Aengenent, sociologist/bishop of Haarlem (1928-35) 1874 Anton F Philips, president-director of Philips 1875 Isadore Gilbert Mudge, US, librarian/author (Thackeray Dictionary) 1879 Albert Einstein, Ulm Germany, physicist E=mc (Nobel 1921) 1895 French Ganshof, Belgian historian 19-- Imhotep Gary Byrd, radio personality (WLIB-NY) 19-- Tamara Tunie Bouquette, Pitts, actress (Jessica-As the World Turns) 19-- Tim Rossovich, Palo Alto Calif, actor (When the Whistle Blows) 1907 Bj”rn-Erik H”˜er, Swedish writer (Now dansar Sara) 1908 Maurice (Jean Jacques) Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher 1909 Andr‚ Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (Margin) 1911 Pete Piute, [Morris Kaufman], NYC, comedian (Village Barn) 1912 Les Brown, Reinerton Pa, orch leader (& his band of renown) 1914 Fiorenzo Marini, Italy, ‚p‚e (Olympic-gold-1960) 1915 Carlos Surinach, Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo) 1918 Dennis Patrick, Phila, actor (Dear Dead Delilah, Dallas, Rituals) 1919 Luther Henderson Jr, KC Mo, orch leader (Polly Bergen Show) 1919 Max Shulman, novelist (Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap) 1920 Dorothy Tyler [Odam], England, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1948) 1920 Hank Ketcham, cartoonist (Dennis the Menace) 1921 Lis Hartel, Denmark, equestrian dressage (Olympic-silver-1952, 56) 1922 Colin Fletcher, author (Walking Through Time) 1922 Les Baxter, US, singer/orchestra leader 1925 John Wain, England, novelist/poet (Hurry on Down) 1927 Joop F Wolff, head director (De Warheid)/Dutch politician (CPN) 1928 Frank Borman, Gary Ind, astronaut (Gem 7, Ap 8)/Eastern Airline pres 1929 Thomas Bell Jr, race horse trainer 1930 Dieter Schnebel, German vicar/composer 1931 Bob Goalby, golfer (British Open-1968, Canadian Open-1968, NZ-1970) 1933 Michael Caine, British actor (Blame it on Rio/Alfie/Educating Rita) 1933 Quincy Jones, Chicago Ill, composer/singer (We Are The World) 1934 Eugene A Cernan, Chicago, Capt USN/astronaut (Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17) 1939 Bertrand Blier, France, novelist/director (Going Places) 1939 William B Lenoir, Miami Florida, astronaut (STS-5) 1940 Rita Tushingham, Liverpool England, actress (Green Eyes, Dr Zhivago) 1943 Jim Pons, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together) 1945 Herman[us J] van Veen, cabaretier/singer/composer/writer 1945 Walter Parazaider, rocker (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now) 1946 Steve Kanaly, Burbank Calif, actor (Fleshburn, Ray Krebbs-Dallas) 1946 Wes Unseld, NBA all-star (Baltimore Bullets) 1947 Billy Crystal, Long Beach NY, comedian (Soap, SNL, City Slickers) 1947 Jan [AJ] te Fieldhuis, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD) 1947 Janis Schmitt, St Louis Mo, playmate (February, 1978) 1947 William Jefferson, (Rep-D-Louisiana) 1952 David Byrne, guitarist/vocalist (Talking Heads-Burning Down the House) 1952 J Fred Muggs, chimp (Today show) 1953 Tim McKee, US, 400m medley swimmer (Olympic-silver-1972) 1954 Adrian Zmed, Chicago Ill, actor (TJ Hooker, Dance Fever) 1954 David La Croix, race horse trainer 1955 Boon Gould, rock guitarist (Level 42-Hot Water) 1956 Irina D Latysheva, Russia, cosmonaut 1958 Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco/bobsledder (Oly-1988) 1959 Patrick Dupond, Paris, dancer (La Bayadere) 1960 George Horvath, Sweden, pentathlete (Olympic-1980) 1961 Gary Dell'Abate, producer (Howard Stern Show) 1963 Pedro Duque, Spanish engineer/astronaut candidate (Sked: Mir-1 1994?) 1964 Richard Migliore, jockey 1967 Melissa Brennan Reeves, Eatontown NJ, actress (Jen-Days of our Lives) 1989 Oliver Bernsen, son of Corbin Bernsen & Amanda Pays Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 141272 Re Enzo, Italian poet/son of Emp Frederik II von Hohenstaufen, dies 1298 Petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies 1490 Charles I, Duke of Savoy, dies at 21 1573 Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered adm Coligny, dies 1647 Frederik Henry, count of Nassau/prince of Orange, dies 1883 Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies 1899 Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76 1903 Johannes H Weissenbruch, landscape painter, dies 1925 Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65 1932 George Eastman US industrialist (Kodak-camera), dies 1953 Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 56 1961 Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies 1969 Am Shahn, US painter, dies at 70 1973 Murat B "Chic" Young, US comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72 1975 Susan Hayward, actress (Young & Willing), dies at 56 1976 Busby Berkeley, [William B Enos], US choreographer, dies at 80 1983 Maurice Ronet, actor, dies at 55 1986 Edith Atwater, actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop), dies at 74 1989 Zita, Empress of Austria-Hungary, dies at 96 1991 Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies 1992 C V Wood Jr, theme park developer (Disneyland), dies at 71 of cancer 1992 Jean Poiret, French actor/writer (La cage aux folles), dies 1992 Steven Brian Pennell, 1st executed in Delaware in 45 years, at 34 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 14[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 141994 [Moslem] 'Id al-Fitr; end of Ramadƒn fast (Shawwƒl 1, 1414 AH) Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 14 [Ancient Rome] Equirria; Id Mar 1629 Royal charter granted Massachusetts Bay Colony 1644 England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) 