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1459 Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria 1599 Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England) 1728 Anton Raphael Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter 1797 Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) 1799 F W A Argelander, Memel E Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars 1803 Anthonie Waldrop, painter/lithograph 1813 Gabriel Rene Paul, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 1814 Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood) 1817 Braxton Bragg, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1876 1819 William Wirt Adams, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 1822 Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Education/Justice 1822 Isaac D Frenchn van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866)/min to Cologne 1822 Seth Williams, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1866 1824 William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army) 1834 Francis Asbury Shoup, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 1846 Randolph Caldecott, England, illustrater (Caldecott Medal namesake) 1857 Paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32) 1867 Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam's street hawker 1868 Henry W Methorst, lawyer/director (Dutch Cent Bureau of Statistics) 1868 Robert A Millikan, US physicist (photoelectric effect; Nobel 1923) 1887 Chico Marx, [Leonard Martin] NYC, comedian (Marx Brothers) 1895 Joseph Schildkraut, Vienna Aus, actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents) 19-- Veleka Gray, actress (Young & Restless) 1902 Ellin Berlin [MacKay], Mrs Irving Berlin, writer (Lace Curtain) 1905 Grigor˜ M Kosinzev, Russian director 1905 Ruth Page, US choreographer/ballet leader (Diaghilev, Pygmalion) 1907 James Gavin, US, 82nd Airborne Div General (Sicily/Normandy) 1907 Paul J Steenbergen, actor/director/founder Hague's Comedy 1908 Louis D L'Amour, Jamestown ND, author (Hondo, Jubal Sackett) 1908 Maurice H Stans, US Secretary of Commerce (1969-72) 1909 Gabrielle Roy, French-Canadian novelist (Tin Flute) 1910 Nicholas Monsarret, England, writer (Cruel Sea) 1913 Karl Malden, actor (Streets of SF); don't leave home without it 1913 Martha M”dl, German singer/soprano (Wagner) 1916 George Wyle, NYC, orch leader (Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show) 1916 Josephine van Gasteren, actress/director (Bluejackets) 1917 Virginia Grey, LA, actress (Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho) 1918 Cheddi B Jagan, dentist/founder PPP/ Guyanese Premier (1953, 1957-64) 1920 Ross Martin, Grodek Poland, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West) 1921 Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Netherland, foreign minister (KVP) 1922 Mujib ur-Rahman, Pakistan, sheik/politician 1923 Cor N van Dis Jr, Dutch 2nd chamber member (SGP) 1923 Marcel Marceau, France, mime (Barbarella, Silent Movie) 1924 Al Neuharth, newspaper founder (USA Today) 1924 Bill Wendell, NYC, TV announcer (Late Night With David Letterman) 1928 Bill Archer, (Rep-R-TX, 1971- ) 1928 Ed Macauley, NBA'er (Boston Celtics) 1930 Derek Bok, college president (Harvard) 1930 Lynden O Pindling, premier (Bahamas, 1967-92) 1930 Lynden O Pindling, premier Bahamas (1967-92) 1930 Pat Robertson, televangelist (Pres candidate-R-1989) 1930 Stephen Sondheim, US composer (Side by Side by Sondheim) 1931 William Shatner, Montr‚al Canada, actor (Star Trek, T J Hooker) 1933 Buddy MacKay, (Rep-D-FL, 1983- ) 1934 Orrin G Hatch, (Sen-R-UT, 1977- ) 1936 May Britt, Germany, actress (Young Lions)/wife of Sammy Davis Jr 1938 Glen Campbell, singer (By the Time I get to Phoenix, Galveston) 1938 Vivian Pulliam, horse trainer 1941 Gary Lewis, horse trainer 1942 Barbara Parkins, Vancouver BC, actress (Peyton Place, Asylum) 1943 George Benson, Pittsburgh, singer/guitarist (Greatest Love of All) 1943 Keith Reif, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love, Renaissance) 1945 Jeremy Clyde, England, rocker (Chad & Jeremy-Yesterday's Gone) 1946 Rudy/Rudolf [von Bittner] Rucker, US, sci-fi author (Wetware) 1946 Serge, [Ruud Schaap], singer/guitarist (Saskia & Serge) 1947 Harry Vanda, rocker (Easy Beats) 1947 Patrick Olive, percussionist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing) 1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Broadway