This Day In History

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March 11th

1861
The Confederate States of America adopted its constitution.

1888
A torrential rainstorm hit the East Coast. The rain turned to snow the next day and it became the Blizzard of 1888, the most famous snowstorm in American history. It caused more than 400 deaths.

1892
The first organized women's basketball game was played. The game was at Smith College between students and faculty members.

1930
William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

1941
President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Bill.

1942
General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines saying, "I shall return."

1970
The album "Deja Vu" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young was released.

1985
Mikhail Gorbachev became head of the Soviet Union following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. At 54, he was the youngest member of the ruling Politburo.

1990
Jennifer Capriati, 13 years old, played her first professional tennis match.

1993
Janet Reno won unanimous Senate confirmation to be the first female U.S. Attorney General.

1993
Wrestling star Dino Bravo was found murdered in his home at age 43.

1997
Rock musician Paul McCartney of the Beatles was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

2004
Over 200 people were killed and over 1,400 were injured when bombs exploded in Madrid train stations. Al-Qaeda took responsibility for the attacks.

2004
Major league baseball banned THG. The health policy advisory committee of management and the players' association unanimously determined that THG builds muscle mass.

Birthdays
78 Rupert Murdoch Media mogul
75 Sam Donaldson Broadcast journalist
64 Tricia O'Neil Actress
63 Mark Metcalf Actor ("Animal House")
59 Bobby McFerrin Singer
59 Jerry Zucker Director
57 Susan Richardson Actress ("Eight is Enough")
56 MarkinCA Cigar Asylum Inmate
54 Jimmy Fortune Country singer (The Statler Brothers)
45 Vinnie Paul Rock musician (Pantera)
41 Lisa Loeb Rock singer
40 Terrence Howard Actor
40 cre8v1 Cigar Asylum Inmate
38 Johnny Knoxville Actor ("Jackass")
34 Eric the Midget ("Howard Stern Radio Show")
30 Benji Madden Rock musician (Good Charlotte)
30 Joel Madden Rock musician (Good Charlotte)
29 Greasy001 Cigar Asylum Inmate
28 David Anders Actor ("Alias")
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89 Lawrence Welk 3/11/1903 - 5/17/1992 American bandleader and showman
63 Dock Ellis 3/11/1945 - 12/19/2008 Baseball player (New York Yankees)

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March 14th

1743
The first town meeting was held in Boston, Massachusetts, at Faneuil Hall.

1794
The cotton gin was patented by Eli Whitney.

1883
Political philosopher Karl Marx died at age 64.

1889
German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his "Navigable Balloon"

1939
The Republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, soon to be occupied by the Nazis.

1950
The FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list made its debut.

1958
Perry Como's single "Catch a Falling Star" became the first RIAA gold record.

1964
Jack Ruby was found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy.

1990
The Soviet Congress voted Mikhail Gorbachev into the newly-created and powerful position of president.

2009
The first Cigar Asylum HERF in Albany, New York was held at Habana Premium Cigar Shoppe.

Birthdays
76 Michael Caine Actor
76 Quincy Jones Record producer
70 Raymond J. Barry Actor
68 Wolfgang Petersen Director
64 Walt Parazaider Rock musician (Chicago)
63 Steve Kanaly Actor
61 Billy Crystal Actor, comedian
58 Jerry Greenfield Co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
55 Adrian Zmed Actor
50 Tamara Tunie Actress ("Law & Order: SVU")
48 Penny Johnson Jerald Actress
43 Gary Anthony Williams Actor
41 Megan Follows Actress
30 Jake Fogelnest Actor
30 Chris Klein Actor ("American Pie" movies)
27 Kate Maberly Actress
26 Taylor Hanson Rock singer, musician (Hanson)
23 Jamie Bell Actor
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76 Albert Einstein 3/14/1879 - 4/18/1955 German-American Nobel Prize-winning physicist
86 Lee Petty 3/14/1914 - 4/5/2000 American stock car driver in the 1950s and 60s.
45 Kirby Puckett 3/14/1960 - 3/6/2006 Hall of fame baseball player

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1883
Political philosopher Karl Marx died at age 64.