1743 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall) 1794 Eli Whitney patents cotton gin 1812 Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812 1821 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (NY) 1826 General Congress of South American States assembles at Panam 1862 Battle of New Bern, NC 1870 Calif legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible 1885 R Luther discovers asteroid #247 Eukrate 1885 The opera "The Mikado" is produced (London) 1888 2nd largest snowfall in NYC history (21") 1896 Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952) 1899 Montreal Shamrocks beat Queens Univ (Kingston Ont) for the Stanley Cup 1900 US currency goes on gold standard 1903 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, FL 1903 Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage (Kenora) Thisles for Stanley Cup 1904 M Wolf discovers asteroids #524 Fidelio & #526 Jena 1906 A Kopff discovers asteroid #591 Irmgard 1908 Mont Wanderers beat Tor Trolley Leaguers for Stanley Cup (3rd of 1908) 1909 Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms 1912 King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt 1913 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #748 Simeisa 1913 John D Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation 1914 Serbia & Turkey sign peace treaty 1915 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile 1916 Battle of Verdun - Germany attacks France 1918 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF 1922 KGU-AM in Honolulu HI begins radio transmissions 1922 KSD-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions 1922 WGR-AM in Buffalo NY begins radio transmissions 1923 Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galici‰ in Poland 1923 German High advisor prohibits NSDAP 1923 Pres Harding became 1st pres filing income tax report 1931 1st theater built for rear movie projection (NYC) 1931 M Wolf discovers asteroid #2650 1933 Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation 1935 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars 1936 Federal Register, 1st magazine of the US govt, publishes 1st issue 1939 Hungarian troops occupy Czechoslovakia Rutheni‰ 1939 Nazi dissolve republic of Czechoslovakia 1945 RAF bombs railway link at Hannover-Hamm 1946 Belgian cabinet Spaak, forms 1948 Freedom Train arrives in SF 1950 FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins 1950 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1602 Indiana 1951 During Korean War, UN forces recapture Seoul 1953 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Comm Party 1954 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins 1954 NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak 1957 Indonesian govt of Sastroamidjojo resigns 1958 South Africa government disallows ANC 1960 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield Calif 1960 Wilt Chamberlain (Phila) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points 1962 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France 1962 Gordie Howe (Det Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals 1963 SF Guy Rodgers ties NBA record with 28 assists 1964 Dallas jury finds Jack Ruby guilty of Lee Harvey Oswald murder 1965 Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany 1967 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Balt Colts pick Bubba Smith 1967 JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial 1971 Barbra Striesand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV 1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes 1972 NBA's Cincinatti Royals announce they are moving to Kansas City 1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins hias 7,000th race 1978 NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge) 1980 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2270 Yazhi & #2822 Sacajawea 1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers) 1983 OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years 1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission 1985 Michael Secrest (US) completes 24hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards 1990 Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress 1991 Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave 1992 Farm Aid V 1992 NY Met Daryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden accused of rape 1992 Soviet newspaper "Pravada" suspends publication 1993 3,000th performance of "Nunsense" 1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57) Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 1473rd day of the year with 292 days left (Numerology = 8) 1888 12øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1946 75øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 1403/14/41 --- Amapola --- Dorsey, Jimmy 03/14/41 --- I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem --- Miller, Glenn 03/14/46 --- Shoo-Fly Pie (And Apple Pan Dowdy) --- Kenton, Stan 03/14/46 --- Oh! What It Seemed To Be --- Spivak, Charlie 03/14/47 --- Anniversary Song --- Russell, Andy 03/14/52 --- I'll Walk Alone --- Cornell, Don 03/14/52 --- Forgive Me --- Fisher, Eddie 03/14/60 --- Sink The Bismarck --- Horton, Johnny 03/14/60 --- Mama --- Francis, Connie 03/14/60 --- Sixteen Reasons --- Stevens, Connie 03/14/70 --- Up The Ladder To The Roof --- Supremes 03/14/81 --- I Can't Stand It --- Clapton, Eric 03/14/87 --- Stone Love --- Kool & The Gang 03/14/87 --- Sign 'O' The Times --- Prince 03/14/87 --- Finer Things --- Winwood, Steve |
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