composer (Into the Woods, Phantom) 1948 Randy Hobbs, rocker (McCoys) 1952 Bob Costas, sportscaster/talk show host (Later) 1953 Thomas H Andrews, (Rep-D-Maine) 1957 Stephanie Mills, singer/actress (Wiz) 1958 Pete Wylie, rocker (Sinful) 1959 Matthew Modine, actor (Full Metal Jacket) 1971 Richard Castillo, jockey 1972 Pieter Christian, Prince of Netherlands 1976 Kellie Shanygne Williams, Wash DC, actress (Laura-Family Matters) Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 22337 Constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47 1589 Lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67 1687 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Ital/Fr composer (Marriage Forc‚), dies at 44 1758 Jonathan Edwards, theologian/philospher (Original Sin), dies at 54 1777 John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77 1820 Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron, at 41 1906 Martin Wegelius, Finnish composer, dies 1922 Louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian, dies 1923 Theophile Delcass‚, French statesman, dies at 71 1924 R G Nivelle, French military man, dies 1931 Ban Johnson, founder of baseball's American League, dies at 67 1946 Clemens A von Galen, bishop of Munster/anti fascist, dies at 68 1951 J Willem Mengelberg, conductor (Matth„us Passion), dies 1958 Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 56 1964 Addison Richards, actor (Col-Pentagon), dies at 76 1964 Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian actor (Flame of Barbary Coast), dies 1974 Peter Revson, US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35 1975 Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65), dies at 75 1978 Karl Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in PR, at 73 1987 Joan Shawlee, actress (Abbott & Costello Show), dies at 58 1993 Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91 1993 Phia [Sophia R] Berghout, harpist, dies at 83 1993 Steve Olin, Cleveland Indian pitcher, dies in boating accident 1993 Tim Crews, Cleveland Indian pitcher, dies in boating accident Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 22[Jordan, Lebanon] Arab League Day (1945) [Puerto Rico] Emancipation Day (1873) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for March 22[Christian] Earliest possible Easter (eg, 1818, 2285) [old RC] Commemoration of St Isidore the Farm-Laborer, confessor 1758 [Luth] Commemoration of Jonathan Edwards, teacher/missionary 1879 [Ang] Commemoration of James De Koven, priest Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 22[Western Europe] Daylight Savings Time begins [Western Europe] Daylight Savings Time starts tomorrow 752 Stephen begins his reign as Catholic Pope (or 23rd) 1349 Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death) 1621 Massasoit & Pilgrims agree on league of friendship (Plymouth) 1622 1st Indian massacre of whites, Jamestown, Va; 347 slain 1630 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston) 1638 Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony 1765 Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists 1778 Capt Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state 1790 Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State 1822 NY Horticultural Society founded 1841 Cornstarch patented (Orlando Jones) 1841 Orlando Jones patents cornstarch 1862 San Marino & Italy conclude treaty of friendship & cooperation 1865 Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas AL to Macon GA 1871 Wm Holden of NC is 1st governor removed from office by impeachment 1872 Illinois becomes 1st state to require sexual equality in employment 1873 Slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico 1874 Young Men's Hebrew Association founded in NYC 1882 Congress outlaws polygamy (again); bad news for Mormons 1892 A Charlois discovers asteroid #327 Columbia 1894 Montreal AAA beats Ottawa Capitals 3-2 & wins the 1st Stanley Cup 1903 NY Highlanders (Yankees) tickets 1st go on sale 1922 British court sentence Mahatma Gandhi to 6 year 1925 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1041 Asta 1929 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes 1929 KIT-AM in Yakima WA begins radio transmissions 1929 USCG vessel sank Canadian schooner suspected of carrying liquor 1933 FDR makes wine & beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal 1934 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000) 