1964
Jack Ruby was found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy.


Birthdays
76 Michael Caine Actor


61 Billy Crystal Actor, comedian


76 Albert Einstein 3/14/1879 - 4/18/1955 German-American Nobel Prize-winning physicist

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1836 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin leaves Australia

1899 Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2

1903 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage Thisles in 2 games

1908 Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-4

1916 Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun

1918 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF

1937 Battle of the Century: Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio

1962 Gordie Howe (Det Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals

1967 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Baltimore Colts pick Bubba Smith

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March 15th

44 B.C.
On the “Ides of March,” Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the senate house by a group of conspirators led by Cimber, Casca, Cassius, and Marcus Junius Brutus.

1493
Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after his first visit to the Western Hemisphere.

1776
South Carolina becomes the first American colony to declare its independence from Great Britain and set up its own government.

1820
Maine became the 23rd state.

1919
The American Legion was founded in Paris.

1937
The first hospital blood bank in the United States was established, in Chicago, at Cook County Hospital.

1977
The first episode of "Eight is Enough" was aired on ABC-TV.

1985
The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).

2004
Scientists reported the discovery of Sedna, the most distant object in the solar system.

Birthdays
74 Judd Hirsch Actor ("Taxi")
69 Phil Lesh Rock musician (Grateful Dead)
68 Mike Love Rock singer (The Beach Boys)
63 Howard Scott Rock musician (War)
55 Craig Wasson Actor
54 Dee Snider Rock singer (Twisted Sister)
54 nozero Cigar Asylum Inmate
52 Park Overall Actress ("Empty Nest")
48 Fabio Model
46 Bret Michaels Rock singer (Poison), reality tv personality
41 Mark McGrath Rock singer (Sugar Ray)
40 Kim Raver Actress ("24")
35 BP22 Cigar Asylum Inmate
35 Andyman Cigar Asylum Inmate
34 Eva Longoria Parker Actress ("Desperate Housewives")
34 will.i.am Rapper, musician (Black Eyed Peas)
32 Joseph Hahn DJ (Linkin Park)
30 Kevin Youkilis Baseball player
26 Sean Biggerstaff Actor ("Harry Potter" movies)
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78 Andrew Jackson 3/15/1767 - 6/8/1845 7th president of the United States (1829-37)

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March 16th

1621
Samoset, a Mohegan, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."

1802
Congress authorized the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

1850
Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter was published.

1915
The Federal Trade Commission was organized.

1926
The first liquid-fuel rocket was successfully launched by Prof. Robert Goddard at Auburn, Massachusetts. The rocket traveled 184 feet in 2.5 seconds.

1935
Adolf Hitler cancelled the military clauses of the Treaty of Versailles.

1963
"Puff The Magic Dragon" was released by Peter, Paul and Mary.

1968
The My Lai massacre occurred in Vietnam.

1985
U.S. journalist Terry Anderson was kidnapped in Beirut; he was not released until December 4, 1991 after 2454 days in captivity.

1988
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North and Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter of the National Security Council are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States for their role in the Iran-contra affair.

2005
A jury in Los Angeles acquitted actor Robert Blake of murder in the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. (A civil court jury later ordered Blake to pay $30 million to Bakley's four children.)

Birthdays
83 Jerry Lewis Actor, comedian
68 Chuck Woolery Game show host
67 Jerry Jeff Walker Country singer
62 Robin Williams Country singer
60 Erik Estrada Actor ("CHiPS")
60 Victor Garber Actor ("Alias")
58 Kate Nelligan Actress
55 Nancy Wilson Rock singer (Heart)
54 Isabelle Huppert Actress
53 Ozzie Newsome Football Hall of Famer
53 Clifton Powell Actor
50 Flavor Flav Rapper (Public Enemy)
46 Jimmy DeGrasso Rock musician (Megadeth)
45 Patty Griffin Folk singer
42 Lauren Graham Actress ("Gilmore Girls")
40 Judah Friedlander Actor ("30 Rock")
38 Alan Tudyk Actor ("Firefly")
36 Tim Kang Actor ("The Mentalist")
33 Blu Cantrell R&B singer
31 Brooke Burns Actress
18 Wolfgang Van Halen Rock musician (Van Halen)

85 James Madison 3/16/1751 - 6/28/1836 4th president of the United States (1809-17)

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March 17th

493(?)
According to tradition, St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, died in Saul. Some sources list the year as 493, others say 461.