1939 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1511 Dalera 1939 Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany 1939 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2486 Metsahovi 1941 Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation 1942 Heavy German assault on Malta 1943 Dutch work week extended to 54 hour 1943 Obligatory work for woman begins in Belgium 1945 Arab League forms 1945 US 3rd Army attacks Nierstein on the Rhine 1946 1st US rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up) 1946 Britain signs treaty granting independence to Jordan 1949 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1574 Meyer 1952 Dutch DC-6 crashes near Frankfurt, killing 44 1953 Anton¡n Z potocky chosen as president of Czechoslovakia 1956 Death penalty against KPM-director L‚on Jungschlaeger 1957 Earthquake gives SF shakes 1957 Republic of India adopts Saka calendar along with Gregorian 1958 Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi-Arabia 1958 Kentucky beats Seattle 84-72 for NCAA basketball championship 1958 Liz Taylor's 3rd divorce (Mike Todd) 1960 AL Schawlow & C H Townes obtain patent for the laser 1962 "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" opens on Broadway 1963 Beatles release 1st album, "Please Please Me" 1963 Brit Min of War John Profumo denies having sex with Christine Keeler 1964 Barbra Striesand appears on the cover of NY Times Magazine section 1967 Cassius Clay's (aka Muhammad Ali) 1st MSG fight; KOs Zora Folley 1968 Jarmila Novotna becomes president of Czechoslovakia 1968 Lynda Johnson ordered off SF cable car for eating an ice cream cone 1969 UCLA wins its 5th national championship in 6 years 1972 Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified) 1972 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP 1972 US Senate passes 27th amendement (Equal rights) 1972 Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle 1974 C Torres discovers asteroids #2282 Andres Bello & #2518 Rutllant 1975 Delta State beats Immaculata for the women's AIAW championship 1975 Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens 1977 Indira Gandhi resigns as PM of India 1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2149 Schwambraniya & #2563 Boyarchuk 1978 Robert Frost Plaza, at California, Drumm & Market, SF, dedicated 1978 Rutle's "All You Need is Cash" is show on NBC-TV 1979 Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt 1979 NHL votes to accept 4 WHA teams (Oilers, Jets, Nordiques & Whalers) 1981 1st class postage raised to 18› from 15› 1981 Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6 1981 Toshihiko Seko runs world record 25k (1:13:55.8) 1982 3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched 1983 Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president 1984 Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game 1985 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3713 1985 NASA launches Intelsat VA 1986 Debi Thomas is 1st black to win world figure skating champ 1986 HBO launches boxing's heavyweight-title-unification-tournament 1986 Heart's "These Dreams," single goes #1 1989 NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle announces his retirement 1989 Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years 1989 US Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of NYC Board of Estimate 1990 Anchorage jury finds Capt Hazelwood innocent of Valdez oil spill 1991 NY Daily News begins using motto "Forward with NY" 1992 US Air NY to Cleveland crashes on take off at Laguardia, 27 die 1993 Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 2281st day of the year with 284 days left (Numerology = 7) 1885 12øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1938 77øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 2203/22/69 --- Twenty-Five Miles --- Starr, Edwin 03/22/75 --- Shining Star --- Earth, Wind & Fire 03/22/75 --- Jackie Blue --- Ozark Mountain Daredevils 03/22/75 --- Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance) --- Sayer, Leo 03/22/75 --- What Am I Gonna Do With You --- White, Barry 03/22/80 --- You May Be Right --- Joel, Billy 03/22/80 --- Hold On To My Love --- Ruffin, Jimmy 03/22/86 --- What Have You Done For Me Lately --- Jackson, Janet 03/22/86 --- Your Love --- Outfield 03/22/86 --- Harlem Shuffle --- Rolling Stones |
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