1762
The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in New York City.

1776
British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War.

1845
The rubber band is patented.

1870
Wellesley Female Seminary (later Wellesley College) received its charter from the Massachusetts legislature.

1910
The Camp Fire Girls organization was formed.

1940
For the first time in NHL history, one line (Boston's Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart and Bobby Bauer) finished 1-2-3 in NHL scoring.

1942
Gen. Douglas MacArthur became supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II.

1963
Mount Agung on Bali erupted, killing 1,184 people.

1993
Actress Helen Hayes died at age 92.

2003
President Bush delivered an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein: leave Iraq within 48 hours or face an attack.

2005
Baseball players Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa testified before Congress that they hadn't used steroids while Mark McGwire refused to say whether he had.

2007
Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) scored his 502nd and 503rd career goals making him the all-time U.S. leader in goal-scoring.

Birthdays
68 Paul Kantner Rock musician (Jefferson Airplane/Starship)
60 Patrick Duffy Actor
60 Kdub Cigar Asylum Inmate
58 Kurt Russell Actor
55 Lesley-Anne Down Actress
54 Paul Overstreet Country singer
54 Gary Sinise Actor ("CSI: NY")
49 Vicki Lewis Actress
48 Casey Siemaszko Actor
45 Rob Lowe Actor
42 Billy Corgan Rock musician (Smashing Pumpkins)
41 Mathew St. Patrick Actor ("Six Feet Under")
40 Yanic Truesdale Actor ("Gilmore Girls")
37 Mia Hamm Soccer player
36 Caroline Corr Rock musician (The Corrs)
35 Marisa Coughlan Actress
34 Natalie Zea Actress ("Dirty Sexy Money")
33 Brittany Daniel Actress

69 Bobby Jones 3/17/1902 - 12/18/1971 American golfer; first to win the Grand Slam
45 Nat King Cole 3/17/1919 - 2/15/1965 American musician
52 John Wayne Gacy 3/17/42 - 5/10/1994 American serial killer

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March 18th

1584
Russian czar Ivan IV, or Ivan “The Terrible,” died at age 53.

1766
After months of American protests, Britain repealed the Stamp Act.

1881
Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opened in Madison Square Gardens.

1909
Einar Dessau of Denmark used a shortwave transmitter to converse with a government radio post about six miles away in what's believed to have been the first broadcast by a "ham" operator.

1925
The most violent single tornado in U.S. history, the “Tri-State Tornado,” hit Missouri, Indiana, and Illinois, killing 689 people and injuring 13,000 others.

1931
Schick Inc. marketed the first electric razor.

1961
The Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy was introduced.

1967
The oil tanker Torrey Canyon was wrecked off the Cornish coast of England, spilling 919,000 barrels of oil into the sea.

1990
The biggest art theft in U.S. history occurs at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The works, including pieces by Vermeer and Rembrandt, were never recovered.

2004
A small asteroid made the closest approach to Earth ever recorded, only about 26,500 miles away.

2005
After a long legal battle, Terry Schiavo's feeding tube was removed. She died 13 days later.

2008
Oscar-winning filmmaker Anthony Minghella ("The English Patient") died in London at age 54.

Birthdays
83 Peter Graves Actor ("Mission: Impossible")
66 Kevin Dobson Actor ("Knots Landing")
59 Brad Dourif Actor ("Deadwood")
58 Ben Cohen Co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
47 Thomas Ian Griffith Actor
47 Mike Rowe Television personality ("Dirty Jobs")
46 Vanessa L. Williams Singer, actress
43 Jerry Cantrell Rock musician (Alice in Chains)
39 Queen Latifah Singer and actress
37 Dane Cook Actor, comedian
30 Adam Levine Rock singer (Maroon Five)
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68 John C. Calhoun 3/18/1782 - 3/31/1850 7th Vice President of the United States (1825-1832)
71 Grover Cleveland 3/18/1837 - 6/24/1908 22nd and 24th president of the United States
55 Rudolf Diesel 3/18/1858 - 9/29/1913 German thermal engineer; invented the internal-combustion engine